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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1940
Page
7
A compendium of sauce recipes and methods. Includes Orange Sauce Easy Hollandaise Tomato sauce and Cheese Souffle with Tomato Cream Sauce plus steps for reducing and thickening and notes on flavor balancing with stock cheese cream eggs and seasonings.
Public service notes encourage ordering Household Hints by mail from Eleanor Howe of Chicago for 10 cents and tease a Busy Day Meals column next week with tested recipes. A recipe for magic butter rolls follows with flour, butter, milk, water, yeast, eggs, vanilla, sugar, nuts, and a step by step process.
Easy to sew pattern promises a high-shouldered dress with a tiny waist and sash bow. Designed for sizes 12 through 40 with a 1909 B model, it includes a detailed sew chart and list of materials, inviting readers to order.
Household tips cover oiling casement window hinges to prevent rusting baked custards with nutmeg sprinkling storing seeds cool keeps them longer and apples baked in a roaster stay juicier. Fix loose door handle screws by using larger screws and reforming screw holes. Do not press damp quilts and wash with mild soap rinse and air dry then iron on the wrong side.
Change a plain lamp shade with a full fabric skirt sewn inside snaps for easy laundering. Use white parchment or bristol shade, trim with taffeta lawn net organdy swiss gingham, pinked edges, shirring, ribbons or bias tape. Includes notes on foundation frames and a 82 page sewing series with order details.
The page lists Q and A items with dates and facts: asbestos is noncombustible, a cubic foot of gold weighs 1204 pounds, horse operas refer to Westerns, barking frogs mature inside eggs, diamonds are pure carbon and coal is impure, six geese yield about one pound of feathers, Japan takes about a quarter of seas fish, Greta Garbo’s real name Gustafsson, and a Buddhist prayer book dates to 756 A D.
Fragmentary note lists Andorra in a valley between France and Spain. Mentions a storm night and a page reference in a magazine. Includes a dubious ad about love and a doctor promotion for a pile remedy with an address in St Louis.
Fragmentary line speaks of a man who neglects others and earns harsh reproach. The terse note names the individual as undeserving, reflecting a moral judgment amid incomplete source text. The surrounding context remains unclear.
A shopkeeper worries how to dispose of three spoiled cheeses. One by one the assistant hides them in the backyard. each morning the first two vanish but return by next day, while the third night’s cheese also vanishes and returns.
Stradivarius instruments including three violins a viola and a violoncello are scientifically preserved in the Library of Congress. An air conditioned case protects their physical state while famed artists perform in the building to keep their tones alive.
A compact media notice notes a quote from George Eliot about idle words and public chatter. It references a May issue of True Magazine featuring an article or cautionary read titled Pd G in My Husband, advertised as on sale now.
Quote attributed to Sir J. Lubbock asserts self rule as the greatest triumph, framing inner discipline as ultimate achievement.
Advertisement urges women to take Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription over time to build physical resistance by improving nutritional assimilation and vitality. It frames the product as a remedy for trying days and stresses gradual, healthful benefits.
Poetic line by Pope references consuming the day’s custard in dreamlike imagery. A reflective verse on appetite and perception.
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