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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1934
Page
6
Phosphorus works with calcium to build bones and teeth and supports nerve cells. The article notes the need for higher phosphorus than calcium by weight, especially for children and nursing mothers, with sources including milk cheese eggs vegetables nuts and cereals. It warns about rickets from imbalances and vitamin D deficiency, and provides simple recipes such as Pineapple Lemon Cream Filling Peach Pudding and Luncheon Cheese.
A jocular unsourced exchange has residents of Quietville joking about lawn mowing pace claiming no one can cut 50 square yards in four hours. The banter highlights local humor and idle boasts among neighbors.
Ottawa reports indicate Indian prospectors have struck gold in the Great Bear lake district. A fleet of airplanes is being organized from Edmonton to transport miners and equipment to the Northwest territories for development under Maj. L. Burwash. The strike is said to be on the Yellow Knife river near the earlier uranium finds.
Washington D. C. D. H. Robert Todhunter an eighteen year old son of Mr and Mrs Charles Todhunter near here rigs a two tube radio set on his corn cultivator and says music hath charms as he works the fields.
In Duluth the world’s lone welded door cage traps Tom and Jerry, two powerful chimpanzees. They previously escaped by bending bars and breaking a lock, even climbing through a skylight, before curator Bert Onsgard secured them again in the lion’s cage.
Todhunter, a farm youth, rigs a home made radio on the cultivator tongue using laths and 65 feet of wire for an antenna. He reports clear reception except when the plow hits hard ground causing static from the shovels. A headset lets him work while listening.
The text gives rinsing guidance for white cotton and linen fabrics with lukewarm to hot first rinses, a possible cold third rinse, and suggests boiling vinegar to remove lime from a teakettle. It also mentions decorative cloudy crystal bottles with green jade stoppers in a modern bathroom and advises applying adhesive tape over mended china and removing it after drying.
On stage a comedian notes a young woman in a box and an elder lady speaking to him. The elder asks for the ether from the audience, prompting a quick, humorous moment in the theatre.
Ellis Purlee register of the United States land office in West Sacramento says California still has 9,298,275 acres open for homesteaders. He notes 2,209 homesteads entered in the past year, involving 622,771 acres.
A black minorca rooster with two horns instead of a comb is owned by John Gomez of Santa Clara. The horn projections are about an inch and a half long and the bird is nearly one year old.
A columnist notes subway air heats to 94 degrees during hot spells, packed cars and limited airflow amplify discomfort for passengers while crews still wear coats. The Deepest IRT tunnel at 181st is among the hottest spots, with cooler air observed at Fifth Avenue on the Eighth Avenue line.
The piece notes the phrase turning one's head as a sign of vanity born from success. It traces the origin to Addison's Spectator paper number 201, dated 1712, calling it a two centuries old expression.
Ozark region once a gypsy retreat grows less friendly as four tribe members are jailed awaiting Newport Arkansas officers on fraud charges. A caravan is halted at Mansfield Missouri with two members cleared of pocketing charges amid rapid inter police reporting. Gypsy reputation shifts from horse trade to motor travel as criminal activity persists.
Silk gowns from before 1870 survive in wearable condition while later pieces, including those made for Queen Alexandra in the 1880s, are declared fragile. An exhibition of clothes since 1650 draws on loans from the London museum and royal garments. Queen Victoria’s silks remain usable, others must be kept in glass cases.
Cork stoppers fill a pint jar as a handy stock of all sizes for bottles. They save time when a stopper breaks during opening.
Advice urges building resistance to colds through a diet rich in vitamin A from milk cream butter cheese leafy greens eggs and cod liver oil. Emphasizes daily consumption of these foods to stave off illness.
Selection of shortening for frying requires fats that tolerate high heat without smoking. Fats that smoke already begin chemical changes and turn rancid quickly, harming frying quality.
Two large Mayan carved altars were discovered at Quirigua by Harl H. Morris of the Carnegie Institution. The stone blocks feature a human figure in a distorted posture with an elaborate head dress and a Mayan hieroglyph inscription, preserved by Montagua river mud.
A pithy reflection notes that wasting a man’s time devalues him and implies preserved time is precious. The quote uses terse aphorism to warn against unnecessary delays or idle talk. It emphasizes personal productivity and the cost of squandered time.
Sufferers of neuritis arthritis and rheumatic aches can use Crazy Water Crystals to make mineral water at home. The product claims to deliver minerals from a world famous water source with no additives. A standard box costs $1.50 and lasts weeks.
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