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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1914
Page
6
A recipe describes baking bread in empty cans with a three step dry mix and a wet mix combined into a stiff drop batter. The method uses sugar powder tea spoon salt egg milk and nuts, with two pans and two stage baking, then rotates cans for even cooking.
Sift flour salt and baking powder three times then stir in milk to make a dough. Use same baking directions as Nut Bread, bake in cans or a bread pan. Sugar optional, yield two cups milk or water as needed.
A concise collection of ingredients for nut bread including 2 percent flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 cup chopped nuts, 1 cup milk, 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 cup chopped raisins currants or citron. Mix and bake as directed for Nut Bread.
A historical recipe uses white flour rye flour baking powder sugar salt caraway seeds and sweet milk. The method calls for sifting dry ingredients thrice then adding caraway seeds, mixing and baking by standard rules. Describes a sandwich suitable bread option.
A vintage baking guide shows a nut bread recipe using white and graham flour with baking powder and milk. It emphasizes three siftings, gentle rise, proper pan use, and that baking powder bread rises mainly in the oven. It cautions against kneading and promises a light loaf with KC Baking Powder. Next Week Paper Bag Cookery.
A rough recipe fragment describes mixing 24 cups sifted flour with baking powder and salt, then beating eggs with milk and melted butter to 1 1/4 cups. Combine to form stiff batter, bake in a biscuit pan, brush with butter, then top with sugar and cinnamon and bake in a moderate oven.
This excerpt gives a batter recipe using lcup wheat flour two cups yellow corn meal three level teaspoonfuls King Powder one egg beaten light two tablespoonfuls sugar teaspoonful salt is cups milk two tablespoonful a melted butter or lard Sift together three times the meal the flour baking powder sugar and salt In an other dish combine the egg milk and melted butter stir in the meal and flour pins above beating rapidly until the is smooth after which let stand Bake in moderate oven.
A Popular Mechanics inspired method describes a bead stringing machine with a rotating axle and needle that impales beads as they fall into place. A separate recipe section covers a flour batter with butter sugar and lemon rind baked into cakes, plus a sweet pickle peaches method with cloves and a boiling syrup for canning in jars.
At the close of a booster week in Ringling Oklahoma a rate was held with a four month old baby as the prize. In Conyers New York Harry Schuler lit a match over a tank and asked if it was gasoline prompting hospital care. Frank Davis of Mount Hope New York had the appendix removed twice after regrowth. Dorothy Dickson of Chicago seeks the world tango record having tangoed about 9000 miles this year. William Boslager an 11 year old from East St Louis spelling 1400 words correctly in a single match.
Eleven sailors from the Utah Florida and other ships are named for extraordinary heroism during the Vera Cruz landing. H N Nickerson and A De Somer led perilous actions under heavy fire and casualties, with Nickerson later losing a leg. Ensign Lowry and volunteers dislodged enemy fire in a city alley, while Decker diverted a rifle shot to save Lowry. Other Florida sailors Beasley Sennett Cregan Bishop Walsh Nordseick and Schrepner are cited for participation in the exploits.
Wild cherries make a nice sirup for winter flavoring when fruit is scarce. Wild fox grapes yield jelly close to black currants and can be used for grape juice marmalade or grape vinegar for salads.
The guide explains pinning edges correctly and stitching once in each buttonhole to leave thread marks at every button position. After finishing the stitches, cut the thread halfway between buttonholes and separate the sides to reveal exact locations for sewing each button.
Admiral Fletcher’s quiet occupation of Vera Cruz showcased swift military precision. Within three hours 11000 Marines and bluejackets landed, scaled the sea wall, and secured the city as Mexican troops offered no resistance. The event drew admiration from foreign officers and marked a historic display of preparedness.
John Gibson of a local machinery house recalls selling a waterworks motor to General Villa. El Paso delivery awaited cash in advance, which Villa provided in silver after marching troops through a border town's gambling district to raise $800. A pair of soldiers delivered the payment by wheelbarrow.
The Five Points Mission House will yield its site for downtown New York development, including a civic center and county courthouse, with the Astor House rotunda lunch counter closing as a notable older landmark and symbol of the area's past social reform efforts.
Quotations note how learning without politeness breeds a disagreeable pedant and politeness without learning yields a superficial puppy. The contrast underscores wit used for defense rather than to wound.
In Gharian near Tripoli an invisible troglodyte town of 7000 inhabitants is described by Miss Ethel Braun. The rock dwelling community hosts rich families with elevated reception rooms while most residents live underground. A visiting Italian lady’s hairpins became treasured souvenirs during a prisoner exchange. The Troglodytes served Arab tea to Miss Braun, sugar laced to taste like syrup.
The guide advises covering the baking pan with water added to the fruit when making a deep pie without an under crust. Set it in the oven while the crust is prepared so the pan heats through and cooking begins. The same method applies to a batter pudding poured over fruit.
The article notes many housewives are annoyed by a wrinkle in the ironing board sheet during heavy ironing. It advises stretching the outer cover on the bias rather than straight to keep it smooth and straight.
Recipe style and a detective joke mix in a brief page item. An orangeade instruction appears alongside spinach with boiled eggs, then a humorous line about a thief and a baffled detective noting two sons becoming boy scouts. The piece blends food guidance with a light crime punchline from the New York Evening Sun.
A skilled pianist in a small village stepped in when a performing group risked cancellation due to a last minute missing player. He played through but privately criticized the instrument. Afterward the caretaker, a night porter, claimed she had scrubbed the piano, keys and all, that morning.
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