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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1918
Page
3
The article urges educated housewives to plan balanced menus, seek pure foods, and avoid waste. It credits Professor Kinzie for recognizing women’s role in food values, calls for training in cooking and home management, and promotes attending cooking schools and reading authoritative writings on nutrition.
A letter discusses government inspection of slaughterhouses. It notes inspectors are government paid but plants must meet sanitation rules at owners’ expense. It cites Agriculture Department guidance and warns that about 40 percent of animals slaughtered in the United States are not government inspected.
A mother asks what to feed her three growing sons aged 15 18 and 20. The writer notes the boys are healthy with strong appetites but temperament causes trouble. Advice suggests avoid over concern with finicky likes and dislikes and focus on temperament rather than drastic dietary changes.
The description details garments including a silver cloth gown with raised salmon satin flowers and gold cord sleeves. The Clara Morris gown in the upper left is linked to an 1876 novel court gown worn by Clara Morris. A model in taupe satin lined with violet silk and Kolinsky fur trims is modeled by Kathleen Emerson in the lower right corner.
The letter advocates structured routines and time for fun with children. It suggests lighter meals with greens and ham, daily salad, fruit juices, fresh fruit twice daily, and a light heavy meat dish. Recommends using nationally advertised foods and to check U S Inspected and passed label on canned meat.
A dietetic note explains cheese as a concentrated nutritious food not just a dessert. It discusses serving with bread or pasta, cautions against pairing cheese with meat heavy meals, and compares American and European cheeses including Cheddar Stilton Parmesan Gruyere and aging.
The article traces cheese origins from Swiss goat milk to France and Holland, noting Brie Camembert Neufchatel Roquefort and Edam. It describes how Roquefort matures in caves and how small flocks produce cheese, with American cheddar Swiss and Limburger improving. Government studies aided U.S. producers amid wartime import disruptions.
The article advises new wives to entertain at home with simple Sunday evening suppers rather than costly restaurant outings. It suggests easy menus, such as one hot dish, sandwiches, and a canned fruit salad dessert, with serving ideas and timing after Sunday activities.
The guide advises using freshly boiled or canned vegetables still firm for salads, not for hot sal ads. It suggests chilling to aerate and storing extra to serve hot one day and as salad the next, highlighting cabbage beans asparagus and beets as good with French dressing. It notes leftovers from canned beans peas or corn can be combined and dressed.
The article describes a nutritious celery root salad using beef extract sauce as a main luncheon dish. It explains celeriac or celery root as a novelty now common in large markets, its resemblance to a turnip yet being a white celery variety. It suggests peeling, boiling and serving with butter and parsley or with mayonnaise, and notes new canned celery from a national producer for households lacking fresh stalks.
Classic home cooking notes feature Cream of Salmon Soup Cheese Balls Chicken en Casserole Bean Relish and guidance on balancing meals with fats minerals and carbohydrates. The excerpt provides measurements ingredients and brief prep steps for each dish and suggests substitutions like evaporated milk.
The Mechanics Home Association will sell at public auction on Friday February 15 1913 at 12 oclock noon at the county courthouse Wilmington for cash two described parcels in Block 20 City of Wilmington as security in two mortgage deeds by W A Simon and Annie B Simon and C F Howell and Jesan N Howell. The sale is by the attorney Mckoy to satisfy defaulted terms under the deeds recorded in New Hanover County.
A recent announcement about many lawyers in the army raises questions about the small pool of applicants for the Supreme Court law license this week.
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