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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1942
Page
10
Do not let eggs stand in warmth. Place them on the refrigerator lower shelf at about 40 degrees F. Use light brown sugar on breakfast cereals to save quantity and improve taste. To stop bacon from curling cut ends into three or four strips. Thoroughly rinse rag rugs before drying them. Soap residue in rugs makes them sticky and attract dirt.
The War Production Board outlines wartime apparel limits for men and women, detailing reduced cuffs and pockets, shortened trousers and jackets, and curbs on fabrics. It explains enforcement, exemptions, and the timeline, with fall designs favoring conservative, patriotism aligned styles.
Simplification of styles and colors in women's sweaters and garments during the First World War reduced wool consumption by one third, enough to cloth 900,000 uniforms. The era also eliminated 5,500 rubber footwear styles and narrowed shoe colors to black white and a tan shade. The result saved leather dyes boxes shipping space labor and transportation.
Government asks woolen firms to weave fabrics with wear and shape similar to before. Price ceilings exist from pulled stage to worsted yarns, and shoppers should check labels for fiber content and the mix of new versus recycled materials before buying.
A Charm magazine piece extols feminine contributions to the war effort. It humorously lists items once linked to fashion such as silk, Lastex, zippers, peroxide, curlers, hairpins, lipstick, and corset stays now repurposed for military needs.
The article explains hand sewing chair covers with trim lines and rips for easy cleaning. It describes wetting basted cords, accurate seam allowances, pressing, pinning, and stitching with heavy thread. It notes clips, sketches, and that Book 8 offers related homemaking instructions and project ideas.
The list presents ten trivia prompts including a clock motto hour meanings a painter's surname Rembrandt state capital move in 1911 ship draught salt to fresh water telegraph numeral 957 blind fish river howdah difference centrifugal centripetal railroad slang gandy dancer and which three families have occupied the White House twice.
A fragmented prompt lists terms and names including a description of a seat on an elephant an over head, definitions of centrifugal and centripetal, a section hand, and a string of paired presidential surnames Adams and John Quincy Adams Harrison and William Henry Harrison Roosevelt Theodore and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
The list names a sun dial as item one and Van Rijn as item two with Oklahoma as item three noting Guthrie as the former capital. It states the final fact that something increased because salt water is heavier.
The Tibet article explains that a European, Walter Asbee, prints a single newspaper copy run of 50 copies on a hand press. Lamas distribute and read the papers aloud to villagers, summoning people to hear current events. News ages as it travels from frontier to frontier, often six months to two years old.
An ancient law motto says a man may hope for all things as long as he lives. The quote attributed to Montaigne reflects enduring optimism and belief in human possibility.
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