Musings of the Town Crier on Gerald Mokma in Berlin
A letter from Gerald Mokma, U.S. Foreign Service, Berlin, recounts wartime destruction in Europe. He notes extensive damage in Berlin, Le Havre, Antwerp, and Germany overall, with rebuilding lagging decades behind. Lucile, Gerald’s wife, and Lucile’s piano career are mentioned along with their Christmas arrival in Berlin.
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Gerald Mokma
Berlin
Foreign Service
United States
Gerald
New York
N.Y
Stirl
Southampton
Englarish
le Havre
Fran
Ium
Antwerp
Holland
Rotterdam
Germany
Luie Cochrane
Lucile
Winter Season Brings Weather For Hot Biscuits
A vintage guide explains how to make perfect biscuits, noting health benefits and energy value. It covers ingredients, moisture balance, mixing methods, kneading times, and baking tips for flaky, golden brown results. The piece highlights butter or margarine, milk use, and proper oven temperature.
450 Degree F Biscuits For Quick Light Flaky Texture
A biscuit recipe notes 450 degree F heat for quick rise and flakiness. Ingredients include sifted enriched flour baking powder salt shortening and milk. Steps: mix dry, cut in shortening, add milk to form dough, knead and roll, cut with a biscuit cutter, bake 10 to 12 minutes yielding about 18 biscuits with several variations.
Next Week (Bussey Effort) Breathes There a Man with Soul
Harriet Swayze records a domestic vow of unfinished chores and plans to repair the home, from mending a loose pad to fixing a squeaky front door and leaking faucet, expressing intent to tackle odd jobs soon. The verse humorously highlights a spouse seeking steady domestic progress.
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Bussey
Pet
Muffins Are Good Fare for Autumn Days
Muffins described as plump and golden with smooth tops and gentle roundness. Key tips include the right mixing, sifting dry ingredients, adding liquids at once, and avoiding over stirring to prevent tunnels or peaks.
Basic Muffin Recipe With Variations And Tips
Simple muffin base uses 2 cups flour 3 tsp baking powder 1 tsp salt 2 tbsp sugar 1 cup milk 2 tbsp shortening and 1 egg. Mix dry ingredients, whisk wet, combine just until moistened. Fill pans half full bake 425F for 20 minutes yields twelve 2½ inch muffins.
Proper Pressing Will Prevent Shine on Wool
Careful pressing is vital to keeping woolen garments wearable and ship shape. Extension specialist Lucille Rea notes a tailor’s ham helps pressing darts and armseye seams, and describes at home cushions and rolls crafted from wool to avoid shine and felting while pressing.
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Lucille Rea
Iowa State College
Pressing Wool Garments with Sizing Free Cotton Cloth
A technique uses wool on the cloth and sizing free cotton sewn to one side. Place the wool side against the garment and dampen the cotton slightly. Press with an iron, lifting as steam forms, to give wool a shiny finish when dry.
Roceay Mountain Cyclone Announces Publication Start
A musty early Western paper notes the Roceay Mountain Cyclone begins publication amid initial difficulties and unclear phrasing. The fragment hints at a new journal entering the regional press landscape with creative challenges.
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Roceay Mountain
Missing Letters and a Whirlwind Cyclone of Spelling
A Christian Science note laments missing letters in the print office and vows to persevere until shipments arrive. The writer jokes that mistakes happen in any well run family as P s C s and X s hold out, promising to keep the cyclone whirling until the correct spellings return.
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Christian Science
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G .A. Bowen
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Fleming
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South Side Park
Harriet Swayze
Green Colonial Furnace
van Roekel Plumbing & Heating Phone
Standard Mason Ltd
Sterling Glass Company
Chariton Wholesale Grocery Co
11Th & Auburn
Chariton, Iowa
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Fifth St
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Jack Sprat Fancy
South Amer
Cheeric
Jack Sprat
Tomatoes
Ayn
California
Hargis
Midwest
Life
Jack Sprat Jott
Percale Bay
Royal Anne Cheeries
Jack Sprat Food Stores
Monster’s
Verrips Jack Sprat
Pena
Osteopathic
Drs. Kramer and
Kramer
Nellie D
West First Sire Telephone
Johns-Manville
Ben Hoeksema
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