Parfait Recipes and Ice Cream Treats for Home Entertaining
A vintage home economics feature offers steps for making parfaits and ice creams at home using modern freezers. Recipes include Chocolate Angel Parfait and Mocha Freeze, plus Lemon Sherbet and Iced Chocolate. The piece promotes a 48 page Easy Entertaining book by Eleanor Howe and invites readers to obtain it for 10 cents.
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Eleanor Howe
North
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Illinois
Western Newspaper Union
New U S Political Alignment Shaping Under Roosevelt
Washington column argues Roosevelt’s bid for a third term signals a nationwide realignment in 1940. It predicts a sharp party split within Democrats and Republicans, with relief, farm, and foreign votes reshaping alignments and defining the campaign. It notes opposition claims the draft was orchestrated and foresees a battle over the New Deal’s legacy.
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White House
Willkie
Roosevelt
Chicago
New Deal
Democratic Party
Garner
National Labor Relations Board
John L. Lewis
Farley
Alignment Deepens as Polls Close November Fifth
William Bruckart argues the November fifth poll closing signals a major shift in U S political thought. He says the split between New Deal supporters and their opponents will become fully evident this fall.
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William Bruckart
Strange Facts And Odd Light Sources In Daily Life
Curious items emit light such as rubber bands when snapped quartz pebbles when struck lumps of sugar when rubbed and adhesive tape when peeled. The piece notes vast chess move possibilities surpassing four billion in the first six moves and cites large damages awarded for trespass with no admittance signs totaling 148 million. It adds fiction about royal correspondence being destroyed by three methods.
Tufted Curtains Inspire Bride's Kitchen Show
Ruth Wyeth Spears describes a craft project by Bill and Marty turning a curved buffet shelf into a blue tufted curtain feature. They use muslin squares, blue yarn for tufting, and dipping to create the stitch textures, with notes about a future kitchen show and a craft book promotion from New York.
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Marty
Bill
Grandmother
trivia questions on literature history and science
Answers: 1 Louis MacNeice? Actually quote from John Dryden? 2 Eskimo languages have extensive numerals including words beyond twenty 3 Military logistics refers to planning movement supply and sustainment 4 President George H W Bush died age 94 not 90 5 Ambassadors hold the highest diplomatic rank 6 A long ton equals 2240 pounds 7 Bats are flying mammals not birds or rodents
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United States
Quiz Questions and Answers on Geography and Science
A set of trivia prompts asks where the Badlands are located in the United States, which substance poor conducts electricity among silver mercury and copper, and which Great Lake is the smallest among Ontario Huron and Erie.
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United States
Great Lakes
Lake Ontario
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Temptation and the resolve to avoid it, a Ruskin quote
A compact reflection on temptation urging personal honesty and firm resolve to do one’s best to stay out of tempts, attributed to John Ruskin.
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John Ruskin
Richard Lovelace Poem Hint and Wordplay noted
A compact list interprets phrases amid literary allusion and wordplay. It references Richard Lovelace and a line from To Althea from Prison, a definition of twenty as counting to the end, logistics as transport and supply, John Adams, ambassadors, a long ton of 2240 pounds, flying mammals, a geographic note southeast of the Black Hills in western South Dakota, the element Mercury, and lake areas: Lake Ontario 7430 square miles, Lake Huron 23010, and Lake Erie 9940.
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Richard Lovelace
Althea
John Adams
Black Hills
South Dakota
Mercury
Lake Ontario
Huron
Erie
There Are Two Ways to Get at Constipation
An advertising blurb promotes Kellogg’s All-Bran as a solution to constipation caused by lack of bulk in the diet. It urges regular use with milk or in muffins, plus ample water, and advises consulting a physician for chronic cases.
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Kelloggs
Kellogge’s
Bai Creek
Cheerfulness as a Wears Bright Weather of the Heart
A compact reflection on cheerfulness cited from Samuel Smiles noting it as an excellent wearing quality and described as the bright weather of the heart, emphasizing its enduring positive influence.
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Samuel
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Washington Digest
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National Press Bldg
Washington, D. C
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England
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Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
Ray Olson
Ralph Rivers
Prince Albert
Rollin
P. A
Ralph
Julie Laird
P.A
JOY Smoke
the National
Ringe Albert
Coperighs
Ravel Saas
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