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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1931
Page
3
A recipe excerpt details The Kitchen Ice Box Cake layering sponge cake apricots whipped cream and final cake layers then apricot juice glaze. Also Fish Veloute uses milk dry bread crumbs fish fillets onion and stock with lemon paprika and cream added at the end. Scrambled Eggs Royal combines macaroni eggs cream salt butter and paprika for a rich breakfast dish.
Siamese minister to Japan becomes envoy to the United States. The arrival photograph was taken in San Francisco upon his arrival before proceeding to Washington.
The note discusses refrigerator temperature effects on food safety and waste, paring advice for potatoes and turnips, a honey milk drink for children, and safe cleanup tips for broken glass. It also mentions using oyster shells to remove clinkers and stove safety.
Berlin reports the death of Friedrich Wilhelm Goebel the German engineer credited with perfecting an advanced tank type used with dramatic effect in the World War. He died recently in extreme poverty.
The piece explains the origin of the word mirror from Latin miror meaning to look with wonderment. It traces the first mirrors to limpid pools and notes Paris sparked the first ready need for the miroir leading to its spread to London and then America.
A terse exchange reveals a man realizes his venture was a mistake. He concedes realization that the undertaking should not have been undertaken.
In Roundup Montana three men Hartmouth Johnson and Montgomery uncovered a near complete plesiosaurus skeleton near Pole creek about 18 miles west of Roundup. The 15 to 16 foot long fossil rests five to six feet underground in Bear Paw shale. They also found a connected vertebrae section from an ammonite family member characteristic of the Mesozoic era.
Van T. J. Hickam of Lee county says skunks help his tobacco crop by eating pests. He noticed barley stalks eaten by worms and observed skunks darting through the patch picking off the worms, aiding pest control.
Roy Perviance of Hagerstown Maryland recounts an odd tale as he claims a squirrel stole his hunting license while he slept beneath a tree. He says the animal pulled the document from his coat and tried to cover the hole in the tree as if placing a house number.
In a sunlit ancient Egypt setting, Taia helps her mother prepare lotus garlands for guests. She learns the lotus is the country’s honored flower and joins family ceremonies at home and a temple, placing her offerings amid statues of the gods. The story blends daily life with festival rituals and the flowers Taia loves.
Bruce Barton repeatedly declines and then accepts M. H. Aylesworth s sales pitch to write for the electrical industry. After dinners and a flood of telegrams from prominent figures, Barton relents and agrees to take on the assignment, receiving the case data each time.
Comic dialogue shows a boarding house mistress and a boarder joking about soup flavors. The skit centers on Mrs. Bunk and Mr. McLean as they tease culinary odds and ends.
A geologist identifies Manhattan schist from a Jersey shore sack with a murdered man’s torso, locating the crime to New York. A detective notes desperate criminals are often turned in by women, neighbors, or relatives, guiding police investigations.
An owl attacked four children from the Hicks family as they approached a nesting tree in Breau near Bristol. One child suffered minor injuries from the bird’s swoop and the incident prompted local caution around the nesting site.
A 50 year old former guard Pudge Heffelfinger returned to Yale and demonstrated how line charging was done, tearing into the varsity and prompting coach Tad Jones to beg him to stop. The incident sparked talk that modern football had softened the game.
An article describes unbreakable spectacles using two glass pieces with a celluloid layer, cemented under pressure to form a single solid lens. The sandwich is thicker yet remains transparent, with prior unbreakable glass used in windshields and goggles, now first applied to spectacles.
In 1931 Poland, farming employed 65 percent of the population, welcoming many children. Poland’s population rose by over 500000, while Great Britain increased by about 250000 in the same period.
The London will grants broad authority to a relative named Ann Bertha Cecilia Diana Emily Fanny Gertude Hypatia Inez Jane Kate Louise Maud Nora Ophelia Quince Rebecca Starkey Teresa Ulysses Venus Winifred Xenophon Yetta Zenus Benner. Life estate property valued at 475 dollars is mentioned in the document.
A brief exchange shows a worker stating I am working for an installment house. The response asks What did you buy indicating a questioning tone about a purchase or debt.
A minister hopes the choir tensions will end as believers anticipate a millennium of peace with abundant souls and renewed harmony within the church community.
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