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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1936
Page
2
Practical home guidance on cooking stews with a covered kettle to trap steam, browning meats with cream, draining juices from fruits, washing black cloths with vinegar and turpentine, hemstitching baby frocks for neatness, washing muslin curtains without warm water, treating feather pillows, and cooking custards on the stove top using a water bath.
The AFL executive council voted to suspend ten CIO allied unions including Amalgamated Clothing Workers, Gas Well and Refinery, Textile and Iron workers amid charges of insurrection. David Dubinsky opposed the move, with action set to be reviewed at the Tampa convention in the fall.
Desperate fighting for possession of passes in the Guadarrama mountains north of Madrid continues as government forces fight rebel troops. Loyalist troops are moved to the region, Madrid reports some victories, while Fascists near the capital threaten a vigorous advance.
A collage of opinions and notices travels from fur ethics to scouting work and philanthropy. It praises E. L. Cobb, Edward Harkness gifts to Lawrenceville and Yale, cites Mussolini’s use of camps, and mocks American perceptions abroad. A Chicago political death headline closes the piece.
Historical notes describe three now famous perfume fixatives musk civet and other animal derived scents used to curb evaporation. A separate item highlights Stockholm’s Riddarholmen mausoleum as Sweden’s royal memorial. A wartime dispatch recalls Ohio regiments marching to Washington after Lincoln’s call. A racing anecdote notes Boston Dive as the first horse to trot publicly for a stake of $1,009 in a jockey club wager.
A Burmese monk is forbidden by strict Buddhist rules to touch liver or gold unless his hands are covered with a handkerchief. The curious rule highlights ritual purity standards in monastic practice.
Poison sumac differs from the harmless sumac in that its fruit forms in sparse clusters of gray greenish berries rather than dense heads of red berries. The distinction helps identify the dangerous plant in damp woodlands and swamps where it commonly grows.
A fragmented note describes Lake Iamonia as a disappearing lake in Florida used for boating and water sports when full and for a golf course when dry. It weaves in unrelated lines about piano strokes, typewriter keys, and a ruminative line about labor and luck.
A meditation on encouragement as the next best to doing the work, urging people to lift others and to persist. It asserts no one is truly beaten until they admit defeat, emphasizing resilience and inner resolve in the face of struggle.
The report mentions recovering platinum as a by product from nickel ore, noting one Troy ounce per twenty tons. It includes a local anecdote about a tailor named Peeping Tom who allegedly watched Lady Godiva. It also references beehive ovens used by Indian pueblos adapted by Spanish solonists in the Southwest.
A French chemist in IGM discovered Lodloc Todine while attempting to produce gunpowder for Napoleon. He treated calcium nitrate with seaweed ash, yielding the new compound. The text also reflects on human value versus systems of thought and includes quips about progress, words, law, and temperature notes.
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