Betsey and Janet Show Risks of Early Marriage
Kathleen Norris notes how Betsey at 18 revels in wedding plans yet soon finds marriage dulls attention and its duties press on her. Janet, 36, laments losing youth as Emmet’s sisters dominate social life and her own daughters demand care and a mortgage.
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Battle over steel for railroad cars rages in wartime policy
The War Production Board froze steel and other materials in railroad shops to repurpose for new car types. Joe Eastman argues the move wastes bought, cut materials while existing plants idle and rail traffic climbs. critics warn of bottlenecks as sugar, oil, and ore shipments rely on rail. Roosevelt supports labor, aiming to pressure Germany’s labor movement and motivate European resistance.
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Enriched Bread and Flour Bring B Vitamins to Kitchens
The article explains that bread and flour have been fortified with B vitamins and iron to boost nutrition and morale. It notes little difference in taste or texture, aside from creamy color, and urges readers to use fortified products despite changing baking habits and shelves.
Oven Baked Chicken and Strawberry Salad Menu Feature
A period kitchen feature lists an oven baked chicken dish with mushrooms and a rich milk sauce, a twisted milk yeast loaf recipe, sweet yeast dough rings with fig or apricot fillings, and a citrus strawberry salad with watercress romaine and leafy greens. It invites readers to send cooking questions to Miss Lynn Chambers of the Western Newspaper Union in Chicago.
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Old at Twenty: The Peril of Marrying So Young
The article argues that marrying at 17 or 18 risks losing youth and charm. It warns that many such marriages sour as glamour fades, leaving the young wife feeling too old for her age by twenty. Not all unions fail, but caution is urged for early marriages.
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Lynn Says: Concentrated dried fruits offer healthy sweetness
The article argues dried fruits such as prunes apricots figs apples pears raisins and peaches provide vitamin and mineral benefits and help with a sweet tooth while acting as blood builders. It notes the high conversion from fresh fruit to dried fruit requiring multiple pounds of fresh fruit per pound of dried product.
Riddles and trivia from a period quiz list
A compiled set of questions spanning phrases like to catch a tartar and Rotten Row, asks about a beautiful crow related bird, greenish copper deposits, lands named Land of Promise Nod and Bondage, foreign sovereigns on U S coins, Gentleman Jim as heavyweight champ, piano origin, nearest star after the sun, and the lightest colorless inflammable gas.
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To catch a person who proves too strong for his assailant
A list of items includes a Hyde Park driveway phrase, a horticultural title The Bird of Paradise, Verdigris, and various place names and subjects such as Canaan Palestine Egypt Queen Isabella and 1893 quarter, Corbett, Italy, Alpha Centauri and Hydrogen.
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