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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1918
Page
7
The article describes multiple potato based dishes and methods. Potato Patties use uniform potatoes hollowed into cups then fried and filled with creamed peas or fish. Yellowstone Potatoes are baked and finished with butter and paprika. Oak Hill Potatoes layer sliced eggs and potatoes with a rich milk sauce and buttered crumbs, then baked until browned.
Poem fragment celebrates summer and song. L. Mitchell notes robins carol, brooklets dance along the way, and the joy of living as the season settles over a coastal bay setting.
A family recipe roundup describes sour milk griddle cakes with soda and corn flour, buttermilk drops with eggs and baking powder, beet piquant with beets and vinegar, baked bananas Belgium style with citrus sugar, and junket tablets served with whipped cream as a wholesome dessert option.
In a terse exchange, Senator Sorghum states he is interested in investigation but regrets that time and effort spent on investigations might have prevented the trouble originally. The dialogue contrasts curiosity with preventative action.
The season’s collection offers plain little dresses in taffeta pongee and wash silks for young girls and flappers. Gingham taffetas lead to pongee, with simple embroidery and narrow edgings. The design features a front panel, waist belt, square pongee pieces with tabs and jacket-like pockets.
Fashion notes on mourning wear shift away from long crape veils and extended black periods. First mourning uses net veils and body hats with black silk details, while overall mourning times shorten. Describes a small sailor shaped hat with crape trimming and a square veiled veil, plus flexible styling to suit personal taste.
A gown of corn colored georgette shows a two part skirt with side bisections and ostrich flues along the hem. The bodice is simply cut and finished around the neck and sleeves with ostrich, a style borrowed from recent millinery trends likely to stay popular.
A new hat design uses shellacked gingham in a large block pattern to cover the crown. It is tightly veiled in georgette in a chosen color with silk straw facing and a band matching the shade of the veil.
The Calgary Herald notes rising demand for Western Canadian farm land, with prices up ten to fifteen dollars per acre and some wheat lands nearly doubling in value. Strong profits from wheat, beef, pork, wool, and favorable government policies drive buyers, while improved tillage and rainfall bolster expected returns for farmers in Alberta and beyond.
A brief relic from the New York Sun quotes a man calling another man poor and honest with a contrasting line about his poverty. the exchange underscores sunk costs of appearance.
A Mississippi girl who won a government job in Washington increases 200 cards daily instead of 800 as hoped. Her brother, living in the capital, advises more pep. She asks a drug store for pep and inquires if it comes in bottles or at the soda fountain. The Washington Star labels the tale true and notes the city’s odd happenings.
Sir Bernard Mallet told the Royal Statistical Society that the UK lost over 500 000 potential births during the war. He also estimates losses of 2 600 000 in Germany and 1 500 000 in Hungary, attributing declines to wartime hardship and health effects on poorer classes. In Britain, favorable conditions allegedly helped birth rates.
A long haired youth eyes a charming girl and moves closer asking in a dreamy bow if she ever longed for death. She responds with practical curiosity asking whose death he means.
A vintage advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe long standing remedy for kidneys bladder liver and stomach problems. It claims 200 years of use imported origin in Holland with guarantees and money back if not as represented. The copy urges prompt purchase from druggists and maintains use prevents relapse.
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