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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1931
Page
2
A collection of handwritten letters from Vernon Illinois children dated December 10 1931 asking Santa for gifts including a winter hat dress shoes a toy gun a toy airplane a ball and doll furniture plus a reader and ribbons for dolls and pets. The notes reveal wish lists from Lola Lorene Sprinkle Nellie Johnson and others seeking toys clothes and school items for Christmas.
A collection of Christmas requests dated 1931 to 1981 from Vernon and Patoka residents. Children ask Santa for dolls, trains, bicycles, toy guns, costumes, candy, oranges, beads, and other gifts, with notes of being good and family additions.
State of Illinois Marion County court notice serves Viola Mercer with affidavit of non residence filed December 10 1938 in circuit court chancery case Raymond Mercer vs Viola Mercer. Viola must appear January next term to plead answer or demur or decree will be entered. Clerk Frank C. Hensley. Complainant's solicitor N Finn.
The piece promotes drip coffee over boiling, claiming no tannin extraction and preserved bean flavor. It notes widespread chef and home expert approval, contrasts with old muslin bag methods, and mentions a dessert spoon per person for preparation.
Instructions describe draining and mashing apricots, sweetening, thickening with soft flour, and mixing in a teaspoon of butter. Line tart pans with puff pastry, fill, criss cross with pastry ribbons, bake until light brown, then dredge with confectioner's sugar and cinnamon before serving.
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