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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1935
Page
6
Practical guide to easy cookies including ice box drop and wafer styles. Tips cover oven temperatures, blanching nuts for macaroons, and using almond or brazil nuts for distinct flavors. Includes recipes for almond slices and bran molasses cookies with measurements and baking times.
A three-horned steer is shown at Hershey Zoological Garden in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Walter M. Dunlap of Union Stock Yards Lancaster presented the yearling, and Ward Walker the zoo director said he would defy tradition and keep the animal.
A recipe suggests placing sliced tomatoes, bacon, and cheese on buttered bread then baking for a tasty dish. Do not bake a cake alongside other items and keep it centered in the oven. Cranberry jelly can be molded individually for appeal. Pricking apples or tomatoes prevents bursting during baking.
Polly the famed parrot of London died at thirty three after spending more than half of a $1,875 bequest from Mrs Blen Herietta Harriss made in 1901. Three hospitals allocated funds to Polly but failed to halt her extravagant appetite. Courts ruled the parrot could do as she pleased with the money.
Advice instructs that new tinware should be rubbed with fresh lard and then thoroughly heated in the oven before first use. This treatment forms a protective coating so the metal will not rust later, even with heavy water contact.
The guide advises starting at the collar center and ironing toward the edge, then returning to the center to continue. It emphasizes a back-and-forth center-to-edge motion to avoid creases and achieve a smooth finish.
A profile of Dr. Harold Urey winner of the 1934 Nobel in chemistry notes his heavy water work and deuterium, his Columbia lectures mishaps, and his wife spending prize money. It also covers Louis Paul’s C Henry Memorial Award win for No More Trouble for Jedwick and his path to publication. The piece closes with a Fifth Avenue hat shop offering rebuilt hats for a dollar and subway coin tricks in Times Square.
The phrase learning by heart comes from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales Troilus, dating to the fourteenth century. It is one of the oldest English expressions, derived from the line to learn by heart.
Philadelphia officials describe how the Big Dipper will resemble a soup spoon in 50 000 years as the handle stars drift apart and the Dipper’s shape changes. The Franklin Museum team notes the planetarium can move stars to mirror past and future astral positions.
Triangular tears in garments can be neatly mended by first working the edges with a buttonhole stitch and then catching the torn edges together through the stitches rather than the fabric itself.
A sewing pattern suggests a smart two piece pajama design for women with a front waist V and back bow, made in patterned cotton or flannel. Pattern 2045 comes in sizes 12 through 20, with fabric needs for size 16 listed, and illustrated sewing steps included. Order from Sewing Circle Pattern Department, 243 West Seventeenth Street, New York City.
A quoted exchange shows a heated call for leadership followed by a Senate reply stressing the need for a clear road map. The dialogue centers on guidance for safe and proper travel, highlighting political focus on transportation planning.
A brief exchange imagines vacation travel despite lacking a car funds and available financing. Jinks remarks they would have taken an extensive tour if conditions allowed, highlighting attitudes toward travel and mobility in constrained circumstances.
Dialogue excerpt shows a disciplinarian boss scolding Jackson for lateness while Jackson quips about alarms, highlighting a tense work dynamic and a lazy-to-witty exchange.
A terse exchange features a traveling judge asking about a fixed abode and the respondent noting they are on circuit. The dialog echoes a nomadic legal tradition and subtle irony about residence and mobility in judicial life.
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