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Newspaper

Patoka Register

Location

Patoka, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1934

Page

2

The Monkey and the Organ Grinder Visit School

A fragment describes a monkey in a velvet coat and an organ grinder returning to a school at noon. The monkey asks for a penny after squeaking when the speaker had none. The hurdy gurdy instrument is noted as out of tune during this visit.

Darien

Hints on how to bake cakes and judge texture

Practical guide on cake making from creaming butter and sugar to folding egg whites and baking. Includes proportions for cake or pastry flour, baking powder, salt, butter, sugar, eggs, milk and vanilla and tests for batter consistency and doneness. Emphasizes flavor and texture balance and oven temperature guidance.

England

Sanitary standard scene at local shop

Inspector questions cleanliness of a shop while the proprietor insists the place is spotless, claiming daily checks reveal no germs. The exchange underscores concerns about hygiene in a small business.

Perpetual Is Clara dieting because she repents of her double life

No on account of her double cab in.

Clara

Professors Lie Says Botany Head At Western Ontario

University of Western Ontario students are puzzled by Prof. N. C. Hart who declares that every professor tells from 8 to 18 downright lies per lecture and that students absorb all lectures like suckers. He criticizes passive learning and urges critical thinking in class.

London University of Western Ontario N. C. Hart Department of Botany Hart

Creole Cake and Chocolate Fruit Cake Recipe Fragments

Recipe fragments describe creole style cake and a chocolate fruit cake method. Ingredients include brown sugar eggs cocoa coffee infusion flour sour cream and optional nuts or raisins. Instructions cover creaming butter and sugar beating eggs folding in dry ingredients and baking in moderate oven with boiled icing and chocolate glaze. Bell Syndicate WNU Service.

Bell Syndicate WNU

Porter J White famed as origin of Face on the Barroom Floor

The death of Porter J White stirs revival of the tale behind The Face on the Barroom Floor the poem first recited by White after Hugh Antoine D Arcy visited his room in August 1887 in New York. D Arcy inspired the work while in a saloon, the poem later used as temperance propaganda.

Porter J. White Mr. White Casey New York Hugh Antoine D’arcy Joe Smith Fourteenth Street Fourth Avenue D’arcy Mr. D’arcy Mr. D'Arcy

Labor of Love and Its Biblical Roots

The phrase labor of love describes work done for others without expectation of reward. It traces to the First Epistle to the Thessalonians where Paul thanks God for believers and recalls their work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in Christ.

Paul the Apostle Lord Jesus Christ God Father Bel Syndicate WNU

Spring Source Sought in Balmorhea Texas Valley

Government experts search the Balmorhea area for the source of a spring that delivers about 32 million gallons daily, feeding a 640 acre lake and supporting 15 000 acres of fertile farmland. The site features Phantom lake and a local legend about three brothers.

Balmorhea Texas

Home Remedies From The Past

Practical tips from a historical column include using am­phorated oil to deter ants, not overfilling hot-water bottles, adding flour to frosting to thicken without altering taste, and using a tablespoon of cream or hot water per egg when making omelets.

Associated Newspapers WNU

Enough Author Do You Think This Poem Will Live

The speaker asks if a poem can endure before a friend counters that good things die young and may still persist. The dialogue hints at legacy and artistic endurance beyond a short life.

State pays large daily bounty on varmints in Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania state program pays more than $1,000 daily for undesirable animals killed or captured by hunters. In one month bounties were issued for 80 wildcats 1,878 gray foxes 22,471 weasels and 3 goshawks totaling about $30 480.

Harrisburg Pennsylvania

Great Commandment and Christian Citizenship Lesson

The lesson centers on Matthew 22 15 32 34 40 the Great Commandment to love God with all we are and to love our neighbor as ourselves It links temperance and good citizenship to a right relationship with God The study discusses civil government obedience to Caesar and the need for faith in Jesus Christ as the basis for brotherhood.

Jesus Caesar Christ Iit God Jesus Christ

Cleansing Each Step Toward Our Ambition

The stairs between us and our ambition may be smeared with filth or stained with blood, but we can avoid soiling our feet by cleansing each step as we proceed. We need not wade through filth to win.

Mental Discomfort From Minds Distanced From God

A fragment argues that mental discomfort stems from the mind diverging from God and that harmony between mind and divine will prevents inner conflict.

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