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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1944
Page
4
Frances Eby Jakoubek surveys fall fashion with fur as a front line element. Fur trims coats and dresses and appears in tuxedo fronts and hemline outlines, while jackets, lumberjack ensembles, hats and bags feature fur. Parisian influence challenges New York as American designers emphasize softness, femininity, and rich colors.
A mother pleads to keep ten year old Dick in bed during bronchopneumonia recovery. The doctor insists it is her responsibility to enforce bed rest. A neighbor with home nursing experience assists, highlighting obedience and care.
Mrs. Horace Clark of Lansing describes a 420 acre farm west of Lansing and northeast of Waukon. She milks 30 cows, raises stock cattle and about 500 hogs yearly, with a family of seven including two girls and a boy. They store beef pork and produce in a deep freeze and plan a larger unit after the war. Roosevelt likely to win. postwar church services favored. Notice of appointment of executrix follows.
Probate notice states Blanche Horton Palmer was appointed and qualified August 29 1944 as Executrix of Eunice Horton Jate of Linn County Iowa. All persons having claims must file them with the Clerk of Linn County District Court Iowa. Fred C. Fisher is attorney for the Executrix.
Mrs. Wilson visits Dick to ensure he follows medical orders and stays in bed to recover his heart and lungs. He accepts a project to create a family bulletin board from a pasteboard box and labels his belongings, turning enforced rest into a productive, amusing experience.
Clean up garden debris after harvest to prevent disease carryover. Burn or deeply plow diseased fruits under plum apple and cherry trees to stop apple scab and brown rot. Mark tomatoes potatoes beets peas and corn for clean-ground planting next year. Fall plowing, manure incorporation, and early spring planting boost yields and soil health. Remove and burn asparagus tops and prune raspberry canes to prevent disease spread.
The report lists diseases across crops including curl and shothole in grapes, anthracnose and leaf spot in raspberries, leaf spot in strawberries, Septoria leaf spot in tomatoes, and leafhop pers with late blight in potatoes. Only spraying saved the potato crop from a heavy late blight infestation this year.
Doebel TEAK offers a postwar favorite with beef mixture on half buns broiled open face eight minutes then topped with a mustard margarine mix. Outdoor meals return with Braunschweiger barbecue and fried liver sausage slices.
The article lists toasted buns with fried tomato onion and bacon along with frank furts and braunschweiger served with milk or coffee and lattice-top apple pie. It notes ham burgers with curry powder and jeremon rind, and recommends making mince pie for Thanksgiving using lean beef now available, with a homemade mince meat recipe including beef suet apples sugar raisins orange rind and juice.
Three hours total. Process fruit with suet apples and candied rinds in a food chopper on coarse blade. Add remaining ingredients mix thoroughly. Cook slowly one hour then seal in sterilized jars. Yields 12 pints. Use one pint or two cups for an eight inch pie.
Black Hawk county grand jury indicted Thomas Short of Cedar Falls for failing to stop after his car struck and killed Barbara Ann Spiegel a passenger on a Waterlolo motorcycle on June 22. The indictment details steps taken by the driver following the accident.
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