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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1940
Page
3
A home economics feature offers simple party and family dinner menus for the bride planning to host friends and relatives. It details an orange floating island dessert, frozen rice pudding, chocolate marshmallow cake, apple seventh heaven, peach cobbler, and Bavarian cream with jelly, plus tips on presenting a polished first dinner and a prompt plug for Eleanor Howe’s Feeding Father cookbook.
Hollywood reports reveal how directors use twins to double shooting time and keep infants under work limits. William Keighley hires year old twins for a Warner Brothers film to stand as a mother and baby, while other stars receive perks for early completion. Across studios, Claudette Colbert, Ray Milland, and Frank Capra scenes spark bonuses and quirky anecdotes about gifts, costumes, and dance takes.
Kathleen Norris examines the tensions in second marriages as stepmothers contend with visitation schedules and lingering parental rivalries. She highlights Beatrice’s case where Alice, now seventeen, disrupts balance as Jack’s focus shifts, urging time and gradual bonding to heal family dynamics.
A modern version of a traditional laundry bag is described as sturdy with crisp red and white stripes. It hangs flat against the wall with ivory rings over brass hooks and closes neatly with a zipper that may be opened with one hand. The curved zipper creates an ample opening while a board at the bottom keeps shape. It promises versatile gift potential for Christmas for men, women, or children and says all sewing instructions are provided.
Practical guidance on kitchen and home maintenance includes keeping spice box sifter holes closed to preserve flavor, using sandpaper to sharpen small tools, sprinkling camphor on books for preservation, handling dough lightly for better baked goods, and separating egg yolks over a funnel to keep whites clean.
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