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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1937
Page
6
A tongue in cheek protest ties rising meat prices to kitchen labor with a 1940s era guide on tongue dishes and liver gravies. The piece blends cost concerns with home cookery, offering beef tongue, liver with gravy, and round steak recipes, highlighting value and frugal meals.
Ruth Millett argues that young couples delay marriage not just for budget balance but due to their expectations. She compares US youth with Spain, China, Soviet Russia, and Germany, noting hardship and work in every era and suggesting marriage has always required struggle rather than waiting for perfect prosperity.
In Aberdeen South Dakota a unique survey contraption powers a home built rail line between Leaky and Mound City. Farmers revive the Maud City and Easter railroad using an improvised pilot car to cut costs by 40 percent. The car is built from a modified motor vehicle with a two unit frame and wheels on shafts, designed to run on a rail track. Hollywood reports Chinese SAG members send 21 tons of clothing and supplies to aid China in its war with Japan.
Dublin based report notes King George VI may miss the traditional Christmas pie. Historically the king received a yearly “four and twenty woodenenka rake in pie” from the Irish governor general. After Ireland split, the custom faded, and with the Free State pushing toward independence officials fear the dual pie ceremony may end.
Buffalo Wyoming reports a federal and state effort to study feeding, breeding, and fighting habits of Wyoming fish. The goal is to determine which fish suit specific streams and lakes, where they should live, and in what numbers, to improve fishing. Special nets trap fish at various levels without harming them.
The Toy Manufacturers of the U S A report a 230 million dollar toy budget for the year, a seven year peak beating 1936 by ten percent. New playthings cover war toys with small gun projections, miniature engines, glass houses, a telephone model, and a polariscope project for science buffs, with blocks and dolls emphasizing safe, stylish wardrobes.
A homey guide to chicken dumplings, Exy dumplings, and apple dumplings with step by step dough and cooking directions. Recipes use chicken broth fat and milk, simple seasons, and long simmer times to yield tender dumplings. Includes apple dumplings with cinnamon sugar, butter, and a syrup bake in a covered pan.
Numerous Hope residents and guests gathered across towns for Thanksgiving weekend visiting family and attending church events. Attendees included Mrs. Lucille Carrigan, Miss Mary Leyins, J. W. Moses, Dr. Williams, Rev. W. E. Stingley, and the Holt family among many others. The PT and AL scheduled a December 8 meeting, and a Presbyterian Pot Luck Supper was held at the Stuarts with many neighbors present.
Mail or leave hints and the advertisement you knew was clipped from the eave. Look in next Friday's paper for the winners of this week’s recipes.
A 1937 NEA service quiz asks readers to judge proper social behavior. Questions cover letter etiquette, body powder taste, phrasing for acquainting, throat clearing, and excusing oneself at table with authoritative answers indicating decorum and courtesy.
The German land survey department, under Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick, abandons the Babylonian 360 degree circle. A metric system of 4 degrees is adopted and divided by tens, hundreds, and thousands so a right angle equals 100 degrees. Surveyors have time to adapt, with all instruments to follow by April 1, 1945.
The Baptist WM S met November 23 at Mrs J R Card for a Royal Service on Syrians and Armenians with readings by Mrs Elmore and Mrs Pruitt and prayers by Mrs W R Pruitt and Mrs Card A business session led by the vice president announced a December 3 meeting with Mrs Finis Johnson in an alleday program for world wide missions A covered dish luncheon at noon will be served Future readings include Syrian Stations Syrians and Armenians in America and Smiles and other Smiles
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