Quoit of Quarrels and Wit Across Village Life
A string of brief village sketches and humorous exchanges. The strong man Bill Brownley quarrels over a challenged five minutes and a villager’s response. playful wordplay spans ladders pantries feuds and feuding executors.
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Bill
Forgetful to the Last There Now Grandpa?
A little girl searches a bureau and laments that her grandpa has gone to heaven without his spectacles. The moment mixes domestic memory with gentle humor as she improvises a practical detail from loss.
Countess Poised to Sing Amid Dining Salt Spill
A brief dialogue notes a countess likely to sing now while a speaker admits spilling salt at dinner. The exchange carries a light domestic tone with subtle implication of superstition.
Colt Named In dependence Mirrors NRA Eagle Mark
Las Cruces resident Jimmy Griffin sports a young colt with a shoulder marking nearly an exact white eagle silhouette like the NRA Blue Eagle. A stock broker jokes about a failed JT marriage proposal tied to a market downturn and a recovering auto appetite for gasoline.
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Maid's Reply Stirs Scorn Over Garden Gate Nap
In a domestic scene the mistress confronts Jane about a prior claim of a nap while soldiers passed by. Jane nonchalantly admits she was "having forty winks" by the garden gate, drawing reproach from the household.
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Witty exchange at refreshment buffet noted at dance
A wife jokes to guests that her husband has visited the refreshments table a dozen times, while the husband replies he is gathering items for her. The playful remark captures light social banter at a dance event.
The Memory Lingers in Jackson Street Car Exchange
In Jackson a street car conversation reveals changing gender expectations. A man recalls giving up his seat, a woman notes lifelong respect for a woman with authority, and Mrs Fellish and Mrs Jawish joke about how marriage shifts values and speech on thoughts and money.
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Texas Baptists Launch $4.64 Million Campaign Plan
Texas Baptists aim to raise 4.639 million dollars for local churches missions schools hospitals and orphanages in the next convention year. A state committee led by Dr. W R White will oversee 17 mass meetings September 25 28 and pledges from 576 945 Baptists are set for November 11 December 9.
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Silver Tea Hosted by Methodist Missionary Society
Women of the Methodist Missionary Society hosted a silver tea Thursday afternoon at Mrs. C. B. Bryant Jr. home. Guests included president Mrs. H. P. Donigan and numerous members while readings, solos, and a piano piece entertained attendees.
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Robert Sears
B. Wrenn Webb
C. J. Meador
G. C. Ivins
Gomer May
G. C. Minor
R. May
Catherine Roddy
Harold Key
Murray Bryant
Ross May
Ott Lackey
A. L. Jackson
Frances Bryant
N. S. Manning
Elizabeth Waggoner
Cheese Straws Recipe Card
Mix flour cheese salt and pepper. Cut in butter as for pastry and add beaten egg. Add water if needed to form pastry. Roll thin cut into strips and bake at 425 degrees F until lightly browned. Makes about five dozen straws.
Potatoes and Onions Patties Frizzed in Lard
Prepare four cups mashed potatoes with enough milk to mold. Add four chopped onions, salt pepper and chopped shallot tops. Shape into flat rounds and fry in very hot lard until crisp. Serve as savory cakes with a light crust.
Baking Instructions for Old Fashioned Molasses Cake
A vintage recipe lists half cup butter one cup sugar three eggs one cup molasses one cup milk two cups flour one teaspoon soda one teaspoon cloves. Cream butter and sugar, add eggs, then molasses and milk, fold in dry ingredients, bake thirty minutes in a shallow pan.
Ginger Snaps and Butter Cookies from Old-Fashioned Recipe
A vintage recipe entry details making seven eights cup butter with powdered sugar and pastry flour to form date shaped cookies baked at 400 F until light brown, then rolled in sugar. It includes a ginger snaps recipe using molasses shortening flour and ginger with a twelve hour chilling period and a 12 to 15 minute bake.
Cup Cakes with Peanut Butter Frosting
A simple recipe for cupcakes topped with a peanut butter frosting. Mix peanut butter with coffee cream vanilla and powdered sugar to spread on cooled cakes. Let frosting set before wrapping in waxed paper.
Rally Day at Central Christian Church
Central Christian Church plans Rally Day next Sunday with Bible school at 9 45 a m. Pastor G C Minor will preach on The Rally of the Host of God after the Lord's Supper. Evening service moves to 7 30 p m with The Unfailing Voice from The Book Beautiful and a sermon on kingship.
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Central Christian Church
Bible School
G. C. Minor
Bacon wrapped cheese on a stick over campfire
A thin slice of bacon is wrapped around a one inch cheese cube and fastened with a toothpick. The bacon wrapped cheese is held over a campfire until crisp and melted. Burnt flavors mix with mustard butter on rolls. Global note mentions abolition of capital punishment in 25 nations alongside ongoing war preparations.
Children’s Church Plans Fall Work at Central Church
The Children’s Church will meet next Sunday at three o clock at Central Christian Church to begin fall activities. The notice emphasizes starting new work for the season.
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Children’s Church
Central Christian Church
Children’s Friend program and Harvest Party at church
The Chil dren's Friend theme features patriotism and temperance with Bert Waldo as preacher and Naomi Waldo singing. Sara Kathryn Atterberry directs choir music. A Harvest Tacky Party for children and guests is scheduled Saturday 3 to 5 at the church with a prize for the tackiest child.
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Naomi Waldo
Sara Kathryn Atterberry
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