Missouri Taverns Shaped State History and Heritage
A look at Missouri taverns shows their role in founding government, elections, and social life. The Arrow Rock Tavern, preserved by the D A R since 1923, embodies century old hospitality and the era of wagon trains and frontier politics.
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Missouri
Floyd C. Shoemaker
U. S
England
Thomas Jefferson
Philadelphia
New England
Lexington
Kentucky
U.S
Barton
Benton
Washington
W. B. Stevens
Lafayette
Oregon
California
Arrow Rock
D. A
C. F. Jackson
John S&s Marmaduke
George C. Bingham
John Sappington
Mississippi Valley
Joseph Huston
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Turkey prices offer relief for housewives and growers
The letter notes turkeys remain affordable while other meats rise, with good farm supplies and a market that is higher than last year. It also honors Irene Sayers Lee, who died at 29, praising her steadfastness, faith and family devotion.
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Poultry Raisers
Irene Sayers Lee
Byron
Turkeys should be sold when prime ripe not only on holidays
A columnist argues that turkey prices and demand hinge on year round sales. He cautions growers against delaying to Thanksgiving or Christmas and urges marketing a normal production to keep prices reasonable and profits steady. Signed Frank Priebe.
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Frank Priebe
A Cousin Remembers A Beloved Relative With Tender Verses
The note uses Tennyson lines to comfort a grieving husband and family and to honor the departed's memory. It speaks of enduring bonds, a fond good night, faith, immortality, and the hope of reunion before the throne. The writer pledges condolence and sacred heritage drawn from a life described as sweet and fra grant with good deeds.
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Tennyson
Peach Tapioca Recipe from The Leader Record
Soak tapioca, drain and cook with sugar. Prepare peaches, peel and halve, cook briefly, then pack a mold with peaches and pour tapioca over. Bake four hours, cool and serve with whipped cream.
Canner Windfall Apples Make Delicious Sauce
Canner windfall apples make tasty sauce. When prepared, they should be cooked down and jars filled while hot to preserve flavor and prevent spoilage. Stored in a cool place, the preserves can provide a ready fruit spread for months.
Food safety on home canning guidance
Boiling hot and sealed airtight can preserve produce for winter but faulty sealers lead to spoilage. If canned fruit or meat looks suspicious bulging ends or cloudy liquid, discard it as bacteria may be present.
Kitchen Kinks from a Historic Cookbook
Quick tips on cake icing temperature and pan odor removal. It advises chilling a cake before applying boil-ready icing and spreading uncooked icing on warm or cold cake. It also suggests boiling water with vinegar to remove fish odor from a frying pan and notes greasing a griddle is unnecessary if two tablespoons of shortening are added to the batter for griddle cakes.
Insect Bite Relief Tips From The Family Doctor
Advice for soothing insect bites suggests washing with cold water and applying mentholatum baking soda or chloroform. For wasp stings using onion and salt soda paste or ammonia may help. Salt wet earth cold water camphor spirits or hydrogen peroxide provide general relief.
Packing a Summer Coat for Storage
The guide instructs laying the coat flat with outside up. Fold sleeves back at the elbows and draw them down. Turn fronts over the sleeves, lift by the armholes and fold lengthwise wrong side out. Place the coat flat in the trunk.
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Arrow Rock Tavern
Browning, Mo
J. B. Fleming
Hugh Campbell
Guy Johnson
OQ. T. Johnson
Leader-Record
M. E. Ladies Aid
H. V. Campbell
E. C. Bailey
W. P. Nickell
Adm
Harris
CORA
Browning
Martha Washington
Liberty Bell
CAMRY
the Farmers Store
Humphreys
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