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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1908
Page
6
A reflective verse piece from the Cork Examiner lamenting a missing boy named Chester. The mother recalls early days, toys and attic keepsakes, and wonders where her son has gone while describing the boy’s charm, strength, and familiar features.
A stray dog named Cinders scavenges, dodges a pursuing thief, and hides from blue uniforms and hungry days. A shabby man on a park bench offers food, forming a nightly exchange as the dog grows wary yet secure with aid in the urban twilight.
A destitute man and his dog Cinders drift through hardship on a city park bench. The man battles alcoholism and despair until a fragile reconciliation with a former lover brings them back toward hope.
A brief humorous item recalls a Russian refugee replying to a reporter with I took a knouting there one summer. The piece leans on the wit of a very old girl who becomes engaged and notes that she cares little who knows.
A West Virginian woman created a novel dustpan that solves the problem of dust and dirt blowing off the pan. The device folds into a box shape with a front edge formed by a side of the box and slots on top that lift to seal the contents as it is emptied, reducing spill risks.
In letters from readers Mrs Maggie Gtmer of West Union and Mrs Josephine Hall of Bardstown praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health and helping them become mothers. The piece notes the remedy's claimed success for numerous female ailments and invites sick women to write for advice. It also discusses a practitioner warning against excessive strenuousness and stresses rest as essential for health.
Instructions describe a banana pie filling with banana pulp milk egg sugar and spices baked in a custard style pie plate. A separate note recounts a shad fisherman preserving fish by salting in layers without water, allowing the fish to brine themselves.
A dated home recipe describes folding beaten egg whites with sugar and vanilla to make a meringue topping for toast with bacon and egg slices. It also provides oven steps for heating and serving leftovers and a ginger snaps dough mixing method with molasses sugar flour and ginger.
The article extols kitchen scissors as essential for trimming cauliflower and celery, cutting raisins, grapefruit, and oranges, and slicing lettuce into ribbons. It offers steps for boiling squash, coating with crumbs, and frying, plus general advice on clipping pith to ease peeling and scooping citrus.
A recipe lists buckwheat floor with sugar salt baking powder and milk whisked to smooth and cooked on a greased griddle. It also provides a butter molasses and sugar mix boiled briefly then stirred with ginger. Also includes lamp chimney cleaning steps and polishing with cloth.
An unclear historical fragment references Ng Simuher and the Delon of Eendou in Washington. It mentions Pr Creinillen, bishop of Louden, speaking about a pious path and a curate in a region with fairy waters.
A letter from a long time user extols Grape Nuts and Postum for improved health and strength in old age. The writer credits better digestion and regularity, noting mental clarity and daily business activity, with testimonials from a 92 year old customer. The ad ends with the Postum Co. slogan and a prompt to read The Road to Wellville.
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