Summer Camps For 4 H Boys And Girls
United States Department of Agriculture outlines benefits of 4-H club summer camps. Camps, temporary or permanent, provide education and recreation with demonstrations, crafts, physical activity, and nature study. Travel and meals may be funded by communities or clubs. participants gain new viewpoints and friends. Florida girls enjoy lake side swimming while Maryland girls demonstrate outdoor handicrafts.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Florida
Maryland
Different Ways to Flavor Potato Salad
A guide to varying potato salad flavors for socials and picnics. It notes onions and parsley as common additions, describes potato prep and dressing options, and lists flavor pairings such as beets, bacon, olives, and celery with various dressings.
Rhubarb and Strawberry Jam Recipe Favored
A bureau of home economics recipe recommends rhubarb and strawberry jam for early season fruit. The method uses 2 quarts rhubarb and 1 quart strawberries with sugar, letting rhubarb sit, then cooking until thick and sealing in sterilized jars.
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Bureau of Home Economics
Black Actors and Leopard Scene Stir a Film Set
A recalling vignette recounts a Hollywood extra facing a live leopard during a biblical era scene. The tense moment ends with the trainer fleeing, while the fan in the extra’s hand remains steady. Nearby, a rural scene shows a native worker and a curious northern tourist amid bleak countryside.
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Hollywood
Lon
Darky
California
Texas
Tittle Darky
Leopard
Sabbath in Mexico and the Continental Sabbath
The piece describes Mexico's Continental Sabbath as a day of change from usual work rather than rest. It notes many are unemployed on the Sabbath, making elections and political functions common on this day.
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Mexico
Journey Cake Roots in Colonial Journeys
The piece explains that a corn bread form called journey cake or cakes was made for travel during colonial times. It notes the term evolved into johhny as its significance faded.
Ruins of Mashonaland Explored for Queen of Sheba Gold
English expedition to investigate Zimbabwe ruins in Mashonaland Southern Rhodesia aims to explain the source of the 120 talents of gold said to have been given by the Queen of Sheba to Solomon. Finds may shed light on early wealth and Asiatic relics linked to ancient trade routes.
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Zimbabwe
Mashonaland
Rhodesia
Sheba
Solomon
Sir Rider Haggard
She
Allan Quatermain
Hawk Preys on Seagull Aboard Transatlantic Liner
Hundreds of passengers on a transatlantic liner witnessed a dramatic aerial chase as a hawk pursued a seagull. The hawk finally seized the gull above the mainmast and devoured it, scattering the bird’s remains over startled travelers.
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Washington Star
Italy investigates Sardinia cotton as domestic crop
The Italian ministry reports encouraging results from trials in Sardinia where arid land yielded about three quintals of cotton per acre. With Italy seeking to reduce imports, cotton cultivation may receive further support as a domestic option.
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Sardinia
Italy
War Drives Up Cotton Prices and Laundry Tips
The wartime market doubles the cost of cotton and onen while readers are advised to extend fabric life by using Red Cross Ball Blue in the laundry as grocers promote supplies.
Seneca Quote About Possession and Companions
A reflective line notes that wealth or goods lose value without a true companion to share them. It emphasizes friendship as the true complement to possessions. The aphorism frames companionship as essential to the meaning of what one owns.
Nature's Remedy NR Tablets Offer Health Boost
Advertising copy proclaims NR Tablets as a mild vegetable laxative that keeps the digestive system in good order. Claiming health and happiness for users, the notice pitches Nature's Remedy as the path to feeling like a million.
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Irvin
Cobb
Ohio
McNaught Syndicate
Queen of Sheba
Hawk and Seagull
Seneca
George
Uthcy
Tolley
Cuticura
Malden
Mase
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