The Kitchen Cabin I and Food Preparation Tips
A fragmented 1923 kitchen column discusses balanced meals, planning, and using skim milk to reduce fats. It covers digestion warnings, the need for plain wholesome foods, and slow cooking ideas like veal casserole and long simmered dishes. The piece ends with a reflective verse about time and life.
Homemade Bread Factors and Recipes from USDA
The article outlines a California Chicken Pie style tuna recipe and fruit desserts then reports USDA tests on bread costs. It compares costs of a seven and third cent one pound loaf using small quantities and gas oven with a four and a fifth cent loaf baked with an economical formula, barrel bought flour, dried yeast, and kerosene range.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Iceless refrigerator plan aids flower care in Wyoming
Extension workers developed an iceless refrigerator for hot dry climates. A Wyoming woman florist successfully used the principle to keep cut flowers in good condition, illustrating practical home use.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Wyoming
Shears Featured for Kitchen Use in Garden Bulletin
A medium size pair of kitchen shears has a definite place in the kitchen for shredding lettuce peppers or celery and for mincing parsley mint or tender inner celery leaves used in seasoning. The Farners Bulletin 927 notes their efficiency over knives.
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Farners
Cement for Mending China Recipe
A simple cement for repairing china uses a teaspoonful alum and a tablespoon hot water. Heat in a hot oven until transparent, keep pieces clean and dry, warm them, then thinly coat edges and press together quickly. It dries immediately.
Government advises thinning cereal mush with hot water
The United States Department of Agriculture suggests adding hot water to leftover mush to create a thin texture that can be easily added to a new supply. This method aims to economize meals by repurposing leftovers.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Nourishment from Cream and Egg Whites Highlighted
A note on home made ice cream describing it as nourishing, made entirely of cream and whites of eggs.
Eradication Methods for Household Ants in USDA Guide
The United States Department of Agriculture summarizes ant control in homes. It advises arsenate of soda syrup poison with strict safety, cleaning to remove attractants, proper storage, and careful use of baits and sponges.
Sugarless Canning Method For Fruits Approved
The United States Department of Agriculture finds fruits can be canned without sugar using hot water or hot fruit juice. Water-canned products may lag in texture and flavor compared with sirup canning, but using fruits’ own juices yields satisfactory jelly, pie filling, and salad uses especially when fruit is very ripe and sweet. Peaches naturally high in sugar may taste as sweet without sugar as acid peaches in 40 percent sirup.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Entomology
All Around the House Tips for Everyday Care
Practical household hints include sharpening dull files with dilute sulphuric acid, threading cheese straws through rings, and placing a pan of cold water under a cake to prevent bottom burning. Run water from the tap several minutes before filling the kettle to avoid unwholesome pipe water.
Afternoon fashion shifts in street dress and suits
A detailed survey of autumn street wear featuring canton crepe and crepe satin fabrics. Describes draped gowns, wide hats, long skirts, beaded georgette sleeves, embroidered coats, and double duty afternoon gowns with crepe satin bodices and sash belts. Noted designers’ bold silhouettes from Paris to Honolulu influence.
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Paris
Honolulu
Main Street
The Shrew and Fairy Share Secret Tales
A tiny shrew recounts his senses and hunger to a fairy. He describes hunting for food by feel and sound, fighting a water snake, and protecting his mate who waits below the earth. The fairy praises his bravery and curiosity as he bids farewell to visit his mate.
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Shrew
When is longhand quicker than shorthand
A compact riddle from a classroom page notes that longhand is quicker than shorthand when it appears on a clock. The snippet titled Boys' Ulfe hints at a schoolboy humor section with brief wordplay.
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Boys
Ulfe
Testimonial for Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound
A Fulton Arkansas resident, Mrs Lula Vann, credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with ending monthly back pain and enabling her to work without distress. She urges other women with painful periods and nervousness to consider the remedy, sharing her gratitude and recommendation.
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Fulton
Arkansas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Zareness
Lula Vann
Box
Dissipated Creature in The Con gregationalist Cartoon
Dialogue vignette contrasts a passenger asking about a locomotive’s life with a driver noting it lasts about thirty years unless it smokes. An advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue for rust spots from inferior bluing in laundry.
No Escape From It
A brief dialogue hints at fatalism and social consequences as a man fears encountering someone who knows his wife when he takes a coworker to lunch. The exchange questions whether fate governs events while implying social scrutiny and potential scandal.
Nothing Serious Row Sparks Lounge Lizard Cake Eater Talk
A lighthearted quarrel described as a clash between a lounge lizard and a cake eater stirs chatter. No injuries reported as the humorous exchange circulates in social circles.
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