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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1937
Page
8
A 1570 pattern describes making a square cloth or spread from two lozenge shaped strands that form a repeating stitch sequence. It includes materials, illustrations, a photograph of the square, color ideas, and asks readers to send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle for the pattern.
Buster Bear, impressed by Jumper the Hare's help after Reddy Fox's fright, ponders how Jumper can repay him. He considers risks in the Green Forest and asks Jumper to alert him if danger approaches, noting Farmer Brown's boy is seldom feared.
Buster Bear frets over honey as Jumper seeks a way to find honey, grateful for Buster's courage in scaring away Reddy Fox. The piece shifts to home insulation advice by Bogen B. Whitman, detailing boiler insulation, materials like magnesia and rock wool, and urging professional installation for efficiency.
Practical household notes include aging eggs for better meringues selecting bright colored meats avoiding strong odors rinsing water from milk bottles to water house plants and a herring salad recipe with potatoes pickled herring hard boiled egg grated apple and a simple oil vinegar pepper dressing
The Seafood Statistical Bureau notes shrimp consumption rose by several million over the last year, aided by improved sanitary inspections and flavor. It highlights shrimp as a cocktail canapé, then provides recipes for croquettes, scalloped shrimp, bacon-wrapped shrimp, and a Sunshine Gelatin salad, plus a Sweet Potatoes Imperial with rum flambé.
A humorous note advises removing toothpicks from cocktails before consuming the drink to prevent eye injuries or stains on clothing. It suggests hostesses provide toothpicks separately with canapes and offers practical tips for handling cherries and olives without mess.
The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept offers three stylish dress models for New Year parties. Patterns 1330 1397 and 1396 cover sizes 12 to 44 with yardage details and trims. Barbara Bell Fall and Winter Pattern Book available for 15 cents. Bell Syndicate WNU Service.
A reader recalls purchasing a new boiler with enamel sheet metal that looked attractive but radiated heat wastefully. The outer skin trapped warmth in the cellar, reducing upstairs heating. Removing the sheet revealed asbestos board insulation and gaps that allowed air circulation, explaining the heat loss and inefficiency observed.
Nationally known electrical inventor John Hays Hammond Jr reveals a new fog light apparatus. An ordinary photo flood bulb sits inside a riding light with a fresnel lens. It operates with a fog horn to illuminate and signal, allowing a near view of all crafts within a quarter mile.
The curing of Swiss cheese covers two stages and is carried on in two cellars to obtain the proper conditions. Fine Swiss cheese takes about eight or ten months.
Inscriptions on the Missouri capitol include phrases such as The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law Let the state grow The will of the people shall be done Honor has its burden reflecting civic themes carved into the building’s stone.
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