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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1949
Page
7
A light feature offering healthy snack cookies for kids, with several recipe variants. Includes Chewy Raisin Waters Applesauce Cookies and Honey Crisp Cookies, plus practical tips on dough handling, chilling, and proper storage to keep cookies fresh and crisp.
The page lists Lynn Chambers menus with fricassee of lamb mashed potatoes and sides, plus dessert ideas. It includes orange drop cookies and gum drop bars with detailed dough and baking instructions, oven temps, and yield notes.
The piece recalls Ben Hogan and Sammy Snead missing crucial short putts that cost majors, noting nerves and consistency factor over pure skill. It also shifts to baseball, listing players approaching or over .300 in the two major leagues and naming Robinson, Slaughter, Schoendienst, and Musial among top hitters with slim margins to reach higher marks.
Ad offers pattern No 8500 a one yard per item set for a toddler dress and matching briefs with scalloped edges. Also promotes Pattern No 8191 three blouse styles with one yard each for sizes 12 to 20. Fall Winter Fashion book advert includes 64 pages of sewing info and gift ideas. Send 25 cents for copy.
Build a settee with simple tools aided by full size patterns and a materials list. Patterns simplify construction and ensure minimal waste. Send 35c for Pattern No. 55 to East Bird Pattern Company in Pleasantville New York.
Malaria is still the leading mass killer by prevalence, with an estimated 600 million cases worldwide and about 3 million deaths yearly. In the United States alone, 1 to 5 million cases occur annually with roughly 1,200 deaths. The disease has touched figures from Alexander the Great to popes, shaping world history.
The advice suggests using turpentine to remove all wax from wooden kitchen cabinets. Ventilate the area and avoid flames due to flammability. If re-staining the same color, apply over the old stain. to lighten, use a wood bleach from paint stores.
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