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Newspaper

Shafter Press

Location

Shafter, California, United States of America

Date

Apr 29, 1937

Page

6

Pleasing Needlework Transfers and Crochet Edge Pattern

The Sewing Circle offers pattern 5751 with two motifs 4 by 10 inches and two motifs 3 by 7 inches, a crochet edge chart 3 by 15 inches, stitch illustrations, color ideas, and directions. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept at 259 W Fourteenth St New York NY for pattern by mail.

Sewing Circle Household& Arts Dept W. Fourteenth St New York N. Y

Murder Plot and Evening Gambles Circulate in Garden District

In a tense scene Vance, Markham, and detective Heath prepare for a planned confrontation with a murderer. Authorities contact yesterday’s witnesses while a chessboard of bets and a concert interweave with the looming gathering at six in the Gardens.

Cheerio Vance Markham Garden Currie Melinoff Grieg Stuyvesant Sergeant Heath Heath Mr. Vance Hennessey Burke

Vance Probes Alibis In Fatal Hallway Gathering

In a tense den scene, Philo Vance questions Hammle, Graem, Garden, Beeton, Weatherby and others about movements before and after a fatal upstairs shot. A planned rehearsal gunfire confirms a downstairs location, while Zalia Graem’s answers reveal new clues about the night’s events and missing details.

Floyd Garden Vance Zalia Garden Hammle Woody Gorden Burke Markham Hammie Swift Floyd Cellai Siefert Zalia Graem

Caviar Canape Recipe Steps for Toasted Rounds

Step by step for making caviar canapes with toast rounds. Spread caviar on toast, top with sieved hard boiled egg yolk, season with lemon and onion juice, trim edges with egg white, and garnish with a tomato piece. Copyright WNU Service.

WNU Service

Clog Almanac Alleges A Square Event

A fragment notes a clog almanac described as a square with unclear details. The line hints at a calendar like entry or event layout without concrete dates or participants. Further readable context remains unavailable in the fragment.

Abraham a Friend of God and Hebrew Pioneer Faith

Lesson notes present Abraham as a model of adventurous faith, calling readers to separation, obedience, and worship. The text links Genesis chapters 12 11 and Hebrews 11 8 to show faith as response to divine calling, with blessings protection and liberty as outcomes. It emphasizes God choosing Abraham to begin the Jewish nation and lasting grace.

Abraham God Mesopotamia Haran Christ Abram Earth Satan Jesus Christ

Around the House Practical Tips for Household Tasks

A collection of home shortcuts including removing stitches from fabric easier after finishing, pre filling nail holes with glue to avoid plaster cracking, transforming leftover liver into a seasoned sandwich filling, preventing black potatoes by lemon juice, safely melting chocolate, polishing table silver after washing, cleaning dirty wood with a hot water linseed oil turpentine mix, and preparing stuffed orange salad with one orange per person.

Lems of Interest to the Housewife Includes Jelly Sauce and Butterscotch

The excerpt offers kitchen guidance with recipes and methods. It describes a mayonnaise topped salad and stuffed shells with dates and cream cheese, a jelly sauce using various jelly flavors, and a butterscotch mix with brown sugar molasses and vinegar.

Lems Eh Beenerbee Eeilus

Religious Principles and True Virtue in Luther's View

Luther argues that external good actions do not make a person religious. instead, righteous principles precede and compel virtuous deeds, ensuring consistent piety and conduct. The quote emphasizes inner conviction as the source of steadfast action.

Luther

Pillars of Hercules and Miscellaneous Quiz Questions

The item lists trivia prompts and answers including the Pillars of Hercules location on either side of the Straits of Gibraltar and other scattered questions. It appears as a jumble of quiz content with stray phrases and misprints, lacking a coherent single news event.

Straits of Gibraltar Bernadott Habeas Corpus Maine St. Franca Todiana Russia

Howlers eee as a Hosiery carries water to fires

A quirky Montreal Star quip notes odd wordplay on common terms. Allegation and alligators, autograph and motor car, handicap and ease on the head are presented as playful lines. The piece blends humor and language without a clear news event.

Montreal Star

Hen I'll Have to Knuckle Down to Business

A lighthearted note on a competition or challenge involving poultry, suggesting a shift to serious effort. The commentator hints at foreign eggs complicating the task and the need for focus to succeed.

Rube I think I have said too much already

A brief remark from Cotton Ginners Journal reflecting a candid aside by a writer or reader. The line captures a moment of self awareness about revealing too much in print. No other context is provided in the excerpt.

Vance Liefert Burke Mr. Vance Tikena Rube Cotton Ginners’ Journal

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