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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1939
Page
3
Icing for doughnuts uses mocha icing with broken nuts. Cleaning greens adds salt to water to draw out insects. Brass can be polished with methylated spirit. Calla lilies should rest a month then sit in shallow water by October for Easter blooms. Cocoa stains remove with cold water borax then boiled rinse. Pie crust gains glaze when brushed with cream or egg wash and baked 20 to 40 minutes.
Two explorers, bearded and soiled, meet in the wilderness and crouch over a brushwood fire. One explains a blood urge to travel and disdain for towns and exhaust fumes, seeking raw nature and unexplored horizons. The other cites his wife’s vocal complaint as the reason for his escape.
In Sherwood Park near Washington Jane Barnes, her brother Baldwin, and their uncle Frederick Towne become entangled by news of Edith Towne, left at the altar by Delafield Simms. Baldwin finds Edith’s diamond ring, sparking clues and growing affection as Evans Follette eyes Jane.
Edith Towne faces an abrupt halt to her wedding as Delafield Simms abandons the match leaving notes and a mystery. Uncle Fred proves a meddling force while Lucy Logan’s influence subtly alters Edith’s choices. Amid guilt and shock, Bob Sterling aids the shaken party as the wedding dissolves on the eve of vows.
The chestnut, once dominant in the Appalachians, is nearly extinct due to endothia parasitica blight first seen in 1904. Efforts at North Carolina State College in Raleigh involve moving healthy trees 200 miles from infection and crossbreeding to resist the fungus, with Japan and China varieties offering potential resistance but inferior quality.
West Indian mahogany was the first discovered and used in England and in the American colonies. Today Cuba supplies commercial quantities while lesser amounts are produced in Santo Domingo. The wood is regarded as the finest mahogany for its weight texture and color and is mainly used to reproduce eighteenth century chairs.
Wise handling necessary to eliminate handicap of constant embarrassment. Parents should assist youngsters to rise above timidity and to enjoy social life.
Margaret Conn Rhoads writes on guiding shy children toward sociability. A mother details steps to ease June from hiding behind her mother to greeting mail carriers, delivering gifts, and attending nursery school, emphasizing calm progress, reduced attention to shyness, and steady, positive social practice. The advice, attributed to the National Kindergarten Association, stresses building self assurance through small, meaningful interactions.
The sachem served as peace time judge and administrator chosen by clan adults, while the chief earned title by deed or prowess as a war time leader. In modern usage sachem denotes principal dignitaries of Tammany Hall, named after the Indian patron saint of the Society of St. Tammany.
The Simpson tunnel in the Alps, twelve percent miles long, is described as the longest railway tunnel in the world. It was built from 1898 to 1905 at a cost near 16 million dollars.
Advertisement for a cross stitch tea towel pattern by The Sewing Circle. One transfer pattern with seven bluebird motifs about 5 by 7 inches, materials and stitch illustrations included. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept at 82 Eighth Ave New York NY with name and address and pattern number.
An electric coal shovel in Wilmington Illinois operates with a 36 cubic yard dipper. One dipper load would fill a room sized 12 by 9 feet. Two dippers would fill a standard railroad coal car. The dipper’s interior is larger than a typical one-car garage, capable of holding a large limousine.
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