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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1915
Page
3
The article explains using young dandelion leaves for salad with mayonnaise or French dressing, notes roots for medicine and coffee substitutes, and describes a German style dish with bacon and a vinegar egg dressing. It emphasizes full plant utilization and provides preparation steps.
The piece notes a daring fashion shift with frocks and accessories laced up the back, likening backs to a Jacob’s ladder. It cites Elding Ledger’s warning of a serious downside requiring a maid or patient husband, yet reports brisk sales at a Philadelphia shop. The second half shifts to lily bed preparation, detailing soil removal, manure layering, topsoil, sand, and indifferent upkeep for blooming plants.
A May gardening guide urges planting dahlias and asters this month and feeding tender roses with manure water. It also highlights growing sweet potato plants, cantaloupe and squash, a third corn planting, and applying a bug finish to Irish potatoes.
A practical guide on growing lilies in garden soil with mulch and drainage tips. It notes that lilies tolerate many soils if rich, avoid freezing with protection, and prefer cool moist surface beds via mulch. It advises avoiding extremes of water or heat and suggests using lawn grass mulch and ornamental groundcover.
The article praises the latest blouses for lacking black accents and heavy lace. It highlights Georgette crepe fabrics, shadow stitch embroidery in black and flesh-pink, narrow soutache at the high collar, and a vest-like front due to small tucks.
The hardy orange Citrus trifoliata thrives on lawns in Hershey latitude and bears golden fruit in September. It is a true orange with bright green, horned twigs and makes an attractive hedge behind evergreens. Two foot trees sell for $1 each.
Practical tips on salad preparation warn against soaking lettuce in cold water to avoid soggy leaves. When washing only gritty greens, tear leaves apart rather than cutting. Use the best oil and the freshest mayonnaise for flavor and texture.
Granara in southern France has produced several new frocalas resembling Fresia refracta alba but with larger blooms. The hybrids come in blue yellow pink lavender and intermediate shades, expanding the flower color range.
A fragmentary verse presents a Rose speaking of its brief life and a Root beneath sensing depth. The speaker asks why the garden queen lives only a little hour while the Rose answers with its own fate. The piece is attributed to John Jamas Platt.
Practical hints for packing school lunches with separate wrapped foods and milk, making soups by long simmered meat and skimming fat, restoring morocco and roan book covers with vaseline, and turning overboiled potatoes into scones with flour or barley meal.
Mixing machines blend chocolate milk and sugar to create Hershey's bars. Finishing machines grind 200 tons of chocolate between granite stones to achieve smooth texture and distinctive flavor.
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