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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1931
Page
2
A mixed reader puzzle with clues for Across and Down entries. Solving yields simple words like A friend that gives pleasure and A home in the country, plus small exercises such as Not tomorrow nor yesterday and A pronoun.
The guide explains cooling drops to form a grape cluster design with leaves on each side, using green wax and a paring knife. It then describes shaping a medium size tag into figure A, carving the center, sealing both sides with gold wax, and decorating with roses and leaves as figure B for a pendant.
A craftsman guides heating silver wax near a lamp and dropping drops on a round tag to seal it. Cover the tag with silver wax leaving a cord hole, then smooth both sides and rim. Finish by applying a single drop of purple wax on the tag.
A mother accompanies her two sons Billy and Bobby walking when a Billy goat approaches. Baby Bobby wailed that there should be Bobby goats too, while the family reacts with a playful moment from Margaret Wheeler Ross.
A 1931 Western Newspaper Union feature offers frosting and filling recipes. Boiled frosting with sugar syrup and egg whites. fudge frosting with chocolate and corn syrup. tropical filling with orange peel and juice. spring conserve from rhubarb and dates. optional coconut dusting and maple flavor substitutions.
A reflective account recalls a 1931 walk with Gene Tunney and his dog Rolfe along Connecticut hills. The narrator notes strenuous outdoor exertion, biting black flies, and the comedic struggle of climbing a long slope before concluding exercise is worthwhile and promising a future stroll.
Kyle Ollison reported he killed an eagle with a ten foot wingspread near Pennington Gap Virginia. The note explains the phrase blue blood originated from Moorish taint thoughts and the blue veins seen in fair races and later shifted to mean noble lineage.
Paris headlines mock a French court martial after Napoleon Klein born near Belfort in 1908 was drafted in 1928 but failed to appear. In 1929 he was declared an absentee and sentenced to a year in prison. It is later found he died in 1909 at four months old.
Alejandro Lerroux, foreign minister in Spain's first republican cabinet, achieved a great election triumph. He is likely to become president or premier after the new constitution is adopted.
In Dyersburg Tennessee a district game killed out of season is turned over to the orphans home and the hunters are fined.
A humorous exchange shows Tom admitting his wife often tells him his exact wealth down to the cent. He asks if anyone has foretold his fortune, and she responds with precise money amounts.
The great bustard is noted as the largest European bird, surpassing a yard in length with a wingspan of about eight feet from tip to tip.
Practical household tips cover melting fat in a double boiler for cooking uses and using old pillow cases as gown covers. Instructions emphasize cold water for scrubbing boards to prevent wood absorption and quick drying.
Biblical lesson outlines Barnabas and Saul returning from Jerusalem, the famine relief, and the church at Antioch sending them with John Mark. It notes gifts in the church, the Holy Spirit’s call, instant obedience, and their mission to Cyprus where Elymas the sorcerer is opposed and Sergius Paulus hears the gospel.
A short Spurgeon quotation affirms divine presence and consolation. It emphasizes that even if men forsake, God watches, cares, and can deliver, promising that the believer remains not friendless while the God of all consolation lives.
A devotional passage emphasizes that resurrection life is the truest and highest form of life. It asserts immortality is sure and glorious, admitting of no reversal or decay. The message reflects Halle Bonar’s perspective on eternal life and spiritual renewal.
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