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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1899
Page
7
The Cosmopolitan notes electricity is moving into home cooking, heating tea kettles and coffee pots, and enabling precise griddle cooking. It mentions weak current requiring a table leg attachment, electric kitchens in NYC apartments, and that early adopters were mostly experimental cooks in family homes.
A Chicago girl shows early diplomacy as mischief ends on the roof with siblings. After being scolded, she sticks fly paper to the baby's head for two hours of careful separation, prompting the judge to suspend judgment as the court recesses. The tale ends with a mother’s praise and a quip from Mrs Brown about lovely children.
A home made apple charlotte is prepared by lining a pudding dish with buttered bread, layering sour apples with sugar and spice, adding preserves, repeating until full, then finishing with buttered bread and baking until brown and crisp.
A simple table decoration can be arranged with pressed ferns. The center piece should feature growing ferns, and green foliage scattered on the cloth in a casual yet artistic profusion. Fresh ferns wrinkle easily, so use pressed varieties from a florist, reusable if stored flat between leaves.
A charming supper dish uses four oysters per person minced fine and heated with butter salt pepper and nutmeg. When hot add beaten egg yolk and two tablespoons rich cream stir until the egg sets then top buttered toast for serving.
Miss Amelia Judson of St Louis assumes control of her brother Afirew Judson’s timber and sawmill near Williams Arizona after his death from typhoid fever. She learns logging work, secures contracts, and continues operations to save the family investment, stating she enjoys the work and plans to persist despite isolation.
A physician explains proper stair ascent to distribute body weight evenly. He advises placing the foot squarely on each step with heel down, moving slowly to avoid muscle strain. He criticizes a springy step and bending over, urging calm breathing and full blood flow during exertion.
With careful calculation there is often coffee left over not enough for another serving. Do not leave it with the grounds. pour off or strain it and heat just to boiling point if reused. It can dilute eggs for morning coffee, flavor custards and ices, or replace milk in baked goods or turn into jelly.
Berlin introduces women into house painting with a formal apprenticeship including gymnastic training to prevent fatigue on scaffolds. Workers wear the gray linen frock and cap, symbolizing their craft and protection from paint.
The article advises housewives on laundered linen quality through starch and promotes a coupon offer from J. C. Hubinger for Red Cross laundry starch. The deal includes two starch packages and two free gift items, a Shakespeare Sea Painted and a Twentieth Century Girl Calendar, as part of the launch campaign.
Brown recounts an evening with Perkins where Perkins beat his wife while Mrs Brown pressed him. Brame challenges Perkins, who admits a beating could occur again, even with cribbage as a pretense. San Francisco Examiner notes the vulgar exchange.
In a remote Panhandle Texas county two lawyers argued a case before a justice of the peace. They disputed key issues without a jury as the judge ran a gambling house near his hotel saloon and livery stable. Miller offered to bet Hoover ten dollars on the outcome. Hoover lacked the funds, and the judge declared for the plaintiff, deeming the bet fair.
The John M Smyth Co of Chicago advertises a mammoth illustrated catalogue mailed for 10c to readers, with first purchase $1 or more credit, plus monthly grocery price lists. Readers outside major cities urged to compare home goods prices with Smyth’s catalog from 166 W Madison St, Chicago.
Two laborers eating near the Museum of Art and Science in York discuss a building’s stonework and the names carved above winches. One guesses the large letters spell the names of contractors including Agashsius, Perices, Socrates, Demosthenes, and others in San Francisco Avenue.
A quoted exchange notes United States army boxes packed with sap parilla seen on the Pacific coast. The dialog suggests potential shipment to a mercantile establishment, with a cryptic reply about a small location and a mention of a little elation.
Americans appreciate merit and Dewey celebrations highlight the praise accorded to Hostet ter's Stomach Bitters. The remedy is extolled for digestion and constipation relief, dyspepsia, biliousness, liver or kidney issues, and general stomach weakness. If you have a weak stomach, try it.
A brief comic exchange features two Little Girls debating their fathers political outlooks. The first cites a booming business forecast by a polytikan father while the second mocks him noting his recent nomination loss. The Baltimore Times records the quip with period-appropriate voice.
Through Tourist Car departs from Chicago Union Station at 10 35 p m heading to San Francisco with first and second class passengers. Stops at Salt Lake City allowed for layovers. Berth rate Chicago to San Francisco is six dollars. Sleeping car reservations should be made in advance. Tickets and accommodations available from east agents or at Chicago depot and city ticket offices. Send for California folders from Geo H Heafford General Passenger Agent Chicago Ill.
The Washington Star quotes a sharp exchange as a speaker professes devotion. The woman retorts with cool wit about gravity and inevitability, underscoring a playful clash of affection and practicality.
North and west travel options listed with September dates and a $2.00 fare to many states and territories. For full rates routes tickets limits and stopovers contact Big Four Route agents or Cincinnati offices. W P Deppe A G P T Agt Farr en J Lynch Gen Pass Tkt Agt Cincinnati O
A snippet from the St. Louis Republic recounts a doctor assuring recovery with pills. The dialogue mentions using pills in water or cake and a character Willie-Oh. The tone mirrors a playful medical anecdote typical of late 19th century newspapers.
Do Your Feet Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Smarting Hot Callous Sore and Sweating Feet All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell it 25c Sample sent FREE Ad dress Allen S Olmsted Le Roy NY
A brief exchange notes the harsh glare of electric lighting on faces with a witty tone. The dialogue captures the era's urban humor about modern technology and daily life in a concise newspaper snippet.
An advertisement touts Gnoor's TasTrLess Can Tonic as a tasteless fever and chill remedy with a no cure no pay offer. The price is 50 cents.
A Baltimore American item notes the quip that an affair between prize-fighters is usually called a mill but could better be termed a windmill, reflecting a playful sports gossip tone.
A collection of old newspaper quack claims and jingles tout cures for colds and consumption, liniments and tonics, facial dyes, and witty promo lines. It compiles testimonials from multiple cities praising Drugs and patent medicines while lampooning flaky promises and social quips about promises and behavior.
An old ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy priced at 75 cents. The ad quotes Ram's Horn calling catarrh treatment among the costliest things in the world.
A reader reports suffering from years of female troubles with kidney and bladder issues and a large tumor. After using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she says the tumor began to pass and her health improved, contrary to doctors' predictions. She urges others to seek advice promptly and not wait too long.
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