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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1940
Page
7
A community contest invites entries for a Lenten dish prize. Recipe reads Sally Anne Cookies by Mrs Emil Fried of Willard Montana. Ingredients include coffee butter vanilla sugar eggs flour cinnamon soda baking powder and raisins. Method divides steps from sifting flour to chilling rolls and slicing.
Selected cookie recipe from the January Recipe of the Month entries in Montana. Mrs. Chas. T. Young of Libby contributes Mocha Rolls with eggs, sugar, vanilla, boiling water, flour and cream of tartar, baked and rolled in mocha icing and ground peanuts. Contest notes note record entries and invite February Lenten dish submissions.
A vintage chocolate bar recipe lists Mrs. Adam of Green Malta Mont as the source. It combines milk unsweetened chocolate sugar salt and butter with graham crackers marshmallows and walnuts. The mixture is heated shaped packed in a pan and chilled before cutting into bars.
Mrs. F. P. Knott of Eureka Montana shares a cookie recipe mixing white and brown sugars with Karo syrup and cinnamon. The method uses sour milk or applesauce, raisins and chopped apples folded into oats and flour, then baked into chewy cookies.
Mid February prompts Washingtons birthday feasts with a Cherry Carnival Dessert for church suppers. The recipe describes a cherry cake with shorting sugar and cherry sauce, plus cream, nuts, and almond flavoring, yielding twelve servings from an 8 by 12 pan.
Pattern 967 presents a versatile Claire Tilden dress suitable for day or night wear with a single back panel and two front skirt panels forming a slim waist. It suggests options including a bold Eton collar with sash bows or a collarless version with ruffles and a ribbon bow, in junior sizes 11 through 19.
The Butte area hosts a 20 acre quarry nine miles south of the city employing 106 workers to cut curb steps and dimension rock for WPA projects. Output reaches 1500 cubic yards monthly with boulders up to 565 tons and a four room house size, using scientific blasting and polishing on site. White gray and blue granite are available and the operation showcases Montana's undeveloped industry.
Instructions describe beating a mixture with oats and milk or apple sauce, adding soda, then flour and raisins with apples. The batter is dropped by teaspoonfuls onto a greased sheet and baked until golden brown. Yields six dozen cookies.
Directions describe Almond Drops cookies mixing butter sugar eggs and almond flavoring with blanched almonds. Form dough chill overnight then roll into balls top with whole almond slices and bake at 325 degrees until lightly brown.
Whole wheat graham flour is noted as a surplus commodity food and a good source of energy and plant protein. It provides vitamins B and G, pellagra-preventing factors, and minerals, with germ and bran contributing most values. Recipes from the federal bureau suggest biscuits and steamed brown bread using whole wheat flour.
A fragment hints at a powerful sun like energy that illuminates every drop. The text presents a metaphorical image of light and clarity pervading all elements described.
A fragment describes a Messerschmitt fighter with two machine guns and a 23 mm cannon. It notes a standard configuration and wing panels though the text is fragmented.
MISSOULA Mrs Maude Odell 62 die at daughter's home after a yearlong illness. MALTA Fat lambs shipped. some to come later as cattle and sheep on feed. KALISPELL Montana Lumber Manufacturers elects officers. HELENA John W Bonner elected chair of Lewis and Clark county democratic central committee. WHITEFISH Presbyterian style show March 14 funds furnace at manse. BUTTE Newspaper workers bid farewell to Kilroy long-time Montana Standard ad man. FORSYTH George Mendenhall dies 81. longtime Rosebud County justice of the peace. BUTTE Charles G Fulton former head of electrical dept Anaconda Copper dies in Los Angeles. BUTTE M L Williams moved from Butte district to Duluth safety post. MALTA Sarah Whitbread retires after 33 years postmaster at Valleytown. CONRAD O A Cowley sells Cowley hotel to Paul Mancoronell. HINSDALE Morris Denham elected Hinsdale Boat Club president. plans dock and Fourth of July celebration. HELENA Gov Ayers appoints W C Husband judge of 14th district. MALTA Fort Belknap unit seeks repeal of Wheel-Smith bill with Pinthead Indians backing CE concept.
Montana 4-H reports 1939 gains in enrollment to 8,536 members across 953 clubs, with 107 leader training schools and 1,929 attendees. Average net profit per member reached 12.75 dollars while exhibits and achievement days rose, and Montana sent delegates to national events in Chicago and Washington, D C.
Montana produced gold valued at 8.946 million dollars last year up from 7.116 million the prior year, while silver and copper also gained over 1938. The bureau of mines shows gold up 26 percent, silver 39 percent, and copper 28 percent with Montana ranking seventh in gold, third in silver and copper nationwide.
Nail biting in children signals nervous strain rather than mental illness and can be reduced by addressing underlying causes. Ensure proper nutrition, rest, and a calm home, with nourishing foods like milk bread fruits vegetables eggs and adequate sleep to keep nerves steady. Healthy nails reflect overall health and should be kept clean, not chewed or used for scratching.
Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin national vice president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union will conduct a two day meeting in Laurel on March 7 and 8. Miss Lenadell Wiggins secretary of the national organization will assist at the gathering.
A brief note describes a sandwich using crisp bacon minced with chopped endive, sprinkled with paprika and jentany juice for flavor. The item reads like a simple recipe suggestion.
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