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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1934
Page
6
Advice on preventing summer digestive illness through clean milk and produce, proper kitchen hygiene, and prompt medical care. Cautions against self prescribing castor oil and calomel, and notes on signs requiring a doctor. Includes simple summer recipes and steps for safe meal prep.
A playful exchange notes a wife asking if her husband took her to the game and jokes that he chats with the umpire more than the cook. The humor hinges on his easy talk to authority figures and reluctance at home.
Big Rapids resident C H B Modrow notes his White Leghorn hen laid an egg measuring 6 inches by 8 inches, larger than a Bridgman egg recently reported. Modrow, from the Woodville district, says he is not boasting but hoping other poultrymen test their hens.
A recipe note suggests using grated orange rind as a substitute for candied orange peel in the dessert. It mentions sprinkling with powdered sugar before serving and credits Bell Syndicate WNU Service.
A reader shares practical notes on glass care using blueing water for sparkle. Heating lemons before juicing yields more juice quality. Croquettes should chill before shaping into balls then cones or cylinders. Salted meat needs longer boiling. start in cold water and bring to a simmer.
In Besence Hungary women refuse to marry Besence men and take crushes on neighbors. A marriage ban bars outsiders and local women from leaving. girls are locked up, men stay lonely, and the town remains unhappy.
The Mug House at Claines near Worcester is the only inn in Britain set beside a graveyard and a 30 yard from the church. Villagers pass through the graveyard to reach the pub for evening beer. The church once used the tavern’s tap-room for vestry meetings.
Not enough readable facts to form a complete news item. The fragment mentions a fisher and a joking remark about a person, with no clear event, date, or entity details.
The piece describes municipal moving theaters in New York using five 30 by 20 foot trailers that unfold into stages with complete scenery and lighting. Performances of Uncle Tom's Cabin are free, with tickets distributed by welfare agencies. Other notes mention Bowery amateur night, Nita Naldi, Ann Pennington, and a stroll through local dining favorites like turtle dishes.
A column notes that gas light era relics persist with shows like The Drunkard in old churches and The Black Crook revival at the Peoples Theatre Bowery. It explains the term dumbbell from early gym apparatus and mentions an exemplar at New College, Oxford.
A terse exchange about childrearing between residents surfaces in a small community gathering. Citizens recall past admonitions and contrast them with modern attitudes toward discipline and expression.
Cadiz Ohio farmer Joe Walker adapts to horse shortages by using oxen hitched behind mules. He says the odd combo makes a fast team as the mules resist prodding yet work well with the cattle. Walker notes team work gets things done.
In Aberdeen Washington the dog of mill engineer John Gartner mourns after Gartner killed and ate his pet pig. The dog, raised with the pig since infancy, sniffed the pig’s body, howled and ran away following the act.
Pattern 9966 offers a sleeveless frock with buttoned little capes for formality and cool comfort in the house. Sizes 14 through 48, with size 36 needing 4 yards of 39 inch fabric. Send 15 cents and write name address style number and size to Sewing Circle Pattern Department, 232 West Eighteenth Street, New York.
A London lecturer asserts one must travel to England to learn English, while Miss Cayenne counters that in America one can be paid to learn and do so. The exchange highlights differing incentives for language study and compensation.
A teacher asks what virtue is shown when stopping a boy beating a donkey. Willie answers with quick wit that the virtue is brotherly love, delivering a humorous moral during a classroom moment.
Rastus devours an apple with gusto while a companion warns worms in the fruit. The playful exchange features exaggerated dialect as a humorous cue to beware the worms that might be in the apple.
A Sydney Bulletin ditty recalls Sandy McCulloch finding corn plasters and buying a pair of tight shoes, a humorous note on frugal thrift. The little exchange captures local speech and a village laugh.
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