Oyster shaped lives in modern marriage dilemmas
Kathleen Norris uses the oyster metaphor to advise Gertrude Day, a 29 year old engaged woman in Buffalo, on choosing between a change resistant life with an ill mother and a bold future with Frederick, a captain and lawyer. Norris argues Gertrude is too encased to be a constructive wife and should end the engagement to allow both to pursue healthier paths.
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Frederick
Mamma
Fred
Gertrude
Jub
Dresden
Using Pork Fat for Cooking and Baking
Fresh pork drippings provide a flavorful fat for seasoning vegetables and making gravy. Clarified fat can substitute for lard in baking. Ham, bacon, and sausage fats excel for frying and warming foods, with bean dishes benefiting from ham fat. Use mild bacon fat in muffins, cornbread, cakes, gingerbread, and cookies.
Familiar Ways and the Dread of Change for Gertrude
A reader asks Miss Norris for advice about change in life. Gertrude, 29, a secretary, has been engaged seven years to a captain in the army who wants marriage now. She fears adjustment, fearing she must change while hoping he will.
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Frederick
Mamma
White House
Momma
Fred
Miss Norris
Gertrude
Soap Failures Prompt Guide to Water Softening
Mrs. Bernice Claytor of Texas A and M college extension warns that soap cannot efficiently soften hard water and wastes soap. She recommends using a chemical water softener, noting several good products on the market. A recent experiment showed six cents per tubful costs when pure soap was used to soften hard water.
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Bernice Claytor
Texas A. and M. College Extension Service
Baseball’s bright promise amid shifting rosters and races
Grantland Rice notes the sport’s renewed optimism as the new season approaches with talent intact despite losses. Larry MacPhail concedes the near certain unpredictability of rosters and the likelihood of two close, unsettled pennant battles across the leagues.
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Larry MacPhail
Colonel Coyly
Baseball's 1945 Season Promises Tight Races Across Leagues
The author argues the American and National leagues could feature five or six clubs within reach of the pennant through midsummer the Browns Tigers Yankees and Cardinals are cited as examples while star crowds and home-town pride shape attendance. The piece predicts a highly competitive season with multiple contenders and strong public interest.
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Detroit
Tigers
Trout
Newhouser
Wakefield
Pinky
Higgins
Browns
Joe McCarthy
Yankees
St. Louis
Cardinals
Dodgers
Larry MacPhail
Stage Struck Sisters Rise From Iowa Farm to Broadway Fame
In 1893 four stage-struck sisters aged 17 to 22 from an Iowa farm appeared in an amateur Cedar Rapids sketch that launched their career. Described as incredibly bad yet funny they toured the Midwest until 1896 when a reversed fame earned them a $1000 weekly Broadway contract. Seven years later the Cherry Sisters retired with a $200000 fortune.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Collier’s
Middle West
Cherry Sisters
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