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Newspaper
Scandia Journal
Location
Scandia, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1941
Page
3
Advance bake rich fruit cakes and puddings to improve flavor. Make several small gifts in glass dishes, decorated with holly and ribbons. Includes a dark fruit cake recipe with eggs, nuts, citrus and spices and a lighter fruit cake variant.
Old fashioned steamed suet puddings and plum pudding recipes shared with steps and ingredients. Includes plum pudding method with lemon juice, spices, and baking times, plus a rich sauce and a hard sauce variant. Also lists a clear vegetable broth and Lamb shanks menu items.
The article praises careful gift wrapping and introduces corrugating as a technique to handle odd shapes. It lists five steps: fold paper, snugly wrap, fold ends, wind and tie a figure eight knot, then finish by tying the string to secure the bundle.
Lynn advises planning ahead for Christmas treats. Cut and chop fruits and nuts days in advance to save time. Fill batter corners well for even baking and store in a cool dry place in a tight container. Use sound apples to keep moisture but replace them if decayed or shriveled.
The 1912 sale of preferred stock in Cleveland the City of Good Will to fund a community Christmas tree raised over $12,000. A 70 foot illuminated tree stood in the public square as crowds gathered for celebration. The idea spread nationwide with thousands of communities adopting their own trees each season.
Over 300 years ago Charles Wesley wrote Hark the Herald Angels Sing in 1739. The tune comes from Mendelssohn’s cantata Gott ist Licht. Adeste Fideles has been translated into 76 languages and is sometimes linked to St Bonaventure of Albania in the 13th century.
Pattern No 8034 offers an 11 to 19 size peasant frock with a long front buttoned bodice and high round neckline. It requires 4 yards 35 inch material and 5 yards braid for trim, with three-quarter sleeves and decorative bright braid accents.
Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost Brazilian state, is nicknamed the Texas of Brazil for its leading cattle industry. Though one third the size of Texas, it has twice as many cattle and year round grazing in the temperate pampas. It also produces one fifth of Brazil's porkers and more sheep than all other states combined.
Christmas givers favor cigarettes and tobacco gifts as a sure way to please smokers. Camels and Prince Albert lead the list with special gift tin and humidor packages, offering popular choices at modest prices for holiday receivers.
From the workshop come four wooden toys for children a walking duck a hopping rabbit a clown ring toss toy and owl bookends. Each item is cut from wood with a jig coping or keyhole saw and painted. Ordering details No. 79397 15 cents provides cutting out lines and directions for all four items.
A Treviso painting titled Portrait of Cardinal Agone from 1360 is the earliest known image showing a person wearing eyeglasses. The work, hanging in the Church of San Nicola, Treviso, Italy, marks a milestone in optical history.
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