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Newspaper
Burlington Free Press
Location
Burlington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1900
Page
6
In a continued feature by Christine Terhune Herrick a homemaker author explains fried foods for children and recipes like croquettes and omelets. The piece covers kitchen improvements, equipment placement, and safe cooking practices with notes on pantry items and serving suggestions, ending with a hint of upcoming guidance.
A dated cooking fragment describes slicing corn from the cob and mixing with tomatoes, seasoning, and butter then simmering. It outlines a fried onion roux with stock and vinegar, cucumber and caper accents, olive hints, and a light egg custard topping baked until brown.
Fragmented kitchen instructions describe a pudding with layers of crumbs and apples baked with butter. Also included is a tomato butter recipe using ripe tomatoes sugar vinegar spices and aromatics.
Fragmentary cooking note details a liver dish with salt cod pepper and eggs and oranges. It mentions butter, sugar, lemon rind, and a frosting using egg whites, with steps about forty to fifty minutes and creaming butter. Descriptions are garbled and include unlikely terms and misspellings.
Local items describe Vermont regimental reunion planning in Northfield for June 2 with committee members Holden, Allen, Andrews, Lyon. Community notes mention residents visiting, deaths, farm sales, and region events across Burlington, Vergennes, Williamstown, and surrounding towns.
The clipping describes corn pulp batter with milk eggs suet and sugar, baked for two hours, a funeral for Tilly Bleknel after a consumption illness, and then kitchen tips on frying tomatoes and baked potatoes with Voran style seasonings. There are references to a local school foundation work and an illustrated entertainment showing.
Burlington, our sister city, weighs a four street fair this summer. The Telegraph agitated last year for Barre to hold such an event. A committee would study feasibility to attract the public with a seasonal novelty like fairs held in western towns.
John Larrance wed Mise Myrtie Whitte last Thursday evening in Rev J Pravkiine As Richard De Lov Js Wis Fl elements, a collision killed one horse and injured another near Jonesque. Spencer Rounds visited his son Georgiel Weelk. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Loren Hill. Minnie Josin moved to Burlington for work. Bertha Els of Burlington visited her parents Mr and Mrs Kilis. J A Carpenter and wife attended the funeral of Mrs C J Carpenter of Hinesburg Monday.
In Williston many grip cases are reported. The page lists visitors and residents across town including JoanneYobin of Nashville, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keefe hosts, Mrs Bronson Cowin of Ottawa visiting friends, and George Merrill building. Memorial day prep, church talks, travel to Boston and Montreal, and local business updates fill the item with names, moves, and community events.
The article discusses practical kitchen layouts with emphasis on placing kitchens near dining areas, window placement, limited doors, outside access, and good ventilation to improve efficiency and cleanliness in a historic home setting.
Policy and political notes from May dates 10 11 12 13 14 16 covering Bryan factions in New England delegates to Kansas City South Africa British railways and Boer war events Belgian divisons and Spain crisis reports plus local Boston mass events including crimes and notable deaths and city affairs
In Hub Markets Boston May 11 butter prices advanced with firm tone across creamery and Western regions. Cheese demand remains strong with old choice to fancy varieties in limited hands, prices steady. specialty whites and coloreds traded at higher rounds, while kegs and storage stock held steady amid cool weather boosting creamery output and near-term sales.
An advertisement extols Kilmer Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney, liver, and bladder ailments. It claims wide testing in hospitals and among the poor, and offers a free sample bottle by mail along with a book on kidney health.
N. W. Jones lists prices for bananas, lemons, limes, peaches, apples, berries, and other produce by the dozen or pound. Grain and feed rates from Jones & Isham include oats, bran, corn, rye, wheat, and provender. Meats and poultry show quoted ranges for lamb, beef, ham, bacon, veal, sausage, and fowl with per pound costs.
Prices quotes for meats dairy and produce from Burlington merchants dated May 1 include butter 21 cents per pound and 26 cents for creamed, cheese varied from 3 to 60 cents per pound some items noted per jar or per pound. Milk 5 1 2 cents a quart and flour and sugar listings appear in the rural market digest.
Commercial New York Produce Market notes mixed receipts and steady activity on May 16. Barrels, packages and bushels show values for Minnesota bakers and winter grades, with prices around 2 1/2 to 3 dollars per unit and futures activity steady. shipments noted afloat to Cleveland and other destinations.
A fragmentary note recalls Bradford's charter as Moore Town from King George and references historic ties to the White Mountains and Green Mountains. It mentions Vermont land values and a May 1770 date glimpsed in a Chicago Record exchange.
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