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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1909
Page
3
A New York inventor introduces a scalp-sprayer using an atomizer design. The device features a base ring with a compressible bulb and a head fitting tube to spray tonic through the hair onto the scalp. It promises even coverage, less waste, and no splatter on clothing or walls.
De Lancey Pierson presents a brief verse from the New York Herald about a night intrusion in a kitchen, a shy resident and a bemused policeman, and an early morning apology that fumbles into domestic humor. The narrator frets about Bridget leaving in a huff and seeks forgiveness in a light, anecdotal tone.
A dated bread recipe uses warm wheat mush sugar salt butter and a dissolved yeast cake. Fold in flour and dates then knead and rise, shape into a loaf in a buttered brick pan, and bake about 50 minutes in a moderate oven.
A New York state pulp company has taken an option on 600000 cords of sunken pine piling in the Rideau river and nearby lakes behind Kingston Ontario. The submerged piles date to the river’s 80 year old commercial heyday and are to be chemically processed into high grade stationery.
Time estimates for various roasts are listed by weight and meat type. Beef requires 1.5 hours for six to eight pounds, mutton ten to 15 minutes per pound, lamb adjusts by size, veal 20 minutes per pound, pork 30 minutes per pound, turkey eight to ten pounds at least three hours, goose seven to eight pounds about two hours, chicken one hour, tame duck one hour, game duck a short interval, partridge grouse half an hour, pigeon half an hour, small birds twenty minutes.
Scrambled fish with eggs method describes dicing codfish to a cup and soaking briefly. Drain and cover with boiling water, drain again, then stir with three tablespoons butter. Add paprika and five beaten eggs diluted with half cup cream or rich milk. Cook over hot water until creamy and serve on toast.
After washing and drying woolen blankets, hang them to air. Beat thoroughly with a carpet beater to soften the fibers, lighten the fabric, and give the blankets a new appearance.
Advice for salvaging a woven wire bed by placing a coiled wire spring atop it and then adding the mattress to create a comfortable box spring style bed. The tip emphasizes extending the bed’s life with simple hardware.
A sleeping car kimono is pitched as a practical gift for women planning long midwinter trips. The item is a loose dark china silk robe belted at the waist, designed to cover the night attire fully. A soft fabric that rolls compactly and a small silk envelope case finalize the gift idea.
A gown of empire design in dull pink messaline features a yoke and sleeves in pale pink chiffon, gold lace trim, and a pink corded silk hat with black ostrich feathers. An ermine scarf finishes with heavy gold tassels.
Office over Gamble's Drug Store referenced with Iowa phone numbers for office and residence and a mutual office line, indicating contact details from a local directory style entry.
The piece notes luxurious winter fans with feather plumes and ivory or tortoise shell inlays, ribbons of lace and silver filigree, emphasizing beauty over utility. It also reports the steamer Sassette’s Marseille to Bombay voyage in 11 days 14 hours, including time in Suez and Aden, and a passenger’s Marseille to Calcutta record at 14 days.
An unusual method is described to revive a dying fire by dropping a few sticks of gum onto the flames. The technique, though curious, relies on gum materials to fuel the fire briefly.
Dialogical snippets show Tom-Carrie hosting four men enamored with her. Dick drives the four in hand while Mr Witte downplays brains and Mies Hitt hints at scoring strain in bridge. Rosalind notes Thanksgiving late this week as the President names the day. Orlando urges following his example. they are spoony and the mate jokes about the captain steering life’s voyage. She is a widow.
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