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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1931
Page
3
The USDA WNU note explains that large kitchens are essential on farms to prepare ample food for seasonal helpers. It suggests using the kitchen as a family dining area to avoid carrying meals to a separate dining room, highlighting the comfort of a kitchen with a good range and efficient heating.
A USDA Bureau of Home Economics recipe describes a warm apple dessert baked in a shallow dish with butter, sugar, milk, eggs, cinnamon, and vanilla, finished with apples layered and baked at 300 to 325 degrees. The article also advocates kitchen layouts that group work centers for prep, cooking, serving, and cleanup to improve efficiency.
Cherie Nicholas notes Dame Fashion's dominance of the season with button work as both fastening and decoration. Emphasis falls on diagonal placements, below waistline buttoning, and tailored suit details, with crystal buttons on prints and scallops for trims.
In a fairy garden tale from 1931, impatient radishes hurry to surface and gain a dinner party honor. The fairies ponder eating them while old Mr. Giant hosts a rival lettuce feast, culminating in radishes winning the culinary race.
A dessert feature on combining peaches with cream to create a mousse and mousse enriched peach halves. Includes vanilla mousse recipe from the U S Department of Agriculture: ingredients, gelatin soak and heat steps, whipping cream, folding in egg whites, and freezing guidance.
Helpful hints on keeping cottage cheese fresh using soured milk and washing tips. Advice to paint bureau drawer interiors to ease cleaning. Reuse soap scraps by chopping into soap chips. Warns against rapid drying of woolen garments near heat to prevent shrinkage. Suggests dyeing an old rug to refresh color at low cost.
A true bill is the jury's finding charging a person with committing an illegal act after the prosecutor presents facts to a grand jury. When a crime is shown and a person is accused, they are indicted and the finding is a true bill.
Marie Louise of Austria deserted Napoleon as he went to Elba and returned to Vienna with Count Neipburg. During Napoleon's exile at St Helena she lived openly with Neipburg in Parma and bore him a son shortly after Napoleon's death.
The United States Department of Agriculture recommends braising iceberg lettuce as a tasty dish. Use 2 large heads with bacon fat for flavor, cook in a covered skillet for 30 minutes until tender, discard excess liquid, and season with salt and pepper before serving hot.
The first horse race occurred in 660 B C during the twenty third Olympiad at Athens covering four miles. Eight years later, during the twenty fifth Olympiad, harness racing began with horses drawing chariots.
Cut cheese into long strips and place in a glass jar. Screw the lid on tight to preserve freshness until the last bit. Store in the ice box to avoid harming other foods.
Practical advice on home meal prep and frugal cooking aimed at new housewives. Tips cover stain removal, toast making, a milk egg shake, celery soup, and bran bread with simple, economical steps and common ingredients. Includes notes on shopping and avoiding excess store-bought foods.
A gold watch made for George IV features the monarch’s chain and watch-key. A glass case displays a curious mechanism that, at twelve, projects a steel needle through the case rim to automatically correct the minute hand if running fast or slow.
A period style advertisement extols Bayer Aspirin as the quick relief for headaches fatigue and various pains. It urges two or three tablets with water then continuing work and promotes genuine Bayer tablets with the Bayer cross as safe and effective for menstruation period pains and other ailments.
Unique record Thomas Smith of Syracuse New York, a railroad worker who kept the line clean in a roundhouse for thirty years never rode a train. He swept and tidied the seventeen locomotive stalls and was honored by having his name inscribed on the line’s honor roll.
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