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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1912
Page
14
A collection of vintage directions for Molasses Cake Lemon Pie and Chocolate Pie. It gives proportions for ingredients such as molasses brown sugar sour milk and butter for cake and lemon juice breadcrumbs and eggs for pies. Steps include mixing baking in a buttered pan slow oven and finishing with meringue and baked topping.
Use leftover lace pieces to trim under garments and decorative yokes cuffs and collars. Mark half inch blocks, cut alternating blocks from center to corners, turn points to form squares, baste and sew with five stitches. Mix mesh varieties for a uniform pattern or create neat little girl dress embellishments.
Instructions describe using white paper to gauge oven heat. Immediate burning signals excessive heat. delicate brown indicates pastry heat. dark yellow suits cake. light yellow is proper for biscuit and sponge cake. meats may require hotter oven to retain juices.
The guide advises gathering blooms the night before shipment and placing them in tepid water in a cool room. Choose half open buds for posting, cut stems with a sharp knife, remove superfluous leaves, and pack tightly in a light wooden box lined with paper and foliage. Unpack on arrival, recut stems, and use warm water to revive faded flowers.
This excerpt delivers a rustic verse urging contentment with a modest shelter and simple sustenance. It emphasizes hearth, a humble plot, and the riverbank’s quiet. the speaker values inner peace and home over grand wealth or travel. The line references Leonidas in translation by Robert Bland.
Do not hang a mirror where sun rays strike it directly as heat damages the quicksilver backing, causing the glass to become dull and cloudy.
The piece notes patents arising from disasters, citing air tight ship compartments, bullet proof shields, and a life saving helmet for submarine crews. It mentions passenger safety devices after rail accidents and a 12,000 payout for a carriage door safety lock.
Warwick James Price argues in brief proverbs that moral progress comes from self control and action not words. He asserts virtue grows when temptation is overcome and true religion helps neighbors, with giving defined as best of oneself and mercy toward others.
The text notes Hongkong, a major port, lacks public docks or warehouses. Only a private company owns wharves and furnishes berths for four vessels, with private warehouses in connection.
A melodramatic tale unfolds with Norah McCue clashing with a messenger and a suitor named Josiah Frelinghuysen as a talking tree near her cottage hints at romance. The scene mixes music practice, mistaken identities, and comic misunderstandings in a rural setting with whimsical dialogue and playful mischief.
An examination of city directories shows many odd surnames and name pairs. People seek court permission to change or shorten names for clarity or meaning, with examples from Dickens and English origins. Notable duos like Bearup & Carryber and Late & Early appear in New York business records.
The piece explains how older sailors often had cork legs described in vivid terms, but clarifies that artificial legs were not actually made of cork. It notes the trope in classic sea stories and questions the veracity of cork leg constructions among wooden ships’ crews.
Fragmentary draft describes a leap with toes together and bands on hips then crossing feet in air and returning to position. Text notes a curious sensation as if feet were held and bent, with details obscured by OCR errors. No clear event, person, or organization is identifiable.
A fragment puzzle asks to identify US states or territories from clipped clues. Each line hints at a state abbreviation or name, with examples like Pena Pena for Pennsylvania and Conn for Connecticut among others.
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