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Newspaper
Sikeston Herald
Location
Sikeston, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1941
Page
13
For Better Homes And Better Foods urges families to plan cotton purchases and sew at home to save costs. It lists essential home textiles and clothing, notes benefits of home production, and reports on local Extension work promoting fresh fruits and vegetables and proper storage to preserve vitamins and flavor.
Quick grape ginger drink blends one cup grape juice with four cups ginger ale pre chilled. Blend well and serve at once. Serves four.
A vintage style guide outlines fruit and vegetable preserves and pickles. It lists Cherry Gooseberry Conserves Old English Currant and Raspberry Jam Crabapple Conserve Cherry Conserve Mustard Pickles Yellow Tomato Marmalade and related steps detailing ingredients quantities cooking times and jar sealing for stockpiling winter supplies.
A fragmented recipe collection describes making pear marmalade with lemons oranges and sugar using orange and lemon juice over pears, plus a watermelon rind preservation method. It details cleaning rinsing salting soaking rind pieces boiling syrups with cider vinegar cloves peppercorns and cinnamon and canning steps for preservation.
A reader boasts about potential first prize at a baby show, asserting the infant was raised on milk from Woods Dairy and implying strong readiness for competition. The remark highlights promotional bragging tied to local dairy product origins.
Combine two cups flour with bran and sugar and salt. Add baking powder, egg, milk, and melted fat then mix lightly. Pour into greased pan, top with brown sugar butter cinnamon and nuts if wanted. Bake twenty minutes, cut into squares and serve hot with butter.
A vintage dessert recipe lists brown sugar flour cinnamon cloves salt vanilla lemon rind eggs and sour cream with chopped raisins. Mix thoroughly and pour into an unbaked deep crust bake 10 minutes at 375 then reduce to 300 for 30 minutes. Cool and serve.
The Cotton Textile Institute reports rising demand for cotton slips gowns negligees and pajamas this year. Buyers favor cotton for its coolness absorbency and washability. Slips range from camisole styles with embroidery lace and ruffles to tailored versions often paired with matching panties. Petticoats remain popular and new cotton gowns feature smart ensembles with negligees and two piece midriff styles.
Funeral services were held in Poplar Bluff on July 31 for Frank M. Ward founder of Ward Stores. Ward, 92, was among Wayne county's oldest citizens. Ward Stores operate in Sikeston and other towns across southeast Missouri and southern Illinois.
The article notes that the compressor motor of an electric refrigerator travels the equivalent of 250000 miles in five years of normal operation.
In 1684 the English admiral Russell Earl of Oxford prepared a royal toast by filling a fountain with punch. The anecdote highlights courtly ceremony and the era's social drinking customs surrounding the monarchy.
Styles range from country breakfast types to sophisticated dinner models with mother and daughter robes prominent among options. Mono grammed terries, candlewicks, and quilted percale robes sell fast while pajama sets include butcher boy lace and nautical styles. One piece pajamas with shirtwaist tops and dropped backs feature, many with wide lounging trousers.
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