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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1940
Page
4
Mary Manned presents a column about Mrs W who complains about every place she lives with her husband changing jobs to please her. The piece shifts to Puzzle Polly advice on a handsome, self absorbed suitor who obsesses over his looks and offers a pragmatic take on choosing companionship over vanity.
A reader asks about handling a husband who goes out nightly. The advice encourages joining him or hosting at home to foster companionship and avoid passivity, urging the wife not to be a doormat.
Editor's note explains a $10 weekly budget for a five person family, with daily menus designed to balance calories protein and minerals. Tips include practical cost saving, such as boiling beans and finishing on the stove and using leftovers to stretch meals.
Edgar A. Guest presents a playful section of Grandpa's Alphabet Book, outlining letters H through N with light verse about hurry, pronouns, family, and everyday objects. The lines explore busy modern life and childlike humor as Grandpa consoles and guides a young reader.
The note details a pastry method then shifts to a sardine toast dish with fluffy scrambled eggs. It lists Norwegian sardines with butter and lemon, toast, eggs, milk, pimiento, salt, pepper, and a department for mashing sardines.
The note lists Thursday menus including baked beans and peanut butter sandwiches with details on amounts and ingredients. It also includes Mrs ME asking how to make pie crust flaky and explains fat coated flour particles in the hot water method and how rolling flattens fat layers to create flaky pastry.
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills to stimulate bile flow and aid digestion. It claims two pints of bile daily prevent decay and gas while selling the product for 16 and 25 cents.
Beat 14 cup butter until creamy then mix to flavor. Spread onto toast squares or triangles and serve. Beat eggs with salt pepper and milk then stir in pimiento. Melt butter in skillet for cooking steps.
Pour in egg mixture and cook gently, stirring lightly as it begins to set. Cook until just firm and not dry, then heap onto a serving dish.
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