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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1912
Page
4
Mrs. I. L. Tilton of Cherokee visited her daughter Mrs. J. K. Rice on a Monday for several days. The note lists produce items including strawberries celery lettuce onions potatoes apples and a Friday delivery from Lawie with phone orders for the celebrated grain Blachel.
A long list of small town notices and ads covers eggs for sale, merchandise, travel, and local events. Mentions Andrew Johnson and Ruth visiting Chicago, town improvements, barber shop and drug store updates, caucus planning, school staff, and various personal notes about residents and farms.
A candidate declares intent to seek the office of county auditor in the upcoming June Republican primaries. The announcement signals campaign focus on fiscal oversight and local government accountability within the party.
A delegate convention of Republicans in Cherokee County will be held at the courthouse in Cherokee on Saturday April 13 1912 at 2 p.m. to select thirteen delegates for the Republican State Convention at Cedar Rapids on April a.m. to attend the event.
Nursery stock ad offering special prices on four foot plus scotch pine evergreens for windbreaks. Full line of other evergreens, various sizes, plus apple trees, peonies, hardy roses, and three year old rhubarb bulbs. Aurelia, J. F. Sellers, Chorokeo 3.
Piano contest closes in two weeks from Tuesday night with special entertainment by Miss Fraser and Mable Leonard while votes are counted by G R Wharton and D R Whitney. A five dollar cash prize will be awarded as a fifth prize to the contestant in fifth place if the top winner also takes the cash prize. Nine contestants and five grand prizes in total.
A milk faded recipe list describes making yellow cucumbers pickled with salt and vinegar, onions soaked and seasoned, dill pickles layered with salt, and quince jelly from boiled quince juice. It notes can substitute quince with grapes apples crab apples and peach skins and to avoid adding water when making grape jelly.
The note outlines home laundry tips for dark fabrics and greasy pieces. It recommends starching dark materials with coffee and wax to restore finish and prevent sticking, adds kerosene to wash water for greasy stains, direct soap on tough spots, and soaking briefly in soapy water. A soap shredder made from tin and wood aids quick soap dissolution.
A simple chocolate sauce enhances frozen desserts and vanilla ice cream. Boil two squares unsweetened chocolate with one cup sugar two tablespoons butter a pinch of salt and half cup water ten minutes then stir in vanilla. Serve hot or cold but do not boil too long when chilled.
Rich doughnuts are made by beating two eggs and adding one cup of sugar a quarter cup of melted butter one cup of sour milk half a level teaspoon of salt a level teaspoon of soda and a level teaspoon of cream tartar. Mix with flour to form a stiff dough roll half an inch thick cut and deep fry in hot lard roll in powdered sugar when partly cool.
A recipe for baked apples fills centers with chopped nut meats and sugar. Bake in a deep pan with boiling water, then serve with juice poured over and crowned with whipped cream or a meringue made from two egg whites.
A fragment describes making molasses sauce as an excellent accompaniment to plain rice or an ee eae mix, suggesting a simple sweet glaze or topping. The passage emphasizes pairing molasses with basic starches to enhance flavor.
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