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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1948
Page
3
Readers receive practical ways to include more fruit in meals with fresh ideas. Recipes include peach pie topping, baked apricot custard, apple pan dowdy, banana praline ice cream, fried bananas, and a cherry cobbler with simple steps and ingredient lists.
The Philippines post office releases three new stamps honoring General Douglas MacArthur. Each stamp bears his portrait and comes in denominations of four cents gray violet six cents red and sixteen cents blue.
Practical tips on selecting ripe fruit and storing it to prevent spoilage. Advice includes washing and drying after bringing fruit home, avoiding stacking soft fruits, chilling before serving, washing berries only when ready to use, storing in baskets, and using citrus juice to prevent browning after peeling.
The article lauds Chinese culinary rice preparation praising rice as staple in every meal with boiled or fried varieties highlighted as central to dining.
Lynn Chambers presents a home style meal featuring baked chicken in milk fried eggplant mashed potatoes giblet gravy apple cole slaw fruit cobbler biscuits and a beverage.
Secretary of the Army Royall notes World War II shows lower death rates than World War I due to preventive measures and improved treatment of wounds and diseases. In WWI battle deaths were 16.4 per thousand, non battle 17.9, disease 168, wounds 4.4. In WWII battle 9.7, non battle 2.9, disease 0.6, wounds 1.1.
The text traces black rats tormenting Egypt and Hebrew plagues, driving Romans to import snakes, and arriving in England in the Hanoverian era, earning the name Hanoverian rats. It notes the rat's climate adaptability, nesting in tropical palm trees and raiding human food stores at night.
For a yard light a 100 or 200 watt bulb in a shallow weatherproof reflector is best. The guidance favors higher output for brighter illumination while keeping the fixture weather resistant and simple.
The guide warns canaries should not be disturbed at night after sunset. Remove the bird from lighted rooms or cover the cage to prevent excessive wakefulness and energy loss.
Farm flocks laid 3,383,000,000 eggs in September, up 3 percent from a year earlier and 21 percent above the 1936-45 average. Production per layer averaged 10.7 eggs, compared with a 9.7 egg average.
Among reasons cited for schools for young children are dense population areas, many small families needing companionship for children, more women head of household, and more women employed outside the home. These conditions call for expansion of nursery schools and kindergartens.
The annual report notes the first decline below ten million in the U S horse and mule stock since 1870 with an estimated 7 607 000 horses and 2 544 000 miles.
Article urges homemakers to repurpose stale bread to aid European relief efforts. It emphasizes practical use, frugality, and community support as a method to stretch scarce food supplies and bolster aid programs across war-torn regions.
A shy awkward giraffe struggles against swift predators in the jungle. Its only protections are its spotted hide and keen hearing, leaving it vulnerable to danger and uncertainty in the wild.
First source of fruits across Afghanistan, Persia, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Greece and Palestine is the origin of nearly all cultivated fruits, nuts, and grapes. Many California varieties of apricots, prunes, plums, peaches, cherries, figs, grapes and almonds trace back to this area.
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