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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1941
Page
7
Dr Claud North Chrisman discusses athlete's foot treatment and ringworm. He notes many causes, including Epiderophyton fungus with 300 varieties, and explains variations in symptoms across body parts, especially moist infections between toes and fingers with itching and burning.
The article describes ringworm forms and symptoms with red inflamed rings and moist centers, noting bacteria may accompany fungal infection. It advises using Debras and skin removal, then applying 3 percent iodine solution daily, and recommends Whitheid's cine ointment and Waitheld's salicylic benzoic composition for gradual treatment.
In the U S Navy a powder is used with salicylic acid and inert 90 percent substance. This improves healing and is sifted into socks and shoes. Sailors change socks and shoes to prevent infection.
Readable fragments describe odd food prep notes with references to omelets cereal deers cream half and half stale cake gelatin cornstarch pudding oranges and lacquered copper storage kerosene mentions. The garbled text lacks coherent events or clear subjects for a solid hardened summary.
TALBOT LAKE profiles Miss Szold a founder of Hadassah and Youth Aliyah. The 80 year old social reformer supported refugees during the 1897 pogroms, nurtures 6200 children in Palestine, and helped bring writers Israel Zangwill and Sholem Asch to readership. She remains active despite a fall, living quietly in her Holy Land gardens.
A 1940 Faientis illustration features a resort dinner or patio dress. The red crinkled taffeta skirt has a hemline flounce, paired with a black velveteen pullover bodice. Aluminum alloy belt with double chain and carved conches completes the ensemble.
Families facing tight food budgets can still enjoy hearty meals this winter. The article shares economical meat dishes such as pigs knuckles with cabbage, kidney stew with rice, frankfurters and sauerkraut, lima bean scallop with bacon, and savory sausages. It also suggests budget friendly roasts like stuffed shoulder of lamb or pork and roast spare ribs with apple stuffing.
Select a plump shoulder of lamb with bones removed and stuffed with onion celery crumbs. Roast uncovered at 350°F until tender, make pan gravy. Prepare a spiced pumpkin custard with sugar cinnamon nutmeg cloves ginger salt eggs milk and bake in a 9 inch pie shell. Serve hot with sides.
The column notes lean pork including pigs knuckles as a healthful, affordable dinner option rich in thiamine. It promises the dish and other low cost hearty ideas in Miss Wilson's column today.
Fragment describes combining water and sugar with a cooking step to 265 degrees F, then pouring into a pan and cooling before adding a small amount of a leavening or flavoring agent. Instructions are incomplete and the result is described as red and makes some portion.
The piece surveys evening bags in New York with brocade or beaded designs and jeweled frames, plus slippers described as dressmakerish and toeless. It also notes chiffon evening dresses with long sleeves, full skirts, and delicate embroidery, pearls, and metal threads for subtle elegance.
Guidance on using creams to soften dry surface skin and exercise for facial massaging. Do not use hot towels. apply cream after cleansing and gently massage in circular up motions from chin to temples. Suggests gauze masks or cold tonics for skin texture and cautions about height-boosting fashion tips.
A 1950s style guide advises girls on body proportions and weight benchmarks, arguing against fixed ideal measurements. It offers a practical method using wrist size to estimate acceptable waist bust hips ratios and recommends exercises to address figure faults for women over twenty. It also touches unrelated home tips like cleaning supplies.
Tests at a state experiment station show seven of twelve gauges on pressure cookers used for canning were found to be inaccurate or unreliable. The study urges cautious testing before each canning season to ensure safe processing of foods.
Essay on toddler speech formation and parental guidance. Advises modeling correct speech, naming objects consistently, talking to babies, and reading aloud to support language development while noting limits on persistent baby talk and social hangups.
A column urges mothers to train growing girls and boys in guest and host roles. It argues that proper entrance and exit etiquette in homes is essential and that polite conduct is not out of fashion.
A dialogue on proper dining rules asks if the first course may appear before guests sit and if bread should be buttered in a single slice. It notes that well bred people break bread into small pieces as desired and mentions a term awile with a garbled ending.
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