Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-04
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Housekeepe Busy
.OuerP Preserve Kettle
Checked "toverall'' aprons and gins-
ham housedresses are the most pop
ular costumes in the ho~usekeeper's
wardrobe these days, and her kitchen
is the most popular, or at any rate,
the most used spot Of the household.
Tho aso is that the picking. pre-
serving. canning and jamrning season
has arrived In full force. and from al.
most every kitchen window and door
there. ia emanating the odor OF highly
acteristic doors OF various seaaonable
fruits that are being cooked in q
This putting up" Of fruits ana
vegetables, which affects every good
housewife with amazing fall-like reg
ularity, and is as inevitable as the
spring housecleaning, which is never
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various and sundry males In this
grand old universe-is here this year
with renewed vigor. Hoover and the
food conservation movement, the, lat
ter, Of course, being responsible for
the nUrnberlesg back door gardens, are
the reason. why. People labored early.
in this spring with the planting, and
then they struggled against the weeds,
and they have carefully and almost
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watched these little plots Of ground.
and there isn't q chance in the world
that they're going to let even one
bean go to waste.
Canning experts haven't been
around preaching their gospels to
empty seats, ana that their advice has
been falling on fruitful ground Is ev,-
denced In the asslduity with which
this canning and preserving is being
done, at the present time.
Back door and vacant lot gardens
in this city proved In almost all In
stances. successful and out OF the fifty
and more acres Of these gardens,
whichSit has been estimated, were put
In last spring, there was a gcodysub-
stantial quantity Of staple vegetables
raised. Many OF these are nov being
preserved for winter use, by way OF
the canning route. There was a
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raised in some OF these garden plots,
and these of course have been more
than carefully preserved, because they
are more or less Of q rarity.
The marekts have afforded tho u.s.
ual ~seasonable fruits. many OF them
prohibitive in price,. and up to the
present time some of them procurable
in no very large quantities. The
early western fruits, according to ono
.Hn0vnW yYyANA ay1~& vSA~~y A.
We're too high in price, for their quail
ity, to make practical canning or pre-
serving material. However, the fall
fruits, and canning vegetables are
coming Into the market bins now, and
the housekeepers who are stocking up
their shelves with rows Of neat and
shining Jars will ind plenty of mater
tals to I'LL them with, II they go a mar
ket1ng, with baskets on their arms, as
they are advised to do by the Hoover
ties.
Territory along the Red River, not
very far from town, where there are
q great many plum bushes, bearing
loads Of plums just right for preserv-
Ing now, has been the Mecca for
motorists recently, and on Sunday
there was q great gathering of those
who like plums preserved, jellied or
spiced we'll enough to labor for them
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day there are motorloads Of people
going out to pick the fruit, which in
addition to keeping we'll within the
conservation program 6f 1utilizingtthe
Inexpensive foods, Gamble made into
most delicious jellies. preserves OF
~conserves.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. #. Pitman Of Bel
mont avenue and Mr.. and Mrs. q. b
Hargreave returned yesterday from 8
vacation of several weeks. They camp.
ed In and aboutsItasca park, and spen,
some time fishing at Mantrap and
Fishtrap lakes.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Jacob and ythei,
family who have been at their sum.
mer home at Bemidjt for the last three
months have returned to town anG
opened their home on Reeves avenue
Miss Geraldine jacob, who was a,
BemidN for the summer recently lef,
there for New York where she1 ex.
poets to be for the winter.
Miss Jessie Mcleod. MI. and Mr.
D. A:TMcLeod's daughter. has return,
ca to Bismarck to resume the teach
ing OF penmanship and drawing in tn,
public schools Of hat city. Miss NC.
Leod. with her sister, Miss Jennie Nc
Leod. recently visited In Chicago 70,
ten days.
st. Catharine's college at Minnea
polls Is to have a good r-epresentatio,
from Grand Forks this year, Mis-
Estelle Deichert, Miss Irene Valley
Miss Margret White, and Miss Mar,
Trepanier expecting to. leave sometim,
this week to take up their studfe
there. Miss Monica Murphy Of Rev
nolds will also attend st. Catharine,
this year. The college opens Q,
ESeptember 10. go -.
M. Neville and his daughters Mise
Margaret. and Gertrude Neville hav,
returned to their home at III Belrnon
avenue, from q three weeks., visit /,
Ontario and Quebec. HEY
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Announcements Of the marriage o
Or. Arthur Clarke Dean, frmerly !,
student in the medical department o
the University of North Dakota, ant
Miss Minnie Margaret Snyder OF tn,
Pennsylvania state college. have beer
.received by friends in the city. DR.
Dean attended the university here TO
two years. ana is known to a numbe,
Of students Of that institution. He d
now a first lieutenant in the u. 8
Navy, and he and his bride are to bt
at home after October 4, at 921 Broad
street, Philadelphta.
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