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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1933
Page
8
A kitchen column provides step by step methods for making peach butter and peach and orange marmalade from imperfect fruit. Instructions cover prep, cooking times, sugar ratios, testing thickness, and jar sealing. A Tomorrow's Menu list follows with breakfast luncheon and dinner items.
Colbert county will run 22 community canning centers five days a week in August to ensure ample food for the needy this winter. The operation is funded by relief funds and supports the installation of furnaces vats and related equipment.
Recipe notes for plum raisin nut conserve with sugar oranges lemons pineapple pears and gooseberry conserve quantities for each fruit group. Steps include washing fruits removing stones cutting, simmering with hot water and sugar, adding nuts or citrus, then cooking until transparent and sealing in sterilized glasses.
In New York on August 8, Miss Magnhild Almskaar, 27, Swedish interpreter and fiancee of Henry F. Sanborn, was quizzed at the morgue and by police about his death. Sanborn vanished after leaving the Woolworth Building on July 17, his body later found buried near Bayside, Long Island, shot in the back. The interrogation yielded no clues.
Morgan county correspondent Mims W Morgan reports from W L Pryor agent of the Land Bank Commissioner on normal agricultural value as the basis for farm appraisals for loans. He notes earnings power, yields, costs, taxes, depreciation and long loan terms justify using normal value over simple past sale prices. Appraisers project production and use averaged commodity prices August 1909 to July 1914 to estimate returns.
In a Monday office interview authorities quoted a woman stating she had not seen San born since the day before his disappearance. She said they knew each other three years, had no quarrels, and she has never been married. Police Inspector Gallagher said she shed no light on the case and was not implicated.
Washington August 8 The AP reports the Agriculture Department answers common jelly questions for the season You cannot rely on a thermometer to tell when jelly is done You can make jelly from your own canned fruit juices and still get good color in red fruits Canning juice first allows handling larger quantities of fruit and mash pulp can become fruit butter with sugar and spice after sieving the seeds
Puzzle page lists clues for horizontal and vertical entries about a pictured man, his identifiers, and related terms. It references wings, battle god, sea vessels, constellations, and historic figure connections with multiple cross clues and wordplay.
A reader notes that two pounds of juicy fruit yield about 1 pint of juice. When mixed with an equal quantity of sugar, this juice makes roughly 1/2 pint of jelly.
A large crowd is expected for the weekly community sing on Thursday at 7 30 p m. The event takes place at the West Decatur Methodist church on Memorial Drive with a splendid program arranged.
Public Works Administration approves Alabama road allotment of 6 370 133 dollars from federal funds to be spent in 55 counties. Alabama plans to use 50 percent on federal aid highways 25 percent on municipal extensions and 25 percent on secondary feeders. Captain L G Smith says first projects will be sent to the U S Bureau of Roads for approval.
The Church of God on Sixth Avenue began a singing school last night with a large enrollment. JC E Lowery conducts the program.
Birmingham market updates show carload hay prices for U S No 1 and No 4 timothy and alfalfa firm to unchanged with light receipts and fair demand. Poultry eggs and butter fat prices posted. grain prices in bulk delivered to Birmingham hold steady from Saturday. Cattle and hog prices range with prime beef cattle to 4.40 and hogs at 4.30 for 185 to 270 lb. market steady with fair to good demand.
Richard Adams of Los Angeles and Robert Adams of Birmingham, former Decatur residents, spent the day with their aunt Mrs. Eugene All. They plan to return later this week with another brother Spencer Adams of Philadelphia.
Mr and Mrs Albert McClanahan and daughter Marie of Hartselle were visiting relatives in Decatur last week.
Positive relief for itchy skin claims cooling soothing ointment melts on skin and delivers medicines into pores to kill itch tetter rash eczema foot itch ringworm. Money back if it fails per advertisement.
Moulton street shows marked improvement after a resident endured a serious illness and is reported on the mend. Neighbors note better health and continued recovery efforts in the community.
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