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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1930
Page
15
A Western Newspaper Union item notes knitted durene cotton dresses and separates for children blend practicality with color. It highlights mercerized durable cotton fabrics, two piece school frocks in blue, and a range of undergarments and outerwear with pastel shades and simple, sturdy styling.
The article from the U S Department of Agriculture outlines common house and garden ants as pests entering homes and contaminating foods. It advises preventing access to food, using safe baits with sugar syrup and sodium arsenite, benzoate of soda, and tartaric acid, and applying kerosene emulsion or strong soap solutions to destroy nests.
The Farmers’ Butler by line urges farm homemakers to record home grown outputs from garden, orchard, poultry, and livestock. It explains valuing jam, canned goods, eggs, butter, and vegetables as stock for the family budget, notes common reluctance, and recommends a simple kitchen pad system to track inputs and transfers to a family account book.
A historical note on dental health states that excess sugar and certain minerals create an acid condition that dissolves enamel. It emphasizes calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D as essential, with vitamin C from tomatoes, oranges, grapefruit, and raw vegetables. It mentions milk and animal fats as sources, and counters popular but incorrect beliefs about circulation in teeth.
A playful tale centers on Mrs and Mr Pelican guiding their young through lessons to fly while ducks like White Ducks and Tun and White Duck feel left out. The pelicans host a friendly fish dinner for all, and gratitude and quacking joy follow a shared feast at the pond.
A practical guide to simple desserts and pantry ideas. It describes making pastry shells for desserts with lemon or fruit fillings, a marshmallow and fruit pudding, a dainty luncheon dessert with meringue garnish, and a spice cake recipe. Includes notes on prep, serving, and substitutions from a 1930 Western Newspaper Union pamphlet.
The United States Department of Agriculture promotes serving foods directly from baking dishes to save time and effort. Stuffed tomatoes in shallow dishes show colorful, savory results with minimal cleanup, using bacon, onion, celery seed, bread crumbs, and tomato pulp baked until browned.
Overcrowding the refrigerator wastes cooling air and lowers efficiency. Fresh food should be attractively arranged for appealing meals. Balanced nutrition for children at home requires careful planning and supervision.
Sir Walter decrying pipe myths, two of Queen Elizabeth's ladies help with mail for a free booklet on taking care of pipes. It covers breaking in, keeping it sweet, smoothing smokes, cleaning, hygiene, and invites readers to write to Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation in Louisville, Kentucky. Also mentions The Raleigh Review airing Fridays 10 to 11 p.m. on NBC WEAF.
A quirky note appraises a professor of liquid measure by listing quart constituents and tossing in stray quotes and aphorisms. The fragment hints at science humor and literary asides by authors like Gilbert and critique of man and nature.
Makes It Grestie Makes It Grestie Children's stomachs sour and need an anti acid. Phillips Milk of Magnesia neutralizes acid with a pleasant taste and is endorsed by physicians for general use. The genuine prescription product, Milk of Magnesia, is a long registered trade mark of Charles E. Phillips Chemical Co. and its predecessor since 1875.
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