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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1912
Page
4
A period notice lists a weekly luncheon menu for children focusing on nitrogenous foods fats and starches. It includes daily menus with milk fruits desserts and sandwiches such as minced chicken whole wheat bread roast beef peanut butter and cheese. The source cites Harper's Bazar advising extra food when staying for after noon sessions.
A Texas Wonder medicine claims to cure kidney and bladder troubles, diabetes, rheumatism, and back pain in men and women, with bladder regulation for children. The ad offers mail order by doctor B. W. Hall in St. Louis and lists testimonials, pricing, and pharmacist availability.
From the sworn bill it appears St B White Nellie White and Carrie White are non residents of the slave. they must appear on or before the first Monday of May 1912 before the clerk and master at the court in Johnson City Tennessee to defend the bill filed by Jonnie Darden et al or the bill will be confessed. notice to run four consecutive weeks in the Comet Tennessee.
Parents urged to shield young children from burns by stoves using a simple wire screen around each stove. A 2x4 base supports the screen, which rests rather than being nailed, allowing cleaning. A zinc board under the stove can help fix the screen more firmly in place.
A historical recipe details making scrapple using two hogs heads hearts and tongues. It instructs skinning heads removing eyes ears brain and tongue, boiling until meat separates, grinding, boiling with water to two gallons, thickening with corn meal, seasoning with marjoram, cooling, slicing and frying or serving cold with vinegar, and notes to start in cold water and wash kettles between fills.
The article describes a steam baked beet method balancing bake and boil. It cautions using water in the pan, partially steaming, and occasional turning with a pancake turner to prevent bleeding. It notes gas efficiency and preserves sweetness and flavor.
Instructions describe pot roast method in iron pot with fat and water, simmer three hours, add root vegetables near end. Also provides Martha Washington Jumbies mixing butter sugar eggs flour water and lemon, rolled and sugared, with ring cutter.
A short frosting method combines half pound powdered sugar and butter the size of an egg. Beat the white of an egg and add to the sugar and butter, then beat thoroughly. Flavor with vanilla. This will frost two cakes.
Step by step heat sweet cream in a chafing dish and poach six eggs in the cream with salt and pepper. Cook slowly ten minutes and serve on toast. Also notes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for pimples boils and burns with emphasis on quick relief.
A historical piece argues big office towers rarely pay off as advertising, urging firms to favor newspapers and magazines for broad reach. It cites Equitable, Singer, and Metropolitan towers and contends real persuasion comes from practical media over costly monuments. Newspapers are praised as the fastest way to reach every household and a key channel for any message.
A manufacturer who swears by selling honest reliable goods and relies on being advertised by loving friends will gain a circle of admirers but will never see his trade mark worth a million dollars.
An advertising man seeks a speedy image for a campaign and asks for Mercury as a symbol. The artist sketches Mercury the swift messenger, winged sandals and cap, but the manager refuses, saying the design would mix with a religion.
A young lay tries on beer rum models and asks if one foot is larger. The clerk diplomatically says one is slightly larger. The Cincinnati Times exposes a bleak mood with mentions of debt and a dubious patent pill advertisement.
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