Soap Makers Hunt for Ingredients
A National Geographic bulletin notes Americans would receive 25 pounds of soap per person yearly if evenly distributed. It traces soap making from colonial kettle methods to modern factories, and lists diverse global sources for fats, oils, and fragrances including Manchurian oil, rosin from the southern United States, musk from musk deer in Tibet and Africa, sandalwood from India and Australia, and oils from Spain, the East Indies, Russia, and Cayenne.
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Washington
United States
National Geographic Society
America
France
Lipari Islands
Italy
Tibet
Atlas Mountains
Africa
India
Australia
West Indies
Sicily
Formosa
China
Spain
Beyrouth
Syria
Dalmatian
Algeria
Reunion
Indian Ocean
Ceylon
Java
Singapore
East Indies
Russia
Cayenne
Brazil
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
Pacific
Arctic
Antarctic
Soap demands make it an international American product
The article notes how soap uses diverse ingredients from around the world including animal and vegetable tallow from U S slaughterhouses, coconut oil from the Philippines, palm oil from Nigeria and colonial Africa, olive oil from Spain and Greece, and peanut oil from the United States as well as imports from China, Africa, India and South America. The piece hints at global sourcing and ends with a mention of Norway as the next stop.
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United States
China
Philippines
Nigeria
Belgian Congo
Dutch East Indies
Spain
Italy
Algeria
Greece
Africa
India
South America
All Around the House culinary hints and tips
Epicures prefer salt and lemon juice with avocado salad. Tinware resists rust when rubbed with fresh lard and baked. To obtain onion juice cut an onion in half and scrape. Add celery with cabbage to reduce odor. Scrape burnt pan with clothspin prongs after heating. Use cookie cutter to chop nut meats quickly. Put grapeleaf and horseradish in pickles to keep them firm. Biscuit dough makes a rich crust for meat pies and browns nicely.
Hair and health foibles in a lighthearted 1932 vignette
A humorous sketch shows McCarthy dodging a hair tonic pitch from a barber who himself is bald. Chapin seeks a knee surgeon in another city but the doctor is away, illustrating how others' problems are easier to fix than our own.
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McCarthy
Chapin
Haven
Martinville
Western Newspaper Union
Cork supply from Spain and Portugal fuels diverse uses
Cork from cork-oak bark is harvested every eight to ten years. Spain and Portugal supply most of the world cork, a versatile material used in place of wood in parts of Portugal. The cork-oak tree lives about 150 years.
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Spain
Portugal
Western Newspaper Union
England Jails Many for Debt
Britain imprisons about 24 000 people annually for debt making up over 45 percent of all prison admissions. Sir John Gilmour notes reforms could reduce non payment imprisonments, while Margery Fry calls for a government inquiry into debt imprisonment. Debtor prisoners rise with unemployment, and poverty drives non payment of court-ordered obligations. Municipal tax debts are wiped out by prison term, but government tax debts persist.
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London
Britain
William Hillman
Universal Service
John Gilmour
Home Secretary
Margery Fry
Ban on Hats Lifted at St Pauls Cathedral
London church officials lift a 1,873 year old custom allowing hatless women to worship inside St Pauls Cathedral for the first time since its founding. Vergers will no longer require head coverings or handkerchiefs for the service attendees.
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London
St. Paul’s
St. Paul
Nebraska Paid U S 3 Million Last Year
Nebraska tax payments to the United States last fiscal year totaled 3,158,879 with income taxes providing the largest share. Miscellaneous levies including tobacco products and theater admissions added 128,693. The report notes a 1 million dollar drop from 1931 and predicts further declines in the current year.
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Omaha
Nebraska
United States
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Bureau
Nebraska Loses Federal Road Aid And Delays For Public Buildings
President Hoover recommends no new federal authority for highway aid after this fiscal year. Nebraska will receive only leftover funds after July 1 and four planned federal buildings may be postponed to 1934 or 1935. Projects include Wayne Post Office 75000 and Omaha Courthouse addition 60000. Bear Island extension 10000 scaled from 95000.
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Nebraska
Washington, D. C
Congress
Hoover
Uncle Sam
Omaha
Treasury
Postoffices Cut To Third Class On July First
Washington announces that about 45 second class Nebraska postoffices will be relegated to third class on July 1 1933 due to depleted receipts. The move affects over 100 civil service clerks and lowers postmaster salaries. Regs set third class for offices with yearly receipts under 8000.
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Washington, D. C
Nebraska
Postal Department
Nebraska License Change May Require Separate One Dollar Licenses
Hunters and fishermen in Nebraska may again need separate one dollar licenses next year. Izaak Walton league directors in Hastings formed a committee to study changing license laws. Beatrice voters rejected Sunday moving picture legalization by 1 073 to 1 736 in eight precincts.
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Nebraska
Izaak Walton League
Hastings
Beatrice
Sugar Refineries Close 1932 Slicing Campaign in Great West
Great West sugar refineries at Lyman and Gering end the 1932 slicing campaign with Scottsbluff Mitchell Bayard and Minatare already closed. A final beet grower payment will be made December 15 and Lexington merchants may be asked to use script money with stamps. State gas tax receipts are projected to fall about 1.5 million dollars from last year. Sheep and lamb shipments show about 70 percent of last year on feed with some regions unchanged or higher, while eastern Nebraska faces a notable decline.
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Washington
Crescent Lake
Nebraska
Federal
Migratory Bird Conservation Commission
Uncle Sam
The
Conservation Commission
Agriculture Department
Congress
Neraska
Great Western Sugar Co
Lyman and
Gering
Scottsbluff
Mitchell, Bayard
Minatare
North Platte Valley
Lexington
T. W. Bass
State
Federal Division of Agricultural Statistics
Scotts Bluff
Platte Valley
Corn Belt
Nebraska cattle TB tests reveal few positive herds this year
Federal and state veterinarians supervised November tests on 763 herds totaling 9,760 cattle in Nebraska. Fifteen herds were infected affecting 16 animals. In 11 months 15,159 herds totaling 215,062 cattle were tested with TB found in 410 herds and 794 reactors.
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Nebraska
Operator Remains at Post as Fire Rages Below in Alliance
Miss Cora Brown, a telephone operator, stayed at her post while flames roared through the H. J. Ellis building. Firemen carried her from the smoke filled operator room as the first floor burned, with damages around $6,000. The Wildt electric shop and Red Cross HQ were destroyed, and smoke damaged the Northwestern Bell offices on the second floor.
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Alliance
Cora Brown
H. J. Ellis
Wildt Electric
Red Cross
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Nebraska state fair secretary warns against two year suspension
George Jackson says adopting Iowa tax cut group proposals would end the fair. He argues reviving after two years would cost more than covering deficits and maintenance. He notes the fair requires year round planning, with bands practicing and growers coordinating plantings for future dates.
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George Jackson
Nebraska
Iowa
Jackson
Father Flanagan’s Boys Home Marks 15th Anniversary
The Omaha based home on a 320 acre farm valued at 750000 celebrated 15 years since its start with 3,000 boys from 42 states cared for over the period. Beginning with 90 borrowed capital the first five wards were housed in a rented building on December 12, 1917. The celebration drew several hundred participants and the facility relies entirely on voluntary donations.
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Father Flanagan
Omaha
Fire destroys Ravenna Creamery building and inventory
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Ravenna Creamery company building with an estimated loss of 15000 dollars. The fire consumed the plant, office equipment and records, two motor trucks, 1800 new 38g cases and poultry. Firemen faced zero weather but confined flames to the one structure owned by Fairmont Creamery, formerly a butter and ice cream plant.
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Ravenna Creamery Company
Fairmont Creamery Company
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