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Newspaper
Roanoke Review
Location
Roanoke, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1920
Page
7
Wartime guidance from the U S department of agriculture stresses home canning as essential due to labor shortages and rising canning costs. Sugar prices push substitution with a 10 percent syrup using sugar glucose and water, enabling apples pineapples and honey canning with minimal sugar per pint.
Agricultural guidance describes using sugar sparingly by double extracting fruit juice and combining the two jellies. With one half cup sugar per cup juice, jelly yield drops but preserves sweetness with glucose or corn syrup as partial sweeteners. Grapes with syrup options can yield jelly without any sugar in some cases.
Fresh products pure water care and cleanliness. Good jars live standard rubber rings and sufficient heat to process the products thoroughly in the closed container.
A carpet sweeper or vacuum cleaner should be used for daily cleaning of carpets and rugs. A hand or electric powered vacuum removes most dust and dirt from carpets and rugs in a rustless manner.
Food specialists from the U S Department of Agriculture advise airing freshly baked bread after cooling, then storing it in a thoroughly aired scalded receptacle. Do the same for cake and cookies in tin boxes or scalded jars to guard against dust and mold.
Instructions cover washing flatirons in soda before heating and using a blue denim cover on ironing boards. Also notes decorative Japanese flower baskets, cake baking tip with boiling water, and placing white paper under white silk blouses to prevent puckering during machine sewing.
Indiana brief items report Robert C. Johnson an escaped Fort Benjamin Harrison prisoner shot by a searching party on Noblesville’s public square. Other notes cover improvised trials for Lake county murder suspects, a farmer’s suicide, and rising fertilizer prices.
A Pittsburgh feature describes Bulgarian Blood Tea as a century-strong tonic from Bulgaria. It cites a promoter claiming rapid recovery from flu like illness, permanent health benefits, and broad use across the United States with a three week health improvement guarantee via Marvel Products Company in Pittsburgh.
In a World War II vignette from the American Legion Weekly a Georgia sailor in Brest tries to communicate with a dusky Algerian, using ivory cubes to spell out words. The Algerian shows no comprehension, prompting the line You ain't even no human. You is just a corpse.
Farmer Corntessel recalls late night boarder gathering where politics dominated while mosquitoes were blamed for keeping people awake. Several residents threatened to leave if the pest problem continued, prompting a wry remark about mosquitoes possibly being beneficial after all.
Chauncey M Depew and Joseph G Cannon argue over who attended more national conventions. Louis F Payson interrupts claiming he was present in 1860. Cannon jokes Lincoln beat him in a lawsuit preventing travel funds.
A brief exchange shows a character noting a $100 suit is expensive while another asserts the money is usable longer because it was charged. The scene implies extended access to the funds for sixty days.
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