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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Location
Arcadia, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1918
Page
3
The United States food administration imposes per family limits on sugar and flour. City families may buy five pounds sugar at a time and twenty five pounds flour in five pound lots. rural and country limits differ. Merchants must record buyers and report violations. no ads to spur extra buying.
A Sacramento motor vehicle order requires every female driver to reveal exact age and weight, plus hair and eye color and other appearance details to obtain a license. Sylph-like debutantes greet the rule, while older women threaten a petition against it.
Detroit artist Fred Nash in 1910 warned of the automobile boom with a cartoon titled Look mamma there's a horse. He labeled it A Prophecy of the Future. The horse receded from drawing carriages while business activity kept the horse in use until the great war reshaped industry.
The Automobile Club of Southern California will publish a detailed map of San Bernardino county routes and through the mountains after the new year. The map, prepared for several months, will be issued for wall and folder use to aid motorists.
A dated recipe fragment describes beating whites with salt to foam, adding cream of tartar and vanilla, then folding in sugar before baking slowly for about 1 3/4 hours in an ungreased pan. Serve with candied cherries and whipped cream for twelve portions.
A simple bake combines 1 percent pounds veal and percent pounds beef with 4 pounds fresh pork 2 eggs well beaten 10 crackers and milk as needed. Season with salt pepper and a pinch of nutmeg then bake until thoroughly cooked.
Dip figs in a weak soda water solution then rinse in clean water. Boil them in a thick syrup with water one quarter the amount of sugar, keeping the pan covered to steam and tenderize. Cook until tender, stand in syrup overnight, repeat for three or four days, then dry in sun while turning daily. Dust with powdered sugar and store between wax paper in non airtight jars to prevent mildew.
The state highway commission plants three mushrooms at Lamanda Park intersections including Colorado and Santa Anita, Santa Anita and Foothill Boulevard, and Foothill Boulevard and Daisy Street. Women activists pushed for months for safer crossings. Earlier a mushroom was placed at Colorado and Rose.
The Spirit of Seventy six, created by Archibald M. Willard, grew from a Wellington wagon shop background. A study titled Pluck No 1 attracted James H. Ryder, leading to the Seven ty six work. Its center figure was inspired by Willard’s father Rev Daniel Willard, changing the piece from comic to symbolic.
Notice is given by Anna P Grimes Executrix of the last will of Geo E Grimes deceased to creditors and all persons with claims against the estate to present them within four months of first publication. Claims must be shown with vouchers at Walter F Dunn law offices Monrovia California or at the Superior Court Clerk Los Angeles County. Dated December 14, 1917.
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