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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1941
Page
6
A guide to planning an afternoon tea with a visiting celebrity or bride, including tea making in batches, quantities for sugar and cream, and a collection of cookie and wafer recipes. It details almond finger biscuits, Swedish nut wafers, tiny tea cakes, and meringue bars with precise measurements and baking steps.
In Hamstead writer Glesca Paine rises from hard work to fame while newcomer Alice Merle doubts her merit. Alice borrows a story, claims it as hers, and is shocked to learn it is actually Glesca’s. Glesca reveals the truth and the pair forge a tangled, revealing friendship.
Douglas Shearer of MGM notes studio sound work has shifted from magical effects to realism. Microphones now move on booms and real sounds replace staged tricks like cannon blasts, rain, and rustling papers. Minor problems persist, often taking hours to locate, as sound departments chase authentic detail.
Western Union messenger No. 297 Robert Rafel raced through the Chicago Daily News building to deliver news from Ghent to Aix. He crashed headfirst into a large plate glass pane 6 feet 6 inches by 9 feet 10 inches, suffering only a small cut as workmen valued the glass at about $100 and praised his escape.
A compact study notes Jesus authority as questioned by scribes and tested by the temple cleansing. It contrasts the public reception of Jesus by common people with leaders who rejected Him and explains how Jesus asserts and defends his heavenly authority, inviting personal acceptance and sincere inquiry.
A vintage guide explains hooking rugs using burlap and wax crayons to set patterns with an iron. It describes eighteenth century inspired scroll designs, color schemes with gold outlines, blues, reds, and greens, and a diagram for reproducing a scroll pattern by drawing on squared paper.
Practical tips on car door freezing, cleaning porcelain with kerosene, adding vinegar to wash water for woodwork luster, beating cream in small portions, lemon juicing with a knitting needle, making applesauce, and removing cloudiness from polished furniture using tepid water and a wet chamois.
A thrifty Scotsman from Scotland learned to avoid paying for gas by blowing into the meter slot after a friend suggested the trick. An inspector from the gas company examined his meter and was puzzled, revealing the counterintuitive outcome that the company owed him three dollars.
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