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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1946
Page
3
This feature extols cooling salads for warm weather, offering Sunburst Pineapple Carrot Mold Salad and Buffet Salmon Salad as centerpiece options. It covers crisp washing tips, flexible ingredients from fruits to fish and cheese, and practical dressings and molds plus reader-recipe notes.
Old men’s shirts worn to rags yield useful aprons in percale broadcloth and poplin. Tips cover fabric choice cutting grain alignment, darts, hemming, and pockets to ensure a durable work or kitchen apron from salvaged shirt fronts and backs.
The text explains assembling an apron neck strap with turning and pressing, stitching edges, and finishing with clips. It then covers ruffle creation with selvedges and narrow hems, plus hip or cluster tucks to shape a one piece dress up apron for a better fit.
The piece urges continued thrift after rationing with tips to save dry bread crusts in a paper bag and grind them to make breading. It recommends using rye or whole wheat when white is scarce and not to waste a single slice.
Instructions on common sewing machine problems and simple corrections. It covers skipped stitches puckered fabric and broken bobbin or shuttle thread with practical remedies such as needle position tension and using paper under fabric.
A 20th Century fund survey traces the term collective bargaining to London in 1891 and notes its rise in the U S through Samuel Gompers of the AFL. The piece also touches on rights versus responsibilities and mentions plastics from coal used to make linoleum. It recalls a lunch with Marshal Montgomery and his Normandy color meanings red for blood brown for mud and green for fields after the breakthrough.
A youthful glamorous night dress with wide ribbon bows on the drawstring neck and waist. Includes a matching easy to make bed jacket. Pattern suggests a flower print with harmonizing ribbon. Ideal shower gift for a bride-to-be.
Place a ready shine kit where family can easily see it to encourage shoe upkeep. Add borax to starch for gloss and stir in cold water to prevent scum. Mend curtains after washing, then iron and hang to reveal and conceal repairs.
A simple oil cloth over the ironing board creates a dampening space for clothes. Fold dinner napkins in quarters at one ironing and in thirds at the next to extend life. If shoulder lines on sweaters droop, add shoulder pads to restore smart lines.
Do not hang feather pillows in the sun as it drains natural oils and weakens resiliency. Instead air them on a cloudy windy day to preserve fullness and longevity.
A promotional cereal ad claims daily intake of Kellogg's All-Bran with water can provide lasting relief from constipation. It describes All-Bran as a high bulk nutritious food made from wheat outer layers, offering iron calcium phosphorus vitamins and protein, and notes production by Kellogg's of Battle Creek and Omaha.
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