The Melting Pot Column Highlights Varying News Snippets
A Washington State Weekly comment on diligence toward bills, a San Francisco sea captain’s arrest of his son, a horse theft for luck, a New York jail term for a slur, Tampa shipyard strike over Liberty Bonds, a New York sailor insult case, unclaimed inventor letters, silver mermaid bathing costumes, and a former Nevada official's arrest.
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Washington State Weekly
San Francisco
New York
Tampa
Fla
Atlantic Coast
Nevada
Cheapen Living Bulletin From New York Health Department
The bulletin urges cheaper foods that maintain nutrition. It highlights cereals like cornmeal and oatmeal, American cheese, dried beans and peas, oleomargarine, rice, whole wheat bread, sugar, potatoes, and macaroni with cheese as economical, protein rich options to reduce diet costs for workers.
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New York Department of Health
Asia
Once A Day Often Enough Dish Washing Debate
Dr H Barnard argues in Table Talk that washing dishes once daily saves time and fuel. A housekeeper tested two routines washing after each meal for a week and once daily the next week, finding similar dish counts but less effort and energy with daily washing.
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Barnard
Fig Gema Heat One Cupful Milk and Figs
A batter is prepared with sweet milk sugar salt and butter cooled, then mixed with graham and white flour baking powder and a beaten egg. Fold in flour dusted figs and bake in gem pans until golden brown.
Corn and Cream Custard Bake
A vintage recipe item instructs to mix one cup canned corn with half cup heavy cream and three unbeaten egg whites. Add salt and white pepper, beat, butter a dish with parsley, pour in, bake in a water bath about twenty minutes, and serve with a savory sauce.
Yellow the best color for a bright north room says expert
Miss Araminta Holman from Kansas State Agricultural College advises using yellow in a north room to compensate for lack of sun. She recommends light yellow or orange tinted curtains and transparent fabrics to maximize light, with walnut or oak furniture for dens and bird's eye maple or cherry for bedrooms.
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Araminta Holman
Kansas State Agricultural College
Rice Jambalaya Method From Leftovers Tradition
A detailed recipe for rice jambalaya uses washed rice, pork, sausage, ham, peppers, tomato, onion, garlic, parsley, thyme, cloves, bay leaf, butter and water. Pork and ham are cut small, other ingredients minced, then browned with butter. After simmering, add stock and rice and cook until firm. Jambalaya described as a leftover utilization dish with variations for chicken sausage, shrimp and oysters.
Potatoes Stuffed With Meat Bakeways Recipe
Large potatoes baked until tender are hollowed. Finely minced cold beef seasoned and heated with gravy is placed in each potato. Tops replaced and baked until brown. Scooped potato can be mashed with butter and milk or formed into rolls with egg and flour then baked.
Graham Pudding and Lemon Sauce Recipe
Graham Pudding requires sweet milk egg salt sugar molasses soda graham flour currants or raisins mixed and steamed three hours. Serve hot with a lemon sauce made from cornstarch water boiling, lemon rind and juice, egg, and finished just as it simmers.
Pumpkin Pie Recipe From Old Fashioned Instructions
An old fashioned recipe guides pumpkin pie making by boiling large skin on pieces then pulping. Mix with milk eggs sugar ginger salt and butter, pour into pastry, top with butter and a pinch of nutmeg before baking.
Fruit Dumplings With Sweet Sauce
Simple batter mixes one cup flour one saltspoon salt one teaspoon baking powder with water to form a stiff batter. Drop into a sweet fruit sauce such as apple berry or pear, cover tightly and boil fifteen to twenty minutes until tender.
Curtain Rod Alternatives For A Terrace Bungalow
A reader notes inexpensive curtain rod substitutes using stretched string or lines to avoid extra expense. The idea emphasizes simple, temporary solutions for window coverings in a country bungalow or attic space.
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Curtis
Stale Words and Quotations Trim a Writer's Style
A Knickerbocker Press piece laments overuse of stale phrases and overquoting. It cites J M Barrie and Gelett Burgess noting writers rely on familiar lines and quotations, with Dickensian cliches preferred by some and Bartlett's Quotations guiding restraint.
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Knickerbocker Press
J. Pluvius
Hromides
Gelett Burgess
Burgess
Barrie
Bartlett
Walking Fern Grows Here At Brooklyn Children's Museum
The walking fern, native to the United States, grows in eastern states to Kansas on mossy rocks and cliff bases. Fronds six to fifteen inches long curl into mossy crevices, where two or three tiny fronds form, then a rootlet mass anchors the rosette. Over months the frond withers and new fronds sprout, potentially forming a whole colony from one plant.
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Children’s Museum of
Brooklyn Institute
United States
Kansas
M. S. Draper
Children's Museum News
Wealthy Class Dominates Canadian Divorce Scene
In Canada divorces are rare and costly, with only four to six granted annually and no record of poor men obtaining one. The Ottawa legislature appoints a divorce committee each session, with no appeals. Western residents pay higher costs due to travel.
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Canada
Dominion
Ottawa
Why She Objected Over a Kiss From a Lance
A man explains Florrie ended their engagement after he admits he did not steal a kiss. His friend reacts with disbelief and mockery, while the rejected lover laments the situation and voice his confusion.
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Florrie
Scott
The Antidote
Hulda’s mistress praises her readiness and skill as a nursemaid. The employer recalls a scare when the baby swallowed a button and Hulda calmly instructed him to swallow a buttonhole to remedy the situation.
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Hulda
By Compulsion. A Miserable Summer Planned by a Father
A meek man predicts a summer trip despite financial strain to avoid conflicts over two marriageable daughters and a strong minded wife. He expects to spend beyond his means while seeking a peaceful escape with his family.
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