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Newspaper
Saline Observer
Location
Saline, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1933
Page
3
A traditional verse notes skunks as pests for breaking pheasant nests and quail eggs but acknowledges their farm value. It describes the animal’s diet of beetles rats and mice and notes the white back stripe and distinctive night scent. Cautions readers about handling them due to their powerful odor.
A 1776 Gowanus house used as a Continental block house and possibly Washington’s headquarters is uncovered again after workers digging for a park project in Brooklyn. Civic groups may help decide its fate, as prior attempts to locate it failed after contractors destroyed parts of the structure in a waterfront filling boom.
In Fort Worth Texas a barter exchange begins supplying blood to hospitalpatients. Doctors at City County hospital request blood for a patient in need and Henry Baker, an unemployed man, is assigned to the transfusion task.
Edith M Barber argues breakfast supports efficiency and calm, promotes three meals, and aids calcium and vitamin intake. She shares cereal and milk ideas, timing for fruit, and a sample breakfast including scrambled eggs with corn flakes, advocating a balanced start to the day.
The article explains the origin of the word shrapnel named after General Shrapnel of the British army. It notes its historical context as a military innovation and touches on linguistic history reflecting mankind’s progress in peace and war. The text includes a recipe section with tomatoes and ham dishes attributed to Bell Syndicate WNU Service.
A 1933 Associated Newspapers NU Service item outlines quick jelly setting by dissolving gelatin in hot water then adding cold water. It also covers removing laundry marks with carbolic acid, whitening heat marks with wood alcohol, and twisting crullers by rolling and slashing dough before twisting twice.
A brief exchange notes Maude is divorced and receives two hundred dollars a month alimony. The dialogue hints at haste in marriage and anticipated long-term regret.
Taunton Massachusetts mayor Andrew J. McGraw covered 55 street department employees salaries from his personal funds after the city could not meet payroll.
A young pilot Bill risks showing off to a fearless flyer Miss Wilmott at a Middlesex airport air meet. The major, his cautious uncle, confronts the incident when Bill nearly harms the niece. The woman rebukes him kindly and declares future flights with Bill.
A reflective essay in 1933 discusses wealth, merit, and the middle class, contrasting rich and well to do. It covers Emerson, Zaharoff, Beaverbrook, Shaw, and Moore’s views, questioning morality, modernism, and public taste while noting an elderly speaker’s hopes for humane citizenship.
The note explains that the abbreviation Dr. stands for debt and is only proper in statements and bills when indicating debt. It also states that the word to should precede the firm name in such usages.
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