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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1916
Page
7
A grandmother recalls gathering blackberries in heat and thorny brush. Months later a quart jar provides desserts and a frugal pudding recipe using berries bread crumbs milk flour sugar and butter baked slowly for three hours.
Wipe and trim rhubarb, simmer with sugar water and orange pulp. Strain, thicken with gelatin, then reheat with milk and a touch of carmine. Pour into a mold, chill, and unmold onto a cold dish. Serve plain or with custard.
Crush a banana and berries then whip egg white with sugar until stiff. Fold in banana and serve on sugared strawberries or with marshmallows, creating a pale pink imitation whipped cream to top the fruit.
A historical cooking note describes frying small potatoes in butter or drippings until brown, then draining. It suggests red potatoes dipped in beaten egg and fire bread crumbs as an improvement. Also shows a breakfast method by slicing cold potatoes, dipping in egg, and baking until brown and hot.
Beat yolks with sugar and salt in a double boiler until thick. Stir in vanilla. Place peach halves in sherbet cups, strain the custard over them as it cools, then top with whipped cream and candied cherries or other red fruits.
A simple steak loaf uses one pound hamburger, four ers, salt, sage, two beaten eggs, half cup whipped cream, and thin bacon slices placed on bottom and top for flavor and moisture.
A dish described as cold macaroni bits with minced ham lobster carrot and chopped ingredients. It is bound with a mayonnaise dressing and a hint of capers for flavor.
A humorous rhapsody on onions noting their healthful value yet social stigma. It laments that onions please cooks but offend social sensibilities, calling out double standards in aroma and class cues in society. The piece ends with a playful shout of Vive Onion.
The Natural Theology of Evolution by J N Shearman argues Darwinian selection allows design by a guiding mind. The editor of Nature calls it a thoughtful speculative view, noting not a crank but a hypothesis that progress toward complexity may reflect intelligent direction rather than pure chance.
The first writer acknowledged as a historian is Herodotus in the fifth century BC. Early records are lists of dynasties, expanding to include events. The Old Testament Kings Samuel Chronicles, Egyptian, Japanese, and Chinese chronicles show prior history, while Greek writers present the first actual written narrative history. The New Testament, Greek in origin, comes after much history had been written before the Christian era.
A Pictorial Review item recommends alcohol as a useful antiseptic for general use. It suggests diluting with cool water for gargling and nasal spray to dislodge germs, using it as a mouthwash, and notes it can aid in treating cuts though it can be severe.
A Louisville Courier Journal quip recalls a parent fearing a child born with strong instincts for showy entertainment. The anecdote likens the infant's dine-and-dance preferences to cabaret features with meals, highlighting playful generational humor.
At Cameron on January 17 1916 the Milam County Bar adopted a resolution expressing sorrow at the death of Mrs J C Scott wife of District Judge J C Scott. The group offers deepest sympathy to Judge Scott and family and directs sending a copy to him. Signatures include D R Criswell T V Adams R B Pool J K Freeman A S Hearrell J M Ralston John Watson T S Henderson M G Cox B P Matocha W T Hefley S M Burns Jr J W Garner W W Chambers O L Kidd W G Gillis Tom S Henderson Jr R Lyles Robert M Lyles Ed F English W A Morrison A J Lewis R H Baskin E A Wallace Geo T Moore E A Camp and O D Graham.
In the Herald notice S. M. Burns Jr announces his bid for City Attorney of Cameron subject to the February 2 city primary. He is described as a young man of high character with many supporters and the energy to serve Cameron officials and residents.
Ed Kasch of Lockhart Texas promotes the Mebane Triumph cotton seed as bred for prolificness high lint and purity. The circular advertises this seed as vastly superior to ordinary varieties. Box 11 25 tf.
Dr. Thomas A. Pope returns to medicine after a long break and reestablishes his Milam County presence. He will focus his office practice on diseases of the stomach and nervous disorders, with consultations as needed.
An advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE as superior and non nervousness causing. It notes signature of H. W. GROVE and prices 25c for cures old sores and other remedies, plus Dr Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil offered as a universal cure with 25c 50c and 1.00 prices.
O J Metcalf of Weatherby Missouri recounts recovering from a severe December cold after using two bottles of Chamberlaing Conge Remedy. He recommends the medicine and invites others to ask users about its value.
Eugene S. Knight of Wilmington N C reports Chamberlains Tablets are the best for constipation and indigestion and he adds his wife also benefited from them. Obtainable.
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