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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1948
Page
10
Readers learn to repurpose worn adult garments into new child clothing using a careful pattern and contrasting fabric. Instructions emphasize ripping apart pieces, adding suitable material, and sewing as if purchasing fresh yard goods to create attractive, fitting outfits for girls.
The article advises selecting proper patterns and matching fabrics from knit sharkskin material to cotton bags and linens. It covers yardage needs for little dresses, use of old shirts for pinafores, jerseys for overalls, and using eyelet or organdie as contrasts. Emphasizes tailoring, machine sewing, and durable fabrics for boys and active kids.
Be Smart describes a fabric described as dreamy and almost silklike in softness. Comes in pastel pink or blue and white with white predominance. The piece notes it is a hit fabric this season and widely used for exquisite nighties and matching negligees.
Practical guidance on home canning highlighting peak ripeness for strawberries rhubarb peas and asparagus. Includes strawberry jam strawberry rhubarb jam raspberry jelly and sunshiny preserves with specific measurements steps and finish with paraffin sealing. Also offers quick food tips for sausage patties pork chaps creamed chicken soup and baked almonds in cranberry honey mix.
A vintage home cook book style entry listing menu items for Lynn Chambers including broiled trout potatoes and peas with jam and desserts. It provides step by step canning methods for tutti frutti jam astravagus pease rhubarb and strawberries with sugar ratios, prep, packing, and water bath or pressure canner processing times. Recipes emphasize using fresh produce, preserving fruits, and jar preparation details.
A refreshing fruit drink blends orange juice lemon juice and pineapple with ginger ale served over chipped ice. Also prepare a simple omelet with creamed crabmeat and tomato soup or fruit cup for an easy meal. A tuna and crabmeat salad with celery green pepper eggs can be baked with cream sauce in ramekins. Use hard boiled eggs with bacon mayo and Worcestershire on rye as a snack.
Fashion notes describe pattern 1760 for a princess style dress with a nipped waist and keyhole neckline, offered in sizes from 12 to 20. Includes six sizes, yardage for 39 inch fabric, and a spring summer fashion guide with tips and a printed pattern. Includes details for a dainty wing sleeve dress with lace trim and optional undergarments.
Patrick Henry’s Red Hill house in Charlotte County Virginia, once burned in 1919, will be restored to its 18th century state and furnished with period items. Henry led Virginia to demand English rights and later full American independence, with his famous “Give me liberty or give me death” speech in 1775.
The Smithsonian studies a Mexican Indian practice of cranial deformation from centuries ago. Infants’ heads were bound to create a top-heavy skull with side protrusions and sometimes a peaked forehead, features noted by a French anthropologist near Vera Cruz.
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