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Newspaper
Camden Record News
Location
Camden, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1944
Page
7
A nostalgic wedding themed piece describes a June bride day with a delicate angel food cake frosted with fresh berries and a bridal shower menu. It includes a detailed Bride's Shower Cake recipe and instructions for simple yet elegant wedding fare.
A bridal feature outlines centertable wedding decor with white flowers and cake as focal points. It includes detailed recipes for strawberry icing, wedding cake, and frostings, plus a buffet breakfast menu and ornamental butter frosting. The piece promotes requesting a meat roasting chart from Lynn Chambers via Western Newspaper Union.
War Food administration officials say improved feeding efficiency could help reach 1944 livestock and poultry goals. In 1942-43 feed concentrates rose 28 percent from 41-42, yet livestock output grew only 13 percent. Recommendations include lighter hogs, more pullets, shorter cattle feeding, greater roughage use, and reducing crowded farm conditions to lower disease and losses. Farmers in surplus areas urged to export surplus feed to deficit regions.
Demand for popular patterns has grown due to war conditions and high orders. Send 15 cents plus 1 cent mailing to Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept for Pattern No 831 including size options 1 2 3 or 4 and include name and address.
Conversation hints at changes in clover growth after application of phosphates and lime by the boss. Plant vigor and soil chemistry appear influenced, suggesting improved nutrient availability and possibly better pasture health.
Umpires in Major League Baseball rotate as a trio, with the day’s designated umpire behind home plate earning the title umpire in chief and the power to overturn colleagues’ calls if needed. The arrangement spreads leadership and on field scrutiny across games.
Shortage of metal curtain rods prompts use of elaborate window swags. The guide explains cutting each swag separately with bias ends, center overlaps, and tacked pleats. Measurements vary by space and are shown with method in the accompanying diagram. Books advertised at 15 cents.
The article notes that 14 states use party symbols on ballots with six using a rooster for Democrats and eight a star, while Republicans use an elephant or eagle in six or eight states respectively. It also observes variations in marking ballots, with some Southern states crossing out other candidates instead of marking crosses.
Mexiana medicated powder offers relief for simple rashes using ingredients familiar to many specialists. Once applied, it aims to calm itching and reduce irritation with a gentle, skin friendly formula.
Simple household advice covers reshaping delicate fabrics with inverted bowls and plates, washing walls from bottom to top to avoid streaks, salvaging dried cheese by grating and storing for meals, plus refreshing teddy bears with corn starch.
Dr. George E. Taylor of Rutgers notes yearling heifers can be raised on roughage alone from age one to two months before calving. Summer gains come from abundant pasture via rotation grazing. Holsteins average 1.5 lb daily, Guernseys 1 lb, with winter hay and silage delivering smaller gains.
The piece explains drying cows by reducing feed and water and stopping milking. It also notes 1944 butter allocations by the War Food administration totaling slightly more than a pound per person each month, equaling 76 pounds per 100 pounds of creamery and farm butter available.
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