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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1928
Page
7
A USDA prepared guide presents a simple amethyst on white cotton zephyr wash dress. Described as easy to make, it functions for sports, school, office, or home wear with short or long sleeves option. It highlights prints, colors, and a free bulletin on fitting dresses and blouses.
A farm woman in Madera County California sold angel food sunshine and sponge cakes requiring 6 to 10 eggs each. She baked 116 cakes for sale at a dollar each, turning about 3 000 surplus eggs into profit after a county home demonstration group taught the methods.
A summer timbale recipe using canned or fresh fish like tuna salmon shrimp cod or haddock. Mix butter flour milk eggs and seasoning then fold in fish, bake in greased custard cups in a water bath for about an hour, unmold onto a hot platter, garnish with lemon and serve promptly.
Lettuce can be a valuable cooked vegetable for vitamins and minerals. The method from the Bureau of Home Economics suggests cooking chopped lettuce with salt pork fat, vinegar, and optional onion juice until wilted, using 3-inch pieces and adjusting salt as needed.
USDA guidance suggests soaking prunes to remove pits then chopping for use in bread puddings. Layer bread crumbs and prunes with butter dots and sugar for a prune betty, or old fashioned bread pudding with chopped prunes pushed into buttered bread and baked in custard.
Mosquito eggs hatch in 24 to 48 hours in standing water. Rain barrels cisterns tin cans and similar containers offer ideal breeding places. Covering barrels with a tight screen or placing a film of oil on the surface prevents development. Dispose of tin cans and other receptacles before mosquitoes can mature.
In summertime cooked cereals become more interesting with fresh fruit. Stir in half a cup of berries for each cup of cereal just minutes before serving.
Guidance from the United States Department of Agriculture urges plunging tin cans into cold water immediately after canning to rapid cool them. The bulletin notes changes in home canning methods and warns against starting without proper instructions.
Forty eight Ohio farm families kept household accounts with home demonstration assistance and reported they made more than 20 percent of their own soup. They also produced about 6 percent of the coal used on their farms. Lori Lively of the rural economics department analyzed the accounts for study.
Diets too often focus on meat and bread leaving children undernourished and adults unsatisfied. A balanced plan should include vegetables, ample milk, eggs, and potatoes to support growth and daily energy.
Mr. Willian A Radford offers free expert home building advice to readers. The bungalow design shown features dormers for second floor sleeping rooms, a large living room, six rooms, and a 24 by 58 foot footprint with a 24 by 5 foot porch. Upstairs three bedrooms and a bath, basement, and brick porch pillars enhance practicality and appearance.
The article explains making a readable corner with a round table and four chairs, a lamp and books, and wall pictures arranged in a pyramid. A 14 by 18 inch picture, a 7 by 9 inch picture, and a mirror on the right wall brighten the space by reflecting the lamp and colors.
Acoustic felt, a recent building material, absorbs interior noise. It can be tuned by density and thickness to achieve varied sound absorption across pitches and tones, and its surface allows easy cleaning or redecorating without reducing its acoustic qualities.
A reinforced door is described as a door built within a door providing strength and good looks. This design promises durability and resistance to warping or cracking for interior use.
Paint and painting work are crucial in home construction for beauty and wood preservation. Moisture inside wood causes most finishing issues, so the structure must dry before priming. Apply a thin priming coat when weather conditions are favorable to seal and draw moisture to the surface.
Interior decorators favor close-grained wood doors adaptable to any finish and color scheme. The reinforced door, while pricier upfront, proves cheaper long term as it resists warping and swelling. The one-panel door, the door within a door, suits modern decor with graceful proportions.
Mortarless tile made from concrete gains strength when set in walls via tongue and groove joints. They resemble standard concrete blocks in size and appearance and can be treated for exterior decoration similarly.
William E. Weiss of Wheeling West Virginia, founder and former general manager of Sterling Products, and now vice president and general manager of Drug Incorporated, is honored by the University of Cologne with the title Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa. The first American so named, the award recognizes his work linking German and American pharmaceutical firms and strengthening industrial ties across continents.
A Kalama zoo Gazette note imagines a naturalist descending in a diving bell to paint sea life. It ponders how the artist can ensure fish will pose willingly for the portraits.
A fragmentary line portrays a terse exchange over value and insight, with a speaker challenging the other about paying for opinions. The tone hints at barter and irony, echoing a wartime or streetwise urban vibe.
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