Federal aid to Iowa creameries targets butter quality
Des Moines letter reports agricultural department plans to place field agents in Town Wisconsin and Minnesota to advise creameries on improving butter. F. L. Odell named creamery expert to lead work. Also discusses septic tanks for waste, terminal taxation for railroads, and rural school funding debates at the state convention.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Agricultural Department
Washington
Wisconsin
Minnesota
F. L. Odell
Pure Food Department
State Department
State
East Indian Curry Delicacy Recipes From A Century Ago
A vintage guide extols curry as a versatile East Indian dish now common in households. It provides step by step preparations for curried chicken ox tail curry lobster curry and other varieties with rice, including boiling tips, seasonings, and finishing touches.
Veal Sweetbread Patties with Gravy
Lean veal is shaped into sweetbreads after removing sinews. Mix with half a portion of veal suet, bread soaked in milk, lemon zest, nutmeg, pepper, salt, and two eggs. Form into patties, coat with egg and crumbs, fry in hot fat, and serve dry or with a gravy from boiled veal bones.
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India
Jules
Left Over Beef Versus Pay Slew Dish Attempt
Instructions describe cooking left over beef with small bits of cold beefsteak in a pan, dredging with flour, seasoning, layering sliced cold potatoes and tomatoes, then simmering with water for twenty minutes to yield a "delicious pay slew."
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Beason
Recipe for Raised Doughnuts
A brief home recipe instructs mixing one cupful each of butter and sugar with two beaten eggs and a teaspoon of cinnamon into two cupfuls of bread dough. After mixing, let the dough rise, fry in hot fat, and enjoy after a light rinse.
Paper Cambric Inner Case For Feather Beds
Instruction notes using paper cambric to prevent feathers escaping and dust intrusion. Advises making an inner case before covering pillows with ticking to improve feather bed comfort and cleanliness. Includes practical sewing guidance and material use.
Best Use of Disinfectants For Household Health
Advice on choosing disinfectants and proper use in homes. Explains three categories disinfectants, antiseptics, and deodorizers, plus heat and boiling water as options. Recommends fumigation with sulfur and carbolic acid solutions to protect family during disease outbreaks.
Household Hints From Old Time Cleaning Tips
A curious article offers home remedies for kitchen and laundry tasks. It covers making egg whites beat faster with salt, stiffening clothes with borax in starch, and cautions that sunshine harms mirrors. It also explains cleaning silver with magnesia, ironing tips for shirtwaist plaits, and a cement recipe with egg white. It further advises on mahogany care using paraffin oil, turpentine, and rottenstone for a polished finish.
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Paris
Pumpkin Fanchonettes and Herring Dish Recipe
Pumpkin fanchonettes mix pumpkin milk sugar and spices then bake with a meringue topping. Herring dish from Normandy uses browned onions six herrings and a vinegar pepper salt sauce with mustard served over a hot plate.
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Normandy
Mustird
A Canned Peach Dessert Recipe
A simple dessert using canned peaches. Cut stale sponge into inch thick rounds, layer in a glass dish, and moisten with syrup from peaches. Top each with a half peach, sweeten whipped cream, flavor with vanilla, and fold in finely chopped almonds before spooning over the peaches. Serve any leftovers separately.
Safety Pin Needle for Tape
A brief note describes using a safety pin to pierce tape ends for secure fastening. It advises pushing the pin through the tape end, then smoothly drawing the pin to pull the tape through goods. Claims 1g weight works well for a tape width wider than ordinary needles.
Come Yo Clean New Bath Tubs Or Porcelain Sinks
A handy cleaning tip advises rubbing a nickel or small coin over paint varnish or plaster spots on glass or enamel until they vanish. The method suggests the coin will smooth away the blemish without scratching the surface.
Congress Delays End Of Session Likely To June First
In Washington the session may not adjourn before June 1 as Republican leaders fear. Only the urgent deferment bill has become law since January. Major money bills including Indian pensions and executive matters move slowly through committees, with several in conference or awaiting reporting.
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Hayward
Abhington
Senate
House
Joe
House Committee On Indian Affairs
Distriet of Columbia
Uncle Sam to Aid in Wolf Kiting Campaign in Michigan
Federal and state authorities prepare a two year scientific wolf control drive in the Upper Peninsula led by Vernon R. Batley of the Biological Survey. Plans call for two to three on ground experts under Batley guiding local wardens to trap pups and kill older wolves, with spring breeding around April 15 and potential targets of 1,000 to 2,000 deer killed by wolves each winter.
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Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Vernon R. Batley
Pierce
Forest Service
Congressmen Battle Pinchot Over Forest Reserve Plan
Members opposing forest reserve bills attack Pinchot for publicizing forest-saving work. Pinchot’s disclosures stir consternation as constituents flood representatives urging support for forest reserves. The exchange marks growing friction between conservation efforts and eastern mountain forest preservation bills.
Government press service improves public understanding
Critical view of prior reports noted that reporters lacked forest knowledge and did not use them. Now trained government staff prepare reports for newspapers while preserving facts to engage the public. Forest service and geological survey run such a press service to spark citizen letters in support of measures.
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Forest Service
Geological Survey
Congress
Tennessee Victory Amid Mistletoe Debate in House
In a lively House debate over an agricultural appropriation, Tennessee representative John Wesley Gaines led a dramatic defense of a bookish wedding scene from Pickwick Papers while Texas Burleson’s amendment to remove mistletoe as a parasite in southern trees failed 26 to 48 after Longworth chaired briefly and testified to his mistletoe experience.
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House of Representatives
John Wesley Gaines
Tennessee
Burleson
Texas
Southland
Gaines
Pickwick Papers
Mr. Wardle
Regentare Longworth
Cincinnati
Longworth
Nick
Millinery Trends Spark Centerless Rose Fashion
The piece notes summer millinery fads with bold centerless rose motifs. It highlights two popular styles, the Rubens and Henry 1 hats, as fashionable and accessible for many to wear.
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Rubens
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