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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1931
Page
3
Household tips on upholstering and fabric care advise selecting close weave textures to extend furniture life. Additional notes cover heating dishes with newspaper to prevent cracking, and using eggs to bind croquettes for proper cohesion.
Pierre South Dakota A M Jackley returned with a Titan iothere skull from the Bad Lands after Lester Crew unearthed the three foot across skull with teeth nearly three inches square. They spent hours freeing the skull from rock and believe the rest of the skeleton may lie hidden at the site.
Two drivers clash over a bold claim about a car’s power and braking. The first asserts the vehicle’s unstoppable hill performance while the second urges relined brakes to address safety concerns.
Instructions describe making a green decorated sewing box with compartments from wood or cardboard, plus a wedge door stop crafted from two wooden blocks. Details cover shaping, nailing, painting, and personalizing with initials for gifts to mother and a useful office door support.
A collection of old time kitchen recipes including Tomato Aspic with gelatin, Almond Mixture cookies, Egges au Grain, Eggplant au Gratin, Ginger Mint Julep and Stuffed Onions. Each dish offers basic steps and ingredients for home cooks.
A leghorn hen in Cheltenham township owned by Frank Suplee shows seasonal color shifts as its feathers molt from black to white and back. Molly hatched four years ago with black leghorns, first molted to white feathers then to all black on the next molt.
Footprints believed to be from a prehistoric dinosaur near a lodge at Smith's Ferry, South Hadley, Massachusetts, will be developed into a public park. The site lies within lands surrounding the lodge, with planners aiming to preserve the fossil impressions.
A 1931 note explains the saying pillar to post arose from transporting offenders from the pillory to the whipping post while crowds jeered. It counters other theories and presents the historical, logical origin of the phrase.
A humorous dialogue captures a wife quipping about her failed marriage and a husband’s blunt inquiry. The line about not hitting a barn door with a pistol suggests a comic tone and public persona reference.
The text notes that the Wickea are not persecuting and possess singular tolerance, presenting this trait as their sole virtue.
Excess acid causes indigestion with pain and sourness about two hours after meals. A quick fix is an alkali, but Phillips Milk of Magnesia is the standard remedy for fifty years. One spoonful neutralizes large acid volumes, is tasteless and fast acting. Also promotes healthy gums with 4 Dental Magnesia toothpaste.
Average ocean depth ranges from two to two and a half miles. Pacific soundings around 12,960 feet, Atlantic about 12,200 feet, Indian Ocean 11,186 feet, Antarctic 10,800. Japanese Sea 7,320. Gulf of Mexico 4,632. Mediterranean slightly less. Baltic about 122 feet.
In Times Square I meet James J Johnston a famed Manhattan character. Born in Liverpool he built a career by clever talk sharp promotions and a knack for making friends in power circles. Growing up on First Avenue he faced bullies and learned to swing with resolve shaping a vigorous promoter and boxing advocate.
Jimmie Johnston rose from a punchy youth to a club swinging comic act and then to boxing, managing his brother and promoting many champions. He started as an iron molder and amateur boxer, turned pro after a 105 pound title, and later became a promoter in New York.
A terse confrontation on a doorstep involved a caller posing as a debt collector and demanding a parley with the recipient’s husband or boss. The exchange appeared to hinge on unsettled debts and involved informal negotiation tactics.
Quotation on accountability from a historical royal figure stating that people and their government exchange responsibilities and consequences in a perpetual cycle.
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