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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1943
Page
6
A wartime era home economics guide shows clever homemakers how to stretch a half chicken into multiple meals. Use one half for stew and the other for roasting, with dumplings and dressing ideas. Recipes include chicken and fruit salad and hot or cold potato sides.
Lyon urges consult price lists when shopping to budget and buy seasonal foods. He notes canning and putting by for fall and winter, and offers tips for city dwellers to help farmers or pick produce early at markets for the freshest supplies.
Lynn Chambers offers tested menus and recipes focused on economical meals. Includes Roast Half of Chicken with stuffing and potatoes, Cottage Cheese Salad variations, a Cottage Cheese Mold, and Frozen Apricot Shortcake. Also notes on budget meals, plus a letter to readers from Western Newspaper Union and a concise piece on soil conservation and farm policy.
An article argues total war demands total production and notes farms now aim for higher food output. It contrasts WWI lessons with current methods, emphasizing soil erosion lessons and reduced land expansion after a prior era of large wheat acreage and a broad plow-up.
Dr Clyde F Smith of North Carolina State College warns curculio beetles threaten the 1943 peach crop urging prompt controls. He notes far more beetles than 1942 and predicts wormy peaches unless growers act with four methods: jar trees to destroy adults, spray program, pick up drops, and cultivate beneath trees after wormy drops stop.
The note advises pasturing young pigs on clean round pastures fed with norma and disease organ toma by plowing. It suggests farms with multiple soil types could rearrange field boundaries to grow hay or pasture crops more efficiently than currently.
Sewing circle pattern No 837 offered in sizes 1 2 3 4 B and 6 years. Size 2 pinafore and bonnet require 138 yards of 35 inch material, panties use a fraction of a yard, and 3 yards of re-rac fabric.
Wartime social shifts led to widespread use of long trousers as knee breeches fell out of favor. In pre revolutionary times rich men wore knee breeches while poor wore pantaloons. After the monarchy fell, dress signaled aristocratic risk, prompting men of all classes to adopt long trousers, including resistance from England where the prince regent faced restriction for the attire.
Pattern No 8360 lists 11 sizes from 14 to 44 with 3 yards and extra for contrasting collar. It notes war conditions slow orders for popular numbers and instructs to send orders to a specified address.
A fragmentary trivia item asks questions about a dactylogram origins author of a quote Lincoln highway terminals years in a pentad pseudonyms autonyms why Tippecanoe nickname PT boats origin of name substance glass fingerprint record Alfred Tennyson and the cities New York and San Francisco.
A compact quiz provides information across topics including five years and five items. It defines pseudonym as an assumed name and autonym as a real name. It notes a victory over the Indians near the Tippecanoe river and references patrol torpedo boats and sand as context.
Of 23 civilizations that have arisen since history began, 14 are known only by ruins and only five remain in existence: Western Europe and the Americas, Orthodox Christian regions, Islamic, Hindu, and the Far East.
A card file of 700000 scientists and specialists has been compiled to help American firms and government offices locate experts quickly. It is sortable by machines and named The National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel.
A historical note states that prior to 1870 the act of keeping Japanese people in departure from Japan was an offense punishable by death, reflecting the era's harsh policies and legal penalties.
Wartime family breakfast feature promotes no sugar All-Bran muffins with crisp texture and rich flavor. Recipe highlights easy preparation using XELLOGG'S ALL-BRAN and aims to serve a wholesome morning meal tomorrow.
A brief quotation from George Linsey reflecting on memory and loss.
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