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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1943
Page
3
Practical guide for hosting with cool, quick dishes and simple beverages. Features Orange Ring Salad using gelatin and fruit, Tiny Tim Cakes, Grapefruit Swizzle, Fruit Freeze, Hostess and Cheese Sandwich fillings, plus a note offering Lynn Chambers's meal planning help. Includes prewar phosphate industry data.
This excerpt lists food tips from Lynn on keeping salad components cold, chilling serving ware, skinning tomatoes briefly over a flame, flute slicing cucumbers, sieving egg yolks or whites for garnish, and decorating lettuce with paprika for visual flair.
Miss Abbie Condit offers Fourth of July party games for both youngsters and adults. Activities include Who Was pin the name on a Revolutionary figure, Jumbled Presidents matching exercise, and Questions and Answers about July facts. A flag drawing challenge tests knowledge of the US ensign, with a humorous eye closed version also included.
Navy transport crossing the equator sees nurses celebrate Neptune’s court ritual. A pollywog becomes a shellback after dunkings in a water tank and comic rites. One nurse is shown undergoing the transformation while another is seen spanking a colonel.
Household appliances endure with proper care and sensible maintenance. The article urges readers to avoid careless tinkering and to clean, inspect, and repair to extend life, noting manufacturers’ goals and the shift in domestic habits. It cites ranges, stoves, and other "unreplaceable" conveniences as durable when treated like valued possessions.
The article explains typical washing machine capacity based on size and provides a safe load range of six to eight pounds of dry clothes for average machines. It suggests verifying circulation, notes starting the motor before loading on electric washers, and mentions a fuse risk with heavy loads. It adds a caveat for machines with a separate cylinder that revolves without soap and water.
Herring gulls trample down abnormally grown branches on a Bay of Fundy island, allowing a man to walk across the tangled treetop cover. The unusual growth creates a solid canopy enabling passage above the ground.
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