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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1939
Page
7
A home canning piece presents tested recipes for Apple Chutney Lindbergh Relish and Amber Jam, plus tips on sterilizing jars, paring knives, and paraffin sealing. It highlights future cookie recipes by Eleanor Howe and invites readers to request Household Hints in Chicago.
British Guiana covers a vast area with a sparse population near 300,000, Georgetown housing about a fifth. The colony exports sugar and bauxite while gold and diamonds total over 2 million ounces and carats respectively. interior mineral wealth remains untapped due to transportation limits from rugged interior plateaus and short rail and river networks.
A humorous note on swing reading claimed new by Los Angeles eye doctors, then traced to an ancient Greek term boustrophedon meaning turning like oxen. The Pathfinder piece jokes about golfers and a convention, noting the old idea predates modern headlines.
In a humorous Annapolis Log note a shopper orders purchases and shaded by a clerk asks for initials. The man presents as Kirby Jepson and repeatedly corrects the clerk about O and K initials. The exchange ends with the shopper writing his own name to avoid further confusion.
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