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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1894
Page
10
An old remedy suggests brewing cold rain water with sulphur and sugar lead, then applying daily and brushing hair dry. The formula is cheap at ten cents a gallon, but warns that sugar of lead is poisonous and must be kept away from animals.
The recipe describes drying 4 pounds of small sweet almonds, boiling a sugar honey syrup, cooking with rye syrup and citric acid, flavoring and tinting, then shaping in a marble slab. Two people pull the pliable mass, add almonds and pistachios, set in a wafer lined wooden box, and press and seal the nougat.
A simple mixture of two ounces each of butter flour bread crumbs and grated cheese with a half saltspoon of mixed salt and cayenne forms a paste. Roll to a quarter inch thick, cut into narrow slips, bake briefly, and serve cold when very fresh.
The English painter E. T. Poynter succeeds Sir Frederick Burton as director of the British National gallery. The piece notes Poynter's rise in the art world and contrasts him with former director Burton.
If fresh, let them lie in salt and water about one hour. Then simmer in stewpan two hours, dress with cream, butter and flour, season to taste. To fry, peel and heat in hot butter. Too much cooking toughens. season with butter, pepper and salt and serve on buttered toast with optional wine or vinegar. Large flat mushrooms baked on buttered toast bake 15 or 20 minutes in ashes. Also broil on gridiron over coals with butter, pepper and salt.
Manufacturers prefer cotton thread for kid gloves and warn against using silk which cuts the material and shows the mend. Use assort ed shades twisted for glove repairs and baste under the tear with small stitches to minimize visible damage.
Cold fried oysters form a tasty luncheon sandwich using thinly buttered rye bread. Flatten oysters with a bread knife and add a dash of mustard on each. For a daintier look wrap each sandwich in waxed paper.
A French engineer reports discovering the largest cave in Mexico or possibly the world, containing a cemetery that proves past habitation. The tale sits amid a column of ads for De Witt's Sarsaparilla and other remedies, with notes on castor oil and Park's cough syrups.
The queen sometimes writes in illegible script when unsure, making spelling errors hard to spot and leaving ambiguity about the intended word.
A ragged collage of testimonials and product plugs appears, mentioning Hall’s Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer, De Witts Sarsaparilla, Park’s Sure Cure, and local druggists like D. D. Bales and L. M. Bosworth. Included are jumbled lines about marriage, college athletics, and charitable giving, all in a period newspaper tone.
A Batavia New York conductor on the New York Central Railway reports ten years of constipation ended by Park's Tea. He tried many things with little help, took Park's Tea on a hopeful hunch, and after the first dose his bowels moved and he claims a complete cure. Sold by L M Bosworth.
The article discusses Banting style dieting with meat and fish restrictions, exercise tips, and a lemon detox, plus sleeping with elevated feet for health. It shifts to sailor tales of enormous waves, ship wrecks, submarine eruptions, and dramatic ocean phenomena including a 60 foot wave near San Pedro and electrical fire aboard ships.
A recipe advises adding Turkish preserved rose leaves from cans to ordinary Roman punch. Flavor is strong so stir in a few leaves at a time until the taste is right, using half a can for eight servings. Add lemon juice gradually after the leaves. Aim for extreme sweetness.
A sewing technique guide describes attaching a dull yellow or old pink ribbon to a square of flannel hem with silk stitches. Edge embroidery uses groups of three or four stitches or feather stitching to hold the hem. Two or three ribbon rows or a two shade border in gray greens or dull blues produce a simple decorative effect. Long scallop borders are stamped and outlined in contrasting shades with short running stitches in lighter silk to fill one row.
To renew gray lace brush with a soft brush and sponge with tepid water and borax. Press on the wrong side with a warm iron and cover with thin black silk. Clean china and wash silks by sponging with benzine or gasoline and dry in the air until odor disappears.
Instructions describe whipping cream with sugar and strawberry puree, chilling in a wetted mold, then freezing for three hours. The text adds a remark that the emperor of Germany drinks only Mexican coffee and receives a yearly supply after each harvest from a Michoacan plantation on the Pacific coast midway between the United States.
A survey of railway plans and changes includes a block system for the Central Argentine line and a 40 mile single rail storage battery elevated link between Lake Ontario and Batavia New York. The Delaware Lackawanna and Western contracts cover all Morris and Essex division drawbridges. Niagara falls excursions are likely canceled to avoid price wars. The South Jersey Read aims to reach Atlantic City by June 1 from Philadelphia. Georgia Central conductors now stock surgeons outfits for emergencies with chief surgeon instructing use via object lessons.
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