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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1940
Page
3
A dated fashion note promotes a new jumper design No 1282 B for schoolgirls. The article highlights a dart fitted waist to create a slimming effect and suggests pairing with new blouses, claiming the result will delight the wearer.
Recipe fashion notice describes a corduroy or velveteen jumper with front fullness and patch pockets and a tailored blouse with sports collar. Patterns fit sizes 6 8 10 12 and 14 years with material estimates and sleeve options. Orders requested from readers.
Readers get a festive buffet plan with hot drinks and sweet bites to start the year. Hawaiian Hot Cup and Hot Spiced Cider headline the beverages, with Mull ed Grape Juice, crackers, cheese, cookies, and popcorn to accompany. A Tuna Curry on Chinese Noodles menu includes mixed salad and Orange Gingerbread for dessert, plus a French dressing recipe and seating suggestions.
Have you made New Year resolutions for good food and meals. The ad invites readers to order a cookbook titled Better Baking by Eleanor Howe of 919 North Michigan Avenue Chicago Illinois. It promises recipes for Mountain Muffins Honey Drop Biscuits Hot Cinnamon Rolls Boston Brown Bread and Lemon Sunny Silver Pie and asks readers to send 10 cents for the book.
Practical kitchen tips from a midcentury guide covering oatmeal and other grains. It suggests letting cooked mixtures rest to loosen from pans, offers a peanut butter frosting method for white or spice cakes, and describes decorative ideas using roasted peanuts. It also gives pineapple handling tips for salads and desserts and instructions for edible place cards for children’s parties.
The piece surveys stars like Kay Francis George Brent and Jack Oakie with film plans and honors. It notes Cary Grant’s Red Cross salary gift and disputes over stunt demand for Las Vegas Nights. Carole Landis faces dangerous stunts in Topper Returns as Bing Crosby’s brother Bob makes his debut in Let’s Make Music. It adds waltz master Wayne King’s vast library, radio and lecture signals, and other industry tidbits.
An analysis of how parents shape their daughters social lives, urging mothers to support wholesome gatherings and guidance. The letter from Hilda outlines family pressure, the impact of a cold father figure, and a request for more open home social opportunities to balance purity ideals with real young life.
Kathleen Norris counsels escape from a stifling home to build a gentle independent life. Two sisters, Alma and narrator, face parental opposition to leaving for a new town and job, and Norris urges gradual self-directed entertaining and personal growth away from rigid family control.
A beginner guide to crochet medallions that form a lovely pattern when joined, offering options for large or small accessories to brighten living spaces. Includes tips for forming the motif and combining pieces into decorative items.
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