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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1939
Page
7
Practical instructions and tested recipes for freezer ice creams and sherbets plus a note on the Easy Entertaining book by Eleanor Howe. Includes peppermint candy ice cream strawberry preserves buttermilk ice cream creamless options strawberry whipped cream lemon sherbet and kitchen tips for freezing batches.
This list poses ten questions spanning history aviation language biology and comedy. It asks what the Holy Grail is meant as a legend a fiscal year definition whether dirigible refers only to airships if planes have right of way at airports whether stars are motionless in space why flies walk on ceilings how a chuckle differs from a giggle and a laugh why ducks repel water approximate cotton bale weight and the buffalo versus bison distinction.
A quiz presents facts and definitions across subjects. It includes statements about motionlessness, suction cups on legs, distinctions among chuckle giggle and laugh, reasons for oil in feathers, the weight of a bale of cotton, and terminology for buffalo species including the American bison.
A riddle style item listing four definitions: a sacred cup from the Last Supper, a financial year starting date, a directed airship or vehicle, and aviation rule granting priority to descending planes.
A housemaid quarrels with her mistress after being summoned to hear accusations of flirtation. The maid asserts she kisses better and hints at rival affection, naming the butler as the alleged other party before the confrontation ends abruptly.
Yale researchers Dr. John Whiting and S. W. Reed spent seven months with a small Sepik range tribe to study training habits. Spankings and rewards shape discipline, praise and scolding replace physical punishment, and morals are reinforced from early childhood. Adolescent rules govern sexuality and aggression, while heads are required for manhood. Diet includes yams, palm pith, wild pig, snakes, lizards, and roasted grubs which proved surprisingly tasty to the researchers.
Collier's notes that American towns bear numeric names like Six West Virginia Seventy Six Kentucky and Ninety Six South Carolina. It also cites a South African fish named Seventy four after Nelsons Victory and a Cologne toilet water named 4711 from its street address, the locale of its creation.
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