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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1930
Page
6
A meditation on curiosity as a fundamental instinct and emotion driving action and progress. It discusses curiosity as both a positive force enabling scientific growth and a negative impulse fueling gossip and risk, while noting its role in balancing fear and flight to prevent foolhardiness or cowardice.
Poem praising the busy maid whose quiet domestic duties define the honorable role of women. The verse contrasts household labor with broader wanderings, noting she keeps the home, knows secrets, remains unseen, and serves those within with unwavering fidelity.
A columnist argues that while avoiding money talk entirely may protect children from materialism, completely shielding them from finances harms character. He warns that money is inseparable from daily life and moral development, urging balanced, thoughtful guidance rather than extremes.
The piece argues excess or lack of forethought about money shapes character. It claims ugliness and dishonesty linked to debt arise from too little focus on money rather than abundance, and that graceful living depends on timing and perspective, not income level.
A 1930 Western Newspaper Union health note extols eating vegetables twice daily with half uncooked, praising minerals and vitamins from potatoes, cabbage, carrots, peas, spinach, and tomatoes. It urges children to garden, grow diverse vegetables, and shares a tomato cabbage salad recipe with mayonnaise.
Budapest spans 80 square miles on both sides of the Danube with six bridges linking Buda on the right bank and Pest on the left. Buda carries old world quietude while Pest, the newer bustle, forms a striking contrast. The city is regarded as one of Europe’s most beautiful capitals.
A peculiar creature named powk feeds on scrap iron near locomotive works, gaining an iron constitution. After feeding, powks perch above boiler works, startling riveters and loosening rivets. The batlike beast has a paper shell body, filbert head, navy bean eyes, corn wing, bean wings, toothpick legs, and peanut feet.
A compact quotation urges humility noting that the worst and best alike derive from the same starry substance. It reflects on confidence and self worth while invoking cosmic unity. The speaker identifies Nicholai Velimirovic as the author of the maxim.
A two line verse runs around the circle with missing letters and six four letter objects at the center. Write the names of the objects to complete the inside words so every letter is used with no leftovers.
A rich king seeks a cure for his son’s gloom. A poor goatherd from Next-to-Nowhere shows the prince how happiness grows by helping others. The prince learns to share his wealth and joy returns, spreading to the kingdom.
Reproduce two patterns on heavier paper three inches wide. Use yellow paper for No 1 petals and tissue or crepe for No 2. Form a cup by placing a spool at No 2 center and lifting sides. Attach to No 1 with paste. Add green stems and leaves for a bright bouquet.
Philosopher George A. Dorsey argues August 1914 shifted a nation’s character toward reputation. He explores how people claim others’ “true character” and how habit, emotion, and social roles shape personality, with the idea that behavior is observed rather than fixed. He notes palmists and psychics offer no real access to inner self.
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