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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1930
Page
9
A discussion of spun silk fabrics dominating sportswear this season. It highlights striped shirting and pastel shantungs, with two illustrated models: a pink striped tennis frock with a nipped waist and full skirt, and a sleeveless dress with a lumberjack inspired short coat in pastel pine spun silk, paired with blue and white kid shoes.
The article notes vegetables rich in vitamins such as canned tomatoes cabbage onions carrots rutabagas and parsnips along with fruits like apples bananas oranges and grapefruit. It also highlights Roman piety with 1421 Virgin images and 1318 Christ images adorning corner houses as seen by visitors.
Practical tips for safe stairs and icy dangers in kitchens. Instructions cover custard cooling methods and beating until smooth. A broom can spritz clothes evenly, while upholstery care stresses brushing or vacuuming. Six essentials for sturdy children include food, sunlight, exercise, clothing, infection protection, and a healthy outlook.
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture the guide offers two methods for floating island dessert. It outlines custard making with milk sugar salt and vanilla then folding in stiff egg whites and forming meringues to bake or serve atop the custard with optional nutmeg chocolate garnish.
Spring greens such as mustard, dandelion, poke shoots, lambs quarters, sorrel, and spinach are highlighted for kitchen gardens. Combinations like cabbage sprouts with spinach or mustard with kale are noted, with suggestions for panedilions bacon browned butter lemon or olive oil as flavorings. Nutrition and cooking tips attributed to the Bureau of Home Economics.
A kitchen column offers recipes and menus featuring bacon peanut sandwich fudge shortcake and orange tea biscuits. It extols vegetables from gardens and shares scalloped eggplant prep with parsley and paprika and notes on serving ideas for luncheon and supper.
A fairy tale adventure follows Wind and David as they sail to New Zealand’s South and North islands. They meet a magical kiwi and friendly mountains who boast of their backbone role in the land and discuss exploring the air and wisdom.
David travels from the South Island through New Zealand to the North Island visiting Wellington Cook Strait and sheltering trees on the way. He enjoys a dinner, meets a fluffy bird with a long bill, and rises with Wind at dawn to fly over the Pacific past Equator toward many islands.
Dip sliced salt pork in flour and fry until crisp and brown. Pour off fat, stir in flour, cook smooth, then add milk or cream to thin sauce. Serve with baked potatoes and fried apples. From a 1930 Western Newspaper Union page.
This Farmers bulletin advises two key cautions to guard woolens from moth damage. First thoroughly clean brush beat and sun garments before storage and keep them from moths at home. Second seal storage containers tightly and use napthalene or paradichlorobenzene to deter moths. Regular cleaning of in use woolens and fur trimmed items prevents moth attacks.
In February 1930, many fish were found dead in the North Sea near Denmark after a cold spell. Fishermen note soles brill cod conger dabs and plaice among the species killed by the freeze. One skipper threw overboard 1,500 pounds of dead sole in a week.
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