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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1940
Page
6
Kathryn G Wynn announces an April Recipe of the Month contest focused on Ways of Preparing Veal. Entries must be single recipes by one entrant and mailed to Miss Wynn, Food Editor, Box 1906 Great Falls, by midnight April 27. Prizes are 5, 2, and three prizes of 1.
Miss Martha Hensley from Montana State College notes that judging linen hinges on fiber length line versus tow and whether ramie is used. Bleach weakens cloth while half or light bleaches retain strength and light shows yarns. Pressing remains necessary though wrinkle resistant finishes exist.
The article promotes plentiful large seedless navel oranges for spring meals in hotels and homes. It outlines orange based salads and desserts including Orange Banana Peanut Salad Hollywood Orange Salad and Orange Ambrosia, with simple prep tips and a broiled orange slices garnish for meats.
A carload of about 25 elk will be moved from Yellowstone to the Pine Hills in Custer county next winter. The move, approved by the state fish and game commission, aims to establish a herd where none existed. Local sportsmen, ranchers, and farmers supported the plan, citing ample feed in the area.
Claire Til den pattern 970 offers a demure romantic look with a plume bow print option. The front bodice panel forms a one piece girdle waistline, short lace trimmed sleeves, and a flirtatious skirt. Sizes 14 to 42 include bust 34 to 42 inches. pattern 970. Send 15 cents and write size name address style number to Pattern Department M.N. New York.
A student explains how traveling shapes understanding of history and geography. He describes visiting battlefields like Chattanooga Lookout Mountain, learning from maps, dining in hotels, and imagining trips when resources are limited. The father favors travel to build comfort and future success.
A guide listing common cake maladies and their causes for butter cakes. It covers coarse, dry, peaked, crackled, and pan-stuck cakes and points to overmixed egg whites, oven heat, ingredient balance, and pan preparation as main factors.
A party of four leaving Fort Union in 1830 would have been wiped out by Blackfeet if Old Chief had not intervened at the sight of the flag.
In 1830 four men led by Kenneth McKenzie journeyed from Fort Union seeking Blackfeet and Gros Ventre trade. They raised an American flag nightly, signaling a white man's camp and averting attack by a nearby Blackfeet war party. Their caution allowed safe capture and later peaceful exchanges, ending with a successful return to Fort Union in 1831. The flag's presence helped gain tribal respect and aided the traders' plan to establish a temporary post near Marias River.
Poplars reach six to seven feet in a single season and have only a few seasons to thrive, reflecting rapid growth and limited productive years for this tree variety.
A guide to using seed flats for starting seeds indoors or outdoors. Instructions cover box size from 12 by 18 to 14 by 20 inches, soil layering, sowing in rows or broadcast, daily watering, and transplant timing when true leaves appear.
James Christian, a Shelby contractor, moved a 46 by 55 foot 100 ton luxury ranch house 45 miles using two caterpillar tractors. The 1905 Havre built showplace near Chester became Hill town with a post office, later sold to Christian in fall, then planned for modernization into an apartment house. The move began December 20 and finished March 19 after grading to clear hills and curves.
The mate recalls a captain sending a bundle of newspapers to stranded castaways on a desert island. The captain doubted whether the crew would want rescue after reading the papers. The quote showcases a grim, ironic view of news and survival at sea.
August Bechtler, who minted U S government coinage in Rutherfordton North Carolina from 1830 to 1835, died poor.
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