Outlook for Texas Cotton in 1935 Sees Modest Gains
Texas cotton in 1935 likely to exceed 3 million bales but stay under 3.75 million, with July 1 acreage at 11.357 million. U.S. totals rise to 29.166 million planted. statewide moisture improves, pests appear, late growth and delayed picking may extend the season in Northwest Texas and West Oklahoma.
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Department of Agriculture
Department
United States
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Virginia
Navy to enlist 10 000 more men in 1935
The Navy raises enlisted personnel by 10 000 effective July 1, 1935. Applicants must be US citizens aged 17 to 25, physically and morally fit, unmarried, with solid references, and parental consent for those under 21. Enlistment starts as Apprentice Seaman at 21 a month, advancing after four months. enlistment is four years, or until age 21 for minors.
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Navy
United States
Boy Offers Show to Raise Dog License Tag Price
A boy in Borger brings an entertaining act to city hall to boost his dog Bob’s license tag fee. He collects 40 pennies 3 dimes a nickel and a quarter after a dancing singing sideshow with a stage dog. The clerk notes Bob’s breed as mongrel and records life history.
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Borger
Bob
Smokers Day Paris Contest Endorses Weedless King
Mademoiselle Eliane Carmona, titled most charming smoker in France, said she would marry a non smoker. The 600 smokers held field events as Achille Vandenbrucke burned a cigar in 80 seconds and Rene Clement and Arthur Dubois rolled cigarets in 30 seconds. Clement won the ring blowing contest with a 2 foot 2 inch diameter specimen. A Subotica fakir was dug out dead after a two hour burial attempt.
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Mademoiselle Eliane Carmona
National Congress of the
French Smokers’ Protective Association
France
Achille Vandenbrucke
Rene Clement
Arthur Dubois
Clement
Counter shading in birds and big cats explored
A Globe-Democrat writer notes counter shading where animals darker on top blend with shadows, aiding invisibility. It explains leopard camouflage in trees with spots, tiger stripes in grasses, and zebras in their natural reed habitats.
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St. Louiis Globe-Democrat
Departing Visitors Treated to Tray of Coins in Early Travel
The Washington Post recalls a bygone hospitality practice on South and Central American estates. Hosts left a tray of silver coins in guest rooms for travelers, with travelers drawing what they needed but not more, a custom fading after 1848 due to unscrupulous visitors and promoters tied to California’s early period.
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South
Central America
California
United States
Washington Post
Life Span Lengthened as US Population Grew 50 Years
The 1880 to 1930 period saw US population rise 146 percent while those over sixty five grew about 600 percent. A Capper's Weekly writer notes factors beyond medicine and sanitation, including restricted immigration and lower birth rates, with about 7 million people over 65 in 1930 of a 122.8 million total.
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United States of America
Capper
Oil of Citicica Tree to Impact Coating Industry
Chemists report recent discoveries show citicica tree oil likely to play a major role in future protective coatings. The tall wild tree grows in Asian valleys and South American habitats, living over a century and yielding seeds with about 60 percent light colored oil like tung oil, suitable for spar varnish and enamel.
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Asia
Apady
South America
Barrel-Organ in Church Shelland Suffolk Noted for Uniqueness
A village church in Shelland Suffolk houses the country’s only privately owned church and its sole barrel organ. The instrument is hand operated, features a handle, and uses three drums with 36 hymn tunes in total, as reported by Answers Magazine.
Idealism as a Guiding Force in Humanity’s Rise
The text discusses idealism as the power to admire beauty and imitate it, shaping perception and actions. It posits idealism as a strong, directing influence propelling humanity upward through examples of beauty and aspiration.
Sweet Potato Marshmallow Bake With Pineapple
A simple dish combines mashed sweet potatoes with egg yolks cream salt and paprika folded with beaten egg whites. The mixture is baked in a buttered dish, then topped with crushed pineapple and marshmallows and served after about twenty minutes in a moderate oven.
Salad with cucumber onions asparagus and relish
A simple chilled salad mixes sliced cucumbers onions asparagus and chopped relish with green peppers and French dressing. Salt is added before chilling and serving on crisp lettuce with extra French dressing on top.
Cracker Appetizers With Spicy Mayo Spread
Readable text describes arranging twenty four round crackers on a sheet and spreading a mixture of egg white mayonnaise chili sauce and salt before baking four minutes in a moderate oven and serving warm.
Uncertain Recipe Fragments Include Flour Corn Meal Mix
The readable text lists ingredients such as flour corn meal sugar salt soda and molasses with incomplete measures and stray symbols. No clear method or final dish is identifiable from the fragment.
Vintage Milk Soured Coffee Can Steam Method
Instructions describe souring milk, mixing ingredients, half filling pound coffee cans, sealing, and steaming for three hours. Then serve warm or cold as a beverage or mix component. Contains no person or organization names.
Honey Taffy Candy Instructions
A recipe for making honey taffy with one cup each honey water and sugar, plus one teaspoon vanilla. Boil to 288 degrees F in a buttered pan, then add vanilla and cool, pulling until white. Buttered pan rims prevent boiling over.
Peach Gelatin Pie Filling Preparation
Eight fresh peaches sliced about four cups with sugar set ten minutes. Dissolve orange gelatin in boiling water add salt and pour over peaches, stirring as it cools. Chill until slightly thickened, then fill a baked nine inch crust and chill until firm. Top with meringue or whipped cream.
Uncooked fudge recipe yields quick confection
A dessert method blends confectioners sugar milk and stiff egg white in a bowl. Melted unsweetened chocolate with butter is added to the mixture and heated to finish.
Bake With Vanilla and Nuts in Buttered Pan Squares
The directions describe adding vanilla and chopped nuts to batter then spreading in a buttered pan and cutting into squares for serving.
Campaign Promise Retort Sparks Arow Between Politicians
In a heated exchange a first politician accuses the other of breaking promises. The rival defends stating every promise was replaced with a better one, asserting no broken commitments. The clash highlights campaign tensions and rhetorical sharpness ahead of elections.
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