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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1912
Page
3
Classic dessert guide outlines Molasses Cake Lemon Pie and Chocolate Pie. Includes ingredients such as molasses brown sugar sour milk eggs flour butter and lemon juice with baking instructions and finishing touches like meringue and vanilla.
Leftover lace pieces and odd lengths can trim under garments and elaborate yokes collars and cuffs. Mark half inch blocks, cut every other one from center to corners, turn back to form an open square, baste and sew with fine stitches.
Instructions describe using white paper to gauge oven heat. Paper that burns means oven is too hot for any cooking. Delicate brown indicates pastry heat. Dark yellow suitable for cakes. light yellow for biscuits and sponge cake. Meat roasting requires a hotter setting to keep fats in the roast.
Instructions on gathering flowers for posting include gathering the night before, using tepid water in a cool room, and selecting half open buds. Pack in a light wooden box, line with paper, layer foliage, and place heavy blooms bottom up. Use tissue paper, avoid damp moss, unpack promptly, and revive faded blooms with steam or boiling water.
A short aphoristic excerpt on valuing home and shelter from the poem Leonidas by Robert Bland. The verse urges gratitude for a simple hearth and a small plot of vegetables, contrasting modest living with worldly wealth. The note attributes the lines to the Greek of Leonidas translated by Bland.
The article warns against hanging mirrors where sunbeams strike them directly. Sunlight and heat can damage the back of the quicksilver coating, causing the glass to become dull and cloudy.
Great calamities spur new inventions like bulletproof shields and lifesaving helmets. The Titanic wreck and submarine accidents lead to safer gear, with items such as a 16 pound air helmet and rapid donning features, while railways pay for innovative carriage door locks.
The writer notes Hongkong is a major port yet has no public docks or warehouses. Only private wharfs exist, owned by a private company with its own warehouses, supplying berths for four vessels.
Norah McCue confronts a station boy and a meddling ladder incident as she tries to practice Chopin while a talking tree episode unfolds. Josiah Frelinghuysen and a dognamed Mick appear with a fantasy plan to win a bride, prompting flirtatious chaos and a vow to marry Joab Prellaghuyeen in a feverish foray of mistaken names.
An examination of city directories reveals many peculiar surnames and humorous name pairings. The piece notes two names with opposite meanings such as Bearup Carryber and Late Early. It discusses names linked to places like Cork street and the era of sailors with cork legs, not the material as the origin.
The text instructs a sequence of standing with feet together bending at the hips, springing upward, crossing the feet while rising, and returning them to the original position. It warns to keep toes pointed to avoid them striking and to ignore unknown curious insinuations.
A garbled OCR passage poses a geography game with odd spellings and partial state clues. It asks which state is mightier than the ? and includes scattered prompts about self reference, expressions of sadness, and various state abbreviations like Wash Conn La.
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