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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1933
Page
2
Instructions for making peanut brittle and other confections with tips on preventing sugar crystallization. Covers stirring, pan choice, cooling methods, and test points like the soft ball for fudge, plus a basic brittle recipe and variations using nuts and syrups.
New York notes recount anecdotes about Carl Laemmle and Oliver Herford both described as hard of hearing. The piece mentions Owen Davis on Broadway and a New England stock company drama titled not Jezebel. It closes with a tale of a builder buried in a self designed mausoleum reflecting city skyscrapers.
The excerpt describes fudge making with chocolate, water, sugar, milk, and vanilla, including heating to 228 degrees F and test methods. It also adds a brief humor piece about Bell Syndicate and Peter, plus a house-mouse anecdote about an intruder in a bungalow.
In a playful aside a spectator imagines Jacob’s vision of a ladder to heaven as recalling a football fan climbing to seat row ZZ in the stands for a game. The remark blends biblical reference with sports crowd humor.
An origin brief traces the phrase Tom Dick and Harry from Tom and Richard in 1588 through Shakespeare’s Tom Dick and Francis in 1598 and later forms Tom and Tib by 1606. It notes Farmer’s Almanac Boston 1815 documenting the modern usage Tom Dick and Harry.
A brief poem describes the jaguar as the largest feline in the Western hemisphere living where Spanish speaking people are. It notes its sleek mottled coat with tiny neck marks and large back rosettes and claims it is feared and blamed for deeds it never does. It says jaguars flee humans but hunt sheep goats calves and shoats, prompting ranchers from Argentina to Mexico to hunt it.
A lighthearted account describes a cat chased by a mouse in a shoe and thudding noises followed by sleep. A Fifth Avenue resident awoke to a man sneaking with his clothes, leaping onto the intruder, only to find it was his valet taking suit to be pressed, who quit and sued for 500 dollars.
In Hagerstown Maryland Mrs William Eavey found 25 eggs she mistook for turtle eggs while gardening. She gave three to Dale Gams of Rohrersville who placed them in a jar and two copperhead snakes hatched.
Illsworth Woodward used Mexican beer rather than water to mix paints for two 35 year old paintings. The beer colors are preserved better than typical watercolors and the works are displayed in Tulane University’s art department in New Orleans. He improvised due to lack of suitable water in the Mexican mountains where the sketches were made.
My Neighbor SAYS offers practical advice on serving pork with sauces, avoiding wool shrinkage after laundering, toasting bread in a warm oven, air drying baby garments on wooden frames, and using warm water on dates in cakes, all from the 1933 Associated Newspapers WNU Service.
Wifey questions staying at the same hotel after guests see her gowns and hear her husband's long monologue. The couple jokes about moving to avoid public embarrassment and gossip.
Dr H L Shapiro of the American Museum of Natural History speculates on Homo sapiens 500000 years ahead. He predicts taller, more bald humans with larger brains, smaller faces, and even missing little toes, though not committing to exact height or appearance.
An advertising testimonial promoting Kruschen Salts as the easiest safest way to lose fat. Claims include a half teaspoonful daily, weight loss of 20 pounds, increased energy, clearer skin, and a youthful feeling, with safety promises and a price under 85 cents.
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