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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1928
Page
16
Lettuce can be cooked and used as a green leafy vegetable. Instructions from the bureau of home science describe washing shredding the lettuce into 3 inch pieces, cooking salt pork until crisp, then wilt the lettuce in the pork fat. Add vinegar and salt pork, adjust salt, and avoid overcooking. Optional onion juice may be added to finish.
Farm families using home demonstration agents report making over 20 percent of their soap at home in 1826 and nearly 60 percent of the eggs they consume on their own farms. Household supply accounts have been forwarded to the rural economies department for analysis.
Colorful blouses dominate autumn fashion with printed velvet and satin media favored for ensembles. Luxurious fabrics, crown tones, and russet hues define the season, plus monograms bows and jabots as stylish details. Lace blouses pair with sheer velvet ensembles for refined looks.
A practical wash dress design chosen by a Bureau of Home Economics specialist features amethyst binding and a decorative front, suitable for sports, school, office, or morning wear. It highlights easy at home sewing, various prints, and seasonal colors with guidance from a USDA bulletin on fitting dresses and blouses.
Vegetables are essential to daily meals alongside bread to keep the body strong. Relying on meat bread and potatoes alone fails to provide needed nutrients for proper growth in children and remains unsatisfactory for adults.
More than seven point four different kinds of dates are known to the Arabs but only one or 15 have proved commercially valuable in the United States and only four or five are being planted on any considerable scale. More than half the date palms in the country were derived from North Africa. Poor memories not one man in ten knows his waist measure, says a clerk in a men's store.
A California farm woman in Merced County sold angel food, sunshine and sponte cakes during egg plentiful season. A county agent taught cake methods, each cake using 1 to 10 eggs for leavening. She baked 116 cakes for sale plus home use and earned about a dollar per cake, disposing of roughly 1,000 surplus eggs.
Prunes lend themselves to many bread puddings says the United States Department of Agriculture. Soak prunes to remove the pits, chop, then layer bread with prune bits, butter, and sugar to make a prune betty. Traditional prune toast pudding folds chopped prunes into slices of buttered bread and bakes in a dish with a light custard mix.
A note on enhancing cereals with berries says cooked cereals become more interesting when mixed with fresh fruit. Stir in about half a cepful of berries a few minutes before serving for a brighter flavor.
A highbrow commentary condemns poor manners as a public dereliction of decorum. The piece argues refined behavior signals culture, urging readers to elevate conduct in social settings and public discourse.
Mrs. Brown Pig tells Mrs. Black Pig the pink pigs are selfish, while the brown pigs claim moral pride as unsel fish heroes. The dialogue explores who is truly selfish, ending with the group affirming their own conceit as guests and keeping the moral debate alive.
A Victorian era food column offers recipes for Pecan Nut Loaf Sugared Beets and Lobster Dishes. It provides step by step instructions for buttered potatoes with pecan meats in white sauce and garnished with parsley. Also includes Lobster Salad in Cucumber Jelly and baked lobster in shells with lemon butter crumbs.
The United States Department of Agriculture advises quick cooling for tin cans by plunging into cold water after canning, noting glass jars must cool gradually away from drafts. Before home canning this summer request Farmers' Bulletin MZLF for detailed directions and updated methods.
William E B Weiss of Wheeling West Virginia, founder and former General Manager of Glering Products Inc and Vice President of Drug Incorporated, received the Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa from the University of Cologne Germany. The distinction recognizes his decade long efforts to strengthen industrial ties between German and American pharmaceutical firms and his role as a link in transatlantic commercial relations.
The Pathinder notes that debt collectors in London are more aggressive and theatrical than in American cities. Debtors are approached by climber uniforms and showy dress to attract attention, with public calls about owing money. The piece traces the origin of the term Jin to Jee Dov, a famed Tudor rent collector, who used flamboyant methods to intimidate debtors.
The article records a collision where the car owner accuses the driver of missing the approach and delivering a taunting line. The lorry driver responds with a joking apology claiming he mistook the obstacle for a fly on the windshield.
A Brooklyn Eagle excerpt shows Sam questioning whether more work could be done in an hour. The exchange features a brusque employer and Sam’s quip about being on a Tor show and dismissing praise as flattery, reflecting casual street dialogue and humor.
Mrs. T. A. Muten of Denver Colorado reports taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound during the Change of Life. She says it eased sleepless nights and fear of going out after two years, notes her mother used it with good results, and she recommends it to friends.
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