A Spoonful of Purity in Baking
An editorial note praises using the best baking powder as superior to other ingredients, stressing that it always pays to choose quality for better results.
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Newspaper
Rolfe Arrow
Location
Rolfe, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1922
Page
4
An editorial note praises using the best baking powder as superior to other ingredients, stressing that it always pays to choose quality for better results.
The author writes from Yellowstone recalling the bears, beavers, and other wildlife observed near Old Faithful and Mahaska Exit. He describes Jessie James the bold black bear, grizzly threats, beaver dam building, and ranger insights while cautioning visitors to leave nature undisturbed and noting the Park’s fragile balance between human curiosity and ecological integrity.
The Bureau of Standards conducts field inspections on concrete house construction. Trips near Pittsburgh Cleveland Chicago and Minneapolis show improvements in concrete use architecture and ornament. Experts foresee concrete houses becoming widespread in the near future.
A German developed aluminum alloy named silumin contains 11 to 14 percent silicon and 86 to 89 percent aluminum with a specific gravity of 2.5 to 2.65. It shows tensile strength of 20 kg per sq mm and hardness of 60 kg per sq mm under a 500 kg load and 10 mm ball, resists concentrated nitric acid and wet steam, and is produced directly from elements or in an electric furnace.
An Ozark invalid urges his wife to let him rise as he feels better this morning. She insisting he stay in bed and finish the bottle of medicine she bought for a dollar. The dialogue mirrors rustic frontier life in Kansas City Star style.
A clipped dialogue notes a golfer who is cautious in play and unlike typical skill, relies on a floating ball for water hazards, suggesting humor or novelty rather than mastery. The exchange highlights unusual equipment and performance.
A humorous scene from the Chicago Journal describes the M W L O sitting on a park bench as Frances, a six year old, introduces herself and her sister Minnie to the official. Frances mentions another sister who is "just born" and has no age, adding to the light conversation among families and pets nearby.
The article describes chimney sweeps celebrating May Day with bands and a "Jack In the Green" figure, collecting pennies as they danced to fife and drum. It notes the Robin Hood games with archery and quarterstaff contests, and explains Puritan times ended many May Day customs in England.
A famed director recalls a casting episode where an actor demanded a high salary and then balked at income tax. Quick math showed the actor’s reported earnings were about half of what he could have earned, prompting a suggestion to pay the same amount to the government as claimed.
A veteran newspaper man rushes from the city desk at 2 a.m. after learning of a report train 85 wrecking on the W and N line. He questions a bridge watchman who jokes that the bridge carries the train every morning as the newsroom braces for press time.
The New York Sun notes many lifelong residents know little of the citys expanding transit system. Locals use familiar routes yet face confusion when traveling to unfamiliar quarters, leaving newcomers often more informed than long-time residents.
People say it is a wholly gourd offer to bury him. He has an artificial arm and an artificial leg, Marie remarks she has not for herself. Hoston Evening Transcript.
The Ladies Aid Society will hold a meeting in the M E Church basement on November 16 in the afternoon. Hosts are Mrs. L Hancher and Mrs. A M Hoffert.
First grade pupils complete booklets on the story of the three bears and run a cleanliness contest. Eight of sixteen first graders have perfect attendance. Second and third grades advance with Bison Primary Book 2 and a group of fifteen perfect in punctuality. Fourth grade studies their and there and to too two. Fifth grade begins Europe geography while health posters are prepared. Eighth grade discusses voting machinists and Senator Eckhart. High school seniors work on theses and Westward expansion in history. Juniors study Elizabethan era. English class writes short stories. Commercial geography focuses on industry concentration and transport. Civics studs the constitution. Agriculture works with soils. physics uses simple machines. science studies gases. Domestic science and manual training prepare practical work. Music progress continues. sixth to eighth memorize national anthems. Glee clubs and orchestra rehearse weekly. Freshmen hosted a Halloween party. upper grades held one too. Boys and girls basketball beat Rolfe. girls win first time in two years, earning candy.
In a Toronto Telegram excerpt, a couple dines in a hotel's new restaurant where conversation falters. She praises the room's freshness and mirrors, while he compliments the ambiance as she hints at flirtatious possibilities with the many reflected men, ending with a playful remark.
An Indianapolis News item recalls a mother scolding for not receiving prompt school transport. At a busy moment she asks if money pays for schooling, learns taxes fund services, and laments taxis never sent to her. The anecdote highlights parental frustration with public aid.
Finnish farmers Boost sowing after 1921 flax gains. The sole Finnish linen mill at Tammerfors built a flax dressing plant and bought from farmers 1,875,000 kilos air dried stalks 60,000 kilos soaked stalks and 400,000 kilos swingled flax. This output covers 3400 hectares of harvest.
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