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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1931
Page
2
A collection of old cooking tips by Nellie Maxwell, detailing ham with noodles, ham with pineapple, steak and noodles casserole, pot roast in a scotch kettle, and baked ham Southern style. Includes step by step prep hints, ingredients, and cooking times drawn from a 1931 Western Newspaper clipping.
An old quip notes a superstition where a woman seeks luck for her football sheik by offering the left hind foot of a rabbit caught in a graveyard during a dark moon, aided by a cross-eyed darkey, implying a powerful charm.
Collier's Weekly ponders whether early humans first formed in a warm or cold environment and whether palm-leaf cooling preceded or followed the discovery of fire by rubbing sticks. The brief muses on primitive habits and survival questions.
A Bell syndicate piece discusses New Kennawick women, from freshmen to seniors, preferring careers over marriage. It notes seniors see marriage as a career and say a wife and professional balance is achievable, with marriage plus business demanding similar qualities of effort and skill.
The article advocates simplifying dining room decor, limiting wall pictures, and avoiding clutter. It notes shifts from formal formality to tasteful individuality, encouraging varied, contemporary furnishings and original presentation. It mentions that studios of interior decorators show wide sources for dining room design.
Instructions on selecting dormant cions for grafting from wood, preserving them in damp storage, and using soft wax or paraffin to prevent drying. Includes temperatures, storage methods, wax formula, and timing for grafting extending into late spring.
Guidance stresses fresh air and proper incubator ventilation to prevent poor hatches. It warns against overheating air, notes that lamp fumes and draughts affect outcomes, and advises following maker directions to regulate air flow.
The laurel or shingle oak is a stout 20 to 50 foot tree with thick ridged bark and large, dark green leaves. It suffers heavily from wood and beetle pests, fungi like powdery mildew and twig blight, and is valued for shingles in the West.
The British government expresses support for Palestine as a national home for the Jewish people. In a letter from Mr Balfour to Baron Rothschild the government pledges to use its best endeavours to facilitate this objective.
A brief quotation attributed to Browning on measuring the mind by its shade. The line emphasizes self-assessment through metaphor. No events, people, or organizations are specified beyond the author.
A playful tale describes a pestiferous candicoot raiding Irish refrigerators near Lake Killarney. It feasts on strawberry ghostcake and caviar, smashing shortcake shortages and provoking rural hardship. The creature is imagined as a green gumdrop with cloves for feet and a tail of macaroni, a whimsical Metropolitan Newsleper Services piece.
A 1921 poem contrasts parental desire for late waking with children’s habit of rising early. It playfully weighs who is right as dawn breaks and the household stirs, noting the day length grows with eager youngsters and the house fills with noise and activity.
The article explains providing greens to laying hens in all seasons. It notes summer allows field greens while winter requires artificial methods. Sprouting oats offers a simple way to supply green seeds to poultry, and mechanical oat sprouters have been developed.
Agricultural tips on stump removal, poultry housing, pruning, soybean and cowpea hay value, vegetable timing, and rotation benefits. Emphasizes timely planting, durable dairy facilities, shell use, and self-sourcing minerals. Highlights future soybean methods and the profitability of good rotations.
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