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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1914
Page
4
A period ad promotes California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children noting quick relief for coated tongues and upset bowels. Separate item recounts a shipboard accident where a new boy released painter’s ropes, causing the painter’s staging to fall as the captain orders, with the boy retorting that the painter’s gone pots brushes and all.
A notes filled snippet references Putnam Fadeless Dyes color in cold water. The text includes a garbled anecdote about a public school essay on fishing humor, mentioning Willie and Noah, with quotes attributed to a Congressman and a Philadelphia Telegraph joke. The fragment resembles a column of quoted miscellany and teases cultural items.
A New York World report describes honest graft in hospitality and retail, focusing on accidental short changing at hotel front desks and cash windows. It explains the bar or screen that blocks view, allowing cashiers to keep a dime and leave up to 70 cents per dollar, with an estimated $100,000 annually.
An OCR fragment advertises Pape’d Dinpepslu as a five minute cure for indigestion and dyspepsia, praising its speed and efficacy. It also includes a brief anecdote from the Manchester Union about a tramp asking an old man for help and receiving a coin, with the tramp claiming financial crippling.
A collage of old recipe tips and notes from Oregon Agricultural College includes Peanut Candy instructions for melted sugar and peanuts, a Hard Crack stage candy method with vanilla, and a cream recipe using egg whites. It mentions Marseilles plans, a budget to replace ancient slime with modern methods, and a Wyandotte hen laying 688 eggs in three years.
A historic warning on wasteful spending in medical supplies discusses a 60 days trial as a shield against costly, unnecessary procedures. The piece highlights the risk of overpaying for trusses and promotes a trial period as a safeguard for patients and providers.
Nut and vegetable roast ideas from The Delineator describe meatless mains built with lentils nuts and beans. Recipes include nut loafs with walnuts pecans and eggs and a walnut based roast with bread crumbs and olive oil baked in a buttered pan. A bean and nut roast with dressing and cranberry sauce completes the meal.
A grandmotherly guide describes making pumpkin or squash pies with a crimped crust airless, drained cooked pulp, eggs, milk, spices, and slow baking. Also shared is fried tomatoes battered in seasoned flour then fried brown, finished with a milk gravy.
Instructions describe stewing apples with sugar and cream, then chilling and serving with whipped cream. It also outlines a tomato and lettuce salad topped with cream cheese and a dressing of chopped pepper parsley and chives.
Cut slices from the stem end of green peppers and remove the seeds. Roll with grapefruit peeled and cut into cubes. Add tender celery stalks cut small and finely chopped nut meats. Use twice as much grapefruit as celery and equal as much garnish as grapefruit. Arrange and serve with mayonnaise dressing.
When a large bottle of olives is opened and only part is used, the remainder in brine becomes tasteless. Pour half an inch of olive oil off and add one tablespoon of vinegar on top, then cork well. The olives will retain their natural flavor indefinitely.
An old styled advert extols Danderine to stop dandruff and hair loss, urging a 25 or 26 cent purchase to save hair and scalp health. It promises lustrous hair and minimized itching, framing dandruff as hair’s chief foe.
A jumble of ad like lines on eye remedies and marital banter mixes with a London Tit Bits joke about engagement. The fragment mentions Marine Eye Remedies from Chicago and a couple awaiting marriage after ten years of courtship, ending with a quip about a man bragging about inventing a typewriter.
A recipe instructs grinding Boll the Mquor with Boll three pounds of clear abin until tender then mixing with a small envelope of plain minute gels. Add mingled tine and ange, stir, then fold in ground meat. Pack into mold, press firmly, chill and slice for sandwiches.
The article offers practical homestead advice on wintering bees in cellars or outdoors, with fresh air and dampness control. It covers chicken house insulation, whitewashing with carbolic acid, road maintenance, poultry culling, and feeding scrubs. It also notes turnips and beets trimming, road dust for fowls, storm doors, and ventilated storm windows to avoid airtight rooms.
A vintage ad touts Cascarets as a cure for sick headache constipation sour stomach and bad breath. It promises immediate stomach cleansing and regulation, removal of bile and waste, and a 1 cent box that keeps liver and bowels clean while you sleep.
A collage of outdated ads and anecdotes covers early denture makers like Fonzi, claims of vast tooth firms, strange medical tips, a humorous misadventure of a boy and a hammer, a quip on a dying tooth, and a South American travel barb amidRoosevelt era chatter, finishing with a farm joke about a hen secretary.
Large hog herds benefit from a centralized house with rows of pens along a central alley. East west orientation, close walls, good ventilation, ample windows, and pens 7 by 8 or 8 by 10 feet suit sows. Individual houses reduce disease spread, allow pasture use elsewhere, and are inexpensive with scalable options. For feed, small amounts of oil meal or cottonseed meal with corn cut costs and improve workhorse rations. Fattening hogs should be kept in close pens, fed thrice daily with fine feed and corn meal, plus unrestricted whole corn at night.
An Irish girl employed as a maid by an English mistress tells of their breakfast routine. Bridget, holding a candlestick, quips that if she is not up by the expected hour they should not wait, delivering a humorously resigned punchline.
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