Times change in the city’s social snapshots and notes
A collage of 1940s vignettes sketches labor trends tractors, education shifts, clergy protests, and retail chatter. It mentions veterans returning to school, Nevada business decline, Woolworths toy trains, and Capitol forecasts. Political quotes and celebrity quips sit beside city lore from Union Square to Times Building.
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Nevada
Boston
Woolworth’s
44Th
Broadway
Capitol
Spitzbergen tensions and postwar diplomacy discussed
The piece surveys Russian pressure on Norway to militarize Spitzbergen, aiming at potential Atlantic bases against the United States, notes the 1944 start of moves, and recalls Molotov-Ribbentrop minutes. It also covers President Truman’s reception days, staff humor, and shifts in White House diplomacy including Byrnes and Pawley appointments.
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Washington
Russia
Spitzbergen
Arctic Circle
Norway
United States
New York
England
State Department
U. S
Atlantic
Hitler
Dardanelles
Balkans
Turkey
Iran
Iraq
Truman
Congress
Army
Navy
White House
Eddie Locke
Eddie
Mrs. Truman
Brazil
Bill Pawley
Air
Senate
Leslie Biffle
GOP
Biffle
Hearty Winter Dinners To Satisfy Big Appetites At Home
Brisk winter days spur big appetites and homemakers can meet them with hearty stews casseroles and soups. Recipes include a beef and corn casserole with a rich sauce and a salmon lima bean bake layered with white sauce and a crumb topping.
Lynn Chambers Menu Highlights and Recipes Included
The excerpt lists a menu by Lynn Chambers featuring Consomme with Rice, Lamb Stew with Parsley Dumplings, Waldorf Salad, Rye Bread Toast, Hasty Pudding, and a Beverage. It notes a recipe is given alongside the dishes.
Tricks for Homemakers Save Time and Energy
Tips for homemakers emphasize moisture control to prevent lumps in brown sugar by storing it in a moist place such as a breadbox. It notes confectioners and powdered sugar store well in tightly covered containers and explains brownish tin pan surface as tin oxide, a better heat conductor causing browning in used tins.
Lamb Stew and Hasty Pudding Recipes
A soup and meat casserole recipe outlines lamb shoulder stew with dumplings and a parsley dumpling topping. It includes steps for browning, simmering with vegetables, and a milk batter dumpling method, followed by a dessert plan using refrigerator and baked options and a hasty pudding with whipped cream and marshmallows. Also notes government action on portal-to-portal pay suits and potential retroactive wage claims.
Very Graceful Daytime Dress Pattern No 1589
Sewing Circle patterns describe a flattering daytime dress for a mature figure with diagonal scalloped closing edged by narrow ruffling and softening gathers. It offers short or three quarter sleeves and suggests two flower shaped buttons. fabric needs 43 yards of 35 inch cloth and 42 yards fringe for size WH.
Kitchen hacks from a bygone era
Practical tips on kitchen maintenance and cooking methods from a vintage guide. Methods include dipping knives in hot water to prevent icing sticking, cutting vegetables with scissors, repurposing old soap shavings for laundry, and quick thickening of soups and gravies by beating flour and water into a smooth paste with an egg beater.
Practical Tips from Daily Life for Home and Kitchen
Simple advice covers keeping corks free with oil, using potato sacks to gain traction in a car, copper cookware styling for decor, preventing boil-overs with greased pots, repurposing worn skirts as petticoats, and the nutrition advantage of boiled potatoes with jackets for higher vitamin content.
Why Be a Slave 10 Harsh Laxatives Wake-Up Lemon Drink
An old health blurb promotes a simple morning remedy using the juice of one Sunkist lemon in water to stimulate bowel action and boost vitamin C intake. It claims lemon and water improve digestion, fight fatigue, resist colds, and awaken the body, urging a ten day try with California Sunfast lemons.
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Sunkist
California
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