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Newspaper
Blue Island Sun
Location
Blue Island, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1913
Page
8
Practical guide to Christmas cooking with turkey roast and varied desserts. Includes oyster cocktails, plum pudding, mince meat, fruit cake, and a rich mincemeat recipe with brandy and sherry, plus storage tips for keeping cakes moist.
The article describes a fruit cake favored for Christmas, noting it can be made weeks ahead. It provides a white fruit cake recipe with butter sugar flour baking powder eggs almonds raisins pineapple citron coconut and almond paste for two coverings plus frosting, and suggests serving with a lace cover.
The article offers two salad ideas from the Boston Cooking School Magazine. An egg tomato salad layers hard cooked egg and mayonnaise on a tomato with lettuce, then arranges yolk and white pieces artfully. A cranberry and celery salad mixes cranberries and celery with salt paprika olive oil and vinegar, served on lettuce and paired with poultry or veal roasts.
Jobshaw helps fix a second hand car but discovers nuts missing. A friend Larkins hides in fields while the owner jokes that he is playing hide and seek, prompting confusion about the intended errands and escape.
Antoinette jokes that the house is full of books while noting the bath room and fire escape are absent. The narrator counters and proposes enclosing the exterior fire escape at a small cost to gain wall space and shelves while preserving egress.
A brief aphorism notes that honoring the dead means tending to the living who share their ties. The saying emphasizes duty to current relatives and dependents as the true form of mourning.
A compact quotation about pride and perception attributed to Puck appears alongside a brief note on character and temperament. The line warns that a proud spirit can be mistaken for a bad disposition, reflecting a literary aside rather than a news item.
A quip about cheerful encouragement suggests some people push optimism as a dare rather than support, implying a social twist on mood and motivation.
A clipped Life magazine note quotes a manufacturer’s wife named Dinah asking voters to cast ballots as she desires, hinting that wages may rise if choices align with her view. The fragment shows a personal appeal within a broader political commentary.
A Thames police court officer testified the suspect was knocked down and lay insensible for ten minutes before his whistle blew, informing the magistrate of the event.
A Judge quips that many so called good fellows hoard generosity at home, shielding family from warmth while window shopping, illustrating stinginess with humor about domestic life.
After a 36 hour search Al Stevens finds the missing horse in a loft upstairs, the animal having wandered unseen for days. Local observer says the horse slipped into the building during a storm and remained hidden above.
A reflective note on poets’ purpose to preserve the pure holy and beautiful traditions, attributed to Lowell. The quotation praises poets as guardians of sacred art and enduring cultural memory.
Kilkenny Castle is highlighted as one of the oldest inhabited houses globally with many rooms preserved as they were about 800 years ago. Historic site draws attention to its enduring architecture and long human occupation.
The London Globe notes a punny dilemma about Sir Abe Bailey's infant. It questions whether the potential child is able or ailing, using the phrase probably not in a wry aside.
The method involves dipping a piece of flannel in spirits of wine and rubbing the grease spot on wallpaper very gently to lift it without damaging the surface. The vintage tip emphasizes a light touch and careful handling to avoid smearing or staining.
The phrase seeing the lions reflects medieval London lore as lions in the Tower symbolized kings’ fortunes. For six centuries travelers sought the lion menagerie, with three lions named for living kings and kept by the Tower’s gentlemen. They were later moved to Regent Park Zoological Gardens.
Fine wood ashes remove flower pot stains from window sills effectively. This old home tip recommends ashes as a cleaning agent to brighten wood surfaces and prevent dark marks from soil and moisture.
A concise reflection on how true insight requires sympathy, asserting that without it one cannot be broadly useful in the world. The piece argues empathy as the foundation for meaningful understanding and practical aid.
The social gossip of Miss Burdet-Coutts depicts her as England’s premier matrimonial prize who resisted numerous offers including the duke of Wellington and the Prince of Adventurers. A London quip notes an Englishman’s duty to propose to the baroness as she finally wed an American.
The Globe asks if Maine farmers wear high top boots. It reports they do not. The Portland Press notes the state grange refused for ten years to meet in the city after a paper claimed members wore cowhides.
A traveler reports Mongolians live largely on mutton and fat tea. Natives may eat ten pounds of meat in one sitting and drink up to 30 cups of brick-tea with milk daily. Eating occurs without regular hours, whenever opportunity allows.
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