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Newspaper
Albion New Era
Location
Albion, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1909
Page
7
A Houston Advertiser report notes a Tufts Medical School test of ice from a Boston club showing yellow, foul water and sediment containing unidentified spores and Gram negative bacilli. The study warns direct contact with ice poses health risks. beverages should be cooled near, not in direct contact with, ice.
A Newark woman recounts dire eczema symptoms from head to foot, describing bleeding sores, hair loss, and intolerable pain. She credits Cuticura remedies with rapid relief and complete recovery, urging others to try the products.
The article discusses sanitary milk pails using covered designs to limit dirt and odor exposure, favoring good tinware over galvanized or wooden vessels, and emphasizes keeping animals and stables well lighted and ventilated for health. It also covers grain rations for swine on pasture, noting alfalfa pasture with limited corn can improve gains and profits, with examples of farmers finishing hogs at eight months and weights between 200 and 300 pounds.
The article promotes Russian thistle as profitable cattle forage and a protein-rich hay substitute. It cites laboratory values for protein and other components, notes a Western trend toward using thistle on arid Eastern Colorado ranges, and claims some farmers rate it as good as alfalfa.
William Krohbach of Danby Pennsylvania observed two large rats stealing a freshly laid egg from his 60 hens. He watched as they dragged the egg twenty yards along the fence before burrowing away with the prize, noting the cleverness and coordination of the rodents.
Horses and cows rest in a stable at night the close atmosphere grows warm and oppressive when the weather is warm causing discomfort among the animals.
Vermont Experiment Station has run eighteen years of fungicide tests on potatoes. Recent trials compare Bordeaux mixture and Paris green with two three and four applications. Two August sprays were less effective than early July and other schedules in controlling flea beetle and early blight. Marketable tubers rose 52 to 172 percent with spraying over unsprayed plots.
A historical recipe describes making kerosene emulsion by dissolving hard soap in boiling water, adding coal oil, and churning for at least ten minutes. Dilute ten to twenty five times before use and apply strongly for scale insects and soft-bodied pests such as plant lice, red spiders, cabbage worms, and caterpillars.
The Bordeaux mixture is the proper remedy for mildew rust rot and leaf blight on beans tomatoes melons cucumbers celery and related crops. A half strength mix using copper sulfate quicklime and water covers most vegetables except potatoes.
Dr. Wiley of the Department of Agriculture conducts experiments in Washington turning farm waste into wood alcohol. Initial tests use corn and potatoes, with fodder to be tried next for fuel and manufacturing purposes.
The article describes a stiffer improved clothespin using jaw clamps for easy, dirt free handling on lines. It also provides a peel five oranges dessert method: slices with sugar, milk custard cooked with egg yolks and cornstarch, then folded with meringue and baked to brown, served cold.
Mash hard boiled yolks into powder and mix with olive oil vinegar salt pepper and French mustard plus a touch of tabasco. Chop egg whites to fine powder and blend with yolk paste. Spread on sliced gra ham bread and serve.
Mash berries and boil to extract juice then simmer fifteen minutes. Strain and per quart juice add half teaspoon each mace cinnamon pepper and white mustard. Cook until reduced to a quarter of original volume, add white wine or cider vinegar to desired strength, bottle and seal while hot.
Fashion notes highlight natural colored linen bolero with long waist and ecru embroidery. Also mentions a long black silk tie with braided ends. A soothing syrup for teething is advertised. A Little Sermon to Girls urges self understanding and empathy, warning against rude growth and urging conviction. Harper's Bazaar quotation discusses seriousness and guiding one's purpose without irritability.
The article extols canned pi mentoes as tasty soup and salad boosters. It notes they can be stuffed with bread crumbs rice or meat or fish mixtures as entrees or served whole as garnish with steak. It argues many readers overlook their versatility.
Instructions suggest saving mustard glasses for soda and spices, with large ink labels or typewritten labels pasted inside to resist washing. A recipe for corn oysters uses three quarters of a pint of grated corn, one egg yolk, salt, pepper, then beaten egg white and a splash of cream if dry, fried in hot fat as large oyster sizes.
A Detroit News item contrasts two liars, praising plausibility as the greater danger while noting crude deception as a joke. An unrelated ad urges use of Red Cross Ball Blue to whiten clothes, priced at 56 cents for a large 207 package.
Short Suggestions offer practical advice on cleaning and food prep. Tips include using a wire brush for horseradish grating, letting condensed milk air open, adding spermaceti to boiled starch for gloss, paring pineapples to remove eyes, refreshing stale cookies with bread, cooking spinach in stock with green pepper, avoiding scraping burned pie crusts by soaking in hot soda water, restoring crepe with glue in milk, leaving core in baking apples to reduce juice loss, avoiding warm resin soap on white silk, laundering stockings separately with ammonia, keeping varnished paint bright with linseed oil cleansing, and cleaning stained water bottles with tea leaves vinegar salt solution.
A Fliegende Blaetter mocking a bored patron at a concert circulates as a witty caption. The exchange features a dismissive customer and a waiter offering a large newspaper to hide yawns.
In a Chicago Tribune excerpt, Bella pressures Harold to declare his stance on woman suffrage before marriage. Harold bluntly says he is opposed, while Bella recalls her promise to her mother to marry only if the man supports the cause. The dialogue highlights the clash over suffrage within a courtship.
A shopkeeper Mr Dustin Stax laments consumer complaints and the difficulties of maintaining harmony in business. He notes that consumers are troublesome and that they exploit the dependence of businesses on their patronage.
A terse exchange unfolds as a man demands a left side part while the barber remains unfazed and politely offers a possible alternative. The humorous moment captures a slice of everyday humor.
A visiting American bishop was entertained and irritated by English salutes such as Your Grace. After returning home he recalled a friend on the pier shouting Hello Bish as he waited to disembark, illustrating the difference in address.
The passage shows Mistress-Jane scolding Mistress Faith for hosting guests in the kitchen. Puck notes the kitchen should have a plain cook advertised, reflecting a domestic quarrel over proper roles and employment.
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