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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1947
Page
6
Betta Haley explains practical ways to repurpose fabric scraps into attractive quilts. The piece covers choosing quilt styles English and Italian tradition, machine and hand stitching options, suitable fabrics, batting, threads, and frame setup for bed quilts and smaller items. It guides layout, pinning, tacking, and frame use to prevent fabric slippage during assembly.
The guide describes quilting techniques for outlines and English style stitching. It discusses finishing edges by turning fabrics to meet, using plain or slip stitching, piping or cord, and decorative scallops. It suggests multiple evenly spaced rows with a soft cord for added effect.
The flat darner attachment fits like an embroidery hoop to mend worn parts of sheets pillow cases and other cottons. Stocking darners suit heels or toes, hemstitchers edge stitchers gatherers and gathering feet speed sewing and reinforce hems edges or gathers with even spacing and neat results.
Western IAS By INEZ GERH TUCILLE profiles the radio era's rise of stars like the golden haired actress who moved from Broadway to radio, mercedes mccambridge, and Alan Hale. It notes Paul Whiteman as MC for coast to coast radio, Ray Nazarro's Shanghaied shoots, and various actors juggling stage, screen, and radio work with plans for travel and future projects.
A guide advising homemakers to adapt menus for warm days by using cool hours for prep, featuring fruit and vegetable combos, rich cottage cheese salads, tomato egg dishes, and varied dressings. Includes recipes for Cranberry-Cottage Cheese salad, Tomato Egg Salad, Calavo Grapefruit Salad, and chilled molded salads with tomato juice bases, plus serving suggestions and optional dressings.
In a kitchen tip from Lynn, beat cottage cheese until light and puffy then fold into mayonnaise or French dressing. Sour cream lightens mayonnaise and cooked dressings while adding pep. Add lemon juice or vinegar to boost spiciness if desired.
A humorous archive of short quips and gags. Bernard Shaw jokes about a missing umbrella at a club and the club constitution. A joke line reflects a clash of gentleman and nobleman terms. Additional bits include a whistle at work and a long funeral county remark by Lem McGee and his wife.
A milk inspector questioned a dairyman’s young assistant about adulteration. After tentative bargaining, the boy offered information for a quarter, revealing that the dairyman allegedly adds a measuring device to the milk before selling it.
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