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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1928
Page
9
A Western newspaper fashion note from 1925 praises black sheer dinner gowns for upcoming events. It extols a versatile black chiffon frock with fluttering hems, slim bodices, and transparent detailing, advising one standout black gown to avoid the “nothing to wear” trap and highlighting hemline and scarf accents as key style features.
Cranberries can be used beyond Thanksgiving and Christmas in many dishes. A bureau of home economics recipe explains making a tart cranberry pie with a syrupy water mixture and short bake time. Bananas, rich in energy, can replace a starch vegetable and are suggested baked with lemon sauce for dessert.
The Field notes describe superhigh priced mounts used for polo never leaving condition. After matches, shoes become lakes of and points loosened in a soft gulch dock, free from stone. Two or three months later they are shipped south and prepared for early spring matches.
Prepared by the Bureau of Home Economics United States Department of Agriculture the text explains why tracking household expenses matters and urges classification into definite heads for budgeting It describes a looseleaf account book with marginal indexes and directions for recording expenditures estimates for yearly income and expenses and pages for recording insurance investments property inventory and other household data.
Household hints describe sealing bottles with paraffin, setting tubs at the right height, and using lettuce may on cottage cheese with orange slices. Tips cover toy storage ideas, keeping materials dry, and making a sturdy toy box from packing boxes with colorful magazine pictures.
Special pages are furnished for farm families who depend in part on home grown products. The account book may be purchased for 50 cents in cash from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington. The Department of Agriculture has no supply for free distribution.
A catalog of vintage kitchen tips and recipes from Nellie Manwell includes preparations for asparagus au gratin, corn and potato scallop, and an elaborate oyster omelet. It blends playful verse, canned foods guidance, and step by step directions with measurements and oven notes for winter meals.
Information from the Bureau of Home Economics outlines methods to improve garment fit. It explains altering backs and underarm areas, adjusting darts, and using gathers to improve hang, with tips for stout figures and variations by figure size.
Plymouth Wisconsin resident Mrs. Bo Bros R 4 EN says the Lyda E Pinkham Vegetable Compound revived her energy enabling her to handle housework garden chores and care for a three year old daughter. She recommends it to others and invites letters.
A promotion-like passage extols Castoria as harmless for babies, easing stomach issues, fever, constipation, and sleep without harsh effects. It claims the product is vegetar ian and pleasant tasting, with a physician-endorsed Castoria and a care book promised with each purchase.
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