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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
3
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt shares a family plan to brighten meals. The household treats the dining room as a welcoming space and rewards table talk with a medal for the best joke conundrum or quota. The mother notes calmer tempers and better conversation.
Breathing exercises purportedly develop lung expansion and widen the chest. Advocates claim deep breathing forms, including Datura inspired methods, thickens chest musculature and flesh.
Brush towel fringes with a whisk broom before ironing to keep fabrics fluffy. Baste lace collars on white cloth to prevent stretch. Moisten with boiling water and roll briefly for crisp results. Use a soft cloth on a table, place the waist with armhole over corner, pull tight to shape shoulders. Especially good for plaited waists.
A guide advises baking cakes after roasting meat using a quick oven test. Place a small amount of flour on the oven bottom and observe color changes. If it burns and smokes in about half a minute, the oven is too hot. If it browns in about two minutes without burning, the temperature is suitable.
Instruction advises soaking cauliflower in plain water to draw out insects. Adding salt to the water is said to kill insects, leaving the vegetable ready for use.
A historical recipe fragment describes orange flavored sticks made from sugar cornstarch orange rind orange juice lemon juice and salt cooked ten minutes then cooled and filled between lady fingers or sponge cake. It also covers meringue frosting and a light batter fried pancakes with milk eggs and pepper hinting at era cooking techniques.
A recipe lists one cup flour one and three quarters cups sugar twelve eggs one teaspoon cream of tartar three quarters teaspoon lemon three quarters teaspoon vanilla and one quarter teaspoon salt. Sift flour and sugar, fold into stiffly beaten whites in portions, add flavoring, and bake twenty five to thirty minutes in a hot oven.
A recipe lists two cups stale breadcrumbs two cups milk four cups milk shaped like this, two squares chocolate two thirds cup sugar three egg yolks two eggs salt vanilla. Soak bread in milk an hour. Melt chocolate with sugar and water to form paste. mix with remaining ingredients. Bake batter one hour, top with meringue made from egg whites and powdered sugar then brown under heat.
Advice instructs removing the brush of a carpet sweeper and rubbing off hairs, then cleaning with kerosene. After airing to dissipate odor, the device is returned to use, promising brighter carpets and rugs.
A doctor narrates life in a central Kansas town told by his wife. An ordinary church scene unravels with interruptions as a cousin, baby, and office key holder attend to a medical visit. The doctor explains the call was a courtesy inquiry from a Swedish friend in New Gottland about sugar in coffee.
A Chicago News item notes the virtue of paying as you go, suggesting the method keeps progress steady though progress may be slow. It emphasizes prudent financial habit and consistent effort.
The Camiguin steam launch towed the 50 foot jet black humpback to harbor after a pursuit from Point Vicente to ten miles off El Segundo. Five bombs and five harpoons failed to stop the monster at first, but the whale was finally struck and towed, then found drifting in the channel and brought in.
A report notes Cape Hatteras NC hosts a 200 foot lighthouse height from base to lantern top while Cape Mendocino CA claims the highest light at 422 feet above high water. The note adds the lighthouse sits on a city plot with the tower itself about twenty feet high.
The document notes that a mule and wagon average sixteen to twenty miles daily while an automobile travels forty to sixty miles. The figures illustrate differing travel capacities of horse drawn and motor vehicles.
A struggling writer named Josselyn stages a bold robber plot during a theater premiere to boost his play’s reception. The staged heist captivates the audience and secures the play’s success, while Miss Sweetland worries for her lover’s safety and motives.
A Richmond scene recalls General Lee rebuking a mother for calling General Beatty a traitor. Lee says Beaty was true to his convictions as I was to mine, teaching children a nuanced view of duty beyond labels.
The article describes a boys training game with an Indian flavor in which players study each other’s soles to assess heel shape patches and polls. An umpire splits the group, the outer half leaves, and a track is made in soft earth for the inside group to guess who made which track.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe rhino blood as highly valued by Burmese and others with references to special use and storage. The readable items indicate a traditional or medicinal belief about rhino blood and its weight in silver.
A satirical piece explains a classroom exercise challenging a student to imitate simple actions. By using the left hand in place of the right, the pupil discovers that the familiar motions become impossible, proving the claim that “right” is not universal.
A sundial project beside Wentworth Castle in Bugland features a fue yew tree for the pln and trimmed yew bushes as a Roman gpute. Planted over twenty years ago, it remains in good preservation, though the text notes some archaic spellings and unclear phrasing.
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