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Newspaper
Advance Hustler
Location
Advance, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1911
Page
2
A collection of quips and satirical lines note comets visiting the sun, Swiss elections, brief courtship in a Missouri tale, and jokes about politics, fashion, crime, and everyday life. It lampoons headlines and social trends with wry observations on winter, actors, taxes, and distant places.
A mosaic of humorous and curious notes ranges from college logic to sports, arts, and social quips. Items mention Tucson egg prices at 20 cents, a proposed cactus egg-laying plant for Burbank, and a new Wagner statue in Cleveland.
A fragment notes goats milk urged as a cure for drunkenness and mocks masculine fashion. It cites an English artist on trousers and pities aviator safety devices by the Wrights, suggesting elevator style devices may fail to cut risk.
A humorous note describes Queen Louisa of Denmark seeming younger than her age. It cites other odd beliefs from a Boston woman claiming her cat holds a kingly soul and a divorce request over eighteen dogs in the kitchen.
A retired home cook’s collection showcases potato dishes from hash brown variations to cream of potato soup and cheesy baked potatoes. It also provides cranberry based desserts like cranberry trifle and cranberry pie, with step by step directions and serving ideas.
A vintage recipe roundup describing Turkish Sweets made from dates figs and walnuts with sugar and lemon. Chocolate Caramels with butter molasses sugar milk and vanilla. Wintergreen and peppermint wafers from fondant. Chicago Nuggets formed from brown and white sugar water soda vanilla egg white and nut meats.
The Winter Berry advises avoiding tin dishes for cranberries and recommends agate or porcelain vessels. For cranberry conserve, extract juice from an orange, then simmer the rind in cold water until tender before scraping out the zest.
Katherine Macquoid, an eighty seven year old British novelist, has written for fifty years and completed a new novel titled Suzanne. She has produced over fifty novels plus children's and travel stories while remaining in good health though eyesight is mildly affected by work. her husband Thomas Robert Macquoid, age ninety one, is noted as an artist and draftsman.
A quotation attributed to Ruskin urging belief in possibility and daily effort to achieve admirable outcomes. It emphasizes that love, virtue, and righteousness are attainable for those who truly think and act on their potential.
A passage outlines several kitchen ideas for vegetables and simple dishes. It describes Cabbage Baked With Cheese Turnip with White Sauce Cottage Pie Sour Milk Gingerbread and Carrots In Lemon Butter with steps, ingredients, and cooking methods for home cooks.
Dr Hopewell Smith urged banning sweets between meals at a British Medical Association address. He warned of widespread abuse parallel to alcohol and tea and called for strict youth taboo, state oversight of sweet factories, inspection of shops, and sale only of pure hygienic confections.
A troubling social note suggests marital strain as a wife pressures her husband to have extramarital relations to revive affection. The passage reflects gendered expectations and relationship tensions within a domestic setting.
A judge notes the resident known as Snagges has dubbed his property Pine Terrace. He remarks on the eccentricity of the name and the presence of pine trees on the site.
Instructions by W Hanson describe tools and setup for hog killing and scalding. Details cover a two inch plank scalding tub, temperature 180 to 193 degrees, use of a hay hook, hanging methods, cleaning sequence, and salting and curing with sugar and saltpeter. Post curing involves boiling water dips, borax, and smoking to preserve meat.
Dr J A Kirkland describes a brick cistern with a gravity siphon that drains sediment automatically. A galvanized pipe reaches near the bottom, drawing foul water out as top water remains clean. He claims seventeen years of operation without cleaning and a cost of about two to three dollars.
A Long Island gardener ships hampers of assorted vegetables to New York families at a uniform year round price of 1.50 a hamper. Deliveries by wagon, regular supply to families, and distributed soliciting material indicate a growing, well organized business. A New England gardener follows with steady trade in several cities and boasts more business than he can handle.
The article warns against wasting feed during winter by feeding grain before roughage. It explains that stock may pick the best roughage and go hungry, so feeding roughage first or when animals are hungry ensures full consumption. A systematic plan saves feed while preserving herd health and profits.
The text warns to avoid inbreeding in turkeys as it can produce offspring with deformities. It notes that cock birds with wild blood can contribute to stronger offspring, but long term breeding without careful pairing risks crooked breasts and other faults in the next generation.
An experiment station reports that draught horses performed better in service and endurance when kept closer to the ground, suggesting lower profile or adjusted harness height improves workload efficiency. The finding highlights animal physiology and equipment alignment as factors in draft horse productivity.
A bookkeeper narrates a chaotic Sunday as he helps a sister's country guest. He endures hurt feelings, moral resolves, and awkward church trouble with a tearful visitor who pleads for forgiveness until a sharp rebuke from Miss Bruce at church ends the scene.
The New York World notes that only two of each hundred in the 1,573 assisted by the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor faced poverty due to intemperance this summer. In 1909, intemperance and related factors accounted for less than 12 percent, while sickness and unemployment caused 65 percent. This summer sickness and unemployment drove 68 percent, with nearly half due to sickness.
A Housekeeping note says mildewed items may be boiled in buttermilk for better results than cold soaking. The method also bleaches yellowed fabrics. After boiling, rinse in warm water and hang to dry in the sun.
The newly appointed Canadian interior minister spoke at a Winnipeg banquet urging an aggressive immigration policy. He emphasized welcoming emigrants from England Ireland Scotland and other nations, aiming to increase Canada's population under the Union Jack and offering liberty and happiness comparable to the United States. The official pledged active outreach to desirable settlers worldwide.
A Colorado Springs mother credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with curing her three week old son’s eczema after a doctor’s failure. She reports rapid improvement, complete recovery by seven months, later boils during teething also cleared, and praises the products. Free samples offered by mail from Cuticura, Dept. 5 L, Boston.
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