Family Automobiles Bring Relief to Busy Farm Women
Prepared by the U S Department of Agriculture the piece notes a survey of 8700 farm women in northern and western states showing seven eighths report no vacation though many enjoy short outings in family cars. It offers practical picnic tips including easy lunches coolers and freezer use and urges collective help to make outdoor meals simple and healthful.
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States Department of Agriculture
States Relations Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Thames
England
Good Rings Needed to Avoid Spoilage in Canning
A United States Department of Agriculture demo warns rubber ring quality dictates canning success. Tests show color does not affect strength. rings must seal under 18 pounds, be elastic to fit jar gaps, and resist tearing when heated during processing.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Home Confections Big Aid For the Lunch Box
A United States Department of Agriculture suggestion outlines quick chocolate dipped confections to salvage stiff jellies and create wholesome treats. Figs dates raisins nuts and marshmallows also dip to appeal to children. Firm berries and pineapple pieces dipped in white icing offer a fresh snack for school lunches or club meetings served with lemonade or grape juice.
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Dairy Division
United States Department of Agriculture
Secret to perfect deep frying revealed
The guide notes that fat must reach the right heat for frying. A thin blue smoke signals readiness and a bread test confirms the temperature by immediate hardening without rapid color change.
HOUWCHOIM Questions Creampuffs and Kitchen Tips
A fragment describes creampuffs with whipped cream and cranberry handling in a kitchen setting. It mentions wrapping lettuce in a wet cloth for freshness, repurposing an old macintosh as an apron, and placing water in a tin on the oven shelf to prevent cake burning. It also notes a fish omelet and serving with hot diced beets.
Lingerie Dress Craze Sweeps Paris Fashions
A Paris fashion feature notes a strong lingerie dress craze this summer with hand drawn lace and waxed fabrics in crepe de chine crepe georgette and cotton organdie. Dresses use broderie Anglaise open patterns appliqued color details and point ture edging. Black lace looks remain popular with matching wraps and jet trimmed capes while Paris houses predict strong demand for satin cire mousseline cire and other waxed fabrics.
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Aurix
Ameren
Htrle
Paris
Broderie Anglaise
Agnes of
Callot
Bayer Aspirin trusted by physicians nationwide
Genuine Bayer Aspirin carries the Bayer name on packaging and tablets for safe use in colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and general pain. Handy twelve tablet tins cost a few cents with larger packages available from druggists and Bayer is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monocetieneldester of Salleycacid. They Weren’t Cherries describes a shopper mistaken by a colored oleomargarine capsule mistaken for a cherry causing yellow staining and a humorous lesson about sampling food at a store demonstration.
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Bayer
Indy
Ike
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Claims Cure
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a premier cure for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It describes a mild immediate effect and urges readers to start treatment, buy bottles at drug stores, or test a sample by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. in Binghamton New York and to mention the paper.
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Kilmer
Dr. Ilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Child’s age test at city camp raises questions
A Kansas City welfare society runs a summer camp charging one dollar weekly for children age nine and above. A girl, claiming to be seven, faced age checks and awkwardly asked if one must be eight before being “nice.” The scene reflects the camp’s strict age rule amid casual deception. The column also notes a proverb about men, rivers, and carpet value.
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Katsis City
Kansas City
Learning by sea tale from a Bristol student
A Bristol student travels to Edinburgh to study but misses term after 200 days at sea. Strong winds and delays force the crew to turn cargo into bread using an old berry mill. The anecdote, cited by the Christian Science Monitor, hints the student may still prove worthwhile.
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Brisbane
Edinburgh
Falmouth
Ua Barque
Christian Science Monitor
Between Two Fires at a Dinner Table
A young couple dines out when a tall beautiful woman passes their table and exchanges a knowing smile with the man. He silences the girlfriend, saying he would rather not explain who she is, hinting at an awkward past. The scene raises questions why people overestimate others and why they feel compelled to be guarded.
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