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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1950
Page
6
A wedding shower features all handmade gifts from guests including pot holders bib aprons towels and linens to start the new home. The article encourages readers to craft items such as bridge cloths napkins pot holders and lifters using sewing knitting or crochet with attention to bride’s color scheme and practicality.
A column recounts humorous court anecdotes including a woman suing after mistaking a door for a closet and tumbling to a basement, and a student drunken driving case with a surprising witness. It also notes a church organist awarded no pay and a steamship passenger winning damages over a faulty gangplank.
Kathleen Norris counsels that marriages between sighted and blind partners vary greatly in feasibility. She cites Barbara and Hugh, a nurse and an organist, whose love story illustrates a potentially perfect union. Norris warns Avaline and Carlton show how income, domestic duties, and independence influence success or failure, urging preparation and institutional support for the blind.
A 180 year old German diary recovered in Wiesbaden sheds new light on American troops from 1776 to 1781. Capt Johann von Ewald, Hessian officer, notes Rhode Island infantry marching with precision and discipline. US air force historian Joseph Tustin calls the 1500 page diary an important find with literate prose. It highlights sympathetic views of colonial soldiers amid Britain’s campaigns against Washington.
Lynn Chambers presents rules for better yeast breads and quick baking powder breads with recipes and tips. The notes cover date filled coffee cake, cinnamon nut loaf, poppy seed braid, and spicy lemon nut bread, plus guidance on rising, crust color, and using leftover egg yolks.
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