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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1907
Page
3
A traditional boiled pudding recipe details ingredients including spoon suet eggs nutmeg and cloves. It instructs tying the mixture in cloth and boiling four hours with a hard boil water and notes total time including chilling before dinner. The sauce combines butter sugar water and cinnamon for serving hot.
Silk lined brass lamp shades with fringe are offered in the standard table lamp size at nine dollars each.
Large patterns and dark colors make a room seem smaller while light hues with plate or striped patterns give the impression of greater size.
An old household tip suggests cutting an Irish potato, dipping one piece in brick dust used for cleaning knives, then rubbing the knife to instantly remove stains.
Chop fine cabbage and onion. Mix 1 pint cabbage with 1 tablespoon onion, season with salt pepper and crushed celery seed. Sprinkle over cabbage and onion. Add 1 cup minced boiled ham. Pour over all good vinegar and serve quickly.
A historical recipe note describes mixing one pint of potato pressed through a sieve with four eggs and a cup of sugar. Add butter nutmeg and milk to form a thin batter, fill three undercrusta, then bake in a moderate oven.
A recipe chapter suggests combining one head of cabbage finely chopped with two cups of vinegar one tablespoon mustard and two eggs. Heat until nearly boiling then pour over the cabbage season with salt and pepper and mix well.
A rustic batter blends sugar salt butter and molasses with 11 2 cups of flour 21 2 cups corn meal and baking powder. Milk makes a pourable batter baked in a loaf tin in a hot oven for about 30 minutes.
Combine orange juice with grated yellow peel add 1 pound sugar and optional lemon zest. Cook 15 minutes skimming occasionally strain bottle seal for refreshing summer cups and sweet sauces.
Mix sugar corn starch and water with butter then lemon rind and juice. Cook until clear. When gold add egg yolk. Line plate with paste bake fill and top with egg white sugar icing. Bake until brown.
Boil one pound sugar with a gill water without stirring until a drop in cold water is brittle. Remove from heat, place over boiling water, and add juice of a quarter lemon. Skewer fruit pieces, dip in syrup, lay on waxed paper to dry, layer with powdered sugar, and store in a cool dry place.
A historical recipe fragment lists ingredients for preserved beef with apples and raisins plus Hickory Nut Cookies. The preserves include chopped beef apples molasses sugar vinegar or cider raisins or currants spices and butter, prepared and sealed in jars. The cookies require sugar eggs melted butter milk cream of tartar soda and chopped kernels in dough.
A reader seeks a plum pudding suitable for a woman avoiding brandy or wine. The white ribboner offers a recipe mixing flour raisins currants and milk into a cohesive batter, promising an alcohol-free alternative for the bill of fare.
To four tablespoons of freshly grated horseradish add a heaped teaspoon salt and a dash of pepper with two teaspoons prepared mustard. Stir in vinegar to smooth and cream. For serving with hot meats fold in two tablespoons thick cream and heat in a dish set over boiling water without boiling.
A letter to D C Cornwell in Athens Ohio compares paint and diamonds to promote Devoe paint. It argues one gallon of Devoe lasts longer and covers more than average paint, suggesting painters and jewelers should know about paint quality and costs.
A compact old advertisement proclaims Roig cigars as the most popular, noting fresh supply from the factory every two weeks and inviting readers to get their share through Henderson Crider Drug Co.
A list of county expenses includes salaries of deputies and a medical witness, road and bridge work on Sugar Creek and Coolville roads, supplies for the courthouse, and costs from the Bank of Athens. Items cover October wages, burial costs, jury and coroner expenses, and various home orders and stipends.
A detailed payroll and relief ledger lists numerous October and November payments including deputy sheriff Frank Lowry at $50, deputy clerk Hattie Stile Sharp $23, recorder’s deputy Mary Arscott $30, treasurer E C Woodworth $242, court stenographer T L Morgan $58.33, and reliefs for various townships such as York $191 and Trimble $52. Also notes printing costs, stamps, and travel allowances totaling small sums across departments and towns.
Elizabeth Morris visits Hammond Kesler and R R Keins as Albert Gardiner is away on business building a barn. Neighbors gather at Squire Keirns. Sunday school grows at Mound Hill with revival planned. Mrs Maggie Keirns ill. A J Wolfe improving. Jersey cow purchased. G W Linscott’s house fire narrowly contained by quick action.
A local store touts its core value of dependability. It stresses consistent quality, ample quantity, and fair pricing as its keystone to business success.
The tiger, black, brown, copperhead, and death adder are listed in Victoria. The death adder is very rare and highly venomous, about two feet long with a dull brown color and a flat wide head. Many believe its sting resides in the tail.
A battered auto speaks of a dented frame and ruined parts. An owner drains the car while a reckless driver evades police and wrecks, spreading blame to speedomaniacs as bystanders view the twisted machine. Minna Irving in New York Times.
A suitor plans twenty roses for a birthday, but a florist inflates the order by ten. The tale, told as a Judge's Library quip, hints at a ruined romance due to a misread gift. The prank underscores how small errors can end promising relationships.
The snippet notes Jack-Maud Willing possessing a “true Christian spirit.” Tom questions the claim, and Jack quips that after kissing her on the cheek she immediately turned away, attributed to Mexugendorfer Blatter.
Mrs Shopper imagines an immense department store in heaven with bargains. Goods marked at 98 cents in her dream would cost a dollar on earth, highlighting humorous contrast between heavenly abundance and earthly prices.
A Houston Post quotation debates inheritance taint. A father’s money is questioned for impurity and a proposal arises to compensate by doubling the gift. The dialogue centers on prudence and moral reparation within family finance.
A quip about Jane Brown saving a wedding with a jab at her Old Maids' club dues. The Cleveland Plain Dealer uses humor to hint at social circles and obligations without detailing any event or person beyond the gag.
A Washington Star quote features Mr. Meekton noting his wife lectures him at home and he feels safer with her at home than when she is away playing bridge whist. The exchange highlights domestic humor and marital dynamics.
A Philadelphia Press quip satirizes Markley undergoing medical care. The doctor recommends motoring as a treatment, while the patient quips no ailment exists yet notes the physician’s specialty is surgery, highlighting irony in medical humor.
A dialogue snippet features Mrs. Gunbusta Wilfred insisting on not using can't and the judge prompting if a musk melon requires a cannotal oupe. The exchange centers on word choice and phrasing.
A brief New York President’s remark notes Hewitt as a popular fellow. Jewett quips that he is a favorite with himself, reflecting a lighthearted tone about public perception and self-regard.
The Broadway magazine compares Christian Science healing with state health data for 1805 06 in New York. It cites mortality rates, physician involvement, and cost figures showing Christian Science treatment costing far less in numerous cases, with examples in rheumatism tuberculosis stomach and heart disease, where aftercare expenses are often minimal.
Pleasanton reports visitors from Westerville and Columbus. Prank Pugh shows improvement from typhoid fever while Mrs. Ethel Dorsey returns home to Columbus. Erie Kelly of Mechanicsburg visits his mother as Miss Alice Koten visits friends there. Mr. Bridwell plans to move to Middleport with family. Coal prospects brighten as Mr. Gee Morrison employs two men at his bank.
Local ad highlights Spalding jerseys sweaters and flags with striking bazaar items at Henderson Crider Drug Co offering a range of sports merchandise and pennants for fans.
Miss Eleanor Mack, 10, is slowly ossifying as bones replace muscle after one year of illness. Dr. Henry Rodebaugh at Park View sanitarium expects death within 18 months if progression remains steady. She came from Bowerston, Ohio, to seek treatment for the incurable disease.
An elderly woman speaks of aging and fear, while James Abernhardt of Rutherford College, N C, extols Sloan's Liniment for paralysis and other ailments. He reports strong local sales, noting a brick mason who recovered use of an arm and can work as before.
A 65 year old woman described by Watson suffers a incurable condition with boneike material stiffening joints and muscles. Doctors note relief from electric light bath treatment though afflictions remain. The patient remains cheerful and enjoys music conversation and reading.
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