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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1932
Page
2
A whimsical poem about a child comparing their two feet with a centipede's many legs. The speaker wonders how a hundred feet would work for daily tasks and reflects on shoe prints, left and right feet, and the idea of using many appendages for eating and walking.
The Kitchen Cabinet offers sandwich ideas for all seasons. It suggests cheese spreads with bacon, mustard or horseradish, hot bacon with chicken and mustard, welsh rarebit with a poached egg, pineapple or orange accompaniment, and hot bacon with onion for varied fillings.
A recipe mixes onion and green pepper with tomato and mayonnaise to create a superior Russian dressing. Tips include saving old rags for emergencies, using an electric flashlight in stockings to reveal threads, and drying icing with a pinch of baking soda in beaten egg whites.
A collage of anecdotes features Walter Trumbull’s exwife and her cabaret singing career amid a Wall Street crash, a giant penguin sighting with Dr Laurence Gould, a taxi chase to move the bird, and jests about Cardini and Schmeling. Also notes Gandhi, Gene Lamb Tibet trek, and WWI era desert marching shoes in Syria.
A 1932 Western Newspaper Union food note describes hot chicken sandwiches spread on buttered toast with optional anchovies, served with curly lettuce and roquefort dressing. It suggests tomato soup with cheese as a sandwich filling, mixing cheese and egg into the soup and cooking until melted before cooling.
Dialogue excerpt shows a Detective and suspect arguing about forging a signature. The man insists no one could forge his name to a check and cash it, citing lack of a bank account and a hard signature to imitate.
The Witwatersrand gold mine in Johannesburg reportedly contains more than 4,000 miles of subterranean shafts, streets and avenues. Officials are cautious about the claim but note vast tunnel networks and extensive mining infrastructure.
In Juniper Georgia a farm wife tied to plow with her friend’s husband after lacking a mule. The field agent for the Agriculture Department confirms this real event from 1981 in Georgia, noting the couple’s effort paid off back taxes.
A playful exchange features a character asking if something is a secret about Tom being a fool. The line provokes surprise and a lighthearted reaction, hinting at social teasing and the hidden meaning behind the request.
How It Started By Jean Newton explains the saying dead as a herring linking it to fish dying when removed from water. The piece notes the distinct convulsive expiry and adds a brief mention that face paint and cosmetics appeared in ancient China and earlier in Egypt.
The Zeppelin L Z 129 promises luxury on air with 52 passenger capacity and eight tons of freight. It features two decks and two bathrooms, a 45 foot promenade deck, dining room, parlor, reading and smoking rooms, and an electric kitchen for four course meals.
At Camp Bullis near San Antonio Texas antiaircraft tests show automatic rifles high accuracy against a towed fuselage sized target. The test recorded 8.61 hits per 100 rounds with automatic rifles, 2.73 with rifles and 1.96 with machine guns.
Deputy Constable Her enegildo Garcia displayed a tear gas gun to a friend and accidentally discharged it in a cafe. The gas filled the air causing many patrons to cry and be blinded temporarily. Garcia said he does not want to carry the device any longer.
Mrs Olie Hockman of 820 North 2nd Street praises Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as relief during the turn of life for health issues related to family rearing. She says the remedy gives strength and advocates its use, with free medical advice offered by the Dr Pierce's Clinic in Buffalo New York.
An old newspaper ad touts Bowles Pepper Rub a red pepper based ointment claimed to relieve rheumatic pains in joints and lumbago within minutes. The ad promises chest cold relief as well and urges readers to buy from their local druggist.
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