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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1908
Page
8
John Fisher learns his mother in law can make pain seem to vanish as she boasts pain is all in the mind. At the dentist she yanks teeth and drills others from Mrs Meadowbrook, while John contends the mind can ease pain. He later taunts a skeptic and reveals the joke when the friend asks if Mrs Meadowbrook has false teeth.
A writer notes a unique telegraph line once linking La Paz and Oruro in Bolivia. Constructed during the 1880 Chile Bolivia war, pillars used dried mud adobe and old bottles as insulators. Five feet square bases rose about 15 feet high, spaced 361 feet apart, to clear local animals, spanning 156 miles before wooden poles replaced them after roughly a decade.
Humorous remark cited in Life notes Mrs Bildad claims to talk to her sleep and even when awake. The snippet highlights witty exchange on nightly chatter and ongoing habit.
A fragmented report notes Dyer Weill is back on his feet after a failing spell, with brief hints that he was obliged to set his auto life. The lines suggest a taunting or casual tone about his condition and actions.
Gant Judicious explains do it yourself preservation using paint to restore chairs benches tables and garden trellises. Mix paint with linseed oil for extended life applying multiple coats as wood absorbs pigment. Inside woodwork in white colonial or dark woods can be painted by a housewife with two brushes and careful cleaning after use.
Chocolate and butter mixtures are beaten smooth with eggs and milk then combined to bake in two layers. Frosting uses boiled sugar, water, egg white and cream of tartar until spreadable.
The piece argues coffee can be harmless for some nervous temperaments when properly brewed. It notes many methods fall short, mentions milk as a richer French approach, and describes a recipe using three tablespoons of coffee per pint with milk boiled together, then strained and served.
Mittens come in several thicknesses and sizes with straps for range polishing and thinner versions with chamois interiors for silverware polishing. They protect hands and nails and simplify tasks, a convenience not yet embraced by all women.
Instructions describe preserving apples in grape juice using a four quart boil, reducing juice by one third, peeling and quartering apples, packing in a porcelain kettle with juice, and simmering until tender before immediate sterilized canning.
A homemaking note reveals that adding an ounce of ginger root to crabapple jelly elevates its taste. It also warns that using cheap sugar can tint apple jelly pinkish, affecting appearance.
Instructions describe half filling baking powder cans with bread dough, allowing it to rise nearly full, baking to produce neat round slices with no crust. These crustless rounds are suited for luncheon boxes, parties, picnics, and similar gatherings.
Fancy small cakes shaped with cookie cutters form cute animal and leaf designs. Mix sugar butter eggs milk flour cream of tartar soda, add whites last, bake thin, decorate with chocolate citron and angelica veins. Autumn leaves come alive with shredded orange peel. serve with cool sparkling cider or hot mulled cider for adults.
Step by step recipe for sunshine cake using eight egg whites and five yolk eggs with granulated sugar, fine pastry flour, orange and lemon flavors, cream of tartar and salt. Beat yolks, whip whites with salt and cream of tartar, fold in sugar, then add yolk mixture, fold in flour and bake.
A historic recipe explains making crab apple jelly with pineapple. Peel and finely chop pineapple, wash and cut crab apples, cook with water until soft, drain juice, measure, and sweeten with sugar. Mix pineapple with sugar, heat, then add crab apple juice, boil to jelly, bottle, cool, and seal.
A description notes fruit salads grow in popularity due to quick preparation and easier digestion after heavy meals. It recommends a thick French dressing or mayonnaise for pineapple and banana orange mixes, with ginger syrup, served on lettuce leaves and topped with mayonnaise.
A kitchen tip suggests placing one cup of rice in a quart pudding bag, tying loosely, and boiling in salted water for thirty minutes. Remove the bag and serve the rice with cream and sugar. The method is said to yield rice superior to ordinary boiled rice.
Instructions describe selecting uniform apples, peeling, coring, and cutting into four slices. Edge scalloped with a cutter, then cover with alternating sugar overnight. Drain juice, return to boil, add apples, and cook quickly until a pink transparent color forms.
Advice to shell peas by cooking with pods. Wash carefully discard spoiled pods. When finished the pods rise and peas settle at the bottom for better flavor.
Mix two cups cornmeal and two cups milk with salt in a double boiler until thick. Fill cone molds and let harden. Turn out and scoop small top openings to fill each cone with a teaspoon of currant jelly.
Beat the white of an egg until stiff. Spread on the top of the jelly and cover it to prevent mold.
The former Consuelo Vanderbilt plans Berkeley Hall near Canterbury England as a healthful home for her younger son Lord Ivor Churchill who has weak lungs. She seeks a stable residence, while continuing charitable work in London and Paris society circles.
Abandoned Scituate lighthouse tower in Massachusetts, built 1811 and unused since 1860, stands moldering along the harbor. Locals urged restoration to honor its history, but petitions failed as nearby Minots Light drew prominence and Scituate’s own harbor light was deemed unnecessary.
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