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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1925
Page
3
United States Department of Agriculture presents two plum pudding recipes suited for Christmas and New Year. Both puddings steam four hours in a mold, then finish in a warm oven, and are served with sauce. Includes ingredients such as molasses, brown sugar, raisins, citron, suet, milk, and spices.
A historical note explains pie as a Thanksgiving dessert in New England, praising tender crusts and practical crust making. It cites Farmers Bulletin 1450 guidance, offers dough making tips, storage, and methods for prebaking and handling liquid fillings along with suggested pies and serving ideas.
The USDA questions wasting butter at 40 or 80 cents a pound and recommends using individual butter plates or saucers to keep unused butter clean. Serving butter in portions prevents waste and makes it easy for each person to take only what they need.
The Illinois College of Agriculture discusses blanket yield insurance to shift crop risks to insurers, urges township yield tabulation from censuses 1920 and 1925 to track shifts, and cautions against combining yield and price insurance while promoting world market price adjustment and an international grain producers conference in Rome 1926.
The separate coat dominates the new winter fashion, matching diverse costumes from casual to formal. It acts as an economical foundation, harmonizing with many tones while avoiding off colors to ensure lasting style and ensemble cohesion.
The article notes that a Black Broadcloth Smart Cossack Costume adds value to a separate coat, with cloth coats allowing dress flexibility. Velvet blends with cloth crepe or silk, while ensemble harmony and color coordination boost appeal. Designers emphasize easy individual selection and soft pile materials with abundant velvet in current fashion displays.
A new University of Illinois circular reports white snakeroot in Illinois pastures poisons horses cattle and sheep and can contaminate milk. The plant grows 1 to 5 feet high with opposite leaves three to five inches long and satin veination. Poisoning known as trembles or milk sick affects grazing animals especially in autumn when pastures are green.
An Illinois entomologist urges a fall garden cleanup to reduce hibernating pests. Remove cucumber melon and squash vines burn cabbage stumps destroy onion refuse and clear boards and field edges. Maintain farm records to support a successful season.
Advice for better shoe fit and comfort. Recommends reinforcement behind buckle to tighten instep, adding narrow ribbon or fixtures in the heel to prevent rubbing, and using a boiled rag to soften leather for a pinch point while wearing.
An eminent British physiologist endorses light clothing for women arguing that ultraviolet sunlight reaching the body improves health. He notes exposing the neck arms and legs aids ventilation and heat removal and warns heavy winter coverings limit UV rays potentially causing health decline.
Despite a summer surge, purple remains a leading color in fashion notes from Paris. Designers favor deeper hues and a new mulberry tone called Black Prince, while afternoon costumes use lighter shades and multi tone combinations. Evening gowns show chiffon with pearl and brillants embroidery and decorative shoulder bands.
The straight silhouette softens with hidden godets and plaitings adding fluid grace. Plisse effects, once mainly in French frocks, become integral to American fashion as designers master time consuming plisse work to create intricate honeycomb smocking and diagonal stripe looks.
A historical description explains a necklace no longer worn as a continuous circlet but as long strings of stones ending in silk tassels. The piece is wound around the throat like a scarf, with ends finished by tassels.
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