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Newspaper
Cokeville Register
Location
Cokeville, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1917
Page
5
Ad praising California Syrup of Figs as a gentle, effective laxative for children with full directions. It contrasts with harsh early remedies and notes the product’s popularity. Also a brief joke about postal stamps and a concession.
The ad promotes Cuticura Soap as a daily toilet soup and Cuticura Ointment for occasional use to soften soothe and heal. Claims clear complexion dandruff-free scalp and soft white hands with free sample by mail and a book. Address postcard to Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
A strained note about rising monkey prices and department store floor walkers illustrates quirky public chatter. The exchange paired with crude humor hints at broader reactions to price shifts and consumer tensions in retail spaces.
This excerpt outlines several homemade dressings including Pineapple Dressing Whipped Cream Dressing and Chill Dressing with ingredients and simple steps. It notes using high quality ingredients and variations with cheeses olives and hot sauces for flavor contrasts. It ends with a general musing and a Dickens quote on worldliness.
A 1910s style household guide lists quick recipes for pies using meat apples and fruit juice and includes potato rolls Bermuda onion beet salad chicken pie and a beef dish with marrow and toast to serve. It emphasizes simple steps, basic ingredients, and practical preparation methods.
J F Zoller adviser at Kansas State Agricultural College outlines safe grease removal using carbon tetrachloride and discusses alternatives. Ink stains iron ink rust remove with oxalic acids and acids plus alcohol formula. bleach for coal tar inks. iron rust via oxalic acid and sunlight exposure. acetoxylic acid formula combines acetic and oxalic acids with alcohol.
Canaries will bathe more if a few seeds are sprinkled on the water. To keep flowers fresh, add bicarbonate of soda to the vase water. For clear glassware use washing blue in the suds. If ink spills on carpet, cover with salt to absorb it. Alum improves stove blocking brightness. Oxalic acid and Javelle water remove ink stains. Wares won’t rust if greased with fresh lard and baked before use.
A corn chowder method uses corn four cups of potatoes cut in quarter inch slices one and a half inch fat salt pork pieces an onion four cupfuls scalded milk eight crackers two cupfuls boiling water then simmer with salt and pepper. Crackers are soaked in cold milk and placed on top before serving.
Instructions for a cake using butter sugar eggs cream or milk soda cream of tartar flour raisins optional citron. Bake in a tube pan and frost when cold with a white icing that contrasts with the yellow cake. Citron may replace or join raisins for flavor and color.
A historical recipe outlines making chocolate pie with cocoa, water, egg yolks, cornstarch, sugar, vanilla and baked crust. It adds a meringue topping from whipped egg whites and sugar plus a touch of baking powder for texture.
Recipe fragments describe mixing one cup cornmeal one cup bread flour one teaspoon baking powder with sour milk, then adding quarter cup molasses two eggs and melted drippings. Batter rests then bakes in well greased muffin pans for about half an hour yields twelve muffins.
A fragment of a recipe lists ingredients for drop biscuits: one plot graham four, one half cup white flour, one teaspoonful soda, half teaspoon salt, a tablespoon sugar, one egg, tablespoon thick cream and enough sour oil or buttermilk to make a batter. The dough is baked hot and creased.
Recipe fragment describes a baked salmon dish with one can salmon half can yous butter egg sauce salt and pepper. Instructions mention bake half an hour to finish with milk butter flour to thicken and serve.
The Washington bone economics office reports a cheap electrolytic method for cleaning silver. Heat a solution of washing soda and salt, submerge aluminum or zinc, and dip tarnished silver until clean, then rinse and dry. Zinc wears faster. aluminum lasts longer. The process preserves metal but leaves a satin finish.
A traditional cake directions itemizes beating egg whites with sugar and butter, folding in milk and flour with cream tartar and baking powder, then adding coconut. Frosting uses powdered sugar butter and cream, beaten to spreadable consistency with no flavoring.
Delmonico cream roll potatoes with Pyare potatoes cut small and soaked. Prepare a white sauce using a pint per pint of potatoes and season with onion juice or celery salt. Mix potatoes into hot sauce and bake in a buttered dish until tender and absorbed, then fold and serve. Do not brown the dish.
A Boston Globe note describes frying parsley to decorate meat dishes. Heat oil until bluish smoke rises, fry parsley briefly until green then drain and cool, avoiding overfrying which causes brown color.
Recipe notes for Lemon Pudding with a sauce and batter. Sauce uses one and a half cupfuls sugar one and a half cupfuls water butter half an egg lemon juice and rind. Batter uses one cupful sugar one cupful water butter half an egg one teaspoon baking powder enough flour to form batter. Mix sauce in a granite pan pour batter over sauce and bake in a medium oven. Good served hot or cold.
A damaged OCR snippet describes a steamed suet pudding recipe with vague measures and ingredients. It lists suet, flour, currants, baking soda, cream of tartar, molasses, milk, lemon extract, and nutmeg, with directions to steam for hours and serve hot with sauce.
To protect bed springs use heavy unbleached muslin with tapes at each corner to hold it tight. The cover shields the mattress from rust, can be removed, shaken weekly, and washed when soiled.
Kitchen bags offer corks string and paper bag options with suggestions for the embroiderer seeking to contribute to a bridle shower or lively event. The notes hint at craft ideas and decorative touches for creative hosting.
Lowell Mass resident Mrs Margaret Quinn credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with reducing nervousness headaches and fatigue from the Change of Life She calls it the best remedy a sick woman can take and expounds on its benefits for daily work and wellbeing.
Backache from kidney disorder warned as caused by uric acid buildup. It advises sparing meat, drinking water between meals, and taking an Anuric tablet before each meal. If you suffer lumbago rheumatism gout or dropsy start this treatment immediately.
A traveler asks for food at a hotel. the proprietor promises “everything” and shouts to the kitchen “One stop” in a New York Morning Telegraph item reflecting a quick service quip about a full menu and speedy dining.
A Japanese resident of Seattle receives a patent for cutlery made from baim boo. The invention covers knives forks and spoons crafted from the material and claims unique properties. The grant marks a notable step in new utensil materials for everyday use.
A Birmingham Age clerk records a family dispute about gossip in the neighborhood. The daughter replies with a quip about a private affair, while the father and neighbor comment on keeping matters private.
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