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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1950
Page
8
Women describe warm desserts to tempt hungry families during cold days. A recipe collection notes puddings baked with meat and vegetables, plus quick desserts like coconut dumplings and coconut pancakes served with cranberry sauce. Empress Pudding mix uses rice and apricot.
A fragmented recipe note suggests mixing herbs like basil and rosemary with lemon, curry powder, and radish to flavor batter. It mentions grated cheese in a creamed beet mixture and serving with dry biscuits. The text is garbled and unclear in places.
A series of budget friendly recipes and living tips. Rice custard with apricot jam and spices is baked in a buttered dish, then served with milk. Cherry Nut Custard and Cherry Apple Cobbler provide thrifty desserts. The piece also covers a Los Angeles man Albert Enoch surviving on six dollars a week, sourcing vegetables from markets and missions, and notes on pensions and dignity.
Burma the 7000 pound elephant raided the Mills Brothers circus winter quarters pantry at Circleville Ohio. At 3 am she trod past sleeping handlers to the cookhouse and devoured 100 pounds potatoes 25 pounds onions 20 loaves of bread 10 pounds flour eight candy bars and a box of cereal before being caught attempting to open a tobacco can.
Washington report on Robert Bishop a 29 year old veteran who served six years with British commandos at Salerno Norway and Africa and who has joined the U S marine corps reserve as a private He says he will bring assault troop expertise to the continent war effort Bishop born in Baltimore grew up in England and earned an engineering degree at the University of Birmingham His training included 47 parachute jumps and swimming a mile in full battle gear.
State game and fish departments report winter pheasant feeding programs are economically and biologically unsound. They warn funding would be costly and artificial feeding makes birds dependent on humans, preventing natural beak wear. Officials favor planting natural seed plots near pheasant cover to aid wild food sources.
Hunters spent hours rounding up shells and gear after the season closed. They warn that proper care now saves depreciation later and reduces springtime rush by cleaning plugs, rusting books, oiling reels, repainting tackle boxes, and preserving flies and rods for the upcoming fishing season.
A simple fish hook attached to a cleaning rod or string lets a troublesome swab be pulled through a rifle barrel. Straighten the hook and attach it to the rod to pull a swab through or recover one stuck in the barrel, saving temper and gray hairs.
A 1949-50 federal duck stamp will go on sale January 1 at first and second class post offices nationwide. The stamp features a design by Rogo E. Preuss, a Minneapolis freelance artist and decoy designer, showing a male and female goldeneye duck gliding into a quiet cove in a black and white wash.
Kathleen Norris notes in a dormitory column that rushed marriages born of passion lead to financial strain and divorce. Doris Day and Misa Day argue for longer courtships and delayed weddings to build character, stability, and genuine commitment before starting a family.
A collection of kitchen tips covers storage with oilcloth on shelf edges to shield contents, cleaning skillets with gasoline and hot soapy water, reusing broken teacups as scoops, preventing oven rust with lard, and removing egg stains on silver by salt and a damp cloth.
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