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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1931
Page
6
Theodore Roosevelt and others illustrate a mix of memory tricks and social awkwardness with names. The piece surveys politicians athletes writers and journalists like Gene Tunney Bernard Shaw Jack Dempsey and George Creel amid anecdotes about forgotten names and mnemonic tactics.
A man was arrested on his wedding day and sent to the penitentiary for life. The exchange between Mr. Henpecque and Mrs. Henpeecque notes the incident as an awful lucky stroke for him.
A writer recalls recognizing a woman he had spoken with at a previous dinner, realizing later they had sat beside each other the prior evening. The anecdote notes the moment of recognition and the connection formed.
Practical tips on cooking ham and bacon, pan temperature, broom care, mint preparation, and cleaning methods. Emphasizes frying meat in a hot pan, dipping brooms in hot soapsuds, and drying herbs before chopping. Ends with advice to remove flypaper using kerosene and hot soap.
A brief line notes midlife humor describing how a stranger of your age appears old while childhood friends remain carefree. The quoted reflection appears as a casual-sounding remark from the San Francisco Chronicle.
A whimsical tale where numbers gather for a party and dance, each changing as they pair up and move. Zero leads a clumsy climb and all must stand in pairs to sum to nine, hoping to feel comfortable again.
A 1931 Western Newspaper Union piece advises on underlining the foundation of health through ancestry, diet, and minerals. It recommends milk eggs citrus juices and lemon water to strengthen bones and teeth, notes fats and carbohydrates, and claims a growing boy needs twice his father's intake with overweight preferred to underweight for resilience.
A narrator recalls a morning on Fifth Avenue when a woman wearing a hat pulled over her nose asked if he remembered her, illustrating how fashion moments can alter recognition and how embarrassment lingers in memory.
A witty exchange contemplates steamship lines anchoring bergs near the Straits of Belle Isle to supply icy decor for travelers. It jokes that merchants may advertise Icebergs for sale in tourist journals as a novel amenity.
Reported icebergs in the northern Atlantic have greatly diminished. Last year 440 were recorded in north Atlantic travel areas but this season only two small bergs appeared, distant from steamship lanes and viewed as a spectacle. The drought backdrop is cited as a possible factor.
The guillotine, once used for beheading, began as an instrument of mercy created by Dr. Joseph Ignatius Guillotine. The physician proposed a uniform method to substitute earlier devices, aiming for quick painless execution, though beneficiaries may not have viewed it as a pure blessing.
Colorado accounts for about four fifths of the United States highest summits, underscoring the state's dominance in extreme elevations and mountain geography.
Specialists of the U S Department of Agriculture describe a simple test to choose storage potatoes for chip making and french frying. Lower storage temperatures raise soluble sugars, darken chip color, and create sweeter baked or boiled potatoes. A small test using picric acid detects sugar levels to screen potatoes for hotels, restaurants, and chip manufacturers seeking mealy, low-sugar potatoes.
W E Morris extension livestock specialist at University of Minnesota says docking and castrating lambs from ten days to two weeks old increases market value. Correctly docked lambs fetch 25 cents to $1.50 per hundredweight more, while castration raises ram lamb value by $1 to $2 per hundredweight. Fly time ends and operations become inadvisable after that.
Sows raising two litters a year should not become too thin in summer and must gain flesh, especially in the last half of summer. Beginning now until furrow, bred sows need grain or concentrated feeds. legume forage should be home grown. with ordinary pastures add protein feed such as tankage or linseed meal. Feeding amount depends on conditions and the sow's flesh, to be judged by the feeder.
The article outlines salt amounts for pig feed, noting two-fifths of a pound per 100 pounds of grain as sufficient. It warns against excess, which can be fatal to unaccustomed pigs, and lists mixing options with wood ashes or coal slack, then allows later free access. It also mentions a mix with finely ground limestone and steamed bone meal.
J. W. Lamb of Kansas State College advises cutting sweet clover hay before plants become coarse to avoid mold and spoilage. The forage is harder to cure and store than other crops, increasing disease risk in stored hay.
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