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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1940
Page
3
A June bride’s post wedding duties include managing a husband’s meals, so a kitchen shower with inexpensive gifts such as herb pots, bowl covers, butter paddles, and a recipe collection is advised. Readiness tips cover a homey menu including Noodle and Tuna Casserole, Spring Vegetable Salad, Angel Food Cake, and Percolated Coffee, with detailed recipe steps for each dish.
The article explains the Bunsen burner name tracing to German chemist Robert Wilhelm von Bunsen and notes early use by Desaghe and Faraday. It profiles Sanford L. Cluett as inventor of sanforizing, a pre shrinking process for fabrics, and outlines Nobel’s life and the origin of the Nobel Prizes funded by profits from nitroglycerine and dynamite.
In nine years this column has chronicled about 7,000 Americans in arts of war and peace. It highlights Rear Admiral John H. Towers and Major General Henry H. Arnold as flexible, far-seeing leaders who rose from early aviation and warned of needed strength. Also notes Admiral Samuel M. Robinson and reflections on Crown Prince Humbert of Italy opposing Fascism with a Belgian-linked wife.
Four practical homemaking booklets offered as a wedding gift include Better Baking Easy Entertaining Feeding Father and Household Hints. Each costs ten cents and orders should be sent to Eleanor Howe at 919 North Michigan Avenue Chicago Illinois with exact booklet titles.
Collier's describes a Hungarian duel of honor where two duelists draw balls from a box with one black and one white ball. The rule states that whoever draws the black ball must commit death by their own action.
Oliver G. Pike notes that spring brings playful cubs for many mammals. Fox cubs chase a round stone in a “Follow the Leader” game, while badger cubs bounce like footballs and tug fur in rough tumbles. Otter youngsters swim and dive in a lively, crowded scene before retreating to a hidden lair.
The piece critiques overconfidence and scams in markets, noting that brokers ignore steadfast virtue. It jokes on kindness to aging horses and describes quirks of intelligence tests for women, including a quip about a grass widow and gold diggers loyal to money.
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