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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1914
Page
7
The piece argues fresh vegetables are rich in mineral salts and help stomach and intestinal disorders. It claims lack of minerals or excess carbohydrates and protein from wheat and bread cause issues, and recommends a diet of fresh vegetables and greens like peas, beans, carrots, parsnips, onions, cabbage, lettuce, celery, and spinach for relief.
A ceiling hung shelf over the tub range offers great convenience in a small kitchen. Install notches on the board edges, place two large ceiling hooks, and suspend the board with heavy picture wire to keep ants and other posts away from the shelf.
A historical note describes quince jelly preparation: select not overripe quinces, wash and rub off down, cure and cut, simmer with water, strain through a muslin bag, press lightly, then add sugar per pint of fruit and boil gently until finished.
The article advises washing eggs before breaking them due to possible dirt from nests or handling. It notes shells may appear clean but still carry contaminants and emphasizes washing as a precaution.
Practical advice on cooking and cleaning methods. Singe a chicken over burning alcohol to avoid soot. Boil utensils in baking soda solution to restore whiteness. Use the same pot for potatoes only. Keep flour airtight and cool to prevent moisture. Scrub wooden spoons and pastry boards with sand rather than soap for best results.
Thrifty cooks can soften tough steak by rubbing equal parts vinegar and olive oil on both sides. Let stand two hours before cooking to improve tenderness amid rising meat prices.
The article describes skirts with fullness at the back waist and a closely fitting continuation below the hips. It notes fullness ranges between the waist line and hip while the lower garment clings to the figure for a streamlined silhouette.
A cooky pan can bake many cookies at once. Have a tailor trim a sheet to fit your oven and turn up the edges by half an inch for neat containment.
A vintage recipe excerpt presents methods for smothered chicken and corn and chicken scallop. It describes preparing a young chicken by removing the breast bone, seasoning, and baking. It also covers layering corn and chicken with butter flour sauce and a buttered crumb topping, plus fillet oysters with a cream sauce.
Instructions describe two chicken preparations. The first uses cold roast or boiled chicken with olive oil, butter, flour, cream, onion juice, and seasonings to create a heated creamy dish. The second details seasoned drumsticks fried after breading, finished with hot sauce and parsley.
Cut sponge cake into squares and top with pear halves. Cook pears in cranberry juice syrup until tender, drain and place a half on each sponge square. Decorate with cranberry jelly and serve with cream or sauce.
William Hard Lawrence in Harper’s Magazine notes Colombia’s peso has depreciated to one cent, with no silver coins and rampant small bills. He recalls paying 280 to travel seventeen miles and $40 for a similar trip, highlighting volatile money and inflated prices in Barranquilla and Savanilla.
A New England figure, General Cushing, is credited by a New York Sun writer with finding 6 000 mistakes in a Webster's Dictionary edition. He reportedly sent a list of 5 000 errors to Professor Porter of Harvard after rechecking the work.
A witty exchange recalls Alexander the Great conquering the world by age, contrasted with Aristotle as a teacher in a Philadelphia Inquirer joke. The quip highlights a student retort to a professor about historical mastery.
Canterbury landmark St Martin’s Church asserts status as England’s oldest church in continuous use, reflecting its historic role and enduring function in religious life.
A European study finds about 106 boys born for every 100 girls, equating to roughly ten girls yielding eleven boys in a birth cycle. The data highlight a persistent male birth excess across the region.
Ned Harkness confronts the sight of Cynthia in a blue gown with James Brown at a restaurant. He vows to reveal the truth after catching her with the Browns. Cynthia confesses a plan to duplicate the gown at quarter the cost, while Ned deceives himself about trust and propriety.
A description of a lively party game for twelve or more players. Eve is blindfolded while others circle and Eve points to someone called Adam. Adam answers with his voice, and Eve must locate him as he moves to avoid capture. If Eve guesses right she becomes Eve. if wrong, Adam returns to the circle and the game continues.
A garbled verse recounts a porker wanting pace and calm, with scattered sounds and exclamations. The text presents muddled lines and playful nonsense about a pig and noisy actions.
The text appears garbled and incomplete reporting a sequence of events related to letters received on Wednesday and Thursday with uncertain details about a Saturday event and time. No identifiable people or organizations are present.
A columnist describes a number puzzle where a thinker hides two or more digits not exceeding nine. Through a sequence of doubling, adding, and multiplying by five, then combining results from each number, the final remainder decodes to reveal the original digits in order.
Report describes Babreta as the hottest place on earth with year temperatures in the W degrees range. July to September are described as unbearably hot, with mornings near WT or 106 and afternoons near 14, indicating extreme heat conditions.
A fragment describes parasol ants in Florida and Texas, noting their habit of carrying chewed leaf fragments on heads and bodies after feeding. The text is unclear but mentions the leaf-eating behavior of these ants referred to as parasol ants.
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