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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1933
Page
9
The article celebrates Easter as a spring festival with renewed life and color. It describes festive table ideas such as green grass nests with eggs and toys, and shares recipes for Easter Sunday dinner including veal chops with prunes wrapped in bacon, minted with tomatoes and mushrooms, plus potato shells and lemon sherbet.
Local readers share recipes for spinach, dandelions, beet tops, kale, chard and other greens. Includes detailed icing, cake and angel food instructions, plus tips for Sponge Cakes, Apricot Tops and various desserts using eggs, sugar, flour, and flavorings.
Four eggs slightly beaten with sugar and salt. Scalded milk added gradually while stirring vigorously. Grease custard cups and place one tablespoon syrup in each bottom before filling with milk.
George White's Scandals comes to the Iowa theater for a three day engagement Wednesday Thursday and Friday April 19 20 21 featuring Willie and Eugene Howard Ellanne Powell Loomis Sisters Melissa Mason Helen Gordon Ross McLean Joseph Vitale James Howard Julia Gorman Edna Pence Alice Carleton Florence Healey Marion ODay and other stars Lew Brown and Ray Henderson provide music and lyrics Irving Caesar assists with sketches George White George Urban and Joseph Urban stage the production with vibrant sets and color blends
The Palace screens Hold Em Jail with Wheeler and Woolsey and a slate including Zasu Pitts and Thelma Todd Show Business. A garden note extols lily varieties, praising colors, growth, and planting in irregular drifts with emphasis on tiger lilies and speciosums for August to September bloom.
The State theater screens Men Of America on Wednesday featuring Chic Sale as Smokey Joe alongside Bill Boyd and Dorothy Wilson. The rural western clash with city gangsters promises action, suspense, and humor plus Shootouts and romance in a battle between city vice and western grit.
The article notes early wildflowers like snowdrops and winter aconite appearing despite cold weather. It highlights tril lium nivale and other blooms such as Hepaticas, scillas, and chionodoxas, with garden conditions, soil, and sun exposure affecting bloom timing. It urges spring planting of lily bulbs and emphasizes using evergreens as background for tiger lilies and other varieties.
A vintage promotional letter from Cedar Rapids markets the Magnus Hotel as the best place to stay, boasting Twin Bedded Rooms with Bath and comfort. It hails Columbus of Hotels Frank Wood as founder and promotes the hotel as established since 1492 with easy access by car or horse.
The article extols lily bulbs including rubrum henryll lily and coral lily with planting tips. It advises choosing healthy plump bulbs and ideal soil conditions, depth guidelines for various types, and a sand layer with sulphur to prevent fungus. It also mentions a London fog costing over 4 million pounds in a full day.
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