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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1957
Page
12
Journalist Phyllis Battelle discusses the "Wham Diet" promoted in Bride and Home magazine. The plan prescribes cottage cheese and prunes for meals, a midafternoon tomato juice, black coffee or tea, and a vitamin pill, claiming five pounds in three days. The piece critiques the lack of balance and warns about health risks while noting public fascination with rapid weight loss.
Apricot coffee rings are outlined with a dough recipe and filling steps. The directions include making apricot filling with sugar butter evaporated milk and yeast, kneading rising shaping and baking at 350 degrees. The Cedar Rapids Gazette date is listed as Fri Nov 1 1957.
Fashion notes from New York highlight leg emphasis as dresses slim the silhouette. Short skirts and inward-hemmed styles pair with seamless stockings to match outfit color. An exercise leaflet offer promises quick slimming routines with a self addressed request to The Gazette.
Readable lines describe cooking steps to mix ingredients, stir briefly, cool, spread on medium heat, and simmer until thick. The text is fragmentary and lacks complete measurements or context for the recipe.
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