New York City Life and Wrestler Pat McGill Reflections
The author muses on urban life in New York and the seamless return to city routines after absence. He recalls Will Irwin’s club talk, a train ride with Pat McGill the wrestler, and comments on farmers, industry optimism, and the state of wrestling talent. The piece blends personal travel notes with local culture and economic hopes for 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Middle West
Pat McGill
Omaha
McGill
Prize Card Club Gift Sparks Frugal Debate
A fragment shows two people discussing a prize won at a card club. One person dislikes the prize calling it homely and wishes to give it away as a birthday present, reflecting thrift and practicality.
Home care tips from readers keep meals hot and clothes bright
A reader column offers practical household tricks. Use warmed plates and a covered coffee pot to retain heat for one person. For whitening yellowed clothes, soak overnight then boil with soap and borax, rinse, and air dry. Also protect medicines and avoid broken china with rubber hose on faucet.
Secret of Hot Rolls Is Bared
Edith M. Barber discusses home yeast rolls and how modern households rely on commercial bread. She notes that many cooks prefer rolls over bread, with occasional homemade loaves aged into rolls, and shares a method for a rich egg-painted sweet bread used for tea and toast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith M. Barber
Cheerful Alphabet Game for Kids Fun from 1933
An editor describes Cheerio Chapters and Fun for All the Children by Dorothy Edmonds. Instructions show making four boards with eight alphabet strips and letters to form five words starting with a drawn key letter. Players draw letters turns, earn extra turns by beneficial draws, and aim to complete words before opponents.
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Dorothy Edmonds
Western
Newspaper Union
Varieties of Rolls and Quick Bakes From Yeast Dough
The article discusses shaping dough into clover leaf finger and crescent rolls with varying crusts and flavors. It notes sugar shortening increases richness, additions like raisins or nuts, and cinnamon rolls using butter sugar and cinnamon. It mentions using more yeast for faster rising and avoiding yeasty flavor with proper bake. It ends with a note on a modern method for quick hot rolls.
OW IT STARTED By JEAN NEWTON
A historical note quotes the phrase cat's-paw from Mesopotamian fable usage. It discusses the practice of hiring someone to do a dangerous or degrading task while avoiding personal risk. The wording cites a monkey and chestnuts fable as origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean
Newton
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Cinnamon Butter Rolls From Leftover Dough
This recipe guides making small rolls from dough, rising until doubled, then baking at 400 degrees for 18 to 25 minutes. It details buttering each cup, layering brown sugar and cinnamon, rolling like a jelly roll, and optional pecan additions.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Father Leaves Estate to Settle Son's Debts
Ignatz Trzebiatowski eighty eight left virtually his entire estate to the creditors of his son Albert a former alderman now serving a twenty year prison term for embezzling about three hundred thousand dollars. The will includes small bequests to cover funeral expenses for the imprisoned son and other creditors.
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Milwaukee
Ignatz ‘Trzebiatowski
Albert
Trzebiatowski
How to Bake Dough With Yeast In Fridge and Oven
Instructions for refrigerating mixed dough and yeast usage. Covers keeping dough warm during rising, moist heat methods, and baking guidance for bread or rolls with specifics on yeast, flour, milk, sugar, salt, egg, and fat. Includes steps for mixing, kneading, and rising before shaping and baking.
Woman of Today Almost Perfect Physical Being
London reports British physiologist Professor E McBride says modern women are taller and healthier with fewer ailments. He cites the fitness and hygiene movement, the end of tight lacing, and smaller families over thirty years as key factors shaping brides of this era.
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London
E. McBride
Dividends Boost Bazaar Success for Local Club
The club reports a generous dividend from the bazaar with funds aiding the poor. The event was a success and members concluded with a modest supper noting they ended about even.
Remembering childhood reading habits of days past
In Indianapolis News letter writer M. O. W. recalls long ago popular magazines and series. He mentions Prudy Parlin and Dottie Dimple tales from Portland Maine and authors like Henry James William Black and Marie Corelli. He contrasts vintage youth reading with modern girls’ stories.
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Jewells
James
Llenry James
Prudy Parlin
Dottie Dimple
Prudy
Susie
Portland
Maine
Thule
William Black
Judith Shakespeare
Thelma
Marie Corelli
Peet Westinsion
Charles Reade
David Garrick
Anthony ‘Trollope
Arlington
Rue Morgue
Wilkie Collins
Pompeii
Lorna
Doone
John Hillas
Molly — Bawn
St. Elmo
Vodianapolis
Proves Only Medicine Helps A Sore Throat
An advertisement claims Bayer Aspirin gargling relieves soreness reduces infection and eases pain instantly. It urges using real Bayer aspirin tablets and notes a price reduction on the 100 tablet size while warning about counterfeit dissolving tablets.
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America
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New York Trumbull
Will Trwin
Europe
United States
House Committee
AfeGill
Lewis
Stecher
Bed Syndicate
Wanu Service
Theodore Tucker
Spukitne
Wasti
Rock
Tucker
Roosevelt
Paul Manship
Inaugural Committee On Medals
Associated Newspapers
WAU
Cheerio
Rinso
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