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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1940
Page
9
A January recipe contest yields a diverse array of cookies from Dutch kitchen items to Oatmeal Wafers and Bachelor's Buttons. Read about Mrs J Y Mitchell of Fort Peck Montana and Mrs M L Cheney of Stanford California and note the February Lenten contest deadline.
Simple cookie recipe from Edna Emory of Forsyth Montana lists sour cream soda salt flour sugar cinnamon and cream of tartar. Mix beat add flour bake drop by teaspoon on greased sheets in a hot oven. Yield uses hot water optional.
The passage describes cooking steps for a confection. Salt is added and the mixture is cooked until it holds in cold water but not to the thread stage. It is set aside to lukewarm then heated until white and dry, then mixed with peanut butter and cream to reach a spreadable consistency.
Mrs Susanna Hill Inverness Mont shares a recipe for molasses cookies using 14 cups molasses and shortening. The method boils sugar and molasses then cools before adding vanilla fruit peels nuts and dry ingredients. Bake at 325 degrees for 15 minutes yields six dozen cookies.
Instructions for oatmeal wafers from Mrs. M L Cheney of Stanford Montana. Mix quick oats with sugar and flour rub together. Add melted butter, dissolve soda in boiling water and add. Knead into roll chill then slice and bake five to ten minutes at moderate heat.
A compact handwritten recipe from Billings Montana describes making crust from 2 cups flour 2 cups ground oatmeal and half the crumb, then a date filling with 1 small package dates 4 cups sugar and 1 cup water boiled together, topped with remaining crumb and baked in a moderate oven.
Practical health hints say daily diet prevents certain ailments and aids health while poor nutrition raises risk. Exposures to contagious diseases cannot be prevented by diet. no evidence links diet to cancer or rheumatism. A balanced diet prevents scurvy rickets beriberi nutritional anemia goiter and night blindness.
A visiting teacher and a kindergarten supervisor devise an unsigned report plan to show a mother how critical remarks her son repeats at home affect him. Reading anonymous cases alongside a care pamphlet prompts the mother to see her influence and adjust. Martin becomes a happier child.
Claire Tilden highlights Pattern 746 designed for sizes 34 to 48 with a slim silhouette featuring a jacket girdle waist panel front skirt and soft bodice. The design suits spring and all summer, includes two sleeves, and uses a Sewing Guide to simplify cutting and stitching. Pattern 746 costs 15 cents and requires fabric and lace edging.
The article traces the origin of Washington Pie to Washington, D C during the Civil War era due to supply shortages. It describes a two layer cake with jam and sugar dusting and offers a 1940s style recipe for a fluffy one egg cake and a decorative finish using a lace doily imprint.
Split the cooled cake into two thin layers and fill with chilled custard cream. Reassemble and top with glossy chocolate icing. Slice into wedges and serve as pie style portions.
A kitchen directions item describes mixing sugar salt and flour, beating an egg with milk, combining then heating over simmering water until thick. It finishes with vanilla and cooling.
Melt one square bitter chocolate with a teaspoon of butter over hot water. Remove from heat and blend in thirty three tablespoons boiling water and a cup of confectioners sugar. Beat until smooth.
Report notes a national cattle density of about 186 cows per 1000 residents in the United States, indicating a high livestock population relative to population size and suggesting robust agricultural capacity.
A boy ceases chasing thorny obstacles in all roses, signaling a shift in focus away from persistent search for difficulty. The line suggests a broader transformation in attitude toward challenges and risk.
Mrs. Theresia Zaba of Casper Wyoming, widow since 1938, found her son after a 20 year separation. The son, now West L Powell, had changed his name and become a successful engineer business owner in Great Falls Montana. Lincoln Nebraska provided the clue when a friend spotted the name change in a newspaper notice.
Kenneth Hackney and LaVaun Haines, both of Great Falls, faced a licensing snafu when they bought one license for 4 and then bought another for 2 after a friend tore up the first. The clerk refused a duplicate, so the couple paid twice, 4 total, to complete their marriage.
State Auditor John J. Holmes reports January 1940 income exceeded expenditures. January outlays totaled 2,965,453.84 dollars versus 3,780,054.43 dollars in receipts with major costs from General 395,624.08 dollars liquor 889,385.72 dollars highway 467,624.36 dollars unemployment compensation benefits 324,458.92 dollars and investments purchased totaling 139,871.16 dollars.
A. Cogswell, assistant professor of journalism at Montana State University, has been named to the committee on awards for undergraduate journalism students of Sigma Delta Chi. The panel will also supervise the annual photography contest sponsored by the national fraternity.
Five Montana State University faculty members are teaching extension courses in Missoula and Butte as part of the university public service program. The instructors include Dr. R L Housman journalism professor, Dr. Dennis Murphy English assistant professor, Ralph Y McGinnis speech instructor, Dr. Harold Tascher sociology assistant professor, and Dr. Rufus Coleman English associate professor.
Carloadings gained to 25 584 loaded freight cars in December, up 512 from 23 342 a year earlier, per Montana state railroad and public service commission. Increases occurred in ore 864, wheat 108, and oats 322 cars, while sugar beets fell 815 cars.
The Dominican Republic plans to export 1,000,000 banana bunches during the current year, signaling a major push in agricultural trade. The initiative highlights the sector as a key economic driver for productive foreign sales.
The Farm Security Administration will provide loans up to 75 dollars to the minor children of its regular clients for participation in 4-H clubs and similar rural youth groups. Applications require approval by the county extension agent and FSA supervisor, with emphasis on proper and profitable use.
Otto Beringer of Ballantine Montana says years of sickness from appendicitis and adhesions followed an operation in 1928. After one week on Wong Sun's Chinese Herb medicines he reports no pain and weight gain, and highly recommends the remedy.
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