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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1937
Page
7
Betty Wells offers practical decorating tips citing wooden valances with blue oilcloth, white voile curtains, and patch-work oilcloth valances. She suggests color schemes and textures for living rooms and kitchens, including French gray draperies, cream nets, and Japanese cotton curtains for a refreshed look.
A column discusses Lin Yu-t'ang on pride in national food, arguing eating and cooking deserve art. It contrasts French, Chinese enthusiasm with English restraint, and ties love of country to childhood flavors. Recipes for ham, sweet potato pie, pineapple glazed ham, waffles, coffee jelly, and Lobster Newburg are provided.
Don Ward a lineman in Northport Long Island survives a 2300 volt electric shock after his coworker Kelly refuses to quit, lowering him to safety and aiding in revival after twenty minutes of CPR. Kelly earns a bravery medal from the company. Ward recovers after seven weeks in hospital.
Mrs Post notes a maid of honor can sing during a brief pause in the ceremony. The suggested arrangement places her at the chancel steps to sing as the couple walks to their places, then she steps aside on the left. A hidden performance during assembly is possible but not in the processional.
Practical advice on hosting guests, napkin choices, breaking biscuits, using soup tureens, and returning visits. The exchange covers inviting neighbors for tea, using paper napkins at large events, breaking dry biscuits, serving soup from tureens, and encouraging a child’s polite visits.
The Office of Indian Affairs notes the 1924 Act grants citizenship to Indians born in U S territory, including Seminoles in Florida, and the Philadelphia Inquirer says it was not elective but imposed, regardless of individual wishes. The act applies broadly to those born within U S borders.
A compiled general knowledge quiz with answers covers currency paper cost 37 cents per pound for 1937, ABR O A E BB in baseball, a skein of wool 256 yards, edelweiss as purity symbol, Carlsbad caverns air via natural processes at 56F, boudoir parliament linked to Mme de Maintenon, top sales tax states California Illinois Michigan in 1936, 67.8 percent cash retail sales, and G-Men marksmanship and versatile jobs.
Collier's Weekly reports a new whale hunting method using an electric harpoon. A wire delivers current to the harpoon head, passes through the whale, and returns to the ship, completing the circuit for instant electrocution.
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