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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1908
Page
2
A promotional blurb reviews Hidden Perils by Mary Cecil Hay, praising its natural love plot and home life portrayal. It highlights true heart stories, delicate scenes, and a strong heroine whose devotion drives the serial’s engaging progress.
Lorraine Gaveston arrives secretly at Rupert's Rest seeking refuge and develops an attraction to Rourke Trenham. Una, Miss Shefford, and a wary wary stepmother figure shape a tense domestic scene as plans unfold for power over Hohve and Winterfield. The Narroway farm storyline introduces Abraham Bartle, his wife Judith, and the contrast between bustling estate life and rural guardianship as Rourke contemplates his future.
The young master rests nearly reclined, eyes closed, while Horton Newley and Mrs. Trenham observe. Rourke sits nearby as a manservant, and the scene shows a subtle power dynamic in the room with Mrs. Trenham's wary glance.
A tall bachelor and a girl stroll along the lake front. He quips that waves are feminine because they are always saying something no one understands. She agrees, then offhandedly calls bachelors the meanest men in the world.
A grocer rebukes a new boy on thrift as a fly lands on a sugar bag. He swats the fly, prompting the boy to note the double standard. The boy says the grocer teaches caution yet discards a fly without cleaning the sugar, highlighting a humorous contradiction.
In Doubt, a Pine-stick whittler and Mr. Erastus Pink ley discuss a mule. The exchange centers on whether the mule is viewed as property or a curio affliction, with a playful poke at semantics. The Washington Star framing adds a wry tone to the casual commerce of the animal.
A playful exchange unfolds as a cheerful character notes women’s fondness for tea. A typewriter boarder questions the remark prompting a witty explanation that tea signals the start of trials and tribulations.
The piece contrasts dairy idols high in affection with owners’ claims versus economic value, noting pets kept long and valued beyond milk. It also includes farm tips on fattening fowls by confined, lighted feeding, and a note on sorting potatoes with boards and smooth wire.
A column explains potato handling with side-boards and a pulley to prevent sagging, then presents a method to age pigs by their teeth and molars. It cites Prof Trueman of Illinois alleging Chicago milk dealers adulterate milk for the poor, while finer districts show better quality, and mentions mule hoof care.
Tennessee Experiment Station reports a new clover disease anthracnose affecting red clover, with spread by late June. Researchers select resistant variants and expect seed distribution in about two years. Other notes discuss cow water needs, milk composition, and farm practices for orchards, clover crops, and fruit farming.
A Idaho invention shows a jar opener using a plier like grip to seize jar tops, easing opening and reducing hand injuries. The page also shares numerous old fashioned recipes including Nat Loaf sauce, Apple Batter, Chocolate Cake, Chop Suey of Beet, German Kuchalapft, Cake Custard, Mashed Potato for Fried Fish, Baked Squash, Scotch Woodcock, Canadian Cake, Training Day Gingerbread, and Whipped Cream Sandwiches with peanuts.
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