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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1913
Page
3
A man named Dawson wakes broke and pawns a tailor suit for five dollars, believing none of his money remains. His mood worsens as he endures ridicule and withdrawal from friends until he discovers ten dollars hidden in the suit pockets, realizing the miscalculation and irony of his shabby past act.
The article praises John Synge for immersing himself in Irish life to write with accuracy. He roams the countryside with a fiddle, meeting peasants and tradespeople, and reports their lives faithfully. His work is noted for lack of sentimentality and Celtic glamour.
The article notes Kaiser Wilhelm's idea for combat vehicles to carry motorcycles in side pockets. If a car breaks down, the motorcycle can be deployed to deliver messages to generals, ensuring prompt dispatch despite engine failure.
A traveler sees the sign Christian Spoken in a small German town shop window and steps inside to inquire about a new language, only to learn the sign is the proprietor’s name. The humorous misunderstanding ends with the visitor realizing the sign is a personal label.
A compact field of household hacks covers freeing stuck bread from pans with steam, using hot water to cut citron, removing ink stains with cornstarch and buttermilk paste, and saving potato water to bake fluffy griddle cakes. Includes wire hooks for hanging utensils and tips to replace milk with potato water.
Use canned peaches pears or plums mashed with liquor to make a one quart pulp. Add sugar to taste, water, and four egg whites not beaten. Freeze until firm, pack and rest an hour. Works with fresh oranges or other fruits, bananas, dates, figs or apple sauce as a base.
Choose large peppers wash clean cut off tops and scrape seeds. Fill with a mixture of finely chopped cabbage onions pepper seed salt celery or celery seed. Pack peppers firmly and top. Cover with hot vinegar and store in a cool place. Do not seal.
The guide advises rinsing white satin collars in ether to remove spots without rings. Do not sponge the stains. instead place ether in a small bowl and cleanse the collar sections one by one for a perfectly white result. Ten cents’ worth of ether cleans the collar many times.
A simple molded salad using canned tomatoes half a box of gelatin and leftover chicken. Season with onion parsley bay leaf salt cayenne and black pepper. Simmer strain add gelatin soak chicken cubes and set in a mold served on lettuce with mayonnaise.
A short Home Economics note describes making grape ice cream by whipping rich cream until thick, folding in dark grape jelly, whipping once more, then freezing for ten to fifteen minutes. The result is a pretty mauve color and delicious.
To one dish mix juice and grated rind from two lemons with four egg yolks and one egg white. Beat with seven spoons sugar and one spoon melted butter.
A moving day dinner can be packed in a suitcase and prepared ahead. Pack plates cups silver napkins tablecloth candles matches a chafing dish percolator and a bottle of alcohol for spirit lamps. Include bread coffee butter jelly and ready hot dishes for a ten minute feast.
Warm molasses and eggs whisked with suet ginger and cinnamon. Add salt and alternate milk and cornmeal to a thick batter. Cloth wrap, boil three hours, and serve with cream or sauce.
Season one half can of tomatoes with one teaspoon salt pepper and onion juice. Add a cup of finely minced celery. Butter a baking dish. Layer tomatoes, buttered soda crackers with two heaping tablespoons grated American cheese, then more tomatoes. Top with crumbs and butter. Bake twenty minutes.
A simple veal croquette recipe. Two cups finely chopped veal with two tablespoons bread crumbs one teaspoon butter the beaten yolks of two eggs one teaspoon onion juice a half teaspoon salt a saltspoon paprika and a pinch of mace. Cook until heated, chill, shape into croquettes, dip in egg and crumbs, rest then fry until browned. Serve with tomato sauce.
Instructions describe preparing green peppers by removing seeds and membranes, washing, grinding, and mixing with cream cheese and cream. The filling is spread on buttered white bread for a savory sandwich.
A recipe notes frying pork fat then using the fat to fry stale bread slices. While frying, add a splash of milk or water and salt to taste, then turn to finish. The result is described as a very appetizing dish.
The Atlantis liner Minnetonka’s barber gathers wander ing birds during the voyage and sells them in port. A brown linnet lures birds aboard, then the ship is closed and the birds are kept. He says London Zoo often buys, water must be boiled, and gulls escort ships across the ocean. He questions capture laws beyond the three mile limit and recalls a homing pigeon episode near Whitsuntide.
The piece questions militant suffragist activity in England, likening it to fictional criminal networks. It cites a supposed suffragette den in Kens ington with tools for vandalism and arson, but notes uncertainty about charges and evidence and doubt over the den’s existence.
The Berliner cult of English words and clothes is described by the Koelnische Zeitung. A man calls himself a gent and wears tiptop dress from head to foot using English terms like bar pumps and pyjama. He favors whisky soda over beer and laments being ganz broken down after winter.
History books recount numerous men who sacrificed status and power for a beloved woman. From Mark Antony and Cleopatra to Sheridan, Canning, Pitt, and noble heirs, tales of disguises, service as footmen or grooms, and elopements reveal love driving men to defy family, class, and duty in pursuit of romance.
Historical note describes how firefly and glowworm luminous parts can be dried and stored out of air for extended periods without losing light. Experiments by Kastle and McDermitt found light returns when hydrated, brighter with hydrogen peroxide, but the secret of light without heat remains undiscovered.
The speaker argues strength and capacity decide victory or defeat across physical, intellectual, and moral battles. He states that despite prayer and protest, the sovereign law persists and Byng faced defeat.
The Graham Dyke refers to the Antonine Wall crossing Scotland from the Forth to the Clyde, a thirty six mile frontier fortification. Local pride mentions a Robert Graham but the name derives from Grymisdyke and appears at similar spots in England linked to the Teutonic devil Grim.
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