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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1926
Page
2
In the Kitchen series by six famous cooks, the article presents cakes from across the United States. It argues cake commands attention in households and can be made rich or plain, with a playful note on cake lovers and the practice of clipping recipes for a cookbook.
A home economics note from Margaret Allen Hall at Battle Creek presents a favorite Devil's Food Cake recipe. It lists butter sugar milk eggs flour baking powder chopped nuts and chocolate with detailed steps to cream, sift, mix, bake, and frost slowly until smooth and spreadable.
The Philadelphia expert Mrs Kate Brew Vaughn endorses a soft molasses cake recipe for children with molasses butter water and ginger. A second banana flavored cake uses sugar shortening sour milk and banana with nuts and whipped banana icing baked at 350 degrees for about 28 minutes.
San Francisco home economics counsellor Mrs Belle DeGraf shares Sunshine Prune Cake instructions with precise measurements and method. Sift dry ingredients beat eggs with sugar add liquids and flavoring fold in shortening bake with prunes in rows, plus tips for oil stove maintenance for clean flame and no soot.
A Raleigh note in Of Interest To the Farmer explains that soil preparation, seed bed conditioning, and timely cultivation are essential for germination and growth. Moisture, air, and warmth come from proper tillage. weeds must be killed soon after rains. maintaining a loose mulch minimizes further cultivation needs.
In hot weather infertile eggs prevent brood ring development and spoilage. Poultry expert Allen G. Olliver says remove roosters after hatching season and keep nests clean with eggs gathered twice daily. Proper feeding, cooling, and prompt delivery ensure top prices. neglect leads to bad eggs and consumer rejection.
In memoriam for Elizabeth Wagner Baird with elegiac lines praising her pioneer spirit and lifelong service. The verse recalls her kindness to children, mothers, and new babies, describing springtime imagery and a heavenly rest beyond earthly toil, signed S. G. W. Valle Crucis, May 12.
During the last half of May the crops to plant include field beans buckwheat corn cow peas kafir popcorn pumpkins sorghum soybeans Sudan grass sunflowers sweet potato velvet beans tobacco watermelons and beans beets carrots celery chard citron collard corn cucumbers eggplant lettuce okra onions parsley pepper salsify squash and tomatoes. Consider trying a new crop or variety this year and get acquainted with neighbors to share experiences.
Deep Gap items note John Carlton as a champion squirrel hunter with a recent fifteen-kill tally, a car collision involving Henry Hardin and Triplett, and a child injured mildly. Reports cover a marriage of Noah Parker and Mary Carlton, a revival at Deep Gap Baptist church, a railroad prospect from Bowie to Lenoir, a new rural free delivery route, a death from measles, and a coming land sale aided by W A Watson of S P Tesch Realty with options available for land auctions.
Thirteen young Roches ter University students form the Society of Damned Souls to banish God from the universe. The item recalls a century old prophecy about the Bible becoming a relic in 100 years and notes the Bible as a best seller in 1925 with 9,000,000 copies, up 2,500,000 from the prior year.
State College livestock workers say a man who cures his meat carefully at home will always have better meat than he can buy, highlighting home curing as a superior practice among local producers.
The advertisement extols Perfection kerosene with long chimneys burning every drop of oil to supply clean even cooking heat. It claims all impurities are removed to prevent soot and smoke, ensuring maximum heat. It urges buyers to insist on Standard kerosene for best results and to buy it anywhere.
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