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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1938
Page
2
An immigration official questions a Chinese man about his name. He replies Sneeze as his Chinese name, then Melican as a Western name. The official presses for a native name, and the man cryptically offers Ah Choo Log.
An easy woolen hat project for a young girl with two fabric pieces, one for the hat and one for lining. The instructions include a paper pattern, seam lines, and steps to stitch back, join pieces, turn, baste, gather the top, and finish with a ribbon bow and feather. Enclose 25 cents to Mrs Spears in Chicago for Book 2 gifts.
The article offers tips on preserving cut flowers by submerging stems, storing garden tools by cleaning and drying, reusing wax paper for kitchen cleaning, using chamois to polish furniture, creating a ground floor storage area for children, installing a family bulletin board, checking hot irons for cotton sheets, removing mildew with peroxide, and basic food measurements for common ingredients and conversions.
A quiz list asking about a Baltimore tavern congress a chimneys free town a glacier owned by a Colorado city the origin of money the Fargo card game the weight of Supreme Court doors the ice cream freezer inventor which English queen had 17 children if Radio City is one building or a complex and why Muscle Shoals on the Tennessee River is named so.
A fragment lists items about a historical quiz with answers, mentions George Washington, Queen Anne who ruled 1702 to 1714, Radio City as the four Rockefeller Center buildings on Sixth Avenue, and notes on muscular canoeing demands suggesting a name origin.
The list presents assorted historical and geographical curiosities. It mentions the Continental congress era, Mason City Washington with 3000 residents and no chimneys due to electricity, the Latin root moneta as a Juno name, Boulder Colorado's Arapaho glacier as its water source, Pharaoh as a card image origin, and doors weighing 3000 pounds.
An odd conceit links failed marriage proposals to an expected sneeze that never happens. The piece muses on how those who strike in the dark may intend well but rarely land true, and on boasting after years of supposed prowess. It weaves aphoristic lines about speech, business, and climbing ladders.
A quotation extols moral rectitude over intellect and strength. It declares that character aligned with virtue is stronger and ultimately triumphant, surpassing mental gifts. The piece emphasizes the inevitability of moral integrity prevailing.
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