Memory Training From The Table Cloth
Jones visits a dirty restaurant and asks for a menu. The waiter replies there is no menu but lists today’s fare from memory. When asked about his memory system, the waiter says he simply looks at the table cloth.
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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1939
Page
7
Jones visits a dirty restaurant and asks for a menu. The waiter replies there is no menu but lists today’s fare from memory. When asked about his memory system, the waiter says he simply looks at the table cloth.
Ruth Wyeth Howsews new house decor previews show curtains and slip covers from Book 1 Sewing for the Home Decorator. The second floor features two bedrooms with a simple quilt bed spread and a flowery glazed chintz.
Ad shows a Grape-Nuts Flakes coffee cake recipe with 134 cups flour, 243 baking powder, 3 tablespoons sugar, 1 cup milk, 1 cup flakes, 2 tablespoons melted butter, 14 cup brown sugar, and additional flakes. Instructions: sift flour with powder and salt, cut in shortening, combine egg and milk, fold in, bake in a greased 9 inch pan at 400 F for 25 minutes.
A boy brought an empty syrup tin to a shop asking for half a pint of varnish. After filling the tin the boy said his father would pay next week. The shopkeeper, unsure, emptied the tin and returned it. The boy then explained that his father wanted just enough varnish to coat a walking stick.
The Loi aborigines in interior Hainan wear the largest ear rings, brass hoops about a foot in diameter. A complete set fills both ears with about 40 rings, or 20 per ear, and weighs around 10 pounds.
Answers to common trivia questions cover a party of lions called a pride the difference between typhoon and tycoon is spelling and meaning nicotine can stain fingers yellow bones skeletons in bathrooms vary by item authorship of entangling alliances traces to political rhetoric and the phrase. Drive slowly preferred by grammar rules darkest hour is midnight presidential power to call a session rests in the Constitution and statutes sister's father's stepson's mother is you and the heart averages about 12 inches in length.
A pride describes a social group or event while the first item is identified as a cyclone type. The text contrasts two ideas but lacks clear reportage or context to define the entities beyond general categories.
A list presents diverse Q and A items covering topics from business tycoons to language usage and science. It notes nicotine color and tobacco tar, sponge biology, Jefferson on entangling alliances, English usage drive slowly, sun visibility and darkness, constitutional powers on extraordinary occasions, a personal reference, and a measured five inch estimate.
A reflective quip urges smooth procession and steady movement in life. It warns against stalling events and letting anger spoil one's reputation while noting salesmanship should avoid pushing unwanted goods. The message emphasizes self-control and considerate conduct.
Anthony Eden’s line contends the state was formed to serve mankind not hinder progress. It envisions the state becoming a historic icon only if human advancement is not blocked by political worship or stagnation.
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