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Newspaper
Pendleton Times
Location
Pendleton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1922
Page
7
The United States Department of Agriculture releases Farmers Bulletin No 1207 on milk and its uses in the home. It stresses milk as essential for children and adults, noting its lime and vitamin content, pasteurization reasons, and the need for careful handling to prevent bacterial contamination and disease.
A note on practical elegance and thrift appears as Apel offers alluring dinner gowns and happy mediums in hats. An old broom is repurposed to sweep dirt outside, extending its usefulness and keeping the house tidy.
An illustrated home hack shows using worn straw broom sections and a sharpened handle driven into ground beside a walk to sweep shoe soles and sides. The piece then shifts to fashion, detailing a crepe de chine and georgette dinner gown with bead trim and varied hats for summer, noting color tones and styles.
A collection of practical advice on cooking and home care. Tips include using bread to trap pepper in soup, reviving moldable bread, baking smoked fish in paper, rubber door dampers, repurposing mattress sections for windows, cleaning white felt hats with magnesia paste, cleaning velvet with flour and gasoline, using old stockings as floor mops, and a bread pudding recipe with apples and custard. The closing aphorism reflects a moral note on narrowness and opportunity.
Lift and mix one and one quarter cupfuls of white flour four level teaspoonfuls of baking powder three fourths cupful of corn meal two tablespoonfuls of sugar and one half teaspoonful of salt. Chop in two tablespoonfuls of butter then add one beaten egg and enough milk to make a soft dough. Roll to half an inch thick cut with a biscuit cutter place butter in center crimp edges brush with milk bake fifteen minutes serve hot.
The article advises against rubbing soap on silk or adding soda and warns against boiling. Use a hot thick lather from finely shredded soap, wash gently, rinse thoroughly with cold water, then press out most water and dry in the sun if possible.
The text warns that after two to three weeks many baby chicks die from piling up at night. Smothering or sweating causes feather loss and stunted growth, yielding worthless chicks. It stresses careful housing to prevent crowding and maintain ventilation for healthy development.
Soak salt fish in milk to freshen it for immediate use. This traditional prep suggests this treatment helps mellow saltiness and improve texture before cooking.
Household questions and home care tips cover portable fire extinguishers mud on dark clothing raw potato rubs for stains rope pliability boiling to soften new rope wrinkles on fabric hang drying sheets warm room tips for copper kettles benzine in cleansers and lamp chimney cleaning with steam and tissue paper.
A historic kitchen note describes Chicken a la King with mushrooms green pepper and a lemon onion splash served in timbale cases. It also outlines Timbale Cases and a Lobster in Rice Border with tomato stock rice and butter, plus French Fried Potatoes and a scalloped dish of sliced cold potatoes with cheese bake.
A fragmentary note discusses medieval church practices using round silver belled fans to deter flies from sacred elements. It also includes assorted quotations from a Boston Transcript script and aphorisms about money, happiness, self possession, and busy living.
Joe Brown the riverbank porter muses aloud about a million dollars to the cashier of a southern Kansas bank. He fantasizes buying pigs to make money while nature invites him to stray by a river and catfish lines. A brief quip about a race and art jokes wrap additional light anecdotes.
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