Do It Nature's Way Dry in the Sun and Air
Sun drying is effective in rainless seasons with bright sun and high temperatures. Prepare a simple drying bed on a southern exposed roof or veranda, spread fruit thinly on canvas, cover with mosquito netting, and use lath borders to keep the material flat. Suitable for raspberries blacksberries cherries apricots peaches and early apples and pears in much of the United States except rainy Atlantic coast regions. Where rain or humidity prevails use heated driers or electric fan pan drying for small quantities.
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United States
Atlantic Coast
Great Plains
Intermountain
Efficient tray drying methods for preserving dried fruit
The guide describes light wire trays covered with muslin to prevent contamination, the use of mosquito netting to keep insects away, and stacking with spacers for air circulation. It covers blanching, rapid air drying, reversing stacks every few hours, and finishing in a warm oven to ensure long shelf life.
No Bald Heads Among Them Says Report on Hair Among Races
A fragment from a historical piece claims that negroes and Indians rarely become bald, noting a racial stereotype about hair health. The statement lacks context and details, with no supporting data or expert attribution provided.
Social calendar items list weekly church and club gatherings
This week's social calendar lists Mrs. W A Harper hosting the Priscilla club, sewing at the Baptist church, O B S initiation, a reception for Lieut Ralph Bunce at the Masonic Temple, and numerous afternoon meetings of local clubs and societies including Red Cross, Mothers, Pythian Circle, knitters, and missionary groups, with a Thursday picnic by the Rebekahs and a joint Presbyterian reception for Miss Elizabeth May Caldwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Harper
Priscilla Club
Baptist Church
O. B.S
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Ralph Bunce
E. S. Bishop
Cedar Township
Miss Olsen
L. BR. Green
Mothers’ Club
Just Us Club
Sitwell
Grace Hill Ladies Aid Society
Red Cross
Grace Hill
Havre Red Cross Society
Witting Shop
Carl Olson
le Foch Societie
Sunset Park
Rebekahs
David Rittenhouse
Joe A. Limerman
Brighton Township Knitters’ Society
Eureka Ladies Aid Society
Young Women's Missionary Society
Second United Presbyterian Church
Helen Baird
Speidel
Women's Missionary Society of the
W. M. Galloway
Glendale Red Cross Amil
Women’s Missionary Society of
First and
Second United Presbyterian Churches
Elizabeth May Caldwell
India
Keokuk Presbytery
Sugar and Syrup Proportions for Iowa Canning Clubs
Miss Anns Olsen outlines sugar and corn syrup standards for Junior State Canning clubs in Iowa. The guide covers syrup ratios for fruits, jelly extraction methods, pectin tests, and practical tips on packing jars, adjusting sweetness, and using corn syrup to extend sugar. It includes tables of fruit-specific sugar and syrup amounts and notes on salt, juice preparation, and estimating syrup yield.
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Anns Olsen
Iowa
Lee
Rto
Home canning sweet corn guide and corn salad recipe
The guide outlines steps for selecting tender corn in the milk stage, husking, cutting from the cob, packing in jars with salt and sugar, and processing by steam under pressure or boiling. It advises sealing, cooling, testing for leaks, and storing in a cool place, plus a corn salad recipe with specific ingredients and methods.
PROM UNCLE SAM TO EVERY GIRL
Surgeon General G C Gorgas calls on women aged 19 to 35 to join the United States student nurse reserve to help fill a wartime nursing shortage. He urges rapid enrollment at recruiting stations to enable army and civilian hospitals to maintain health standards and support the war effort against Germany.
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Woman's Committee
Council of National Defense
United States Student Nurse Reserve
Army Nursing School
Bur
Germany
Quite a Difference
A humorous dialogue about arrests for intoxication, debating the difference between taking too much versus too many. A lawyer asks about what was arrested for while a lawyer and Mike discuss terminology and the station staff explanations.
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Nike
Peculiar Estes Park Auto Trip Experience
A Colorado teacher recounts a 150 mile open air drive in Estes Park where she wore Velvetina cream and powder for protection yet burned on shoulders neck and arms while the face remained unburned. She advises readers to obtain Velvetina and its care guide from a druggist.
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Estes Park
Colorado
Peter
Adv
Social Club Picnic and Surprise Birthday
The Social club and families, about fifty people, picnic at Oakland Mills six miles south of Mount Pleasant enjoying fishing boating and a prepared picnic spread. Mrs Harry Bishop planned a surprise thirty fifth birthday for her husband with twenty helpers and refreshments of ice cream and cake.
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Oakland Mills
Mount Pleasant
Harry Bishop
Washington
Bishop
Daisy Kephart
Schedule of Miss Olsen and Committee Food Demonstrations
Miss Olsen and the committee arrange a week of county food demonstrations. Tuesday Riverside, Wednesday Cedar Township at Mrs Bishop home, Thursday Richmond, Friday Brighton, Saturday Office day.
Community club aids French orphan stay with mother
A social club that helped adopt a French war orphan received a letter from the girl’s mother guardian thanking them for sending 36 50 to support the child at home. The mother notes a photo of Marie and plans to share completed pictures, expressing gratitude for keeping her daughter with her.
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Hazel Stewart
Guardian Corentin Rougler Receives Thanks
Corentin Rougler, acting guardian, expresses gratitude in a formal note signed for his daughter and himself thanking the recipient for the expression of best sentiments.
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Corentin Rougler
Need For Placing Orders at Ounce to Insure Supply
Washington July 30 Department of Agriculture warns housekeepers who have not stocked canning supplies to order immediately due to shortages of tin cans glass jars and rubber and slow express service Some regions report trouble securing canning containers and readers are advised to contact local home demonstration agents or county agricultural agents for information and guidance
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Washington D. C
United States Department of Agriculture
Boy's
Girl's Club
Red Cross Seeks Knitters and Garment Helpers for July
The knitting department has received yarn for 112 helmets and calls knitters to collect it while scarfs are already plentiful. The garment department seeks workers to fulfill a large July August apportionment so tasks finish by chautauqua time. The workroom gains from new electric fans as 11 workers wrapped 115 front line packets in the surgical dressings unit. Mrs. Jenkins supervised yesterday, today Mrs. Lou Stewart leads tampons and pads. This week’s garment supervisors include Mrs. Bryson Tuesday Wednesday, Mrs John McCall Thursday, Mrs Kunath Friday Monday Anwyl.
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Garment Department
Jenkins
Lou Stewart
Bryson
John McCall
Kunath
Anwyl
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington County
THE
NAT
Steve Stewart
Pythian Circle
Lexington Red Cross
Howard Gardner
Mass
Mrs. Montgomery
First United Presbyterian Church, First Division
Ida Jackson
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
U.S. Dept OF Agriculture
Prom Uncle Sam
G. C. Gorgas
U.S. Army
Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church
Marjorie Cunningham
Isabelle Lemmon
Ruth Lehrer
Cudy
Marie
Red
Womeesa
National War Garden Commission
Washington, D. C
Champaign
Copenhagen
New York
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