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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1940
Page
7
A reader submitted baked franks and spaghetti as a complete winter meal. The recipe uses bacon onion flour tomatoes green pepper water salt Worcestershire sauce spaghetti bay leaf pineapple juice pineapple slices and sugar and butter. Bake covered then uncover to brown for about one hour.
Mrs. Guy Harris of Aumsville Oregon submits an Egg Plant Casserole recipe. Peel and cut egg plant, layer with cracker crumbs and egg plant, salt and pepper each layer, top with butter and milk, bake until done, uncover to brown. Her family disliked egg plant but approved this method.
Mrs D W Merry of Conrad shares a one dish meal. Peel four medium sweet potatoes and boil in salted water ten minutes. Drain cool and dip pieces in melted butter. Arrange in baking dish with celery stalks laid four inches long and ham slices four inches thick. Pour over this.
Mrs William J Olson Sr of Baker Montana submits an Oyster Macaroni recipe. Break macaroni into half inch pieces to fill two cups then boil until tender. Layer in a buttered dish with salt pepper butter and cream then oysters then remaining macaroni breadcrumbs and more cream. Bake covered then uncover until delicate brown.
Mrs. Laura J. Zollinger of Ollie Montana shares a practical winter casserole recipe named Hashalaska. The dish layers corn spaghetti meat and tomato with buttered crumbs, baked at 375 degrees for 35 minutes, ideal for church or Ladies Aid gatherings.
Mrs. C. N. Johnson of Conrad Montana shares a recipe for Orange Sweet Potatoes. Parboil six medium potatoes then peel and slice lengthwise and store overnight in a cool place. Bake with brown sugar butter orange rind orange juice paprika and extra brown sugar then finish uncovered to glaze.
Old Dutch custom on frozen canals features olykoeks fried dough balls with fruit center. Skaters pass door to door while enjoying hot chocolate or anise milk. Recipe notes shortening sugar eggs milk nutmeg and flour provide a crisp tender treat.
Pattern 635 offers a jumper frock with matching bolero for children in sizes 4 6 8 10 and 12. It suggests color schemes two frocks per bolero and shows fabrics like challis voile and synthetic. The pattern requires 13 yards of 36 inch fabric for size 6 jumper, plus blouse and contrasts, and costs 15 cents with order instructions to Pattern Department M N New York.
Instructions describe mixing kneading and rising of dough, shaping into rounds with fruit filling, sealing, rising, and deep frying to golden brown. After frying, drain on paper and dust with confectioners sugar. Fruit filling combines apples raisins and citron. Makes 32 plykoeks.
Practical health guidance emphasizes preventing pneumonia via preventing colds and influenza, with quinine use, rest, and proper diet. The article then shifts to Montana frontier history detailing Major Brooke, the Whitehall settlement, Luther Stanley परिवार, and diary excerpts describing harsh pioneer life and Chronicles.
A roundup of Montana brief items reports derailed Milwaukee freight near Lavina with no injuries, Wolf Point bank deposits over a million, deaths in Hardin and Butte, and officials meeting in Great Falls and Helena. Other notes include a 4000 entry fingerprint file in Scobey, courthouse cornerstone in Musselshell, and church and housing plans in Baker, Kalispell and Roundup.
Mrs Lulu L. Stanley widow of Rev E J Stanley pioneer Methodist minister of the northwest died at her daughter Mrs E C Speck’s home in Whitehall. Born April 1 1865 at Gray's Summit Missouri she came to Montana with her parents in 1865 traveling by river steamboat to Nebraska City and across the plains by prairie schooner to Virginia City. Her father Maj E G Brooke deputy marshal of St Louis died in 1907 at age 89 after early Montana political service.
A mother tells how Rose Lee learned to enjoy chores by sharing them as fun, using treasured family dishes and stories. The tale recalls grandmotherly kindness, practical lessons in care, and the joy of working together with loved ones.
Late Granville Stuart gave a valuable document to the State Historical Library. The chronicle was written by James H. Chambers, a Fort Sarpy trader. A dated entry notes a dinner of radishes and lettuce on June 15, five years ago, marked as a notable event in frontier life.
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