Women Lead Nation in Home Canning for Victory
The article notes women across towns and farms will can freeze dry and brine garden produce to stretch scarce foods during war. Government supplies rubber jar rings lids and new self sealing disks while centers in schools and Red Cross aid communities. American women embrace changes and preserve foods as their victory duty.
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China
Africa
America
Yimn
Brill
Red Cross
Egg grading marks explained AA to C in stores
Homemaker's Quiz explains egg marks AA to C as quality grades. AA denotes highest quality with good flavor and shell, while A B and C reflect exterior cleanliness, crack absence, shell shape, and candling reveals interior quality by air cell size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E.W
Letters From Rolfe Sailor On US Navy Ship
A wartime letter from Donald Nelson aboard the U S S LST No 28 discusses life at sea in the Atlantic, censored mail, shore leaves, ship duties, and longing for home. He notes training ships, tank handling, and the regimented but generous Navy, with updates on addresses and newspaper deliveries.
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Atlantic
Mary
McGirk
San
Rolfe
U.S.S. Lst No
Fit
P.O
New York
Donald Nelson
Brownie Rickard Seeks Rutgers Move and Electrical Engineering
A letter informs Mr. Seth that Brownie Rickard has been moved to Rutgers University New Brunswick from the College of the City of New York, noting Rutgers as a testing and placement unit among 17 nationwide and expressing interest in the math teacher after grade reports. Rickard plans to study electrical engineering and remarks on the campus.
Preserving Greens for Canning and Freezing Tips
Guidance on selecting washing trimming and blanching beet tops spinach kale and chard for canning or freezing with steps for scalding packing headspace and processing times in pressure canners and boiling water baths. Includes lemon juice acidity note and a spring tonic serving idea with enriched flour scones and rhubarb sauce.
Freshness measure via air cell size in eggs
A large air cell signals excessive evaporation from high temperatures or extended handling time, indicating older or poorly stored eggs.
First Big League Game Impresses rookie at Polo Grounds
Brownie Rickard recalls his stadium visit in New York watching the Giants win 6 2 and the Phillies take a 6 3 defeat. He praises Carl Hubbel calling him The Old Master while noting strict barracks curfew will limit future outings and keep him busy with courses.
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Polo Grounds
New York
Giants
Phillies
Carl Hubbel
Brownie Rickard
Franchise petition filed to erect electric transmission line
The Central States Electric Company of Cedar Rapids asks the Iowa State Commerce Commission for a franchise to construct and operate an electric transmission line over public lands and private property in Pocahontas County Iowa. The commission set the hearing for the 18th of duty 1948 at 10:00 A.M. in Des Moines Iowa.
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Central States Electric Company
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa State Commerce Commission
Pocahontas County
Des Moines
Home Canning for Young Gardeners and Savings
Young readers are urged to help with home canning using surplus garden vegetables. Daily inventory directs picking produce at its prime and preserving extras in glass jars. Emphasizes freshness, nutrition, and simple equipment, with a free Blue Book offer and tips to form a canning club for fun.
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Victory Garden
Ball Bros. Co
Iowa Commerce Commission Sets Hearing on Petiton Franchise
The Iowa State Commerce Commission schedules a hearing on a petitioner’s franchise. Objections must be filed in triplicate at least five days before the hearing. Objectors should have full authority to represent them at the hearing. Des Moines Iowa June 14 1948. E-5452 15-2 4ee
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Iowa State Commerce Commission
Carl W. Reed
B. M. Richardson
David B. Long
Geo. L. McCaughan
Des Moines
Iowa
WAVES SPARS Train Women for Navy Service in June Drive
The WAVES and SPARS offer expanding training for women ages 20 to 59 inches tall with two years of high school. Programs include typing shorthand radio flying metal work and many other trades with Navy pay. Applications now require no doctor’s exam and no dependents under 18. Fort Dodge Navy Recruiting Station urges eligible women to apply as June is designated JOWAVE month to boost enlistments and future officer roles.
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Navy
Fort Dodge
Home Canning Tips From Precooking to Sealing
Precooking vegetables five minutes before packing aids shrinkage value retention and rapid processing. Mason lids should be sealed tightly in a boiling water bath, with ample head space left. For acid foods like strawberries and other fruits and tomatoes, pressure cookers are not used except as steamers when the petcock remains open. Spoilage organisms will not
Local Social News Briefs From Bradgate Area
Olaf Halsrud and family joined Mrs. Halsrud’s sister Mrs. Larsen for a trip to Algona where she took a bus to North Dakota. Several others, including Mrs. Ralph Blackman of Waterloo, visited Fort Dodge and Waterloo with relatives. Bruce Lanning, Pvt., arrived safely overseas, likely Alaska, while Cleland Isacson sustained a head injury needing stitches after a bicycle fall.
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Olaf Halsrud
Merle
Morris Halsrud
Rolfe
Bill Negis
Sutherland
Ed O’donnell
Dewey Lanning
Pvt
Bruce Lanning
Signal Air Warning Company
Air Force
Alaska
Anniversary Party for Olson and Skow at Rutland Home
Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Olson and Mr. and Mrs. James Skow celebrated their wedding anniversary with a party at the James Show home near Rutland on Saturday evening. Guests from area included Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Naeve, Mr. and Mrs. Harley Knutson and Mr. and Mrs. George Wolcott.
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Henry C. Olson
James Skow
James Show Home
Rutland
Elmer Naeve
Harley Knutson
George Wolcott
High Temp Not Needed For Growth In Acid Foods
The note highlights that growth occurs readily in acid foods, making the high temperature of pressure cookers unnecessary for safe processing. It emphasizes acid environments control microbial activity and reduce heat requirements.
Bradgate Methodist Church Morning Worship and Activities
Bradgate Methodist Church announces morning worship at 10 am with the sermon Be Ye Kind One to Another. Sunday school meets at 11 am, Youth Fellowship from 8 to 10 pm, and five will attend Camp Meth od i next week.
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Bradgate
Proof of the Pudding Catfish Feat by Humboldt Fishermen
Jess Green of Humboldt hauled a 43 pound catfish to prove his large catch after a failed Spirit Lake attempt. He and three companions fished the Des Moines river west fork where Green landed the big fish, needing help to land it. Spirit Lake men later claimed a catfish over 50 pounds.
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Jess Green
Humboldt
Green
Humbdt
Spirit Lake
West
Des Moines
Rev William J Hastie Longtime Church of Christ Preacher
The Rev William J Hastie of Albia a long time Church of Christ preacher has missed only two engagements in a fifty seven year career. He skipped a Liscomb Iowa appointment on May 80 due to illness. His ministry spanned New Zealand Australia Canada and the United States and included Europe.
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Parson Hastie
William J. Hastie
Albia
Church of Christ
Liscomb
Iowa
New Zealand
Australia
Canada
United States
Europe
Golfer Balkemy Opens Season With Hole-in-One
Dr. W. S. Balkemy of Sheldon began the golfing season with a hole-in-one on the first hole of his opening round.
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W. 8S. Balkemy
Sheldon
Many Game Fish Stranded by Recent Floods
Flood waters force inland fish rescue efforts as fry are stranded in bayous and streams. The State Conservation Commission coordinates volunteers and equipment for a broad rescue program, urging sportsmen to report stranded fish as waters recede.
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State Conservation Commission
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H.D.A
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Cleland Isacson
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