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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1930
Page
7
A report from a conference of shoe stylists outlines spring and summer trends for 1930. Black and brown dress shoes remain essential for daily wear, while white and pastel shades dominate resort and casual styles. Evening footwear features luxurious fabrics and dyeable options, with men’s shoes also adopting bolder colors.
Practical notes on kitchen practices and room design. Mentions reducing baking powder, using napkins to strain frying fat, and light colored walls to brighten spaces. Advises on child shopping habits and reading encouragement with proper chairs and reading lights. Describes furniture placement for a restful layout.
A USDA home economics guide explains domestic rabbits can be cooked like chicken and served in the same ways. It describes preferred rabbit husbandry, diet, and a fried rabbit recipe with batter, frying, and gravy steps plus parsley and pepper seasoning.
A homemaker column offers practical kitchen tips and old New England dishes. It describes pickled beets in vinegar and sugar, deviled peanut and Swiss date sandwiches, an orange poultry sauce, and a traditional Galves Head Dinner. The piece blends culinary instruction with nostalgic notes on sturdy ancestral fare.
The article advises varied approaches for feeding children at meals, suggesting a separate child table or integrating them with adults as fits the household. It emphasizes example-setting, child ownership of dining items, a pleasant eating space, and encouraging self-feeding from about 15 months with patience and protective measures.
One method of using surplus fruit juices is to add tart juices to roasts of ham beef or lamb. A sweetened apple plum or grape juice provides a pleasing flavor that enhances the meat, offering a different taste during cooking.
A wholesome recipe uses tart apples and a honey sugar syrup boiled briefly. Core can be dipped, half moon slices cook until transparent, then cooled, coated with melted cake chocolate, and dried between waxed paper for storage.
A 1930 Western Newspaper Walon recipe describes seasoned egg and water rolled in crumbs fried with salt pork, browned in a hot oven, and served with buttered baking powder biscuits around meat and a cream gravy from pan fat. It also notes Meister chopped dates with orange juice and chopped unis on buttered Boston brown bread rounds to please hungry children.
The boy traveler imagines a sentient London who speaks as a daughter of Earth and Atlas. She describes her river Thames, bridges, parks, and bustling life, inviting him to explore her streets, hear the old crook song, and reflect on the people who journey there from distant lands. London imagines future fame for wanderers who pass through her city.
Advertisement touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as fast relief for sour stomach from rich foods smoking or excesses. It claims the preparation alkalinizes acid and sweetens the system, recommending a spoonful for instant comfort and noting physicians endorse its use while warning against expectations from other dope products.
Scientists report fossil leaf beds in Wheeler county central Oregon containing leaves millions of years old with color preserved. Dr Ralph W Chaney of the Carnegie Institution notes perfect coloring due to matrix preservation and a semitropical Mitchell area flora. An intact leaf from volcanic shale will be sent to the University of California Berkeley.
The Bureau of Home Economics within the Department of Agriculture has expanded to 60 workers, over half of whom are specialists with professional training. The unit conducts research to improve home conditions, focusing on food nutrition and clothing.
A brief note from the Stray Stories column presents a playful exchange about family ties and in law. The speaker asks if the listener objects to his mother becoming his mother-in-law, with the reply indicating no objection if he possessed a certain item. The item Ulster appears as a witty conditional.
A rural remark references Tiubidub’s poetry and Ted as his inspiration. The article notes farmers earn under 60 exit annually mainly from March to June, the period of lowest prices, and observes the irritation of insults though not a true war with battles over such matters.
An old medical advertisement claims Dr. Pierce blood tonic renews vigor by boosting red blood cells and improving health. It touts benefits like clear skin energy and appetite, urging readers to buy Golden Medical Discovery from their druggist in liquid or tablets with ingredients listed on the label.
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