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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1936
Page
42
The event features recipes by women cooks led by Ella N Nebiker who wins five dollars for Baked Noodle Ring. Readers submit Lent recipes to a weekly feature with demonstrations, varied dishes, and notes from contributors across Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
The discussion notes many hardy chrysanthemum varieties listed by growers but warns skepticism over their true hardiness after past discouraging experiences. Suggestions include fall or early spring planting, deep watering in dry soil, and mulching with manure in midsummer to boost late summer and fall performance.
Local horticultural advice favors stock grown within 100 miles for winter resilience with Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan sources praised over more distant southern varieties. Early spring planting aids lilies with proper root sets and cautions bulbs without roots may bloom this year but fail next winter. Finnish lipstick sales in barber shops and ancient perfume use by Greeks Romans and Egyptians noted.
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