Notable Figures and Philanthropy Highlight Red Cross Era
In early 1939 New York circles, Mabel Boardman leads Red Cross expansion as secretary while Brig. Gen. Emmons rises to head a new civilian air raid observer network. Major Edward Bowes streams philanthropy across estates, artworks and theater, fueling public service and charity amid a lively social landscape.
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Miss Boardman
American Red Cross
Cleveland
Washington
New Red Cross
Remembering mothers and the best cooks of the world
A nostalgic Mother's Day column from 1941 honors mothers as the best cooks. It recalls homey scenes of baking cakes, frosting, and plenty of food, urging readers to honor mothers with classic favorite recipes from long ago.
Mother-Daughter Banquet Menu and Old Style Recipes
Features a menu for a mother daughter banquet with Strawberry and Pineapple Cup Roast Chicken and traditional sides. Includes old fashioned cake and frosting recipes Sour Cream Devil's Food Cake Felicity Frosting and cookies like Fig Oaties plus cracker making with yeast and homemade baking powder, reflecting memory lane cooking.
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Memory Lane
Household Wisdom From 1879 Advice For Modern Homes
A 1879 household manual offers tips such as scraping skillets with a clam shell and using wood ashes, sweeping carpets with new snow, saving tea leaves for dark carpets, dusting woodwork with a turkey wing, pounding fine clothes in sal soda, and grinding coffee while hot. It lists classic dishes like Jenny Lind Cake Parsnip Pie Marrow Dumplings and Flannel Pancakes.
The Harassed Attache and Safari of Broadcast Chatter
A disjointed column piece rails at wartime politics and entertainment, noting the Lisbon attaché’s tale of denied entry, a Nazi aviator’s Peru escape, Broadway hijinks, and biting jabs at editors and entertainers. It reviews Far East views, pacific power debates, and film theater notes with levity and sarcasm.
Patterns for fur skirt fullness and fabric choices
Pattern No. B895 offers fur skirt fullness ideas with fabric options silk print flat crepe taffeta or sheets. It covers even sizes 12 to 20 including size 14 and notes fabric yardage 4 yards 39 inch for bracelet sleeves. Send order to:
Answers to Ask Me Anything General Quiz
The quiz and answers cover solecisms in grammar, the parsec as an astronomical unit, the side opposite wind, sound interference producing silence, Cortez as conqueror of Mexico, the boy on the burning deck Casablanca, Egypt as noted for cousin marriages, Yucca stalks growing 7 to 11 inches in 24 hours in California, and over 60 one handed piano works including Zichy Valse Adele and Ravel Left Hand Concerto written for a pianist who lost his right arm.
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Mexico
Cortez
Casablanca
Egypt
California
Zichy
Ravel
Gardeners adapt practice for better yield and flavor
The article notes shifts in garden methods away from letting vegetables grow very large. It favors harvests at smaller, tender sizes for better taste and advises more frequent plantings every two to three weeks to sustain a garden supply. It also warns against home seed planting for flowers due to cross pollination.
Unlikely Sentiments on Nature and Wisdom
A quotation linking distrust of artificial sentiments to nature and realism. The line contrasts sublimity with ridicule, noting wisdom and folly lie nearby. Attributed to Deslaudes, it reflects skepticism toward contrived eloquence.
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Deslaudes
Laws Gravitate and Time Keeps Clocks in Balance
Obscure quotation by H. W. Beecher on laws and institutions tending toward gravitation. The note suggests legal systems need periodic cleansing, winding, and alignment to true time. No concrete events, people, or places identified.
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H. W. Beecher
Practical kitchen tips from an old home guide
If sugar is added to water for flavored ice cubes the mixture won t freeze clear or solid. To imitate stained shingles use low gloss or flat paint. Kerosene in wash water for linoleum loosens dirt and eases washing. Woolen shrinkage comes from over washing. Three minutes suffices in ordinary cases. Two tablespoons chile sauce on half baked meat loaf adds flavor and crust. A teaspoon vinegar in boiled frosting prevents brittleness when cut. Many kitchens waste wall space that could become useful recessed shelves.
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Who's
Lemuel F. Parton
Consolidated Features
WNU
York
Europe
Delos C. Emmons
Army
General Headquarters Air Force
Emmons
Signal Corps
Harvard University
Huntington
W. Va
West Point
Iss Mabel Boardman
Red Cross
Adh Aiator
London
Edward J. Bowes
Radio
Westchester
St. John
Ste. Elizabeth
San Francisco
Capitol Theater
New York
Viton
Lynn
Lisbon
Peru
Mickey
Far East
Japan
Upton Close
Moscow
Pacific
Samson
Edgar Snow
U. S
James Young
Here
Gov’t
Stalin
Tokyo
Cholly McCarthy
Helen Hayes
the Times
Sen. Reynolds
N. C
Senate
Lindbergh
Britain
The
Herald Tribune
Major de Seversky
Samuel Grafton
France
Hitler
Harper's
T. Graydon Upton
Berlin
Adolf
Spain
Gibraltar
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Leps
Ohio
Shelley
Big Cannon
OHV
Ene
George Bernard Shaw
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