Ever Popular Chow-Chow From A Classic Pickling Guide
A recipe lists English mustard half pound turmeric half ounce mustard two tablespoons cider vinegar half gallon brown sugar one cup olive oil half cup cauliflower head tiny cucumbers one quart button onions one quart. Cucumbers soak overnight in salt water then rinse. Boil cauliflower and onions separately. Mix vinegar with mustard and turmeric and stir into hot vinegar until thick, then add remaining ingredients and pour over drained vegetables. Seal jars.
Hints for Housewives on Household Tasks
Advice on choosing adjustable chairs in leather leatherette wood or cane noting ease of use. Describes custard bowls for serving and common kitchen uses. Gives tips to remove rust with lemon juice and sun, soak salt fish in milk to freshen, hints on mixing stove polish with ammonia and turpentine, and cleaning a porcelain sink with paraffin then soda water.
Paprika flavor inspired by sun dried hint
A connoisseur advises drying paprika in the sun for three days to bring out its true flavor. He notes its rising use in French dressing and suggests delicious uses such as sprinkled on cream cheese for brown bread sandwiches and a mealy baked potato with butter and paprika, served piping hot.
Brown Mushroom Sauce For Steak Preparation
A kitchen note describes opening canned French mushrooms and letting them air a hour. It then instructs to make a brown butter roux with four tablespoons butter and two tablespoons flour, cook dark, add stock or water with mushroom liquor, season, and enrich with sauce, tomato cat sup, sherry, and butter if using water. Mushrooms should be heated with the sauce without further cooking.
French Fried Potatoes Method
Pare potatoes and cut into eighths or fancy shapes. Soak in cold water one to two hours then dry. Fry in hot fat until they float and brown. Remove, drain on brown paper, salt, and serve immediately.
Cucumber Sauce for Cold Meats and Fish
A method to make cucumber sauce in quantity for serving with cold meats and fish. Use 12 large cucumbers one onion half a teaspoon red pepper and one teaspoon salt. Chop onions and cucumbers drain liquid, mix with salt and pepper add hot vinegar, bottle in glasses and seal with paraffin.
Keeping Mint Fresh
A simple method preserves mint leaves for reuse. Rinse the mint, then roll in a barely damp cloth to keep it fresh as when first purchased.
German Pan Cakes
Instructions describe making pan cakes by beating eggs with one tablespoon flour and a pinch each of salt and baking powder. Add enough milk to pour easily and cook as thick as griddle cakes.
Slow courtship ends in a 25 year wedding tale
In a New Hampshire village the death of a 97 year old woman recalls her long courtship with Joshua. She was pursued by several suitors but chose Joshua who delayed proposals for years. After many delays and family and property considerations they finally married after a quarter century and lived happily.
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Old Caddie Retorts With a Foiled Golf Round
A veteran East Coast caddie, famed for guiding skilled players, reluctantly assists a poor golfer described as a fooser. After twelve holes the player breaks a club and the caddie is urged to finish, while the old man mocks the disruption and jokes about more clubs and bunkers ahead.
The Flying Dutchman Legend Explained
The tale is examined in Thomas Foster's Researches in Atmospheric Phenomena. A Dutch sea captain swore a blasphemous oath and was doomed to roam the seas until Judgment Day. His ship sails endlessly, never docking, seen sometimes racing before the wind with full canvas.
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Thomas Foster
The Make Up Lobbyist Laughs at Illusions
A scene depicts a character wearing a large diamond and smoking oversized cigars to resemble an old fashioned lobbyist. He aims to lure influence on legislation by instigating an expense account.
Untitled Fragment Reveals Marriage Doubt
A fragmentary dialogue hints at hesitation over marriage with lines about a man named Podgers and Dix debating the wisdom of marrying a foolhardy woman. The exchange suggests doubts about commitment and social expectations.
Young Boy Tools and House Repair Skills Encouraged
A column urges young men to own a tool box and learn basic repair skills around the home. It extols handy boys who can hang pictures drive nails and craft furniture and notes such skills aid family life and future husbandry. The piece includes a quote by Foster Coates advocating shared household duties including marketing.
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Foster Coates
Play Apparatus for Boys Builds Stable Footboard Vehicle
An Indiana man uses a low four wheel platform and steel banded footboard to create a safer boys toy. By tilting the footboard the wheels turn together and the vehicle remains upright. A tall adjustable handle provides support while a boy propels, climbs aboard, and steers by weight shifts.
Broken Pane Heirloom Shadows Johnny at Homecoming
Johnny fears punishment as his father returns from business with a promise to settle his bad behavior. The scene hints at trouble linked to a broken pane in Grimes' glass house, observed before.
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Rehoboth Sunday Herald
It Was Hard to Tell Music Progress of Johnny
A Winnipeg Town Topics note says Johnny, the music teacher’s pupil, is improving daily in his violin playing. His mother expresses silent gratification and reflects on perception versus reality as progress becomes clearer over time.
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Johnny
Winnipeg
Lega Tease Ends With Gout Joke About Wills
A brief quip notes a man with gout should make a will so his leg will be at ease through legatees. The pun hinges on leg at ease and legatees.
Detective's Notebook Indoor Game of Villain Profiles
A guide to a fall and winter party game where players guess which boy’s profile matches a numbered silhouette. Using a candle shadow and fake profiles, participants write names opposite called numbers to score correct identifications.
Old Gas Pipe Dispute Reaches English Court
In an English court a case on the quality and condition of an aged gas pipe laid underground years ago was heard. A witness called it an old pipe and thus out of condition, while the judge noted that age does not excuse poor state, prompting the reply that pipes rot when buried.
Hence We Try Why Is the Inside of Everything Mysterious
A reflective note asks why inner realms remain opaque and suggests the puzzle lies in our own perception. It frames curiosity as a drive to uncover hidden structure and meaning in all things.
Soleful Wit in a Chi Nannese Style
A brief piece captures a Chi Nannese voice with concise humor and measured cadence. The tone blends warmth and wit, delivering a polished, culturally flavored reflection in tight lines.
How to Keep Yellow Milk Color in Guernsey Cattle
The article explains that Guernsey milk gains its yellow hue from cow pigment, light exposure, and green forage. It urges well lighted stables and green forage to maintain color, noting dark housing can whiten fat and milk.
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Jersey
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