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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1941
Page
4
A nostalgic column honors mothers and their celebrated recipes. It recalls fragrant bakeware, marble cake winning blue ribbons, and frosting platters. The piece invites readers to honor mothers on Mother's Day by trying classic favorites from those culinary days.
A nostalgic look at a mother daughter banquet menu featuring roast chicken and strawberry pineapple cup, followed by old time recipes for Sour Cream Devil's Food Cake Felicity Frosting fig cookies and homemade crackers. The piece recalls past pantry staples and invites readers to re create family favorites with simple ingredients and steps.
Lynn shares an antiquated home making note with practical tips from 1879. It covers cleaning methods using items like clam shells, wood ashes, and turkey wing dusting, plus laundry advice, carpet care, and preferred tools. It ends with nostalgic dish suggestions and famous old recipes.
Hollywood weddings in April stir talk as Constance Bennett and Gilbert Roland wed in Yuma with witnesses supplied by a clergyman while Deanna Durbin’s church ceremony draws star friends but keeps performances separate. Rudy Vallee contemplates a directing career after joining Time Out for Rhythm and buying a Beverly Hills home. Hollywood stars plan Latin America goodwill tours with Spencer Tracy, Eleanor Powell, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Marsha Hunt. Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane triggers debate as a landmark film. Marlene Dietrich’s on set punishment scene with George Raft leads to a on-set accident and a sprain. We Are Always Young adds Martha Sleeper and William Harrigan to its star lineup. Mickey Rooney’s RAF nickname from a young airman surfaces. ODDS AND ENDS note Wythe Williams at many stations, Donat’s leave for Pinta Younger, and new titles in development at Warner Bros and Columbia. Shirley Temple’s hair darkens as she returns to screen.
Kathleen Norris reflects on Curtis the blind pianist and a creed to live with blindness. She urges resilience during war, promotes peace, and urges women to shed fear and pursue practical living. Norris argues for budgeting, reduced waste, and a sober, cooperative stance as America faces a changed world.
Changes in garden methods favor smaller harvests for better flavor and more frequent sowing. Plant often and stagger crops every two to three weeks to ensure a steady supply of proper sized vegetables through a long season. Home flower seeds are rare as cross pollination can reduce seed quality and true variety.
The quote by Henry Ward Beecher reflects on how laws and institutions drift over time, needing periodic cleansing, winding, and realignment to maintain proper functioning and alignment with justice. It frames governance as a clockwork system requiring maintenance to stay true.
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