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Newspaper
Parowan Times
Location
Parowan, Utah, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1949
Page
6
A vintage style guide urges women to sew colorful aprons for housework and entertaining. It highlights bib and hostess designs, materials from Sheer lingerie to plastic, and emphasizes fit, pockets, trims, and easy care for practical glamour.
Kathleen Norris discusses men who drink too much at social events and harm wives and children. She cites Phil and Martha Anderson as an example of an otherwise successful couple. Martha asks for guidance as Phil’s drinking repeats nightly. Norris notes the problem is common and underscores the wife’s frustration and lack of easy cures.
The article highlights two popular dress silhouettes. It describes a peg top shirt in printed silk with low reception among slender youth. It features a full skirt with stripe manipulation and a single front pleated panel, plus a striped bolero enhancing the ensemble.
Garden notes say annuals supplement perennials and vegetables by filling bouquets and beds. Sweet peas need early sowing in rich soil. Calendulus Cosmos and newer varieties offer color. Snapdragons, zinnias, marigolds, larkspur, phlox, and tobacco provide fragrance, vase value, or fall interest. Prefix with sun and water, sow at proper times, and select wilt resistant types for best results.
In the Kathy Fiscus well rescue near San Marino California two men were lauded as top heroes Homer E Blickensderfer and C A Kelly both long time workers from Rosemead and Temple City. Blickensderfer collapsed after reentering the shaft to deepen it and Kelly endured 16 hours underground aiding the cased bore The men said the wait and danger wore on them more than the labor and both were unemployed at the time of the events.
A nostalgic household memo offers playful birthday dessert ideas centering on pies and ice creams. It outlines a chocolate coconut birthday pie, a butterscotch chiffon pie, and decorative candle methods, plus quick fruit and cookie options and a London Bar style cookie recipe. The tips emphasize festive presentation and simple, doable steps for a celebratory table.
Quick tips include soaking onion rings in milk for 15 minutes then dipping in a cornmeal and flour mixture seasoned with salt and pepper before frying in hot oil for two minutes. Also suggests heating ready cooked ham with canned sweet potatoes, making oatmeal cookie gumdrop treats, and amusing serving ideas like noodle ring stews and breaded diver slices.
The note advises storing honey in a tightly closed container in two warm dry places to prevent crystallization and reliquefy hardened honey by placing the container in warm water without boiling. It also suggests warming a clothespin briefly before use to hang on a chilly day to keep fingers warm.
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