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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1945
Page
6
The guide emphasizes choosing desserts by season and meal heaviness. Summer favors fruit and berries with ice cream. winter leans toward puddings. Recipes include Lemon Cream and Ginger Ale Sherbet, with steps for mixing, freezing, and garnishing.
A collection of Lynn Chambers recipes includes Peppermint Wafer Dessert and Cherry Tarts with detailed steps, plus Orange Honeys cookies and Marguerites bites. The page lists ingredients, baking temperatures, and yields for each treat, credited to Western Newspaper Union.
A seller negotiates a contract for Liza-Lee stuffed dogs with Mrs. Martin, owner of Rhodes-Adler wholesalers. The arrangement expands as demand grows, leading to a revelation when Liza-Lee Martin reveals herself as the designer’s daughter and a partner in production.
Kathleen Norris recounts an American mother in Tucson who faced the trauma of her son Rolly returning home crippled from war. Through steady routines, shared chores, and new crafts like carved wooden dolls, the family finds gradual joy and a possible livelihood, proving time can mend shattered lives.
Lynn suggests repurposing worn oil tablecloths into pinked square placemats and dyeing faded towels to match bathrooms. Old shower curtains become pantry or kitchen curtains, shades get prints, pajamas become padding for ironing boards, and discarded curtains can be cut into dishcloths or used as pot holder filler.
War veterans face a period of reorientation after service with the length determined by character and wartime experiences. The article recounts a 22 year old who lost both legs and discovers new routines such as wood carving cooking and tending animals as part of his recovery.
Proper storage and improper use dull kitchen knives. To sharpen paring knives place a sharpening stone on a flat surface apply a few drops of light oil and shave the stone toward and away from you while keeping the knife horizontal to the stone.
The British Aries, first to search the pole, flew May 19–26, 1945 around Boothia peninsula Canada using special instruments. It found the pole about 250 miles north-northwest of charted position, still about 1,200 miles south of the geographic North Pole.
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