This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1961
Page
7
Porches are making a comeback for relaxation and practical use. The piece explains building basics from flooring and roofing to screening and insulation, with tips on materials, permits, and layout for front back or side porches as well as decorative touches like ivy wallpaper and vinyl shutters.
A newspaper invites dairy recipe entries from Morgan Cullman and Limestone counties with prizes of 25 15 and 10 dollars. The provided recipe blends pastry pineapple coconut with a lemon butter mixture and a light meringue, plus a chicken soup style serving suggestion.
A home kitchen note lists a pineapple coconut cream pie recipe sent by Mrs. R. D. Compton of 1314 Magnolia St. SE. Ingredients include sugar flour or cornstarch salt milk eggs and a pineapple coconut mixture.
A recipe card from Mrs August Wright Route 3 Box 97 Decatur outlines creamed chicken. Ingredients include celery butter flour chicken broth milk, salt, and diced cooked chicken. The method begins with cooking celery in butter before adding flour and liquids.
Butter and sugar cream then add vanilla and orange rind. Add eggs one by one and alternately fold in flour with baking powder and salt and milk ending with flour. Bake one hour at 350 degrees in a 10 inch tube pan. Glaze with butter or oleo sugar and orange juice.
Mrs. Julia Shaddix led the devotion and closed the meeting with prayer. Mrs. Nora Smith led the discussion portion and another segment of the service.
AP Newsfeatures writer Jean Sprain Wilson notes waist size as a prosperity gauge over 50 years. She reports one third of U S women average 26 inches, belts used as economic measuring stick, and belt tightness rising in good times and loosening in hard times with fashion shifts toward stretch waists.
Recipes for MILK AND BUTTER ROLL CHESS PIE NUT AND JAM CAKE and JAM CAKE FILLING collected from multiple contributors with steps for dough rolls, fillings, and baking times. Includes ingredients like butter sugar vanilla milk flour raisins pecans and jam, with oven timing and serving notes.
Miss Sue Nungester and Miss Sylvia Powell of Birmingham Southern spent last weekend with Judge and Mrs. James Crow and their son Eddie Pat. The Crow family has departed for a week in New York City. Mrs. James H. Johnson, Mrs. Sigman and Mrs. Richard Packman spent Tuesday in Birmingham.
Cheryl Crane, 17, Lana Turner’s daughter, has been admitted to the Institute of Living in Hartford for psychiatric treatment. She arrived with Miss Turner and Fred May, and the admission is voluntary. Crane has been a California ward since 1958 after the slaying case involving Stompanato.
The remarks argue that women will endure longer periods of restricted diets as they can still afford only partial nourishment. The statement highlights ongoing economic pressures affecting female households and dietary choices.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.