The Household Searchlight Recipe Book, The Household Magazine, Topeka, Kansas, 1934.

The Household Searchlight Recipe Book, The Household Magazine, Topeka, Kansas, 1934, MUL-9.

The Household Searchlight was a “service station conducted for the readers of The Household Magazine… working out the problems of homemaking common to every woman… responsible for the management of a home and the care of children.”  The recipes were compiled from readers’ contributions to The Household Magazine and from manufacturers who entered food products for Searchlight approval.

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ADAMS, Mrs. P.M., Oakland, Oregon

ALLARD, Harriet W.

ALLISON, Mildred G., Watkins Glen, New York

ALTMAN, Mrs. M., Lancaster, Ohio

ALWARD, Mrs. B.W., Erie, Pennsylvania

ANDERSON, Mrs. Gladys P., Cumberland Center, Maine

ANDERSON, Hazel, Meeker, Colorado

ANDERSON, Mrs. Louie, Shoals, Indiana

ANDERSON, Mrs. Mary B., Lucas, Iowa

ARMOND, Mrs. Drew, Platteville, Wisconsin

AUSTIN, Mrs. Byron D., West Newton, Pennsylvania

AVERY, Mrs. D.M., Thetford Center, Vermont

BABCOCK, Ruby C., Battle Creek, Michigan

BAER, Mrs. Harry R., Meyersdale, Pennsylvania

BAILEY, Mrs. E., Wakefield, Massachusetts

BAKER, Mrs. W.B., Pueblo, Colorado

BALL, Lucy M., Jacksonville, Illinois

BARCOMB, Mrs. D., Randolph Center, Vermont

BARCOL, Marie, Kansas

BASTIAS, Ann, Grass Valley, California

BATES, Mrs. George, Akron, Ohio

BAXTER, Mrs. Scott, Latty, Ohio

BEAM, Mrs. C.E., Statesville, North Carolina

BEARD, Mrs. J.P., Hillsboro, West Virginia

BEASLEY, Annabel, Johnson City, Tennessee

BEASON, Mrs. S.M., Orion, Kansas

BEAVER, Mrs. Helen M., Port Ewen, New York

BEEGLE, Mrs. C. Calvin, Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania

BERREY, Mrs. H. Kay, Norton, Texas

BOEHM, Gertrude, Mosinee, Wisconsin

BRADFORD, Mrs. W.E., Astoria, Oregon

BRADLEY, Mrs. Daisy, Carrier Mills, Illinois

BRAMOW, Edith, Prescott, Iowa

BROGAN, Mrs. J.W., Vail, Iowa

BROWN, Mrs. A.H., Palisade, Colorado

BROWN, Carrie J., San Bernardino, California

BROWN, Mrs. Hazel, Des Moines, Iowa

BRUNNER, Mrs. V., Mishawaka, Indiana

BUMGARTNER, Mrs. R.B., Adona, Arkansas

BUTLER, Mrs. Daniel, Waukomis, Oklahoma

F.C., Mrs., Elgin, Iowa

J.C., Mrs., Godley, Texas

CABLE, Mrs. Evelyn, Searcy, Arkansas

CABLE, Jennie M., Columbia, Missouri

CABOON, Mrs. Gertrude, Geneseo, New York

CALHOUN, Cecil M., Marianna, Florida

CAMP, Hildred G., Monica, Illinois

CAMPBELL, Mrs. C.S., Hopkinsville, Kentucky

CANTERBURY, Beulah, Canton, Ohio

CAPPER, Arthur

CAPPERS, Georgiana, Windsorville, Maine

CARELLO, Mrs. M., Cato, Wisconsin

CARLILE, Mrs. L., Sheridan, Wyoming

CARPENTER, Christa, Austin, Florida

CARUSO, Mrs. S.F., Laurel, Montana

CASEDY, Mrs. L., Smicksburg, Pennsylvania

CHAPMAN, Mrs. Ralph, Stonington, Illinois

CHASE, Mrs. Arrin, Auburn, New Hampshire

CHILDERS, Mrs. D.J., Denver, Colorado

CHRISMAN, Mrs. H.E., Scottsbluff, Nebraska

CHRISTOPHERSON, Mrs. Otto, Beldenville

CIMRA, Mrs. Mary G., Timblin, Pennsylvania

CLANEY, Mrs. J.H., Spokane, Washington

CLAPP, Mrs. A.L., Manhattan, Kansas

CLARKSON, Mrs. Everett, Snyder, Texas

CLEMENTS, Mrs. Carl, Paonia, Colorado

CLEMMONS, Maggie, Huntsville, Missouri

CLOTFELTER, Mrs. R.J., Hillsboro, Illinois

COATES, Mrs. R.W., Whitewater, Wisconsin

COLGROVE, Mrs. Charles, Jersey City, New Jersey

CONANT, Mrs. Horace, Noblesville, Indiana

CONLEY, Mrs. L.P., Hannibal, Missouri

COOLIDGE, V.M., Bolton, Massachusetts

COOPER, Virginia, New Orleans, Louisiana

CORNELL, Mrs. G.G., Hazel Green, Alabama

CRANE, Mrs. E.C., Augusta, Kansas

CRASSE, Mrs. F.M., Logan, Iowa

CRAVEN, Mrs. R.I., Liberty, Texas

CRISPIN, Mrs. C.R., Syracuse, New York

CURTIS, Mrs. Scott, Coal Hill, Arkansas

DARLAND, Mrs. H.H., Cogswell, North Dakota

DARNELL, Mrs. Joe, Denton, Texas

DAVIS, Anna, Ravenswood, West Virginia

DAVIS, Mrs. Edith, Ottawa, Kansas

DAVIS, Ella, Pleasant Unity, Pennsylvania

DAVIS, Mrs. W. Henry, Lockwood, Missouri

DEAN, Neora, Fresno, California

DEAN, Neory, San Francisco, California

DEATRICK, Mrs. J.F., Defiance, Ohio

DE LITERST, Mrs. George, Piqua, Ohio

DE PEID, Mrs. L.E., Healdton, Oklahoma

DETELOFF, Mrs. Florence E., Carson, North Dakota

DIRRIM, Mrs. Henrietta, Edgerton, Ohio

DOUGLAS, Mrs. E.B., Anderson, Indiana

DOW, Sadie, Greeley, Iowa

DRAKE, Mrs. E.M., Brooklyn, New York

DROY, Mrs. A.M., Blackstock, South Carolina

EATON, Mrs. F., Wisner, Nebraska

EATON, Florence Taft, Concord, Massachusetts

EDMONDSON, Mrs. B.F., Mankato, Minnesota

EGELSTON, Mrs. Elsie, Crescent, Oklahoma

ELASKY, Mrs. M., Minneapolis, Minnesota

ELLIS, Mrs. Leroy, Clarksville, Ohio

ELSER, Maxine, Palo Alto, California

EMERSON, Mrs. E.S., Chickasha, Oklahoma

ENSRUD, Myrtle, Pekin, North Dakota

ESTES, Mrs. R.F., Laramie, Wyoming

EVANS, Mrs. I.L., Oxford, Indiana

FARNSWORTH, Mrs. M.M., Mitchellville, Iowa

FECHTNER, Mrs. F.A., Los Angeles, California

FINLETTER, Margaret E., Inspiration, Arizona

FINLEY, Mrs. Edna B., Oroville, Washington

FLEETWOOD, E., Lincoln, Nebraska

FLICKER, Frankie, Cisne, Illinois

FLOYD, Fannie Mae, Adairsville, Georgia

FOLSOM, Addie, Plymouth, New Hampshire

FORRESTER, Blanche, Manhattan, Kansas

FOSSETT, Mrs. A.D., Waltham, Massachusetts

FOUTZ, Sara, Salt Lake City, Utah

FOWLER, Mrs. W.O., Walters, Oklahoma

FRENCH, Mrs. A.M., Colorado Springs, Colorado

FREY, Mrs. L.H., Elgin, Nebraska

FRITZ, Mrs. John G., La Grange, Illinois

GARIBALDI, Mrs. Emma, Mendocino, California

GARLITZ, Bernice, Fruita, Colorado

GARMON, Mrs. Edna, Waterview, Kentucky

GLOVER, Mrs. Edward F., Rockland, Maine

GODING, Eva, Livermore Falls, Maine

GRAF, Mrs. M., St. Louis, Missouri

GRAY, Grace Viall, Glen Ellyn, Illinois

GREEN, Ruth, Fresno, California

GROSS, Priscilla, Fountainville, Pennsylvania

GROVES, Gladys, Canary, Oregon

GUYER, Mary, Coldwater, Kansas

HAGER, Mrs. K.C., Toledo, Ohio

HALE, Mrs. George, Geary, Oklahoma

HALE, Mrs. S.M., Salem Oregon

HALEY, Mrs. F.E., Cleburne, Texas

HAMILTON, Iva C., Fremont, Ohio

HAMLETT, Mabel C., Holland, Missouri

HAMM, Mrs. Frank, Paso Robles, California

HARLAN, Mrs. Jesse, Prairie Hill, Missouri

HARNACK, Mrs. W.F., McGregor, Iowa

HARPLEY, Addie, Atlanta, Georgia

HARRISON, Eugenia L., Urich, Missouri

HARTMAN, Amy A., Pasadena, California

HAVENER, Mrs. H.E., Shelby, Michigan

HAYNER, Mrs. Olga, Las Cruces, New Mexico

HEATHERINGTON, Mrs. C., Jennings, Kansas

HENTZ, Sara, Newberry, South Carolina

HIATT, Mrs. Bess, Norfolk, Nebraska

HICKS, Mrs. O.L., Kansas City, Missouri

HIGGINBOTHAM, Mrs. R.F., Covington, Oklahoma

HILL, May, Winona, Missouri

HINKLE, Elma, Chilo, Ohio

HINZINGA, Harriet, Pella, Iowa

HIXON, Mrs. Ethel, Topeka, Kansas

HODGE, Mrs. Leonard, Murdock, Kansas

HODGSON, Mrs. Ina, Colville, Washington

HOKULIN, Lou S., Morris, Minnesota

HOLLIS, Rosalee, Hardin, Illinois

HOLLOWAY, Mrs. Marie, Glenwood Springs, Colorado

HONDRO, Susie, Wells, Vermont

HORSKY, M.B., Simpson, Pennsylvania

HOSTETLER, Leta, Elk City, Oklahoma

HOUDEK, Mrs. Wilbur, Maple City, Michigan

HOWELL, Myrtle, Gillett, Wisconsin

HUDGENS, Mrs. Claude, West Frankfort, Illinois

HULL, Bertha V., Alton, Ohio

HULL, Mrs. Bertha V., Alton, Missouri

HUMICHL, Mrs. L.G., Perry, Iowa

ILLSLEY, Mrs. W.S., Yakima, Washington

JACKSON, Mable, Topeka, Kansas

JENNINGS, Mrs. A.J., Leander, Texas

JOHNSON, Edith, Genesee, Pennsylvania

JOHNSON, Margaret E., Kent, Washington

JONES, Mrs. Mary V., Scottsville, Virginia

JOURNEY, Phoebe, Stratton, Nebraska

JUDY, Mrs. C.G., Burlington, Washington

JUEDEMAN, Mrs. W.H., Bristow, Oklahoma

KANALLAKAN, Mrs. Charles, Jerseyville, Illinois

KAUFFMAN, Mrs. Reginald Wright, Geneva, Switzerland

KECK, Mrs. J.D., East Dubuque, Illinois

KELLER, Mrs. Hilda, Albuquerque, New Mexico

KELLY, Amy, Manhattan, Kansas

KELLY, Grace E., Creston, Iowa

KELSEY, Mrs. Jessie, Lakeland, Florida

KILBOURNE, Mrs. E.R., Kent, Ohio

KING, Mrs. C.S., East Rochester, New York

KING, Helen, Mishawaka, Indiana

KLEIS, Mrs. Herbert, Lackawanna, New York

KRIEGER, Mrs. Henry, Hastings, Nebraska

KRON, Martha, Moline, Illinois

LANE, Mrs. F.J., Boyne City, Michigan

LARSEN, Anna D., Alpha, Minnesota

LARSON, Mrs. Lula, Washburn, North Dakota

LEADLY, Mrs. R., Staten Island, New York

LEARY, Olive C., Hastings, Michigan

LEONARD, Mrs. D.E., Bath, Michigan

LESSMEISTER, Theresa, Peru, Illinois

LEWIS, Mrs. J.E., Brockton, Montana

LEWIS, Mrs. M.H., Clarence, Missouri

LINKE, Mrs. L., Paragould, Arkansas

LINKE, Mrs. Louis, Paragould, Arkansas

LINKLETTER, Ada, Indio, California

LINT, Mrs. Louis, Chase, Kansas

LOVELL, Elva, Enid, Oklahoma

LOWN, Mrs. Wallace, Rhineback, New York

LUKASIEWIG, Mrs. Edward, Farwell, Nebraska

LUNDSTROM, Mrs. Victor, Nashville, Michigan

LYON, Mrs. Ida, Kenosha, Wisconsin

I.M., Mrs., Denver, Colorado

I.M., Mrs., Greenfield, Indiana

MABIE, Mrs. J.F., Happy Hollow, Washington

MAGNUSEN, Myrtle, Loma, Nebraska

MALEY, M.G., Sewickley, Pennsylvania

MARSHALL, Clara, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin

MARSTERS, Mrs. R.C., East Sandwich, Massachusetts

MARTIN, Mrs. A., Kiowa, Kansas

MARTIN, Mrs. H., Tieton, Washington

MARTIN, Mrs. Robert, Franklin, Tennessee

MARTIN, Sue, Palo Alto, California

MATHEWS, Martha, Fresno, California

MAYO, Mrs. G.E., Sherburn, Minnesota

MC CAUL, Mrs. Bert, Ayr, North Dakota

MC CLURE, Mrs. H.G., Biggs, California

MC CONNELL, Mrs. L.H., North Vernon, Indiana

MC DOUD, Mrs. H.G., Great Falls, Montana

MC GLOUGH, Blanche E., San Leandro, California

MC GOVERN, Winifred, Waterville, Minnesota

MC LIN, Mrs. R.J., Hazel Green, Kentucky

MEACHAM, Francis, Brighton, Iowa

MEISNER, Mrs. Fred, Farmington, Michigan

MIGLIARIO, Ida

MILLER, Florence I., Connersville, Indiana

MILLER, Mrs. H.C., Milton, Kentucky

MILLER, Mary, Robinson, Pennsylvania

MITCHELL, Mrs. Claire, Lyle, Minnesota

MITCHELL, Mrs. Fred, Iron Mountain, Michigan

MOLTZNER, Clara, Whitewater, Wisconsin

MOORE, Mrs. J.

MOORE, Lola, Middlesboro, Kentucky

MORGAN, Jessie, Hinckley, Minnesota

MURRAY, Alice, Groton, Massachusetts

MUSGRAVE, Hope Stones, Excelsior Springs, Missouri

MYCUE, Mrs. M.D., Huron, South Dakota

NELSON, Mrs. Martin, Homestead, Michigan

NEVIN, Mrs. Murray, Stoneboro, Pennsylvania

NEWBERRY, Marie, Virginia, Illinois

NICHOL, Mrs. Pearl Mae, Battleview, North Dakota

NICHOLSON, Mrs. W.B., Chapman, Kansas

NOVIN, Mrs. J.M., Stoneboro, Pennsylvania

O’CONNELL, Mrs. J.L., Washington, D.C.

O’CONNOR, Mrs. Charles T., Homer, Nebraska

O’CONNOR, Mrs. John R., Wabash, Indiana

O’DONOGHUE, Mrs. J.K., Charlotte, North Carolina

ONSTOTT, Wilma, Gering, Nebraska

OTTOW, Mrs. S.P., Davenport, North Dakota

OWENS, Mrs. Bernice, Venue, Pennsylvania

S.P., Slater, Missouri

PALMER, Martha M., St. Clair, Michigan

PALMER, Mrs. Walter T. Jr., Collingswood, New Jersey

PARKER, Mrs. Harry, Rhinelander, Wisconsin

PARKER, Mrs. R., St. Paul, Minnesota

PARKINSON, Betty, Michigan Center, Michigan

PATTERSON, Mrs. Y.L., Latham, Kansas

PAYSON, Mrs. Anne, Haswell, Colorado

PERRENOUD, Mrs. John, Humboldt, Kansas

PETERS, Ida Donally, Washington, D.C.

PETTY, Mrs. Sarah, Slater, Missouri

PINKERTON, Mrs. J.A., Portland, Oregon

PROUTY, Mrs. G.M., Elgin, Illinois

PULLEY, Mrs. W., Marion, Illinois

PURDOM, Mrs. T.M., Santa Ana, California

PURDON, Mrs. T.M., Santa Ana, California

D.R., Mrs., Kiowa, Oklahoma

K.R., Mrs., Little Falls, Minnesota

RADA, Mrs. George, Verona, Montana

RAHM, Mildred, Ormsby, Minnesota

REGIER, Mrs. P.K., Mountain Lake, Minnesota

REIFSTECK, Pearl M., Urbana, Illinois

RICHARDSON, F., Guthrie, Oklahoma

RICHARDSON, Mrs. S.E., Guthrie, Oklahoma

RIGGS, Eva, Brittmount, Minnesota

RITTER, Mrs. Carrie A., Utica, New York

ROBERSON, Mrs. Maude, Richmond, Virginia

ROBERTS, Mrs. Lena J., Norheim, Montana

ROBINS, Mrs. Nelson, Laurel, Indiana

ROBINSON, Priscilla, Jackson, Michigan

ROHE, Mrs. Lawrence, Richmond, Indiana

ROPER, Pearl, Beaumont, California

ROSE, Mrs. Maggie, Independence, Missouri

ROSS, Irene, Lone Oak, Texas

ROWE, Mrs. Edward, Fort Benton, Montana

RUNDQUIST, Mrs. C.E., Orchard, Nebraska

RUNYAN, Mrs. Leo C., Buckhannon, West Virginia

RUSSELL, Mrs. Leonard M., Noble, Louisiana

RUSSELL, Vera, Redfield, Kansas

A.S., Mrs., Pawhuska, Oklahoma

E.M.S., Mrs., McGuffey, Ohio

O.S., Mrs., Hillside, Nebraska

P.S., Mrs., Hamburg, Oklahoma

SAMSEL, Mrs. Edna, Pottstown, Pennsylvania

SANBORN, Mary, Cherokee, Iowa

SAUTEN, Mrs. Rose P., Utica, New York

SCALES, Aileen, Topeka, Kansas

SCHARFENEKER, Margaret, Buckhannon, West Virginia

SCHWOCH, Mrs. H.E., Milwaukee, Wisconsin

SCOBEE, Mrs. Edith, Bainbridge, Indiana

SCOTT, Mrs. Robert F., Tonkawa, Oklahoma

SHAFFER, Elizabeth, Albuquerque, New Mexico

SHANNON, Betty, New York City, New York

SHIELDS, Mrs. Ione, Brooksmith, Texas

SHORE, Mrs. Ruth, Kansas City, Missouri

SHUCK, Mrs. Orin, Pringle, South Dakota

SIMONSEN, Mrs. Zola, Emery, Utah

SMITH, Mrs. Charles B., Champaign, Illinois

SMITH, Mrs. J., St. Louis, Missouri

SMITH, Lillian Barker, Memphis, Tennessee

SMITH, Lyd, Los Angeles, California

SMITH, Mabel, Winona Lake, Indiana

SNELL, Mrs. Fred, Erie, Pennsylvania

SORENSON, Mrs. Martin, Tabor, South Dakota

STARBUCK, Mrs. George, Brownington, Missouri

STEDMAN, Mrs. Ella, Oakwood, Illinois

STEMMONS, Mrs. G.S., Prairie Home, Missouri

STEVENS, Mrs. William, Columbus, Indiana

STRANGER, Mary, Walsenburg, Colorado

SWAN, Carrie, Santa Fe, New Mexico

SWANSON, Esther J., Spokane, Washington

H.J.T., Mrs., Tulsa, Oklahoma

TALKINGTON, Mrs. F.W., Trinidad, Colorado

TERHAAR, Dolores, Elrosa, Minnesota

THORSON, Mrs. Bertha E., Osage, Minnesota

THORNTON, L.M., Elmira, New York

THORNTON, Mrs. L.M., Elmira, New York

TITUS, Mrs. S.T., Topeka, Kansas

TITUS, Zorada Z.

TOMLINSON, Mrs. Frank, LeRoy, Kansas

TOVILL, Isabel, Lancaster, Ohio

TUCKER, Mrs. C.E., Centerville, Iowa

A.V., Mrs., Ontario, California

VAUGHN, Mrs. W.R., Ferndale, Washington

VREATH, Mrs. A., Wrangell, Alaska

E.W., Mrs., Rayne, Louisiana

F.D.W., Mrs., Billings, Montana

WAGNER, Mrs. Ruby, Empire, California

WALKER, Mrs. E.A., Miller, South Dakota

WALKER, Mrs. J., Kansas City, Missouri

WEBER, Eulalia, Marysville, Kansas

WEBER, Eulalie, Marysville, Kansas

WEBSTER, Barbara, Fitchburg, Massachusetts

WELLER, Mrs. Walter, Harrisville, New York

WELLS, Winifred J., Mooers, New York

WELSH, Mrs. Bert, Mason, Wisconsin

WENTZEL, Mrs. Claude E., Hunter, North Dakota

WEST, Mrs. W.V., South Bend, Indiana

WESTBROOK, Irene

WESTRUM, Mrs. M., Scarville, Iowa

WESTWOOD, Mrs. Thomas, Midland, Michigan

WHEELER, Mrs. Jim, Simpson, Oklahoma

WILLIAMS, Della Bowlesby, Santa Paula, California

WILSON, Corinne, Watertown, South Dakota

WILSON, Lillian, San Francisco, California

WINGET, Mrs. E.W., Oberlin, Kansas

WOELFF, Mrs. Herman, Waterloo, Wisconsin

WOLCOTT, Zoe, Puente, California

WRIGHT, Mary, Rockford, Illinois

WRIGHT, Mrs. Mary, Carrollton, Ohio

WRIGHT, Mary M., Carrollton, Ohio

YOCKEY, Mrs. C.M., Denver, Colorado