Hen Rooster Tea Towel Motifs Set Ad
A romantic print featuring hens and roosters with Cupid motifs explains a nine design tea towel set. Includes two matching pan holders and a hot iron transfer number 29160 for purchase and delivery details.
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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1940
Page
2
A romantic print featuring hens and roosters with Cupid motifs explains a nine design tea towel set. Includes two matching pan holders and a hot iron transfer number 29160 for purchase and delivery details.
A witty recollection notes a scientist confessing four months to measure earth sun distance with no practical use. It mocks useless discoveries such as bees being deaf and cannot see red and parrots being left footed. It mentions sheep awake 13.2 hours daily and insect traps with blue lights attracting more females.
In a moonlit street the star leads to a manger as kings from the East arrive with gold frankincense and myrrh and shepherds stand awed. Mary hushes the infant as the camel train unloads treasure while angels and servants fill the scene with hush and wonder.
The article promotes window-pane clear material used to make a hat cover underwear case glove cases and more. It highlights thrifty scraps turning into attractive items with blue bias tape colored zippers and simple folding. It touts 32 homemaking projects in a budget planning guide with complete working drawings and an order offer.
Practical tips on stain removal with ammonia and water for red ink on white cloths. Advice on cabbage stumps for winter pest control. Sugar measurements equate to cupfuls, baked potatoes dry before oven, and thin confectioner sugar icing to seal layer cakes. Use pins to press pleats. needles leave no marks when removed.
Doublex is noted for nerve temper and lack of cash. A debt collector intrudes at his breakfast in a club and receives a curt rebuke. He demands the card be sent out and replies that he is not in when the caller returns.
A one pound gift tin of Prince Albert tobacco is featured with colorful holiday wrappers and a gift card. The ad promotes Prince Albert as a cooler burning tobacco and the National Joy Smoke.
A nutrition focused ad promoting Kellogg's All-Bran as a preventive remedy for constipation. It argues for treating root causes with bulk in the diet and ample water, noting All-Bran is produced by Kellogg's in Battle Creek and advising medical consultation for chronic cases.
Quote noting there is no remedy except love, attributed to Goethe, reflecting a sentiment on affection versus dominance.
The piece traces how Saint Nicholas arrived in America with Dutch settlers and gradually transformed into the modern Santa Claus. It notes changes in appearance from a lean ascetic to a jolly red-suited figure, shift from December 6 gift giving to December 24, and the move from a stern rod and ashes to a beloved, gift giving personality across the world.
The article describes a grim custom where a husband used a holly-bush switch to discipline wives who answered back. The stick retained its prickles, making the punishment painful. The practice is noted as a dark pest from the past and is long forgotten today.
A holiday quip contrasts Christmas marriage with Thanksgiving gratitude. The speaker notes that being a husband at Christmas yields little beyond thanks, prompting the reply about the scarcity of gifts.
Twelfth Night or Twelfth Day is observed on January 6. The festival celebrates the appearance of the star of Bethlehem and the revelation of Christ to the Gentiles.
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