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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1912
Page
6
Doan's Kidney Pills touted as curing thousands with kidney disorders causing backache and rheumatic pains. A Trinidad Colorado user, John T. Scantling, credited relief after bed confinement, noting improved health and no missed work since. Advertisement urged readers to buy at 60 local stores.
Irven Hutchison of Three Rivers Michigan shares a four year battle with dry eczema. He details severe itching, bleeding, and feverish skin before using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills which he says cured him and kept the disease away since. He urges others with skin diseases to try Cuticura and notes samples and a free 82 page book via Cuticura Boston.
A humorous exchange contrasts prison laundry with moral quips. The text jokes about washing convicts and a bed liver ailment needing Garfield Tea. It ends with a note that a chip on the shoulder never wins a jackpot.
Martha McCulloch Williams outlines fish recipes designed for paper bag cooking, adding nitrogenous foods like milk and eggs for brain nourishment. Methods include fish custard in souffle cases, rissoles, patties, timbales, pudding, rolls, planked fish, and a layered boiled fish with cream sauce, all cooked in bags or shells with brief oven times.
A 1911 menu demonstrates paper bag cooking for a women-only gathering. Dishes include Canteloupe a la Vierge Roast Quail and Sliced Baked Ham with asparagus and mushrooms. Quail stuffed with raisin crumbs wrapped in bacon, banana short cake with foam sauce, and claret punch round out the spread.
Sweetbreads trimmed and rolled with mushrooms and tomatoes in a buttered paper bag, then broiled for twenty to twenty five minutes. A fancier version uses onions carrots ham herbs and stock, lard the sweetbread, seal in a bag, broil, and serve with a Madeira or sherry gravy strained from the bag juices.
In a wartime tale a rumor of cowardice swirls around Fred Winters and Ruth Burt. Ignored by locals, a jealous brother hatches a scheme to force a wedding. Winter saves Ruth during a staged ambush, proves his bravery, and Ruth forgives him after a genuine meeting at Eagle's Nest. The episode ends with a resolved reconciliation and a comic jab at courtship theater. A second feature critiques panhandling as a social vice and calls for colder reason to curb the charity-based nuisance in the city.
A brief exchange hints that Jagsby’s son has taken to gambling, with the father feigning heartbreak while noting the son has actually broken the bank. The dialogue implies a scandal of risk and pride in a small community.
An exploration of the eighteenth century mistress of the house as ceremonial head at table carving announcing courses and persuading guests, with notes on Lady Mary Montagu and a humorous exchange about a burglary scare. Also an advertisement for Paxtine sponge bath highlighting odor eradication and usage details.
A witty remark compares a man to a conflagration, noting that once he is put out he remains full of fire. The line highlights a stubborn, enduring intensity in character.
An 19th or early 20th century advertisement listing Allen's Foot-Ease powder for tired feet, Mrs Winston's Teething Syrup, Garfield Tea for liver or kidney troubles, and light social quips about shoe laces and bill collectors. It advertises prices and a Le Roy New York return address.
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