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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1927
Page
7
Mrs. Jack Lorberter of 704 Dellwood Place writes to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with restoring health and confidence, noting improved household happiness after using the product. The letter asks others to consider the Sunlit Road to Better Health.
Kansas has spent over 12 million dollars since 1921 on bridges within state and county systems. About 7 percent of the statewide 130,294 miles are roads brought to standard grade, with 22 percent of the state system surfaced using brick, concrete, or bituminous macadam.
The American Automobile Association launches a national campaign to beautify highways. It asks state highway officials to remove debris and misleading signs that imitate official warnings. The effort targets roadside dumps and derelict shacks that mar scenery and threaten motorists.
New Jersey outlines a 12 year program covering about 1900 miles at a cost of 60 million dollars. Maj. W G Sloan, state highway engineer, drafted the plan and will seek legislative approval and funding. Proposals include a 60 million dollar bond sale and a two cent gas tax with possible higher heavy truck registration. Officials monitor bridge tunnel union talks with New York as plans expand.
Pennsylvania not only builds a durable highway system but also plants shade trees to beautify main routes. Road builders abroad consider beautification, while motorists note the practical value in this state.
A USDA home economics recipe introduces cheese toast made with cream or Neufchatel cheese. The mix blends cream cheese, egg yolk, salt, and a hot sauce for flavor, folded into beaten egg whites, then baked on toast until golden. Served with bacon for luncheon or supper.
The United States Department of Agriculture presents rhubarb ideas beyond pie and sauce. Recipes include cobbler with biscuit top, rhubarb shortcake, rhubarb betty, and a rhubarb pie with a crisp undercrust. Each method notes layering, buttered crumbs, and optional hard sauce for acidity balance.
A detailed recipe for rhubarb pie with a crisp undercrust. It describes ingredients including rhubarb sugar orange salt and flour, plus two crust pastry. Steps cover pre-baking the crust cooking the rhubarb filling thickening with a flour slurry and final baking at about 450 degrees for twenty minutes.
The mineral constituents of milk especially important to the body include phosphorus iron and lime. Milk is much richer in lime the chief constituent of bones and teeth than most other foods making it an excellent food for children.
Federal meat inspection notes that meat sealed in hermetic cans lasts indefinitely if air is not admitted through breaks or rust. Proper handling must avoid punctures and can corrosion to maintain safety and shelf life.
A USDA recipe for rhubarb conserve pairs well with cold meat or bread spreads. Combine rhubarb, lemon juice and rind, orange juice and rind, almonds, sugar, salt, and heat gently. Boil to clear, add nuts last, and cool before filling jelly glasses. Eight glasses yielded, nuts optional.
The rings result from sizing or dressing residues dissolving in solvent and running to the fabric edge. Gently work solvent into fabric with cheesecloth or sponge to scatter the dressing. Very bad rings may require dipping the whole garment in gasoline, which is dangerous at home due to fire and electric discharge risks.
Children need two servings of fruit and one to two servings of vegetables daily in addition to potatoes. Experts say most fruits and vegetables are beneficial for kids with oranges grapefruit tomatoes and green leafy vegetables recommended most often.
The piece warns against using an abandoned well as a cesspool to avoid polluting nearby or downhill wells. It notes the practice is illegal in many states and points readers to two Farmers' Bulletins, Farmstead Water Supply and Sewage and Sewerage of Farm Homes, for safeguarding methods.
Federal guidance states the only required label item is an accurate net weight. Any additional statements must be true and not misleading in any respect.
Dutch cocoas vary in color due to a small amount of alkali added, which darkens the cocoa and helps keep it suspended in liquid. The alkali treatment does not alter the food value of the cocoa.
The United States Department of Agriculture predicts a more stable sheep sector with rising demand for lamb and mutton. Growth in urban populations and shifting land use will boost production and push sheep products toward staple meat status rather than luxury.
Purdue and the U S Bureau of Animal Industry report an experiment at Lafayette showing oats with cottonseed meal fatten lambs as well as or better than corn with cottonseed meal. Over 84 days lambs on oats gained 1.2 pounds more. legume hay and clover hay fed in small amounts kept lambs in good condition. oats lot used less hay than corn lot.
Professor Morton of Colorado Agricultural College urges immediate sun exposure for newborn pigs to encourage exercise. He warns against feeding raw pork to piglets and suggests using salt doses for constipation. When a sow has too many piglets, transfer extras to another sow within days of farrowing to help them develop teats.
Officials of the Bureau of Animal Industry urge use of preventive hog cholera serum to avert recurrences after heavy losses in 1926. Sanitation quarantine and local measures help but immunity from serum remains the most dependable safeguard.
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