Molasses Kitchen Classics From Puritan to Creole Dishes
A 1930 Western Newspaper Union feature explores molasses as a hollowed tradition from Puritan kitchens to Southern cooking. It lists Louisiana Pudding Southern Waffles Creole Sauce Glorified Rice Ginger Waldorf Salad and Lobster Newburg with practical steps and ingredient notes. The piece notes molasses’s role in old and new desserts and savory dishes and ends with a nostalgic nod to grandma’s pantry.
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South
Louisiana
New Orleans
Newburg
Western Newspaper Union
Pork in preferred ways guides modern pork cooking
The Department of Agriculture reports updated pork cooking methods from its Bureau of Home Economics. Leaflet 45 L details recipes for roasts chops and new dishes like stuffed rib chops with apples and sausage and fried pineapple. It advises using a roast meat thermometer and a method of searing then slow even heat. Free leaflets on pork beef and lamb are available from the Office of Information in Washington DC while stocks last.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Home Economics
Department
Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Office of Information
Washington, D. C
Make the Meals Cheerful at Family Dinners
A guide to improving family meals through cheerful conversation. Each member, including parents, brings a joke or funny story daily and takes turns sharing. The aim is to start meals with humor, foster fellowship, and enhance digestion through a pleasant dining atmosphere.
Household Suggestions From A Daily Page
A daily page offers tips to keep fruit cake moist with apples in the box, remove wool shine by sponging ammonia, bake wholesome oatmeal molasses cookies for children, save ice by keeping the refrigerator full with ice, press silk on the wrong side or with tissue, avoid custard curdling by not boiling and keeping water below boiling.
Roach Control Tips From Agriculture Service
The USDA outlines common house roaches, especially Croton bugs, and advises cleaning crumbs, storing food in containers, and dusting with sodium fluoride to force roaches from hiding. Dust behind sinks and along baseboards, use a dust gun if available, and burn dead insects after thorough sanitation.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Farmers
Wart Hog and Peccary Clash Over Ugly Fame
The wart hog boasts of his extreme ugliness and exotic origin while the peccary scolds the faux formality. The pair debate vanity and self regard as the wart hog declares he is thoroughly ugly and fascinating to onlookers.
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Mr. Peccary
Mr. Wart Hog
Sally Lunn Bread and Zoo Talk In One Tale
A USDA tested Sally Lunn bread recipe and a whimsical zoo dialogue share page space. The piece blends practical baking instructions with playful character sketches of Mr Wart Hog and Mr Peccary describing ugliness and beauty.
Ox Tail Soup Recipe From U.S. Agriculture Bureau
A recipe from the United States Department of Agriculture Bureau of Home Economics details preparing ox tail soup or stew. It covers browning the tail, simmering 3 to 4 hours, adding carrots turnips potatoes onions and seasonings, finishing with lemon and parsley, and offers a stew variation with a flour thickened gravy.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Home Economics
Worcester
Solitary Cornet in U S Army Tied to Historic Regiment
The United States army has one cornet assigned to the Fifty-second Cavalry brigade in Philadelphia. The unique post honors the regiment whose history traces to the Revolutionary War when a cornet held the rank. A national defense act allows the privilege, placing the cornet between enlisted and officer grades.
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United States Army
Philadelphia
Milk Storage Guideline: 45 Degrees F Best for Milk
Household studies show milk lasts longest when kept at 45 degrees Fahrenheit or below in the milk compartment. Refrigeration slows bacterial growth and prevents spoilage, preserving milk's original quality.
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Bureau of Home Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Spring Millinery: Straw and Felt Hats Lead Promising Season
Emerging from brimless styles, spring hats mix straw and felt in new ways with linenlike straws such as baku balil bundl and panamalaque. Dark northern tones contrast light southern palettes, with lace straw, embroidered taffeta pieces, and gray taffeta hats pairing with spring suits.
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Baku
Balilbundl
Panamalaque
Weaters Newspaper Union
Traveling in France Leaves Tourist With Grouse Over Bill
The piece recounts F. Scott Fitzgerald on travel as triste plaisir noting prices in primitive France rival London and Paris. A traveler in Landes complains of poor service and finally balks at a 150 francs exercise charge on a dumbbell as part of his hefty weeklong hotel bill.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
London
Paris
Landes
France
Girl at the Top Health Test Promotes California Fig Syrup
A health feature lauds California Fig Syrup as a 50 year physician endorsed laxative for children. It cites improved digestion and appetite with a Kansas mother praising her daughter Bonnie B for “top” health after using the remedy since infancy.
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West
California
Kansas
Dana Allgire
Monroe St
Topeka
Bonnie B
Alaskan Bears Seek Steam Heated Winter Quarters
A hunting party reports Alaskan bears delaying hibernation by more than two months in the Alaska peninsula region. Bears favor steam heated rocks near fumaroles, leaving claw marks around vents and moist ground.
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Alaska
Alaska Peninsula
Dialogue on Affection Sparks Parley Between Arthur and Martha
In a candid exchange Arthur asks about petting and Martha replies she has never done so and would object. The playful banter centers on boundaries and consent within their relationship.
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Arthur
Martha
Authors Admit They Dislike Writing, Cited as Purposely Difficult
Florence Alabama Herald notes several contemporary authors confess they dislike writing, suggesting some may do so out of sheer cussedness. The remark frames a broader view of modern authorship and motivation.
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Florence
Ala
Herald
Miss Magge And the Kiss Incident Report
In a terse exchange Miss Magge confronts Mr. Huggins about a kiss, asserting fear of public judgment while he downplays the event as insignificant. The dialogue captures social tension and reputational stakes in a quiet domestic moment.
New science Rheology formed at standards bureau
Chemists and physicists meeting at the United States Bureau of Standards in Washington christened a new science by naming it rheology the science of flow. They organized the Society of Rheology to study why paints lacquers oils and other plastics deform and move.
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United States Bureau of Standards
Washington
Society of Rheology
Kansas City Star
Idle New Hampshire Land Hinders New England Prosperity
The forestry primer of the American Tree association laments idle acres across New Hampshire and New England. It argues that forested land left idle stalls prosperity, urging active cultivation and utilization rather than neglect.
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New England
New Hampshire
American Tree Association
Foresters
Father of Many Honored Chakaldayi in Eskisherhr Turkey
Ninety five year old Eskisherhr resident known as the terror of the jackals received a government money grant. He fathered 69 children and numerous grandchildren with many sons and daughters in law under one roof. He began work at age 12 and remains vigorous though he cannot recall all names of his progeny.
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Chakaldayi
Eskisherhr
Turkey
Mayor’s comment on bias in daily gossip at rally
Mayor Porter laments unfair bias in how people digest gossip. He cites a young lady at a political rally who, when asked if she believes all disagreeable things about a candidate, responds that it depends on who the subject is.
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Porter
Film Star Refuses Marriage Then Proposes Studio Double
A London Tit-Bits item notes a film star tells a suitor she cannot marry him and adds a twist that she will introduce him to her studio double when he visits the next day.
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London
Practical Johnny Skeptical On Land Of Milk And Honey
Johnny questions a land described as flowing with milk and honey and laughs that such abundance would feel sticky. The remark reflects a humorous, skeptical view of idealized promises.
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Johnny
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