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Newspaper
The Dalton Gazette
Location
Dalton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1947
Page
3
Colorful handmade rugs brighten homes and porches, easy to craft with no special equipment. Try braided and other rug styles, with directions for braided, hooked, crochet, and polar rugs in the Weekly Newspaper Service Booklet No 94. Send 25 cents for the booklet to Weekly Newspaper Service, 243 W 17th St, New York, NY 10011.
Between 1865 and 1900 American toy makers produced about 200 mechanical banks. Notable designs feature figures that deposit coins themselves. One shows a pitcher throwing a baseball coin to a catcher, while another depicts a Negro boy in a cabin doorway performing a somersault and kicking the coin into a roof slot.
A Western Newspaper Union feature suggests fruit and dairy based desserts to boost calories during heat. It lists shortcake style fruit desserts, frozen options, and dairy rich treats like Apricot Sherbet Apple Sherbet Marshmallow Delight Grapefruit Sponge Orange Ice Cream Fresh Peach Cream and more with simple preparation steps and variations.
A historical menu item lists broiled lamb patties served with scalloped potatoes and tomatoes with cream gravy. Perfection salad and biscuits with jam accompany a grapefruit sponge beverage for a complete meal.
Pattern No. 8125 comes in sizes 1 2 3 4 5 and 6 years. Size 2 uses 13g yards of 35 or 39 inch material plus 234 yards ribbon.
Practical advice from the era on garment care and home maintenance. Tips include keeping fasteners paired while ripping from clothes, placing powder puffs in shoes for comfort, pinning hankies on lines to speed drying, cooking meat slowly to reduce shrinkage, proper hammer grip, folding tablecloths to prevent wrinkles, reporting garment stains to cleaners, waxing bureau drawers to seal wood pores and achieve a hardwood finish.
Lynn advises to eliminate cabbage or onion odor by cooking in half milk and half water. Save excess liquid for cream sauces or soups. For crisp baked potato skins, scrub and rub with a metal sponge before baking. To keep green vegetables vibrant, cook in open pans with minimal water and monitor time.
Pewter cleans best when rubbed with a paste of whiting and lemon oil. Wash in hot water rinse in hot water and then polish for lustre. Summer curtains stay cleaner if window screens are cleaned of cobwebs and dusted with a dry cloth. Waxed artificial flowers clean easily by dipping in clean ing fluid and drying. To remove white spots from a shellacked surface wipe with alcohol.
Tommy argues with his mother as she scolds him for pulling a cat's tail. He replies he is only holding the tail while the cat allegedly pulls back, highlighting a clash over harmless mischief. The scene centers on a domestic moment and a pet’s conduct.
A light exchange questions the current business mood. One speaker jests that spending by his wife signals a strong outlook, implying optimism tied to personal finances and consumer confidence.
A brief dialogue poses questions about a mysterious man who kissed someone. The man then accidentally drank sulfuric acid and now tears holes in his handkerchief with each sneeze, suggesting a frail or troubled condition.
A fragmentary dialogue centers on a sailor who kissed a town resident last night and a sister pressing for details. Ida vows to confess rather than boast, while voices weigh the social sting of the episode.
A bricklayer on a tall building dropped a brick onto his helper’s head. The helper quips that the incident made him bite his tongue, warning to be careful up there.
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