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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1942
Page
8
Wartime wedding guidance urges traditions and joy with practical touches. The piece presents cake and frosting recipes for a celebratory menu, including chicken fillings and pastry options, plus tips on attire and good luck charms. It cites Wancroft Chicken as a versatile dish for breakfast to supper.
Readers of The Gazette in Cedar Rapids share tested recipes for cooling page features. The note lists ingredients like green beans onions celery cheese and cream with steps for baking and whipping fruit based treats. Vernon Heefner signs the note urging more submissions and offering varied fruit and nut ideas.
A vintage recipe fragment describes a two stage bake for a flour based cake and cookie preparation. It outlines mixing, baking at 325 F for 15 minutes, then adding eggs vanilla brown sugar and dry ingredients, folding in nuts coconut and chocolate, baking 350 F for 25 minutes, and chilling for 24 hours before slicing and baking again. Includes attributions to Mrs J F Kerr and Mrs Earl Hepker with varied ingredient amounts and tips.
Avocados from California valued for quality and lower price than earlier in the year. Apples Winesaps steady with medium pricing. Oranges Valencias from California in good sizes and cheaper than navels. Grapefruit from California fair quality, lighter than Florida weight. Cucumbers Florida firm and cheap. Lettuce home grown cheap, California head lettuce pricey. Asparagus home grown, scarce and mid priced. Rhubarb home grown plentiful and cheap. Cauliflower scarce and high priced. Turnips home grown with good greens and creamed vegetable quality. Bananas scarce with medium prices due to ceiling. Radishes home grown cheap, green onions home grown cheap. Tomatoes from Texas mid price. Strawberries from Illinois and the Ozarks medium quality and price. Corn price stable. light varieties preferred. Honey mid price, eggs slightly higher. Cheese reasonably priced as cold meat substitute. Peas scarce and high price. Green beans good quality but high price. Carrots from California cheap and excellent. Fresh fish from Mississippi River in demand with range from cheap to mid. Pet foods dehydrated. warm milk or broth suggested for fussy dogs.
Pattern 365 shows beret and two tone flower-decked snood with stitch illustrations and materials. Send 10 cents plus 1 cent mailing to The Cedar Rapids Gazette Needlecraft dept for pattern 365. Also notes on daily protective foods and vitamin guidance, finishing with a fact about the Pacific Ocean.
A fragmented observation urges ignoring unhappy comments and unwise counsel to focus on helping the husband reach shared success. It emphasizes cooperation and mutual ambition within a marriage.
Dr. Mary MacFadyen discusses two routes to vitamins: a varied diet and supplementary pills. She cautions that proper food preparation matters to prevent vitamin loss and notes pills are useful when diets are restricted or symptoms of deficiency appear.
Mary Manners advises overcoming shyness to engage with others and suggests patience in a love triangle. A wife stands by her husband despite parental pressure, affirming loyalty as the proper role and urging remorse for critics.
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