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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1939
Page
6
A simple twine bag sewn from scraps covers the ball and sits over a table for easy access. It uses a French seam, bias binding, bottom drawcord, and a top double cord loop. Also promotes Sewing Book No 3 priced at 10 cents postpaid from Mrs Spears in Chicago.
A church collection scene unfolds as a street car conductor takes up duty for the first time. Children in the first pew drop pennies, others contribute, but a stern man in the third pew refuses, prompting the conductor to signal the bell card and quip that he must get off amid muted titters.
At a county fair in the Old Country five pounds were offered for a cow weight guess. Many tried, then Old Garge named the exact weight aloud. The judge asked how he did it, and the man said he would have done better if he had been trying.
A terse exchange pits a wary officer against a recruit in a tense scene. The recruit insists the gun is loaded, challenging the officer’s caution and highlighting risk in a charged moment. The dialogue underscores discipline clashes and the pull of danger in recruitment.
Landlady Frump says terms for student boarders are the same as last year. She describes the tenants as bums loafers no goods and dead beats. The terse exchange captures a harsh rental stance with no concession to students.
New fall dress No. 1800 features basque waist and circular skirt in faille crepe or wool with uplifted bustline. Pattern 1716 offers slenderizing lines for sizes 36 to 52 with varied yardage and trims. Orders to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Room 1324 Chicago for 15 cents each.
Richard Whitehall writes of entering a new world beyond darkness and indifference into warmth and goodness. The meditation centers on stepping from illusion into the Real through forgiveness and Love.
Advice on treating constipation by identifying the cause and adding bulk to the diet. Recommends Kellogg's All-Bran for breakfast with water, describing it as a cereal, not medicine, made by Kellogg in Battle Creek and sold by grocers.
A reflective line quotes Addison on the folly of believing virtue exists only on one side. It critiques extreme rigidity and uncharitableness in judgment, suggesting virtue can be found beyond personal faction.
A pithy quotation cites insincerity as the most dangerous evil spirit in the world during this hour, attributed to Froude, warning readers about the harm of falsehood and hypocritical conduct.
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