Merchandising Conference and Local News Highlights
Move More Merchandise and Con ce is set for February 6 7 at Hotel Statler St Louis with a Merchandising Institute and expert demonstrations on store layout advertising and window trimming. A sequence of local notes follows including a bank cash shortfall in Poplar Bluff a fatal shooting in Jefferson City and a series of civic and agricultural updates across the region with talks by Theodore H Price in Fulton and bonds bought at par in Vandalia.
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Hotel Statler
St. Louis
Conson
Uri
State Board of Health
Jefferson City
Em P. North
Theodore H. Price
New York City
Finance and Commerce
Fulton
Westminster College
William Woods College
Matt Wakeman
Lamer
Wakeman
Golden City
O. E. Amos
T. J. Simcoe
St. Mary’s Hospital
Simcoe
Amos
Louise Renner
Women’s Department of the
State Penitentiary
Armstrong Baptist
Guy Cornwell
Spickard
William Swetnam
Armstrong
Fayette
Farmers’ ‘Savings Bank of
Poplar Bloff
Recorder of
Poplar Bluff
Butler County Farm Bureau
W. A. Kurz
Beaver Dam
Dean B. C. Goss
Neeleyville
Directions for Cooking Old Hams by USDA
The United States Department of Agriculture provides instructions for preparing an old ham. Soak and rinse to remove mold, simmer in water with vinegar brown sugar cloves and bay leaf, cool in liquor, remove skin score fat, coat with brown sugar and crumbs, stud with cloves, bake slowly while basting with vinegar and water. Ensure the ham is thoroughly cooked before eating.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Many Housekeepers Save in Using Soap
Household guidance on making and using soap solutions for laundry. Benefits of well dissolved soap, cautions on poor quality soap, and methods for white cottons, linens, and delicate fabrics. Advice covers homemade soap economics, dye soaps, and repeated tinting during laundering.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Peanut Meal Useful as Food Ingredient
Blanched peanut kernels with shells removed are used to extract oil. The press cake is ground into meal and mixed with wheat corn and similar flours to make a useful starchy daily food product.
Lily business grows from a single Easter lily
A Mississippi farm woman shared at a recent short course at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi how she earned 150 this year from one Easter lily given nine years ago. With help from the county extension agent the plant was grown outdoors and reports from the USDA show a steady demand and a developing business built around lilies.
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Mississippi
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Mississippi
United States Department of Agriculture
Keeping Water Vessels Clean and Safe
United States Department of Agriculture specialists advise on maintaining clean scald water vessels Cool drinking water should be stored in porcelain or enameled ware and boiled periodically Ice used should be of known quality Doubtful ice must not contact water If a filter is used it must be kept clean and boiled in water An earthenware filter can be scrubbed boiled and dried with a wood spacer under the jar.
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United States Department of Agriculture
All Around the House Guide for Everyday Tasks
Practical household tips cover preserving liquor in mince meat using pickle, replacing jelly with gooseberry, dry floury potatoes by delaying salt, marble stain removal with saleratus and whitening, paint removal with turpentine and ammonia, keeping tart crust dry with egg white, and advice on sealing small holes.
Clarice Defies Society To Prove Her Worth
Clarice, engaged to Richard Littlefield, editor of Leviathan, fears her ignorance and tries to prove herself by writing anonymously. After repeated rejections and a revelation, she confesses her ruse and the couple reaffirm their engagement as the editor declares his affection for Clarice.
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Clarice
Richard Littlefield
America
Littlefield
Old Granger
Richard
Hope
Ada Maltravers
Ada Maitravers
Toor
George Black
Hazelton
Enfleurage and Perfume Making From Flowers
Dr. Frederic S. Mason describes enfleurage the extraction method using fat plates and airtight chambers. He notes huge yearly flower inputs in France and that eleven tons of roses yield about one pound of essence, illustrating the scale and craft of modern perfumery.
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Frederic S. Mason
Menter
Engagement Ends After Ring Glass Revelation
A woman recalls a broken engagement after discovering her fiancé’s jeweler friend claimed her ring was glass and gold plate. She notes the engagement lasted only two days before the revelation.
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Bob
Father
Left Provisions for Pet Cat in Maine Will
Mrs Foudray of Knox county leaves her cat Bean top care including indoor lodging and $3 monthly for salmon milk and meat. Upon Bean’s death a white casket burial in Achorn cemetery and a stone costing $20 are planned. Bean died first.
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Knox County Court
Maine
Directory Meeting Sparks Budget Speculation
A controversial line in a community notice hints that an extra dividend may occur and that two attendees will attend a directors meeting while others question the outcome. The phrase suggests planning to reduce or cut costs, with local youths noted as observers.
Question on price of babies in society
A perplexed child asks about buying babies by the pound. The response notes babies are not sold and challenges the odd notion of prefixed prices and appearances.
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Grove Brothers
Greentop
Nyswander
Queen City
Schuyler Ty
Lancaster
Loosa
Ate
Gov. Lloyd
Botanty
10 Creek
Poplard
Poplar
John Kirk
Peter Nance
Monroe Kirk
Ken
Empire District Electric Pany
White River
Rock
Hollister
Nancy
Stoker Kirk
Sarah Thbun
Mary E. Murr
John Glover
Maryville
Glover
E Miner
Chaefer
Uri Miner
Nes
Schaefer
Oklo
A. B. Wilkerson
Maywood
L. J. Gard- Maywood
la Grange
Missourian
Armmiles
Pringle
Wright City
Supreme Court
Ernest F. Oakley
Albert Schweitzer
Graves
Schweitzer
Oakley
State Supreme Court
Conway Elder
Forrest Donnell
Henry Kortjohn, Jr
Missouri
Jewell Mayes
State Board of Agriculture
Atchison County
Ozark County
Pike
Scotland
Vernon
Montgomery
Perry
Mayes
Holt County
Carter
Howard County Farmers’ Co-operative Elevator Co
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