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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1937
Page
8
The article offers gentle oyster recipes from a chef’s kitchen, including Oysters En Brochette Oysters Benedict and Oysters Indien ne. It provides step by step instructions for broiling frying and making sauces with oyster liquor curry and Hollandaise for a dinner or special event.
A detective story magazine posts a $5000 reward for discovering the killer of ten Cleveland torso victims. The note notes it is the first bounty on solving the series. The piece also cites a statistic about clubfoot births and includes a yellow sauce recipe with butter flour milk spices and lemon juice.
A roundup of social visits and holiday scenes in Racine and nearby towns. Locals and guests include Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Banks Whitesburg Kentucky joined by Nellie Trussel Marietta, and many families visiting relatives across Ohio and Pennsylvania during Christmas and the weekend.
Ringgold on December 26 Mr and Mrs James Kirkbride Ringgold held a reception for their daughter Freda recently married to William Kidwell of Columbus. A noon dinner honored numerous relatives and guests including Ralph Snyder Pomeroy and Ernest Steffy Pomery among others. The text notes 1935 US farm averages with 154.8 acres value 4226 and 4.67 people.
The article promotes rolled pork shoulder as an ideal roast for Sunday meals noting easy preparation and slow cooking at 350 degrees F. It advises salt and pepper, rack roasting, and that fat baste is unnecessary. Cooking times are 30-35 minutes per pound unboned and 40-50 minutes per pound boned.
Christmas visits and weekend gatherings documented across Sharpsburg and nearby towns. Names include McAfee Henthorn Dickson Armstrong Lovell Grimes and families with travel from Athens Columbus Marietta Bartlett Pittsburgh Fredericktown and Arkansas. The notes note illness of Emma Huffman at Mae Gage’s home near Bartlett.
A creamy light macaroni mold recipe uses 19 ounce macaroni eggs milk cheese pimiento and butter. Bake in a lined mold with hot water at 350 F for about an hour until set. Unmold and serve with tomato sauce for six to eight servings.
Pomeroy Troop 42 of the Boy Scouts met at Peace Church to plan a membership drive under Scoutmaster Bentley Peoples. The Daughters of Union Veterans held a Monday meeting at Mrs. A. O. Tracy home with a potluck dinner and officer installation planned for next meeting led by Mrs. Charity Leakus.
A recipe for a savory carrot ring dish combines mashed carrots with cracker crumbs eggs and seasonings folded with whipped cream and stiffly beaten whites. The mixture is baked in a buttered ring mold in a water bath, then filled with julienned beans and celery and served with sauce.
A compact recipe feature describes how to make hot popovers without peeking and doubles as a method for a chipped beef tomato dish. The piece then shifts to a Rhodesia note about Richard Johnstone, 14, threading 25 cotton strands through a needle with one arm in a sling.
A long list of Letart Falls families hosted and visited relatives over Christmas. Guests included J A Quillin and H W Quillin from Leechburg Pa and J S Swinborne of Charleston. Others mention Illnesses and travel among locals and visitors from Wheeling Canton Hebring Akron Pomeroy Charleston and Circleville. The column ends with a note on the sun’s distance calculations yielding the same result by three methods.
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