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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1948
Page
4
Puerto Rico lies within the tropics but has a temperate climate. Trade winds moderate heat with an average daily high of 86.0 degrees and a low of 66.9 degrees. Highest temperatures occur in August and the lowest in February.
A new fish product, blue marlin, once known only to sport fishermen off the west coast, has been canned for general public use. Sold in brine, the pink fleshed marlin may join salmon and tuna as a favored canned fish, once little known to the public.
Blanching peanuts to whiten products and removing skins enhances appearance in peanut butter candies salted peanuts and flour. For smooth cakes place a piece of heavy paper under the plate trim to fit and lift after frosting sets to keep edges clean.
The text notes agriculture stood still for about 2300 years, with mass hunger across history. By 1800 the craft was near ancient levels, and the key change was the adoption of true cast iron plows replacing iron-covered wooden plows, representing the main advancement.
Helena Montana, normally quiescent for quakes, recorded a decade of about 2600 very light tremors. Residents felt perhaps six events, while the rest went unnoticed.
The article notes 77 acceptable or approved medical schools in the United States with only one outside the acceptable range. It emphasizes the breadth of options domestically and a single exception to the standard.
The article discusses methods for dressing cabbage for hot or cold slaws and notes a sweet sour cooked dressing with mustard and celery seed. It also explains using 2,4-D weed killer on young plants to induce curling and death within weeks, followed by fertilizer to regrow turf.
Trees reveal yearly weather in the United States through width of annual rings dating back to 200 B C. The term slumber derives from lombard meaning money lender, linking trees as timekeepers and bankers in a compact historical observation.
The term Armored Cow refers to canned milk used by G I s during the war. The United States produces more than four billion cans annually.
Synthetic rubies and sapphires produced by electric furnaces in Switzerland and France reached thousands of carats annually before the war, signaling a booming but limited industry despite wartime disruption.
Louis Pasteur endured years of taunts and hostility as he convinced scientists that minute bacteria are real and cause many everyday happenings, a breakthrough that reshaped biology and medicine.
Gelatine is obtained from animal substances including skin bones and other tissues by boiling water. It is commonly produced during soup making where bones are used. Gelatine is a protein but not a complete one.
A national Scotch dish made from cleaned sheep stomach filled with minced heart liver and lungs, blended with oatmeal onions beef suet and herbs, cooked for two to three hours, is now marketed as a thick sausage product nationwide.
The waxy skin and pulp of cranberries yield ursolic acid, the only known natural source after processing berries into cranberry products. The rare acid is highly valuable as an emulsifier in various industrial uses.
John Schwerdt reportedly established a world record by tossing an eight pound sheaf with a hay fork over a bar at 54 feet in Sydney Australia. The feat surpassed the previous record by one foot as sheaf tossing grows in popularity at Australian fairs.
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