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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1913
Page
3
In a crowded streetcar Dolby resolves to keep his seat no matter the cost until a young woman in a brown hat with a borrowed baby appears. The baby’s antics threaten Dolby’s plan, prompting a surprised exchange and a retreat to the car’s platform as the mother explains the arrangement.
A Washington official recalls Emerson Taylor the late consul at Port of Spain from Dry Run. He noted Taylor’s humor and told a Dry Run wife joke about a prodigal son and family, contrasting old fashioned restraint with modern fault finding.
A renowned astronomical instrument maker explains that a perfect 36 inch glass straight edge is impossible to make, with a practical limit of error at a fraction of light wavelength costing about forty thousand dollars. A patron later reveals the edge was for a scraper and tolerating one sixty‑fourth of an inch would suffice.
A witty exchange recalled by Puck features Jones acknowledging a past witness and a lawyer reflecting on whether the testimony was material. The dialogue hints at courteous cross examination and a light touch on courtroom memory.
A tested recipe details a hearty dressing with dried mushrooms Edam sausage brains onion garlic parsley celery and spinach, plus a eggs and bread base. It includes a brown gravy sauce and a dough turnover method, yielding enough to serve about fifteen people.
A small pasteboard box on the floor catches thread and cloth scraps to keep the room tidy. A newspaper spread on the floor serves the same purpose and can be picked up and burned when work ends.
Crisp the bacon and onion in fat then fry veal heart slices in flour. Add stock pimento salt and bay leaf, simmer two hours. Return bacon to the dish five minutes before serving for a rich veal heart stew.
Ten cents worth of Roquefort cheese cream cheese butter two green peppers one Bermuda onion half a celery stalk. Rub cheeses and butter to a paste add onion peppers and celery. Season with paprika and chill. Serve with hot toasted crackers.
A recipe instructs buttering a deep earthenware dish, filling with unpeeled rhubarb pieces, adding sugar, and covering with either a rich puff paste or a fritter batter made from eggs flour milk and salt. Bake until light and brown with rhubarb heaped in the center.
Five pounds rhubarb washed and sliced with one pint vinegar four pounds sugar and two teaspoons each of cinnamon and cloves. Boil steadily for thirty minutes in a preserving kettle. Ladle into jelly glasses and seal with paraffin.
Brief note from St. Joseph News Press laments that most people could be financially well off if not for debt payments, reflecting common financial pressures of the era.
Reports from Europe detail dogs guiding and guarding railways and waterways. In Larissa and Paris trained police dogs protect lines, escort prisoners, deter criminals, and resist bribes, performing rescues on the Seine and guarding against deliberate wrecks during labor unrest.
Bishop Candler of Atlanta cites a Philadelphia fox hunting parson. A Spruce Street Quaker challenged him by noting superior wit in fox catching. The Quaker pressed the huntress question and the parson replied with a boastful claim. The Quaker then quipped he would hide in the parson's study if he were a fox.
A new stamp printing machine designed by Benjamin R. Stickney will produce a mile of postage stamps every five minutes and print 12 000 stamps per minute. It promises a 57 percent reduction in production costs and could greatly increase daily output beyond the current 40 million stamps.
A playful exchange features a mother and daughter at a ball. The mother cites dancers covering nine miles on average while the daughter notes many couples are carried most of the way, reflecting lighthearted social chat.
The article explains how hard water with lime or gypsum hardens vegetable casein, impeding tenderness when cooking peas and beans. It notes onions lose flavor in soft water unless salt is added, and recommends water type depending on whether juices are extracted or retained. A simple soap test distinguishes hard and soft water.
A New Orleans style chocolate cream puff cake recipe. Prepare a water butter sugar mixture add flour then eggs and beat until stiff. Drop teaspoon sized balls on a buttered sheet bake twenty minutes, cool, slit sides, fill with vanilla whipped cream, glaze with chocolate icing.
This vintage instruction describes making codfish balls by shredding cod and boiling potatoes, mixing in an egg, butter, and cream, then combining with the mashed cod. Form into balls when cool and fry in hot fat, with optional egg and breadcrumb coating.
A historical cooking note describes making mock Indian pudding by boiling water in a double boiler, adding salt, stirring in farina, cooking ten minutes, then adding milk sugar and molasses, seasoning with ginger and cinnamon, and baking thirty minutes. An optional egg may be included.
One cup scalden milk poured on two thirds cup rolled oats. Let stand five minutes. Add sugar salt lard or melted butter. Lift in 1144 cups flour four teaspoons baking powder. Mix thoroughly and add one well beaten egg. Bake in hot greased gem pans twenty to twenty five minutes.
Take six good sized apples and cure them with two cloves each. Add as much granulated sugar as will fit and bake in a pan with a cup of water. Keep them whole, check often, then remove carefully. Strain the syrup, dissolve gelatin, add red coloring, boil until clear, and pour around the apples.
Soak six crackers in cold water for thirty minutes until doubled in size. Remove gently with a skimmer and place buttered side up in a hot oven. Bake until puffed and brown in about half an hour. Serve with stewed or pressed fruit and whipped cream if desired.
The article advises cleaning outdoor furniture with hot water and borax, then refinishing if needed. It argues porch pieces are often worth reviving rather than replacing, noting cheap uncolored wood furniture saves money and detailing layup, stain, or dull finish techniques and costs.
A historical recipe describes chopping parsley two shallots and six anchovies then mixing with salt mustard oil and vinegar. Mix dressing and add thin slices of cold roasted meat gradually. Let stand three hours and serve garnished with parsley and meat slices with a touch of fat.
A traditional cheese cake method uses two quarts sour milk strained overnight. The mixture is seasoned with salt and thick cream, then sweetened with sugar and four eggs. Melted butter and cream or milk along with currants are added, then baked in a deep pie plate with rich puff paste.
Beat yolks of three eggs with one and a half cups sweet milk. Dip bread slices in the mix and fry in hot butter until delicate brown. Whip three egg whites with half cup sugar. Add juice of one lemon and pour over the toast for a delicious dish.
Melt butter in a pan then fry minced onion with vinegar and water until tender. Add a pint of diced cold boiled potatoes and brown lightly. Stir in a level teaspoon of parsley and serve.
Binks attaches a phonograph horn to a vacuum cleaner and proclaims this setup will fetch files. He instructs to let the files come on, hinting at a quirky device driven by improvised tech.
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