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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1929
Page
7
A vintage kitchen column offers uncooked and cooked cucumber relishes, pickles, and sweet pickle recipes with step by step directions. It blends practical canning methods with salad ideas and notes on leafy greens like endive watercress and romaine to build varied, flavorful meals.
Black satin dominates late season fashion with afternoon and evening tracks. Garments emphasize waist shaping, gathered effects, and lustrous contrasts. Designers Patou, Luile Paray, and Viennet adapt trims, sleeves, and necklines for executive, matinee, tea, or shopping wear.
State laws protect all of us from the contagion of outdated public drinking practices. The article urges using disposable paper cups for picnics and cautions that shared glasses and tumblers spread disease. It argues households should sterilize or avoid reusing common cups, emphasizing responsible parental guidance and public health awareness.
A fragmentary note discusses parenting and dental hygiene for children from toddlers to early teens. It emphasizes consistent brushing and creating routines, with mentions of cups, habits, and protective practices for families. The text reflects informal tips aimed at educating children about proper dental care.
In a wintry parlor Ann Marie learns of Florence Lawler’s New York visitor, a bachelor named Neal, whose arrival stirs talk of dances and rival pairings. Alice, teased and contrasted by Ann Marie’s social circle, frets over appearances while Florence’s social machine hums, arranging programs, shopping, and chatter as Christmas prep tightens the town’s social web.
Dear Miss Fairfax offers tips on relationship mysteries from jewelry and graduation rings to sweater ownership and communication. The column advises returning items to avoid embarrassment and outlines stance on long distance love testing and keeping faith when separated by distance.
A column offering health advice and home remedies notes nervous complaints stem from worry and suggests active living. It covers skin care through warm baths, milk and oils, body scrubbing, and cautions about burns. Dietary tips praise green vegetables and water, and it explains bunions from tight shoes with a corrective approach.
A humorous essay on why a wife is astonished when another woman idealizes her husband. It contrasts romantic fantasies with the plain realities of marriage, noting how a wife deeply loves and accepts her mate despite his flaws and everyday quirks. Copyright 1938.
A fragmented story about five shadow children and a mosquito named Surever. The mosquito seeks to bite Grandfather, who is 75 and wrapped in a blanket with a nightcap. The shadow children plot to protect him, using clever ruses to thwart the intruder. The tale blends whimsy with cautious bedtime drama as the shadow world engages a tiny danger.
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