24 Jun 1948
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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1948
Page
1
A home cooking roundup offers festive warm weather entertainment tips with party desserts sandwiches and beverages. It includes chocolate mix for iced drinks cream puffs puffs for sandwiches cookies and a chocolate desserts menu with Angel Pie and Icebox Cake plus salad prep tips and serving guidance.
A Woman advises on washing technique: sort clothes by soil level, avoid overloading the machine, and run lighter items first including bed and table linens, then shirts and light colors, followed by moderately soiled cottons and towels to achieve cleaner results.
The text outlines washing rules by load color and weight, hand washing delicate items like silk and lace weekly, and tips to treat stains and bleaches. It emphasizes rinsing thoroughly, sun-drying white sheets, blue rinsing whites, and careful ironing and folding for long-lasting garments and linens.
A note on playful summer novelties centers on matching hat and bag in rough straw with burnt hues. The look pairs with plaid ribbon, polka dots, and bold colors like kelly green, creating a vivid background for casual outfits.
Pattern No 8313 offers a shirtwaist frock in sizes 14 to 46 with 453 yards of 39 inch fabric for size 16. A Spring Summer Fashion book advertises free patterns and knitting directions for 25 cents plus three blouses using one yard of material each in sizes 12 to 20.
Start by sanding smooth with fine sandpaper and steel wool then wipe with turpentine. To achieve orange maple color apply two thinned coats of orange shellac, or use an oil stain and finish with two coats of quick drying varnish.
Arvin Roush of Clifton West Virginia steers the Clifton Middleport ferry across the Ohio River, averaging about 15,000 miles yearly yet staying within three quarters of a mile from his home. He is among ferrymen still rowing and operating by hand as bridges replace toll-free crossing methods.
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