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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1944
Page
7
This piece details summer into fall produce ideal for jams relishes and butters. It lists recipes for pear jam peach orange marmalade spiced crabapples pear butter pear honey quince apple marmalade tomato preserves and ranch preserves with steps and ingredient amounts for home canning and storage. It emphasizes pectin sugar water and proper sealing to ensure thick jellied results.
A nostalgic menu notes fried chicken dipped in cornflakes instead of crumbs and cottage cheese mixed with garden greens and onions served on lettuce. Bread pudding shifts to brown sugar with lemon custard, while au gratin vegetables feature cabbage cauliflower potatoes and tomatoes with a cornflake butter cheese topping.
The piece argues night games revive baseball during war, noting Ed Barrow of the Yankees remained skeptical but Griffith in Washington supports lights for evening play. It cites clubs with night facilities, declines at Fenway Briggs Wrigley and Yankee Stadium, and cites veterans like Evans and Edison lamp influence on attendance and finances.
A fragmented satirical platform mocks wartime politics with jumbled policy stances on labor foreign policy and social security. It derides verbose politicians and platform makers while mixing in quips about industry, fire safety, and everyday hardships. The piece includes stray jokes about trains air conditioning and fishing gear.
The guide advises turning fabric right side out with a pencil blunt end and using orangewood stick for sharp corners. It suggests sewing two pockets on aprons and using a pocket as a patch. It recommends carrying a large paper bag for tidying and placing a wet sponge near ironing to dampen dried spots.
A large wooden salad fork proves useful for washing jars and pitchers. Attaching a dish cloth to the end speeds the cleaning task and completes the work quickly.
A small man hauls a large bundle onto a city bus for the tenth time, prompting the conductor to scold him about litter. The exchange ends with the man joking that the next trip would move a piano, asking for a lift to finish the moving.
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