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Newspaper
Choteau Acantha
Location
Choteau, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1913
Page
6
Dr Nansen’s Fram crew of thirteen men returned home safely after a three year absence. He reached Norway on August 13 1896 the same day the ship surfaced from ice. He notes thirteen pups born December 13 1893 as a curious coincidence.
Mrs. Thos. Walsh of Portland describes two years of eczema starting at the wrists and spreading to fingers. After trying many remedies she found relief using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, reporting a complete cure in a month. The ad promotes Cuticura products with a free sample offer and a Skin Book from Boston.
A playful exchange frames romance as legal action with welcome punch lines. He sues for love, she counters with damages, revealing a comic view of romance in a courtroom mood.
An advertorial notice promotes Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for aching and swollen feet. It claims relief and comfort, ease of walking, and availability everywhere for 25 cents with a free sample offer and the address for requests. The piece ends with a social column quip about a woman's curiosity.
Dr J H Rindlaub is listed as a specialist in eye ear nose and throat services based in Fargo North Dakota offering ENT ophthalmology and related medical care.
Women can safely clean light fabrics at home using simple materials like Fuller’s earth, borax, cornmeal or talcum powder. A white serge suit can be cleaned by rubbing with meal, soaking in a cornmeal mix for two days, then brushing clean, saving costly dry cleaning.
An old recipe describes making dainty whistles by creaming sugar and butter, beating eggs, then adding flour to form a thick batter. Flavor with rosewater or vanilla, bake thin drops, cool on sugar sprinkled boards, and roll around a stick. Fill with jelly or jam once cold.
A recipe for Turkish croquettes combines veal with bread, ham, and optional chicken baked in a buttered mold lined with macaroni. Steam the filled mold in a dish of boiling water for thirty minutes, then unmold onto a hot platter and serve with rich gravy.
Prepare half a pound of granulated sugar with a gill of water in a clean pan and dissolve. Boil with a pinch of cream tartar, skim, then continue to 290 degrees F or cracking stage. Drop on an oiled pin or spoon handle and pull with a fork to form sugar threads.
Prune Puffs bake in a buttered dish with a batter of flour baking powder salt melted butter milk and eggs. Bake until light brown and serve with a foamy butter sugar sauce made from the egg white for a delicious dessert.
Prepare a quart of fluffy mashed potatoes. Beat in an egg and form into balls while hot. Roll lightly in an egg beaten with water and coat in a half cup of water. Set on a buttered sheet and bake in a hot oven until browned. Remove with a pancake turner.
Wash fruit and remove imperfections. Slice into inch thick pieces and layer to cover the bottom of the frying basket. Fry in very hot oil until rich brown. Shake basket to remove excess grease. Salt lightly after frying.
J C Hill & Sons of Lloydminster Saskatchewan win a peck of oats for the second time at the Colorado awarded silver trophy contest. The Saskatchewan grower repeated success from 1912 at Columbus. Western Canada grains prove superior in global competition.
A reminiscence notes baldness is more common today and attributes it to reduced use of bear’s grease, a pomade once made from lard and scented. It recalls hairdressers calling themselves professors advertising a graphic bear slaughter on a canvas sign to lure customers.
Rev. Edmund Heslop of Wigton Pennsylvania suffered dropsy for a year with swollen limbs and weakness. After using five boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills the swelling faded and he regained strength. He endorses the remedy and notes continued faith in it. Dodds Kidney Pills priced 50 cents per box from Dodds Medicine Co Buffalo NY. Free household hints music and recipes offered.
Governor Blowoff and Senator Sorghum exchange cautious banter about free expression. The dialogue hints at political prudence and self censorship in public remarks.
A historical confection guide describes making colorful punches from nasturtium and violet petals, rose petals, and mint. It outlines steps to create flavored ices, adding fruit juices, sugar, and boiling mixtures, with garnishes of blossoms and leaves and cautions on using clean petals free of disinfectants.
Veal collops cut from the leg seasoned with pepper salt and mace are fried after egg and cracker crumb coating. Minced veal on toast uses leftover cold veal chopped with onion salt pepper and flour, cooked with butter and boiling water until thick, served on hot toast with parsley.
A recipe for Orange Charlotte uses one third box gelatin half cup cold water half cup boiling water one cup sugar juice of a lemon orange juice and pulp three egg whites soaked gelatin in cold water then cooled with ice water. Fold in stiff whites and serve with a custard from egg yolks milk three tablespoons sugar and a pinch of salt or with whipped cream.
Fashion notes say border colors shift taste from plain white to delicate pastel hues. Designers now favor handkerchiefs and hems with colored borders in soft tints.
A historic recipe lists ingredients for doughnuts including one egg one and one half cup sugar one cup sour milk one cup sweet milk one large tablespoon cream two teaspoons cream of tartar one teaspoon soda a pinch of salt and a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg plus flour enough to handle.
Lift four cups flour four teaspoons baking powder and a pinch of salt into a bowl. Add one cup sweet milk and stir into a thick dough. Flour hands and roll dough into small balls. Bake in a hot oven.
A faded recipe describes soaking raisins in water overnight then cooking with sugar until boiling. It notes thinning with cornstarch dissolved in water and stirring in a beaten egg. A lemon juice finish is added.
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