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Newspaper
Clinton Plaindealer
Location
Clinton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1907
Page
6
A verse piece evokes the prairie landscape with scents of sage pines and cottonwoods It paints a stampede scene under stormy skies and longing for riding and open plains The speaker praises brave hearts bred by the open country and trails of the herd
A weary man on a park bench contemplates death as a boy visits him on his birthday. The pair discuss hunger and purpose, a soldier returns, and gratitude from a general brings a renewed spark of ambition for the man and for the boy’s imagined future.
The article discusses why continental Europeans dislike English due to its irregular spelling and inconsistencies. It cites a Croatian legend about God slicing tongues and giving Englishmen a combined tongue, explaining the language’s jumble. The piece notes the tale’s illustrative, though fanciful, reflection on English origins.
Practical notes on silo construction options and foundations for durability in cold regions. It covers wood stone brick or concrete silos with emphasis on moisture control and ventilation. Also reports Maryland trials on San Jose scale control using lime sulfur mixtures and other insecticides with varying effectiveness.
A quirky dialogue frames Louis and a landlady as they discuss a parent investigation and attire. The landlady remarks on the plainness of clothing, likening it to an electric sign seen from afar, creating a terse, observational scene.
The article argues that labor saved by timely weed destruction is gained later. Destroy weeds when young to reduce future work, as seeds produce greater long term effort. Rotation and early spring plowing aid weed sprouting management, enabling crop growth with less later trouble. Continuous effort yields fourfold returns over years.
Experience with a manure spreader shows uniform application and full field benefit. The old pile method delayed spreading and wasted fertilizer through fermentation, while the spreader saves plant food, time, and labor by thorough fining and even distribution.
Instructions describe making whitewash from flour starch glue and salt dissolved in hot water. Combine three hot components, slack with hot water, cover vessel, then mix and apply hot to wood. Divide if vessel too small and apply in two coats for durable, paint like finish.
The article argues for beginning with a full, robust colony rather than a partial one. It notes that a strong colony can yield 100 to 200 pounds of honey in a season and may produce 1 or 2 additional colonies through swarming. It emphasizes bees should self-manage, avoiding nuclei setups with complex equipment.
Oll cloth should not be scrubbed as paint will wear away. Sweep with a soft brush, then wipe with a large soft cloth damp with tepid water. If very dirty use little soft soap rarely. When dry wipe with a cloth or sponge in skimmed milk to brighten colors and polish, then dry.
Chop cabbage to one quart with half a teaspoon salt and pepper. Heat vinegar water butter sugar cornstarch and mustard until thickened, cool, then beat in cream.
Pare and core seven large apples and place in a pudding dish. Add one teaspoon sugar and grated lemon rind to each apple. Bake until soft. Remove, pour hot custard made from milk yolks eggs sugar and salt. Return to oven until custard sets, then cover with beaten egg whites.
Beat three cups of milk in a double boiler then stir in cornstarch dissolved in milk. Add butter sugar yolks and orange rind and juice. Cook five minutes. Beat egg whites stiff and fold into custard, pour into mold, chill and serve with whipped cream.
Cut celery stalks into inch pieces and boil until tender. Save the water for stock. Make a white sauce with two tablespoons butter one tablespoon flour and one and a half cups hot milk seasoned with salt and pepper. Stir in celery until thickened, then pour over delicately browned toast slices.
Clean and chop three pints of raw clams then boil and strain the water. Cook the chopped clams in the clam water ten minutes. Make a cream sauce with two tablespoons flour and butter creamed, then add one half pint milk and one half pint clam water. Season and mix with clams. Fill and top short cake and serve hot.
Boil two medium beets until tender then cool and skin. Slice and cover with strong vinegar for one hour. Drain, mash the beets, and mix in three tablespoons grated horseradish, a pinch of salt and a dash of black pepper.
Boil quarter pound rice until tender and fill cored apples with a mix of brown sugar and lemon juice. Wrap each apple in cloth, boil thirty minutes, and serve with a lemon flavored sweet sauce.
Advice on kitchen and home care including boiling vegetables, cleaning varnished wood with crude oil, brushing bamboo furniture with salt water, washing corks for reuse, peeling onions under water, protecting brass rod hems with gloves, avoiding torn curtains when pushing through, clearing gas burner grime to improve lighting, and using salt with vinegar to remove enamel stains without pre soaking in soda water.
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