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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1935
Page
6
Edith M. Barber reviews traditional and modern coffee methods from New York restaurants to home brewing. She notes freshness and grind, percolator times, drip systems, and the impact of water temperature on flavor while offering recipes and serving ideas for coffee sauce jelly and sponge desserts.
The fragment shows a dialogue where the Big Bad Wolf insists on having a winter coal supply. Another character questions if it is paid for, while an exchange hints at a tension between realism and optimism.
Niff Jeffrey, totally blind, funds his BYU education by keeping a cow on a hay farm. He rooms with board paid in milk, sells surplus dairy for expenses, and maintains fitness by “tromping” hay. In five years he has fallen from a rack only twice, earning fame as a 155-pound wrestling star.
The article discusses how similar sounds like rhun and rum gained alcoholic connotations through misinterpretation. It notes the sense arose from sound likeness and evolving language, with Bell Syndicate WNU Service cited as the source.
In Walterville Oregon the Clarence Potter barnyard features a horned rooster. A two horned growth appeared on the fowl's comb when it was a month old and has since enlarged. The comb points match the comb color.
The first pure white hawk reported in this vicinity was captured recently by a Delaware county farmer in a steel trap placed in his chicken yard.
Guy W. Green is believed to have set a lasting record by reciting the Bible from memory for ten hours straight, showcasing extraordinary memory and endurance.
The piece traces the etymology of rummy from rum to queer or old fashioned, noting misinterpretations of its meaning. It cites the Saxon root rom meaning a priest and tracks shifts to refer to unprogressive clergy hostile to new church rituals.
A reader column offers odd tips about cooking lamb stews pot pies and scalloped dishes. It also suggests washing black lace with ammonia coffee solution and advises avoiding sunlit mirrors due to clouding. It recommends cutting squash into pieces before boiling then finishing with butter salt and pepper before browning in the oven.
A beaver engineers a pool by felling trees to wall off a stream. He watches from his dam and slaps his tail when an enemy is detected among the trees.
A new club for women unable to afford regular opera subscriptions forms at the Metropolitan, with Mrs August Belmont as honorary chair and Mrs Joseph R Truesdale active chair. Members will use grand tier boxes on Saturday nights chosen for informal dress, limits 100 members, two subscription options, one for 12 performances and one for six on alternate Saturdays.
The fragment hints at a horse returning as a “back number” and questions whether the car will appear in another year. The terse exchange suggests playful banter about belongings tied to time and ownership.
Little Carol believes her father killed her pet rabbit after finding fur and tracks near the cage. Her mother reassures that the rabbit remains safe in its cage, while Carol insists she sees the foxlike fur.
A girl asks about the mortar board, and Miss Cayenne explains the term in simple terms. She notes builders wear it with cement on top while professors wear it with concrete underneath, illustrating the pun from the Washington Star.
The Louisville Courier reports that theory squirrels raid suburban attics for lodgings and a resident asks why, with a humorous exchange suggesting they search for nuts as the reason.
A storyteller quotes an old trader saying business is good with a chain of barter deals. He claims to have traded a pig for ten dollars then swapped up to a barrel then a calf then a bicycle and finally another bicycle for ten dollars. He boasts ongoing profit while another speaker doubts profitability.
A speed driver collides head on with a seven story office building. He regains consciousness and mumbles I blew my horn. The incident, reported by the Toronto Globe, notes the dramatic event and the driver’s brief remark after the crash.
A terse exchange recalls college days with one student dismissing peers as unremarkable and another retorting that their class produced no standout figures worth boasting about. The remark hints at shared insecurities and the memory of limited achievements among alumni.
Miss Cayenne replies she has not ascertained if the family remains in the social register as hard times strain means keeping up with the telephone directory is challenging.
A fragment from the Boston Transcript features Maud and Marie debating a person’s skin as a metaphor for touch and retouch. The light exchange suggests intimate tone and character voice within a newspaper snippet.
A humorous exchange shows a suitor asking a father if he can marry his daughter. The father responds with a wary line asking for a son-in-law, highlighting the tension between intention and acceptability. The quote appears in Dagens Nyheter.
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