Compact modern kitchen designs improve dining flow
The article notes Space saving aims in modern kitchens from the United States Department of Agriculture. It describes compact layouts with dining alcoves or breakfast nooks and rearranged work centers to bring prep and cooking areas together. Lighted by two windows, these plans allow serving tables away from sinks and can include folding screens to separate dining and work zones.
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Gooseberry Jam for Use in Tarts or Eating
When gooseberries are in season it is wise to make jam for tarts or eating with crackers and cream cheese. Wash crush and cook berries with sugar until thick then bottle while hot. Store in a cool place.
Currant Jelly Made Easy by USDA Instructions
Simple method for currant jelly using pectin rich fruit. Wash and crush currants, heat briefly, strain, then add sugar and boil until jelly tests. Pour into sterilized glasses, seal with paraffin coats, cover, label, and store in a cool dry place.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Home Economics
Reliable Plain Spice Cake Recipe
A bureau of home economics vouched plain spice cake recipe. Cream butter and sugar, add eggs one by one, mix in sifted dry ingredients, then liquid, fold in vanilla. Bake as loaf or layers and ice with vanilla frosting for luncheon boxes or visitors.
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Bureau of Home Economics
Appropriate Dessert Considerations for Shortcake
The passage discusses serving strawberry shortcake as a hearty dessert only after lighter meals. It warns against making it the finale of a long heavy dinner and suggests pairing with scant portions of staples or leftovers.
Fruit Gelatin Dessert for Summer
The United States Department offers a cooling summer dessert using fruit gelatin. Soak gelatin in cold water, dissolve with boiling water sugar and salt, then fold in fruit juices. Layer sliced fruit in a mold, chill five to six hours, unmold onto a plate and serve with cream.
Thrilling Antarctic Whaling Season for Norwegian Fleet
Norwegian whalers in the Antarctic faced dramatic seas with 41 icebergs sighted in a season ending. A 125 foot whale yielded 175 barrels of oil, and total season oil value reached 2.6 million dollars amid gales and tow-oft losses. The piece also offers stray social commentary on party leadership and cynicism.
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Antarctic
Castoria Promises Calm For Restless Babies
Advertises Castoria as a safe vegetable remedy for infant colic crying sleeplessness and upset stomach. Claims over 25 million bottles sold yearly with a Motherhood booklet and urges look for Chas. H. Fletcher signature to ensure genuine Castoria amid imitators.
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Chas. H. Fletcher
Intellectual Economy Quotes From a Persuasive Salesman
A salesman extols a best selling book while a skeptical buyer resists and mocks the idea of knowing its contents. The passage hints at a larger motif about perception and the allure of hidden knowledge.
Old Baldy the Eagle Rules Dresden Mills Fishing Pool
The Kennebec Journal reports Baldy the eagle returns each fishing season to the pool by John Cate’s property at Alna. He does not fish himself but forces hawks to drop their catches, then claims the prize, gnaws the meat, and leaves the scraps for others.
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Wave theory gains final triumph in science 1927
Captain T J J Lee of the United States Navy and Mare Island Observatory declares the wave theory now explains all forces from magnetism to chemical affinity. He asserts surface tension and explosive forces arise from waves, unifying atoms electrons and ether into a comprehensive wave framework.
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T. J. J. Lee
United States Navy
Mare Island
Memorial afloat: ship finds flower boat at sea
A Pacific sighting shows a vessel filled with flowers, likely launched on Memorial Day to honor sailors and mariners who died in wars. Aged admirals attended a veterans club dinner in England, while a saying about a hard boiled egg appears in casual chatter.
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