California Fig Syrup Praised For Restoring Child Health
A Oklahoma City mother credits California Fig Syrup with restoring her daughter Louise Alice from weakness and poor appetite. The ad touts the syrup as a pleasant vegetable laxative that cleanses the stomach and bowels and promotes normal digestion, noting over four million bottles used yearly and physician endorsement for fifty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Alice
F. J. Kolar
West 22Nd St
Oklahoma City
Okla
California
Englishwoman Conquers New Zealand Peak Teichelmann
Miss Kate Gardner of England, with H. E. L. Porter, scaled Mount Teichelmann in the southern Alps of New Zealand, a summit over 10 000 feet and the last unscaled peak. Porter says the views of Mount Tasman and Mount Cook from the summit were breath taking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zealand
Mount
Teichelmann
New Zealand
Kate Gardner
England
H. E. L. Porter
Porter
Tasman
Cook
Mount Teichelmann
Ample Variety in Spring Hats Opens Milinery Season
The article surveys spring millinery with lace and smooth straws, panama types, belting ribbon hats, and polka dot designs. It notes bright blues and navy dominate ensembles, the use of lace straw borders, openwork patterns, and wide-brimmed capelines as summer styles begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baku
Western Newspaper Union
Care of Washing Machines for Home Use
The article outlines five major types of washing machines and emphasizes proper care. It advises loading to the manufacturer’s specified weight, avoiding overloads, and ensuring the water line is respected to prevent splashing. After use, rinse with hot water, run briefly, drain, and dry.
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Bureau of Home Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Tea Table Treats From A 1930 Recipe Column
A lighthearted collection of tea table snacks and desserts from a 1930 Western Newspaper Union column. It offers hot sandwich recipes, almond sandwiches, lemon ice box cookies, and Graham fruit bars, with tips on creaming butter, toasting, and flavoring.
Bow Inside Hats Hints at Adjustable Fit History
A tiny bow found on the inside of men's hats reflects an era when hats came in limited sizes and a drawstring in the lining allowed adjustment to fit the wearer’s head.
How to Bake Potatoes by the USDA
A short guide from the United States Department of Agriculture on baking potatoes. It covers washing skins, choosing uniform potatoes, baking in a moderate oven for 45 to 60 minutes, and serving with butter salt paprika. It notes steam release, peeling, and options like mashed interiors and cheese topping.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Homeconomics
Hints for Housewives and Home Care Tips
Practical advice on kitchen baking table height and cloth care. Suggestions cover cake texture, oven heat, children's winter playwear, and blanket edge binding with cheesecloth for easy cleaning. Includes steps to tuck a short blanket to improve warmth.
Make Jellied Bouillon Quick Gelatin Recipe
Use clear soup as base and dissolve gelatin in one and a half tablespoons per quart. Soak gelatin in cold water, add to boiling soup, strain into cups, chill in refrigerator, then beat lightly before serving. Add two tablespoons lemon juice or other seasoning if desired.
Evening Story on Fashions From a Zoo
In a playful dialogue the Tiger, Lion, and Lioness debate the meaning of fashion and being at sea. Mr. Lion explains fashion as passing fancies and being at sea as being mixed up in the mind, while the Tiger notes people imitate new fashions to avoid eating. The animals joke about zoo life and current ideas.
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Mr. Lion
Mrs. Lioness
Western Newspaper Union
Hints on Starch Use in Fabrics and Laundering
The U S Department of Agriculture bureau studies stiffness and feel of fabrics sized with starch. Research compares sizing agents to guide original manufacturing and improve laundering to restore near new appearance. focuses on starch due to widespread use. It's a poor memory that doesn't allow a man to forget his troubles.
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Bureau of Home Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
Hutch Raised Rabbits for Food Cooking Guide
Domestic rabbits are raised in hutches or fur farms under sanitary conditions and fed rolled cereals alfalfa hay and leafy vegetables. Rabbit meat resembles chicken in flavor and can be prepared by frying broiling or stewing with many recipes including rabbit pie and cassrole style dishes. Lire liver is notably tender and flavorful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Home Economics
Bureau of Biological Survey
California
Tendering Tough Meat by Low Temp Cooking Techniques
The article explains slow cooking at low temperature makes tough cuts as nutritious and appetizing as tender ones. It describes searing for flavor, then simmering on cooler stove areas, and using a gas stove sim burner to maintain tenderizing temperatures around 200 degrees Fahrenheit.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Six at a Time Can Opener Idea in Women’s Home Companion
Discussion proposes a six can opener device to speed meal service. The maid would remove six filled cans and replace with six new ones while a quiet hum signals guests that dinner will be ready shortly.
American Ideas in Sweden Plan Reaches Gothenburg
A new business structure modeled on American lines will be built in Gothenburg on the historic site where King Gustavus Adolphus stood 300 years ago. The terrace shaped complex will run near Otter Halle incline with seven story main block and an eight story secondary structure. Ground floor stores will be followed by four garage floors above.
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Gothenburg
Gustavus Adolphus
Otterhalle
Always Popular First He
A dialogue notes appeal of talking pictures with banter about actors. The exchange contrasts attraction to cinema with a playful question about youth and looks.
Woman reports relief after using Lydia E Pinkham’s remedy
Mara J. W. Albertson of 1015 Miller Avenue Mission Texas says she was weak and unable to do housework. She credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with improving her condition and offers to respond to letters from other women asking about it.
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Mission
Tex
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mara
J. W. Albertson
Miller Avenue
Mission, Texas
All in One Day in Hungary Births
An elderly Hungarian peasant woman, her daughter, and her granddaughter all gave birth to a son on the same day in Vasvarmiegye. The rare coincidence made the mother a grandmother and a great grandmother at once.
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Hungary
Vasvarmiegye
Have Kidneys Examined By Your Doctor
An authority warns against rich foods that form acids harming kidneys. It recommends daily quart water and occasional salts to flush kidneys, prevent dull kidney pain, backache, headaches, and digestive issues. Jad Salts, a grape acid lithia preparation, is suggested to neutralize acids and relieve bladder weakness.
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Hanford
Oeanne
Dean
Doan
John Greener
N. Sheridan Ave
Indianapolis
Ind
Burnett Titanelum
Jane
Daisy
Dr. Pierce
McCook
Ella Thrill
Route 4
West
Cree & Chaffey
Palm Springs
Lincoln
Julia Bottomley
Socrates
Plutarch
Mary Graham Bonner
Mrs Lioness
Rabbit Pie
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Arkansas State Farm
K-R-O
K-R-O Co
Springfield
Sweden
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