A 1932 Salmon and Peach Dessert Menu from Western Union
Fresh salmon center cut is poached with salt and water, served with a lemon butter custard sauce. A pike in olive oil marinade is breaded and broiled with mushrooms and parsley, plus a tartar sauce. Spinach with egg is mixed with breadcrumbs and olive oil, while Consomme Royal adds an egg custard. Glazed peach fritters dip in batter and fry, then glaze.
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Western Newspaper Union
My Neighbor or Says and Household Hacks Column
A compilation of odd housekeeping tips including tying a rag around the wrist to catch dripping water while washing ceilings or walls, drying celery leaves and parsley, salting to garnish, removing peach stains with boiling water, and soaking lace curtains in borax before washing.
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Associated Newspapera
WNU
Pharmacy Offers Iovies One California Shop Promotes Trade
A California pharmacy adds moving pictures to its shelves to attract customers, offering entertainment alongside medicines and other stock to stimulate trade.
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Pharmacy
California
Haymarket Relief Treats Names From Front Page
In one day Haymarket Relief hospital treated minor injuries for Alexander Hamilton John Adams Paul Jones and Donald McMillan.
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Boston
Haymarket Relief Hospital
Alexander Hamilton
John Adams
Paul Jones
Donald McMillan
Favorite Song Question and Ocean Cradle Reply
A playful exchange asks what is your favorite song. The response names a cradle of the deep as a rocked image and hints at a sea themed refrain.
Individuality and Unity in Social Progress
A quote attributed to Washington on social life stresses that people may be diverse yet united in essential mutual progress, comparing social separation to fingers and unity to a hand.
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Washington
SENTENCE FUN RIDDLE WORDPLAY WITH FAMOUS NAMES
A series of garbled clues hides famous names within phrases. From a stream laundry to a parrot, a mule pull and a ghost tale, the piece riffes on pronounciation tricks and hidden names amid quirky dialogue and rural scenes.
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Polly
Rose
Massa
Washington
Fun for All the Children Edited by Dorothy Edmonds
A listing for a 1932 publication edited by Dorothy Edmonds from the Western Newapaner Union appears in this fragment with emphasis on a child centric compilation and the editor’s name. The text suggests a period tone and fictional or non-fiction content aimed at children.
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Dorothy Edmonds
Western Newapaner Union
Lights of New York or TRUMNOLL beer racket
The New York beer racket is described as highly organized and orderly, not a mere scheme. It details how those involved have established systematic practices and structure in the trade, challenging casual perceptions of illicit distribution.
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Lights of
New York
Trumnoll
Totem Poles and Beer Trade Ties Weigh on New York
A Bell Syndicate piece from 1932 surveys how New York’s beer trade operates with district controls, suppression of outsiders, and protection money. It notes 50 000 speakeasies plus networks of proprietors, drivers, and workers, and compares Legs Diamond and Capone as figures within the era’s underworld. It also tells of a woman turning typing work into a weekly income, from one customer to many, aiming for $50 weekly.
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New York
Bell Syndicate
Righto yields to OK as American phrase in Britain
American OK is rapidly replacing Righto in Britain amid educator opposition. Hollywood films boost Americanization of England as an English columnist found four phone tests ending with OK.
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U. S
London
Great Britain
Hollywood
England
How It Started By Jean Newton Pneumatic tires and their Greek roots explained.
A brief note explains why tires using an inflated inner tube are called pneumatic. The term derives from the Greek pneumo meaning lung, reflecting the air needed for function. The observation links everyday English to classical language origins in a concise aside.
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Tor
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Six Sau nier Brothers Share Clothes in Lexington
In Lexington Kentucky six Bauern Sau nier brothers Stanley Steve Joe John Lois and WIN wear identical sizes. They can swap shirts collars and all garments with ease, showcasing a remarkable family quirk.
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Lexington
Saunier Brothers
Stanley
Steve
Joe
John
Lois
Win
The Change Between Us After Marriage
Mrs Naggs asks why Naggs feels different since marriage. Naggs replies that she is not indifferent but that he is the one who is different, highlighting a strain in their relationship.
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Mrs. Naggs
Nages
Useless Sorrow Quote by Johnson
A brief notice presents the phrase Useless sorrow there is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow cited as a Johnson adage.
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Johnson
Passover: Its Ritual and Significance in Exodus
A concise study outlines the Passover instituting the calendar shift, the lamb as a spotless representative, communal sacrifice, blood on doorposts, unleavened bread and bitter herbs, readiness to depart, and the covenantal meaning of circumcision and fellowship, highlighting the judgment, deliverance, and future implications.
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Israel
Jesus Christ
Christ
Egypt
Moses
Thasual
Hosen
Gems of Thought: Gossip, Reputation, and Character
Reflection on gossip fading never, final and futile. Zwemer on gospel not advice. Trumbull on news value. Paine defines reputation as what others think. character as what God and Angela know.
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Trumbull
God
Angela
Thomad Paine
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