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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1935
Page
10
Oven meal menu for a busy household
A compact guide proposes an all in one supper plan with vegetable soup toast ed cheese scalloped tomatoes celery salad and peach shortcake. It outlines prep order bake times and a simple toasted cheese recipe using cheese mustard paprika and milk baked until golden served with hot tomatoes on buttered bread.
Mexican Hats Serve as Everyday Bowls in Oaxaca
In Oaxaca City Mexican women use hollow fruit of Crescencia cujete as durable soup bowls and hats. Mixtec and other Indians regard them as chic. The tree’s fruit serves as a close fitting hat and a weather resistant serving bowl for hot liquids across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oaxaca City
Mexico
Oaxaca
Yucatan
Celery Salad From Simple Lettuce Mix
Prepare lettuce cut into six pieces then mix minced celery and onion with sugar pepper and salt. Stir in vinegar and oil until thick then pour over the celery lettuce mix. Heat oil briefly, combine and serve as a crisp salad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Neighbor Says Quash Peel Method For Oven Warmth
The note suggests peeling quash by heating in the oven before use. It advises piercing a turkey leg to confirm doneness with pale pink blood. An orange skin on the stove is claimed to remove cooking odor and leave a pleasant scent. Sandpapering baby shoes is recommended to prevent slips and falls. Associated Newspapers WNU Service.
Great Tragedy of Civilization Declares Modernism Failures
A reflective essay argues the core tragedy of civilization is material progress failing to satisfy human needs, noting persistent gaps between wealth and well being and urging a reevaluation of progress metrics.
Nightline Anecdotes From Ocean Liners And Radio Life
A collection of brisk vignettes from early broadcast era and sea travel. A gambler gambled on a ship run and leapt overboard to win a low field only to be rescued after weather changed. Joe Haymes skips tea dancing for a football game and befriends the man who hires him later. Jack Powell moves to publicity and covers the Morro Castle fire, boosting his line to front pages. Vaudeville talk turns to a radio talent wracked by a “Silence” sign, then revived by a prod. Bell Syndicate WNU Service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Haymes
Haymes
Jack Powell
City News Association
Morro Castle
Powell
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Father of five sets of twins in Putnam household
In Putnam Connecticut at the Harry Fifield home a physician attended five births, each delivering twins. The father is noted for having fathered five consecutive sets of twins, a record in the United States. The article lists the children Benny, Elizabeth, Harry Jr, Charlotte, Harriet, Helen, Della, Claire and Marguerite, with Harry Fifield and the family dog pictured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Fifield
Putnam, Conn
United States
Benny
Elizabeth
Harry, Jr
Charlotte
Harriet
Helen
Della
Claire
Marguerite
How It Started By Jean Newton Pedagogue
In antiquity a pedagogue was the slave who led a boy to school and kept his safety. The term implies a self assured authority that teachers seek to avoid outside classrooms. The Greek origin literally means one who leads a boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altaoucs
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Pasamaquoddy Indians Preserve Native Language
Dr. Truman Michelson of the Smithsonian reports that the Pasamaquoddy on Maine's coast preserve their aboriginal tongue in near pure form while adopting white-formed culture. He notes the nearby Penobscot have largely lost their old language despite close proximity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Maine Coast
Truman Michelson
Smithsonian Institution
Ancient Wooden Bridge Gives Way to Progress
West Seneca, N Y The Leydecker bridge built during Civil War days spans Cazenovia Creek in the West Seneca valley. At seventy years old it is replaced by a modern span under a county highway project. The obsolete 170 foot wooden structure was rarely used but carried old warning signs about speeding horses none threaten motorists now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Seneca
Erie County
Leydecker
Cazenovia Creek
River Hoang Ho Changes Course Nine Times Since 2500 Years
The Hoang Ho river in China, nearly 3000 miles long, is believed to have altered its path nine times over 2500 years. In 1887 the river changed course and a million Chinese were drowned in the disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoang Ho
China
Youthful lines in house frock pattern 2071
Youthful shirtwaist lines in a smartly tailored house frock open full length front. Quick slip on with tie belt adjuster and optional collarless round neckline. Sizes 14 to 44, 83 percent yards of 36 inch fabric for size 16. Send 15 cents to Sewing Circle Pattern department New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York City
Such Is Jazz Scene Sparks With Feud and Footloose Night
A cafe scene erupts as a dog topples a table and four waiters drop trays while two couples rise to dance. The anecdote pairs with a Red Cross cough drop advertisement for throat and voice relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake
RED Cross
Home James Driver Seeks Quick Thinking Chauffeur
A wit in a San Diego Union item pitches a chauffeur applicant who claims rapid, clever excuses in emergencies. The exchange showcases humor about road mishaps and quick reasoning when trouble arises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
San Diego Union
Pessimistic Trainer Urges Boxer to Press On
A trainer urged his boxer to stick with the plan and go for the opponent, promising victory. The boxer hesitantly agreed, signaling cautious determination as the challenge loomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boxer
Never Fails Woman on crowded tram seat wish
In a crowded tram a woman tells her friend she wishes a handsome man would offer his seat. Five men rise to help, an automoblist narrator records the scene.
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Jimmy Garthwaite
the Music Box
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Edith M. Barber
The
Associated Newspapers
WNU Service
By Joe Bowers
Smoky Joe
Public Ledger, Inc
Clyde Beatty
Elva Butler
Cole Brothers, Circus
Rochester
Ind
Beatty
Sampson
Lights of
New York
Stevenson
Jean Newton
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