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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1943
Page
6
A home furniture sketch from BOOK 5 suggests visualizing a worn rocker, adding casters and a cushioned seat, then covering with flowered chintz. Paint to match blue background and cherry red welting to harmonize the piece. Note invites readers to order BOOK 5 for 30 more ideas by sending 16 cents.
Practical wartime menu ideas from Lynn Chambers emphasize budgeting with heartier dishes that stretch scarce meat and points. Popular options include Home Baked Beans with Boston brown bread, a ground meat pie, waffles with creamed chicken or fruit desserts, and Spaghetti or Noodles baked with cheese and eggs. Recipes and tips highlight simple prep, family involvement, and economical ingredients while offering social entertaining ideas for cool evenings.
A butcher was sentenced to five days in jail and fined $25 for overcharging for meat. Elmer Twitchell campaigns to overturn the ruling and praise the butcher, noting the odd justice under wartime price controls. The piece juxtaposes the butcher’s punishment with calls to reform OPA ceilings and crony rackets.
A Lynn Says piece urges discarding leftovers by repurposing meats poultry and vegetables in a flaky pie crust for a tasty meat saver. It notes pie crust energy from shortening and recommends high quality shortening that is fresh nonrefrigerated and blends well. To roll dough thin use a muslin covered board and a rolling pin wrapped in a white sock.
The soft simple dress in satin or crepe suits afternoon wear and may feature a brightened bodice. Pattern No. 6484 offers sizes 34 to 44 with yardage for 30 inch fabric. Pattern No. 8407 presents a 10 to 20 size range for a jacket and skirt with specified yardages.
To mend broken glassware dip pieces in melted alum then hold with tape until hard. Store mattresses flat or hung in a dry well ventilated space with at most one stacked. Do not wash eggs as washing damages protective film. Sandpaper baby shoes to avoid slips. A cork soaks hot water will shrink.
A reader from Warren Arkansas says regularity returned after using Kellogg's All-Bran for about two weeks, stopping pills. The ad explains All-Bran as a gentle regulating food rich in cellulose elements, not a laxative, and urges water intake for easy, natural elimination.
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