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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1942
Page
4
A scattered recipe collection describes baked beans with pork and brown sugar, simple vegetable prices, a Brazilian custard dessert with vanilla, Dutch Guiana Pea Soup with cod, and tongue with mushroom gravy. Includes detailed steps for soaking beans, cooking times, and serving suggestions, plus notes on produce prices and market outlook.
Asparagus is scarce and expensive while apples offer better quality in larger varieties. Carrots arrive with green tops from Texas Arizona and California. Cabbage remains cheap with Texas and California origins. Cauliflower heads are not large but good. medium price expected to drop in a week or ten days. Avocados are plentiful and cheaper than usual for the season. Oranges of a large variety are the best buy with thin skins and heavier fruit. Grapefruit stays cheap with a slight wholesale increase. pink grapefruit still available. Radishes price higher than typical. Green peppers from Florida are expensive. Celery is cheaper and better. Leaf lettuce quality is fine with mid prices. Spinach from Texas is cheap with good quality. Florida new potatoes are expensive but overall potatoes are fairly reasonable. Parsnips locally grown are being pulled from the ground.
Back Fencer L Staff members in Washington D C copied recipes from The South American Cook Book lent by Dr. Louise Stanley of the US Department of Agriculture. The 1939 Doubleday edition lists directions for pork chops with onions and a caramel custard using milk eggs and sugar, with specific baking methods and unmoulding notes.
A reflective verse ponders life as a voyage with God as pilot. It asks whether certainty of the final destination would erode faith and courage. The poem asserts endurance through storms and trust beyond known outcomes.
A health and beauty guide recommends balancing a busy day with outdoor activity and home care. It advises a two mile walk, foot soaks with Epsom salts, facial cleansing, cold cream, scalp brushing, bedtime brushing, evening calisthenics, hand care with gloves, and eight hours of sleep with proper ventilation.
The Linn county rationing board urges residents to turn in worn-out rubber tires to a scrap dealer or local charity for processing and reclamation.
Detectives questioned and released two suspects Monday evening as they investigated a $125 robbery at 7 p.m. The victim, John Carpenter of 700 Eighth Avenue SE, said the money was taken from a cigar box in his bedroom and another $200 in receipts remained in the box. The theft occurred between 11 p.m. Friday and 6:30 p.m. Monday.
Former Argentine president Marcelo de Alvear, aged 74, died Monday night in Buenos Aires. The longtime leader was a key figure in the country’s 1930s politics and faced a lengthy public career.
Instructions for crochet dress trimmings including color ful buttons and frogs with illustrations and materials. Send 10 cents plus 1 cent mailing to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft Dept New York for pattern 293 and include name and address. plus advice column letters with guidance on dating and social matters.
Oll y wonders why she isn’t popular with the crowd. Molly focuses on a single close friend, loses friendships, and moves among girls without expanding her circle. Miss Manners suggests widening her social base to be seen as part of the group.
Red Cross outlines roles with the armed forces and local community at a Friday noon meeting of the Council of Social Agencies at the YMCA. Mattoon Illinois writer Mabel Chadband Wilson reports on a mobile unit visit to a 16 000 population town yielding 88 pints from 123 donors. Thirty five local volunteers donate blood and two service clubs for service members are announced by Norman H. Davis. The RN Cince McCurdy club will sew for the Red Cross on Wednesday at Mrs James Taylor 719 First Ave SW.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette columnist Uncle Ray co authors Famous Explorers for Boys and Girls with Nathan G Good man. Published by A S Barnes New York the work surveys Leif Erikson Magellan Cook Livingstone Byrd and others with maps and illustrations. Dr Goodman Philadelphia resident friend of Uncle Ray notes lively human historical stories for young readers.
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