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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1947
Page
3
Simple summer meals hinge on sandwiches served with salad relishes fruit and beverages. Ham or roast pork with cranberry jelly pickles horseradish mayo lettuce with dressing or ketchup elevate basic bread. Leftover meat becomes tasty mixes with mustard cabbage pimiento olives eggs celery and mayo. Barbecued Hamburgers offer a hearty option with a skillet sauce.
A recipe and menu snippet lists assorted sandwiches potato salad coleslaw tomatoes pickles celery carrot sticks and beverages with a barbecue ham or pork sauce recipe. It offers sandwich variations for picnics and porch suppers including De Luxe Eggburgers and a coffee iced beverage method.
Women learn to stretch the wardrobe by altering and repurposing old garments. Use inserts in dresses, patches from shirts or bed linens, wide trims, and dyed fabrics. Sailors and aprons become pinafores or blouses. store scraps for multiple pieces and choose washable cottons or rayons for easy care.
Practical guide describes cutting and sewing sun suits for children, using flat patterns and simple seams. It covers little boys and girls outfits, minimal trimmings, and secure attachment. Also explains making underwear from cast off slips, shirts, and fabrics, plus repurposing adult slack suits into coveralls and dyed or redeyed fabrics for a refreshed look.
The note suggests ironing ruffled curtains by handling the ruffles first and the body after, starting at the top hem and ironing downward. It adds tips on using a movable board or blanket setup and offers a grease-cleaning tip with corn meal for easy cleaning of greasy containers.
A home cleaning tip suggests laying newspapers under grass and fiber rugs to catch dirt, then replacing with fresh pages on cleaning day. It also advises shaking Turkish towels to raise the nap and using a vacuum Gleaner attachment to remove dust before washing the bathroom floor.
The text offers practical home hacks such as wiping sinks with a dense napkin moistened with kerosene to remove stains, drying out stale cake with a damp cloth in a moderate oven, trimming towels for guests, and patching small towels with amusing designs. It also covers cooking peas, choosing lace curtains for period rooms, and removing rug marks with a damp chamois.
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