29 Jun 1939
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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1939
Page
1
Summer salads offer crisp greens fruits and vegetables with tart dressings. The article lists several easy practical recipes like Summer Tossed Salad Festive Potato Salad Cade beatness Crab Salad Frozen Tomato Salad Marshmallow Mint Salad and a Lamb salad with mint and peas. These dishes emphasize clean cold ingredients and varied textures for healthy summer meals.
Eleanor Howe unveils Feeding Father a cookbook with plain substantial salads and his favorite foods. Send 10 cents to Eleanor Howe at 919 North Michigan Avenue Chicago Iul for a copy, released by Western Newspaper Union.
French provincial furniture returns to favor with beauty and moderate pricing. The simple chairs of beechwood and cherry pair well with maple tables and chairs, while upholstered armchairs and tiered or sunken tray tables offer versatile options for any room.
A reader shares a plan to build a Davenport frame from three wooden boxes bolted together. The center box fits an inner spring mattress. other dimensions are given. Instructions suggest making cushions from bound newspaper sheets and cotton padding, with heavy plain or lightly patterned fabric. Also notes sale prices for sewing books and leaflets by Mrs. Spears in Chicago.
A household column offers tips on living room decor, cushions, and a dessert using prunes with vanilla ice cream. It advises soaking meat in olive oil to improve tenderness, cleaning cement ornaments with a wire brush, spreading plant food with a kitchen colander, warming egg whites to room temperature, crafting garnishes, using little soap on gilt china, and whitening stained mirrors with a whiting paste and methylated spirit.
A collage of humorous dialogue snippets features a film star and husband, a barber joke about cutting hair on shares, a farmer seeking fresh air after long work, a conversation about bowling stiffness, and a dress shopper teased for tightness or length. The pieces mimic light salon humor and everyday quirks.
Simple crochet set includes a hat with puff stitch brim and a matching roomy bag. Adjustable back band on the hat. Pattern 6381 provides instructions and stitch illustrations plus required materials. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept 259 W 14th St New York NY with name address and pattern number.
A reflective sentiment asserts each person is sent into the world to perform their own distinct task and bear the unique burden God assigns, a task that cannot be shared or done by another. The message emphasizes personal responsibility and vocation.
The Betsy Ross flag design was adopted by the Continental Congress on June 14 1777 and the legend says Betsy Ross made the first flag at 229 Arch Street Philadelphia. The cottage is preserved as a flag museum though nearby warehouses and lofts have grown up around it.
A Texan candidate for sheriff received 55 votes out of 3500 and faced townsfolk who told him he had no right to carry guns. He responded that a man with few friends in the county must carry weapons.
A reader notes that belief in American superiority spurs national pride while cautioning against overtaxed vanity. Humor fades when fear or restlessness replaces repose as work sedates yet happiness remains elusive. The piece muses on poverty, wealth, and the spyglass of public opinion.
Thomas E. Dewey, the District Attorney of New York, argues that exterminating organized crime is spreading from city to city. He says sponsors are exposed and driven from power and that clean government can be good politics.
A concise reflection on how ordinary lives are filled with hidden rewards as battles against odds are waged daily. The piece emphasizes quiet resilience, inner strength, and the value of perseverance in everyday effort. Henry Van Dyke’s sentiment is captured in a compact meditation.
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