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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1934
Page
5
Reader asks for canning and pickling guidance as butchering season nears. The note summarizes home methods from Cornell bulletins including salt pork brining, pickled pigs feet, headcheese, pork sausage and scrapple with practical steps and proportions for preserving meats.
Comprehensive home canning guidance outlines meat selection, trimming, broth preparation, and spices. It details packing in jars or tins, salt levels, optional seasonings, and the exact pressure canning times for pint to No 3 cans. It also covers cooling, sealing, and safe storage procedures.
A reader letter muses on air travel and wind while recounting a film project and observations of planes. It jeers at invisible tech, suggests glass wing windows, and riffs on reader letters and radio fans as a window into public opinion.
A 1934 narrated essay explains wind layers and flight terms like strathersphere and head wind versus tail wind. The speaker describes high altitude flight, wind changes, and the feel of riding the breeze with a focus on being a head wind flyer.
Mrs Rhea discusses rock garden design for small spaces, stressing natural conditions, sun and shade, and the need for patient planning. She recalls a first failed attempt and lessons learned, advises professional help for larger efforts, and warns against pools under trees and accumulating debris from leaves.
A legacy cooking note details a sweet dough mixture with sugar lard salt and flour to form a stiff dough. After rising twice bake four to six loaves for about forty minutes total at 400 degrees then reduce heat. The recipe is attributed to Mrs L H Griffin of Ellis Boulevard.
A weather torn American flag atop Fremont’s courthouse may remain through winter as the only man able to lower it, Earl Turtle Frymire, is away at a CCC forestry camp. County commissioners asked for volunteers to remove the colors after pleas by American Legion members.
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