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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1933
Page
8
An essay recounts three dinners and a buffet supper prepared by business people, praising the skill and variety of dishes from steak and mashed potatoes to chicken salad in tomatoes, cream desserts, and coconut cake. The writer teases sharing a secret recipe while admiring homey yet refined menus.
A formal menu features melon for the first course followed by buttered fried chicken broilers, parsley dressed new potatoes and buttered lima beans. A crisp salad with hearts of lettuce and caviar horseradish mayonnaise dressing is served, ending with vanilla ice cream and strawberry sauce. The text includes a recipe for caviar dressing and refrigerator rolls.
A reporter visits Dyckman street ferry to Interstate Park atop the Palisades. Campers from 23 states frequent the park for mountain climbing and swimming in the Croton water supply area. A grand hole near the Freeman home offers swimming, and the writer recalls boyhood river swims and a small wooden church seen for years.
A collage of bits from a vintage column offers simple party appetizers and drink ideas. It includes crisper bacon wrapped olives as a bite, a peanut butter cracker tip, and a breezy note on serving with salad courses. It ends with a humorous tale of a horse owner who advertised a free horse and found five more.
The piece describes steep paths in Interstate Park near Manhattan with views of the Hudson and city towers. It notes well dressed hikers from the lower east side in high heels, strapped youths with knapsacks, and families with lunch baskets enjoying a rugged city escape. Fire building and picnics are mentioned as attractions.
The instructions describe shaping dough into thin rounds, layering with butter, folding, and letting rise until doubled. Bake in a very hot oven at 450 degrees Fahrenheit for about 20 minutes to finish.
Boston doctors at Chelsea Marine Hospital were asked to provide wireless treatment instructions for a fisherman’s toothache. The prescription: dip cotton in oil of cloves and apply to the tooth cavity, then, if needed, give a drink of whisky.
A robin built a nest on the braces of a target at the Wabash rifle club causing players to abandon practice briefly while the bird settled.
The piece explores the origins and anxieties of debt collection, tracing credit from ancient barter to modern dunning. It notes the unease of both debtor and creditor and introduces Joe Dunn, a bailiff famed in Henry VII’s reign, as the source of the term.
A humorous exchange recaps a poet claiming the editor rejected a poem and tossed him, citing a fall of six flights that left him in the hospital for three weeks. The painter weighs in with the editor involvement.
A playful verse notes that Arctic foxes range from white to blue fur, with one silvered and black specimen among red brothers. The poem invites readers not to seek explanations for these color changes, highlighting curiosity about nature.
A convicted mountaineer languishes in jail as allies petition the governor for clemency while rival clan influence and spreading of slander impede the case. The prisoner pens a letter saying the governor would have heard lies unless he hears the truth.
In a terse dialogue a speaker claims George is obsessed, while another counters that his behavior existed before the relationship. The exchange hints at underlying tensions and perceptions of control within the involved individuals.
Mr Erastus Pinkley laments a poor deal after trading a mule for half a bushel of oats. He complains the mule ate the oats while he was away, leaving him feeling cheated and unable to break even. Miss Miami Brown notes the problem and asks what went wrong.
Mrs Robinson confesses a nightmare about all the animals used for her fur coat chasing her. Her friend jokes that rabbits pose no threat, in a Montreal Gazette brief anecdote.
A bold youth quarrels with his father at the staircase head as he challenges propriety and answers that a crank in the house matters most. The exchange centers on self starter devices and bold phrasing at midnight.
In a pointed exchange, Senator Sorghum says his concern is not the golf itself but numerous issues he prefers to raise to sidestep debates on more significant matters. He notes mentioning golf to avoid arguments over other priorities.
A corrected dialogue fragment notes a home arrival pattern, quoting a speaker who insists only one hour late is allowed while a partner disagrees, highlighting a dispute over curfew timing. The brief passage focuses on household boundaries and implied trust issues within a domestic setting.
A fragmented diary-like exchange recalls a man claiming rheumatism relief through an old wooden leg while a punchline hints at his wife striking him. The readable lines convey a tense domestic irony within a humorous punch.
A boy from the agricultural college comes home on vacation. Silas jokes the break isn’t long enough to do much harm before winter. The crops are all in and the family remarks on the harvest.
A quick exchange about moving on from a town due to shared poverty. The dialogue shifts to ideas of aristocracy, with Miss Cayenne comparing it to Santa Claus and noting many people believe in aristocrats leading some to impersonate them.
In an Evening Transcript item from Boston a doorkeeper asks who wishes to see a boy inside as Urchin confidently answers it is him. The brief exchange captures a tense moment likely from a film or stage scene.
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