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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1912
Page
4
A vintage recipe collection features Rice With Oranges and Rice With Fried Bananas and Poached Eggs, Lightning Cake, Apple Salad with orange and lettuce, Spanish Beans with tomatoes and peppers, and serving tips. Includes dressing for fruit or vegetable salads and optional salt pork or brown bread.
A recipe fragment describes mixing cold meat with boiled potato onion parsley and seasonings, forming small cones or balls, breading with crumbs and egg wash, then frying in deep fat until brown. Instructions include shaping and testing browning time, and cooking four croquettes at a time.
Peel two large tomatoes and cut in pieces and cook slowly with salt and red pepper. Beat the yolks and whites of three eggs separately with salt and a touch of pepper. Melt a rounded teaspoonful butter in a pan, bake the eggs, and when they begin to set arrange the tomato pieces around the top. Finish cooking and serve with parsley garnish.
A dress care note advises treating heavy grease spots on cotton by sprinkling with finely prepared starch, covering with brown paper, and pressing with a hot iron for a few minutes. Then wash as usual in warm soapy water until no trace of grease remains.
A short handwritten recipe instructs taking one gallon of molasses four quarts barberries and a large pan of sliced sweet apples. The mixture is cooked in a large crock until it ferments if done correctly.
Mold eggplant pulp into patties or croquettes. If needed, roll in flour to shape, dip in egg, coat with flour, dip again in egg, and cover with breadcrumbs. Fry in hot fat. The text also mentions ox tongue and German cooking terms, with unclear instructions.
A dry climate or poor care causes excessive water loss in trees. An experienced planter prunes tops to curb evaporation, trims thin, fragile branches, and balances root and top growth to ensure roots supply adequate water. Poor pruning leads to death or failure to establish moisture connections.
A detailed plan describes building a pig chute using hardwood 2x4 sides and elm strips. It specifies dimensions from 20 to 24 inches wide, eight and a half feet long, with rounded bottoms, upper floor boards, and hooks and bolts for adjustable sides. Finish allows closing rear for wagon compatibility, with emergency considerations implied.
Report notes harvest days at Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station with scythe use to cut two and a half acres of valuable seed wheat from Europe. Mentions Professor Hoberty and a 700 bushel selection. Also references hog shortage and shift toward pork production among farmers.
A Canadian emigrant from Nutann Saskatchewan, H Patterson, recounts moving to a homestead near Sunburn in 1907. He details initial poverty, buying property, and farming as he expands holdings, mortgaging assets, and selling first homestead for substantial profit, aiming to clear vast gains on a 137 investment.
Two women in a car discuss a theater night, noting an unnamed beautiful actress. One recalls the actress wore a lovely pink dress and drew attention away from age, with the other confirming she appeared youthful during the performance.
A satirical remark notes that every dog owner believes his dog wiser than the neighbor, reflecting local humor and social teasing. The line captures a common belief about pet intelligence and human vanity in a concise, period-voiced aside.
Two testimonial letters from women in Sikeston Missouri and Murrayville Illinois describe relief from severe monthly illness. Mrs Dena Bethune reports dramatic restoration of health enabling daily tasks and social activity after using Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Mrs Charles Moore says the remedy saved her from surgery after doctors urged it.
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