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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1939
Page
7
Clint and June flee a thunderstorm night to a burning Bowden household. They rescue Mr. and Mrs. Harder from a fast spreading fire as Asa Taine and Mrs. Bowden’s circle come to terms with loss and the dawn of a fragile new arrangement.
In the fortnight after Mrs. Leaford's death, Miss Moss observes Clint's growing attachment to June Leaford. She discusses Lissa Thayer with Tope, noting Lissa and Tope have become nearly friends and that Lissa knows of Clint and June. Rab's presence is also mentioned as part of the social web.
John W. Hilton reports finding elephant trees in a distant canyon believed by Cahuilla Indians to hold deadly sap used to harm enemies or aid gambling. A young educated Indian later guided Hilton to the tree, where a bloodlike sap appeared as samples were taken and later identified as Bursera microphylla.
Primitive travelers relied on bent young trees as directional markers. Tribes in forested regions used this system to indicate routes, bending and securing saplings to signal the direction of travel.
A collection of wry maxims on human nature and behavior. Witty lines note the value of solitude, caution against credulity, and the futility of logic with the illogical. Observations cover courage, precaution, competition, worry, and the cost of advice.
A vintage recipe outlines making a frozen Kool-Aid dessert. It uses Kool-Aid with sugar and milk, freezes into a slushy base, then folds in whipped cream, adding optional beaten egg whites for lightness. The mix yields over a quart and uses a mechanical refrigerator for freezing.
Betsy envisions a bed without a footboard and padded headboard. A plumber fixes a leaky pipe. Betsy then cuts down an old iron bed to fit, padding the top with cotton and muslin. The note promotes sewing books by Mrs Spears and offers leaflets with orders.
A rapid trivia round covering topics from history and geography to science and language. Questions probe the Bastille the International Date Line a diarist who hid in code dog panting reasons navy ship initials and terminology.
A compact knowledge quiz presents facts on topics such as constitutional terms and historic events. It notes the United States holds office for 15 years, cites Westinghouse lighting at the 1893 Columbian Exposition as a milestone, lists Greenland as 827 275 square miles, and cites Herbert Hoover on rugged individualism with a quoted passage.
The list identifies a famous French fortress later used as a prison, the 180th meridian near the Pacific center, Samuel Pepys, a note on increasing evaporating surface, the phrase His Majesty's Ship, Cole slaw etymology, and a reference to the comptroller general of.
James G. Stahlman president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association cites the Federal Constitution as laying a cornerstone for democracy. He argues liberty survives only with a free press free speech free assembly and free worship and warns that liberty perishes where these are abridged.
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