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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1932
Page
3
The article describes making French pastries at home with puff paste, fondant, and almond slices, including jelly fillings and meringue toppings. It also outlines Neapolitan squares with apricot and currant jelly, coconut coating, and maraschino cherry centers, plus fruit pastries with custard creams and glazes. It ends noting the season’s chic black taffeta jacket with double capes.
Thornton W Burdess tells how Busy Bee and workers confront Buster Bear robbing their honey. Bear clings to honey while Farmer Brown's Boy is chased by bees, yells, and flees. Bear falls from a tree but escapes as bees save some honey in a second stash.
A humorous verse observing self-awareness and social blunders. The speaker, a self-styled wit, notes how others label him dull and uncouth, yet he defends his humor and honesty even as he recounts a dinner party mishap. The piece winds with self-reflection on mock erudition and social expectations.
The University of Michigan expedition uncovered a Babylonian tower at Akkad in ancient Babylon, one of many brick towers that echoed Genesis. The find suggests early Babylonian builders worshiped mountain gods on high places and indicates speech confusion arose between East migrators and Semitic newcomers in the region.
The fragment mentions Kitty McKay by Nina Wilcox Putnam with stray references to dogs and a date of 1982. The readable lines imply a humorous or light note about dogs and a playful tone, though details are sparse.
A traveler reports that 76 percent of Asians in one country are ignorant of global events beyond their locale. Few have heard of the World War or the League of Nations, and Manchurian news may reach them late, but this is seen as hopeful progress compared with decades past when ignorance reached 5 percent.
A classroom moment features a student contending that many fish stories are false and asserting the term amphibious means fibbing swapped with a punchy claim. The exchange reflects dialect and schoolyard humor in a noisy lesson.
A witty exchange frames a gift request as a nephew asks for a check book. The uncle and nephew banter reveals a playful tale of generosity and practical humor in a brief dialogue.
The compact illustrated Schloss English Almanac, among the smallest books, was presented to the Oshkosh Public Museum in Wisconsin by Mrs. W. W. Waterhouse. The half‑inch wire binding measures seven eighths of an inch long and one eighth of an inch thick, printed in 1842.
Walter “Huck” Betts comes from the St Paul club of the American Association to bolster the Boston Braves pitching rotation after a 29 win season last year and a 429 winning percentage. He figures to be a key addition in the upcoming campaign.
A garbled report notes the Pope elevated Basilica of St Patrick on the island to a minor basilica, marking a historic rise as the first in the British Isles. Some 3,000 Irish men and women reportedly gathered for a pontifical high mass at the church.
A Swedish periodical review summarized by Social Science Abstracts states that three quarters of global copper output in 1922 came from sources under American influence. It notes America became a net copper importer in 1980 and that world output doubled across three 13 year periods from 1874 to 1913, with no further doubling in the 18 years after 1813.
San Quentin Bulletin notes a banter exchange between two prisoners. The first asks what the other is in for and the second jokes about aspiring to be a warden, starting from the bottom in prison life.
A Month column exhorts caution as a reader jokes about a father letting his young son drive a car while noting the child is still too young to be trusted as a pedestrian. The piece uses a witty framing to stress child safety in roadways.
A fragment from Springfield Ohio at 58 High Street states Adv and originators Long Eakins claiming success in new caramel and popcorn shops. It mentions a movie line about Can she act better than her husband with a note on divorce.
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