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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1928
Page
5
Recipe for timbales uses cooked chicken milk or broth parsley eggs flour salt butter onion juice and lemon juice. Grind chicken, make a cream sauce, mix with eggs and seasonings, pour into custard cups, bake in a water bath and serve hot.
A mother Irish Setter and her prize winning puppies attend a dog show. The mother shares pride in ribbons won while teaching gentleness, and the pups express joy at not being separated, mirroring their display with the crowd. The piece ends with notes on dog behavior and a separate 1928 health paragraph about cabbage.
A 1928 Western Newspaper Union recipe feature discusses life as service and offers practical cooking guidance. It covers maple syrup cake icing, jellied veal and ham, vegetable dinners, chicken aspic, and serving ideas with emphasis on fresh vegetables and thrifty preparation. The column notes healthful eating and garden freshness.
A mixed vegetable soup using milk instead of water offers extra nourishment for children. The bureau of home economics advises cooking finely chopped vegetables in butter until tender, mixing in flour, then gradually adding heated milk, salt, and letting the soup blend briefly before serving hot.
The text notes new spring colors with a grayish look and offers tips for wicker care using a stiff brush and warm salt water. It mentions reading ads for devices to ease chores, advises rubber stoppers for ammonia bottles, warns ammonia slowly damages cork, and says wooden-handled utensils and the clover egg heater cogs should not soak in dish water.
Experiments by the United States Department of Agriculture show genuine red cedar chests with at least 70 percent three quarter inch red cedar lumber protect clothing from moths. Neutral wood chests with red cedar veneer fail to kill moths as eggs and larvae can develop if the chest is not pure red cedar and in good condition.
Neighborhood philosopher Bill Benz notes life resembles a shelling game where good sports participate in podluck, reflecting Farm and Fire side musings on communal sharing and humor.
The USDA offers guidelines for medium figured women to wear light colors and avoid tight fits to flatter the figure. Up and down lines create height, long sleeves and minimal trimming reduce width, and matching belts along with pin tucks enhance a slender silhouette.
The 1928 Western Newspaper Union piece depicts the season's bridesmaids gowns with long skirts and high waistlines. Lace and chiffon dominate, often paired with capes or lace hints. Florid hats with ribbon trim complete the feminine ensembles for June weddings and garden parties alike.
The article describes making an angel food cake using Farm ers' Bulletin 1450-F Home Baking. It details vanilla frosting prepared in a double boiler with sugar egg whites water salt and vanilla until thickened. After cooling the cake is cut into 75 to 100 pieces dipped in frosting rolled in fresh coconut and formed into balls to dry.
A witty remark from the Detroit Free Press notes that playful folks play bridge to fill silences and then chatter nonstop during the game.
The article notes American children eat bread at most meals with lunch featuring sandwiches as a major portion. It argues good bread is essential for appetizing and wholesome sandwiches and cites a standard from the USDA and state colleges: crisp crust, elastic crumb, light texture, even color, and appealing flavor and aroma.
The United States Department of Agriculture says milk can form the basis of many hot and cold beverages with similar food value to milk yet better flavor for those averse to plain milk. It notes children and others who need milk in large quantities like it served in unusual ways.
How to invest a hundred thousand dollars is the focus of a Point of Interest titled How to invest $100,000. It asks readers how to get it and what to do with it, reflecting the era’s money making interests in Elgin Oregon.
A Boston citizen misdates events to February 12 and gifts his wife a bonbon box with a pink ribbon. He then proclaims it her birthday and Lincoln's birthday, since she says her birthday is August 14. The scene ends with the man recalling the error and joking about it.
A new plastic wood can be molded to any required form and adheres to dry wood or metal. It dries rapidly and then holds firmly, accepts nails screws paint varnish and polish, and behaves like ordinary wood without warping cracking blistering or peeling.
The late Albert S Cook Yale professor emeritus and renowned critic visited Montville. An innkeeper boasted that St Perkins painted a gate sign for a keg of beer. Cook quipped that the beer should have waited until the sign was finished.
John L. Baird, son of a Scotch Presbyterian minister, pioneered television enabling transatlantic viewing but faced business failure before dedicating himself to science.
An old health advisory extols infant fluid intake by weight, explains weighing for breastfed versus bottle fed babies, and recommends Fletcher's Castoria for various baby ailments. It touts vegetable ingredients, a motherhood guide, and urges looking for Chas. H. Fletcher’s signature to ensure genuine product.
A brief quoted exchange shows a desperate dieter and a dismissive remark about food. The dialogue captures a moment of hunger and denial with a sharp line from Life magazine style humor.
The Juan Fernandez island off Chile’s coast, famed for Robinson Crusoe, now hosts a Red Cross dispensary and wireless communication with Valparaiso, ending its isolation.
The word chauvinism traces to Nicolaus Chauvin, a soldier in Napoleon's army ridiculed for his demonstrative patriotism. It now labels excessive enthusiasm for national ascendancy.
A London Answers quip recalls a banker asking his doctor for a cure to mental strain with golf. The doctor finally agrees to prescribe something to restore the mind, highlighting a lighthearted exchange on relaxation and work.
The speaker schemes to invite his rival's censor husband and wife to dinner to seize a chance to insult him, noting the move will provide a prime opening to provoke the adversary and widen the quarrel.
A Washington Star quote notes the joy of living as the ability to work all day and stay awake until four in the morning, attributed to Jay Las. The remark captures a reckless stamina ideal tied to daily labor and late hours.
A public quote noting social divides appears in a Louisville newspaper. The line contrasts ignorance of half the world with society columns. The remark reflects editorial voice on class and culture.
A London Answers item notes a wife’s quip about her husband who never reveals his earnings. The short piece underscores a humorous household dynamic in Willesden.
A male tourist asks the day, a female replies Monday, then they describe traveling to Rome Italy under sunny skies as a temperate day guides their steps.
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