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Newspaper
Athens Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1915
Page
3
A Ready Kentucky woman recalls months of illness and nervous distress before using Cardui tonic. She reports twelve bottles restored strength and ability to work and wash, claiming Cardui as the best medicine and urging others to try it.
Eastern time timetable shows No 2 and 4 connecting at Belmont for Winder Monroe and intermediate points. No 1 arrives Athens 11 25 am while No 3 arrives 6 25 pm. No 4 leaves Athens 1 00 pm and No 2 leaves 7 00 am. Connections also link with Georgia Railroad and local lines at Gainesville and Geines wills.
Digest and cooking tips discuss how water temperature affects egg digestibility and texture. Gentle heating preserves softness, while boiling hardens albumen. For hard boiled eggs simmer about twenty minutes. Omelets benefit from proper pan temperature and fat. Eggs add starches and fats in meals and can stand as meat substitutes when used generously.
Scald milk with salt and dissolve yeast in warm water. Mix with flour to thin batter and let rise overnight. In morning add sour milk butter eggs soda and flour to smooth batter. Stir in pineapple and baking soda, bake on griddle, serve with sweetened pineapple juice.
Plain paper backgrounds such as plain or quiet self tone patterns set a successful backdrop for pictures. Soft neutral, brown, gray wall coverings with white woodwork create restful contrasts ideal for city apartments with limited light.
Lift together sugar, pastry flour, and cream tartar. Beat four egg whites until stiff and dry. Fold in sugar and flour gradually. Flavor with almond, rose, or vanilla. Drop on buttered paper, sprinkle sugar, and bake ten to fifteen minutes for about two dozen cakelets.
Beat three egg yolks with one pint milk two tablespoons preserved ginger syrup and one cup sugar. Cook until thick strain stir in gelatin and stiffly beaten egg whites then fold in finely chopped preserved ginger. Mold and chill. serve with whipped cream.
A compact recipe lists ingredients for Hungarian salad: one pint cold boiled potatoes sliced thin, one small onion grated, two cold boiled beets diced, five sardines mashed, one tablespoon minced cold cooked ham, one small green pepper shredded. Salt sprinkled, add half cup French dressing, chill before serving.
The passage explains that hard butter resists creaming and should not be warmed. Instead run it through a vegetable grinder to break it into small pieces, enabling easier creaming.
A carpenter built a sturdy ironing board from seasoned oak one and a quarter inches thick. It measured five feet long and 16 inches wide, tapering to eight inches with rounded ends. Two braces on the underside supported a tongue and a window sill hinge system that fixed to the window, enabling stable ironing with ample light.
Practical tips include making crust from pastry flour with shortening and cold water, rolling crust in one direction, and keeping pie crust crisp. Advice covers meat storage on ice, cleaning piano keys with alcohol on a cloth, protecting plates with canton flannel, and opening glass jars by heating the lid with a hot plate to loosen it.
A recipe urges using minced meat warmed in rich sauce with pepper salt celery salt cayenne parsley lemon zest mushroom catchup and optional ham or bacon. Cool stiffen roll in crumbs brush with egg yolk fry and serve hot.
Instruction on washing a comforter using warm soapy water in a tub. Soak scrub rinse and drain. Wringing is avoided. Air dry and beat with a carpet beater to restore light fluff.
A large sweet onion is halved and sliced thin Then simmered in butter with salt and pepper covered for ten to fifteen minutes Then uncovered to brown The onion is thickened with flour and milk like gravy and poured over hot toasted bread slices.
A historic recipe instructs mixing one cupful cheese cut in small pieces with one cupful soaked bread crumbs in sweet milk one beaten egg and salt a dash of cayenne a pinch of soda and a tablespoon of butter. Cook five minutes and serve on toast or crackers.
A skillet cooks one pint of tomatoes with butter for five minutes then adds canned corn, pepper, salt, and one tablespoonful of finely minced green pepper to finish.
The article urges sprucing up spring menus with fresh relishes as winter condiments fade. It highlights cucumbers and tomatoes as appetizing starters, offers prep tips like chilling cucumbers, and suggests tomato canapes, chilled radishes, and pepper-based salads to stimulate the meal sequence.
The method describes washing a heart, soaking to extract flavor, and stuffing it with forcemeat or generic stuffing. Tie with buttered paper, bake two hours in hot water with pepper and salt, baste often, thicken gravy, strain, skin, season, and pour around the heart. Garnish with onions boiled and browned with pepper salt and butter.
Take preserved peaches and chop fine to fill a teacup. Beat five egg whites to stiff froth, gradually add six tablespoons confectioners sugar and beat 20 minutes. Fold in peaches and chill. In glass, add rice and sweetened cream with a liberal portion of moonshine. Pineapple or other fruit can be served similarly.
Instructions describe washing handkerchiefs with a quarter ounce orris root tied in muslin and boiled with the laundry for fifteen minutes. After drying and ironing the items gain a delicate violet aroma. About three pints of water are used per this amount of orris root.
Simple chocolate fudge directions describe boiling brown sugar white sugar milk and chocolate for five minutes then stirring in butter vanilla before pouring into a greased pan while warm. This compact card preserves the basic method and key ingredients for quick fudge.
Instructions describe making marmalade sandwiches with buttered white bread and orange marmalade spread thinly. Then place a slice of white bread buttered, topped with brown bread slices. The tone reads like a step by step kitchen note.
To hash cold venison, simmer scraps in Snartey Water with bones, strain, thicken with butter and flour, add gravy and currant jelly, then warm through without boiling. For steaks, grill on a hot grate, brush with fat, season, and serve with currant jelly on warm plates.
Wipe and trim a porterhouse or rump steak parboil seven minutes then bake on a buttered plank until cooked. Border with duchess potatoes, garnish with mushroom caps, fried tomatoes, cucumber, and optional vegetables. Duchess potatoes mix butter salt yolks and hot potatoes shape with a pastry bag and brush with egg wash.
An old guide advises wrapping the unused portion of bread in muslin or a damp cloth or in waxed paper to prevent drying and waste. It notes fresh bread’s moisture aids digestion and suggests surrounding it with moisture helps preserve texture and usability.
Instructions detail making a whole wheat bread starter with yeast and warm liquids, then kneading and rising for about six hours. A bean and sausage dish is described: soak beans, cook tender, bake with sausage and salt water, served with sauce. The Piece Bag method suggests tagging remnants with a safety pin for quick contents check.
A simple bake combines one half cupful cheese and boiled ham chopped together with three eggs six soda crackers rolled fine one tablespoonful sauce salt red pepper one teaspoonful baking powder and one cupful milk. Stir eggs into ham and crackers add milk and remaining ingredients then bake thirty minutes. It yields a fine dish.
Recipe notes show how to make chicken patties using canned mushrooms, chopped onions, and a white sauce. Cut cold chicken into tubes, mix with mushrooms and onions, season with cayenne and mace, and assemble into heated patty shells for serving. Patty cases are available in the city to save time.
Learn multiple methods to prepare asparagus, including baked with cheese fried and creamed options. The guide describes dishes like rolls with egg sauce, plain boiled or with various sauces, and suggests deodorizing kitchens after cooking. It also notes using lavender and cloves for home fragrance.
A kitchen tip suggests placing a dish of boiling water beside hot fat. When removing doughnuts from the frying kettle, dip quickly into the water to remove grease. The process may make doughnuts feel lighter and allows fat to be reused, with surprisingly visible fat rise.
This vintage recipe lists ingredients for an orange parfait: orange juice sugar maraschino cherries whipped cream and gelatin. Dissolve sugar in juice chop cherries whip cream fold with gelatin and chill in a mold over several hours.
Two eggs with sugar, hot water, flour and baking powder folded in with stiff whites. Bake about twenty minutes in a medium oven. Flavor to taste.
Among seasonable fish that fry well for breakfast are perch butter fish porgies flounders river bass weakfish and whitefish and smelts. Any of these fried and served with potatoes creamed or baked makes a delicious Lenten breakfast menu.
A historical guide lists multiple kerosene based cleaning tips. It suggests using kerosene with hot water to brighten windows and mirrors, cleaning hands after blocking a stove, rinsing rusty sinks, reducing shoe squeaks by dipping soles, removing white refrigerator spots, cleaning painted walls, and treating tar or pine pitch on clothing before washing.
The article describes making palatable albumen for children with stomach trouble by poaching only egg whites and using albumen water during a transition period. For older children, it suggests mixing one egg white with water, chilling with ice, and adding a touch of orange juice and lemon juice to reduce stringiness and aid flavor.
Beefsteak pie recipe with 10 pounds of steak cut into small squares and onions. Cook in butter, add water, simmer until tender. Add potatoes in small cubes in last 15 minutes. Prepare pie crust, bake until dry or brown. Fill crust and bake, with optional mushrooms.
A historic recipe describes making fruit sherbet from juice of two oranges and two lemons with a pint of cream and cupful of syrup, strained juice folded with cream and syrup then frozen. It cites ice and salt ratios for ice cream, ices, and sherbets and advises crushing ice with a gunny sack and heavy mallet.
A recipe combines lentil pulp with breadcrumbs eggs chopped onion and butter. The mix is steamed until set then shaped into croquettes coated in crumbs and fried. Optional: fold in English walnuts or pecans for a richer flavor.
Mince cold boiled tongue and mix with half as much finely diced celery. Moisten with mayonnaise and one cupful add a tablespoon of tomato catchup. Spread between white bread and butter for a simple tongue sandwich.
An even quantity of cold cooked vegetables such as peas turnips beets and potatoes is finely chopped. Add a little minced onion. Cover with salad dressing, mix lightly and serve cold.
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