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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1912
Page
4
In Bedan Kansas J H Edwards a merchant spends over 2000 yearly on newspaper ads and other promotions to grow his store. He credits advertising as essential, detailing steps from barn and billboard signs to team uniforms with ads, and frequent updating of local papers to drive traffic and sales.
Calgary businessmen raised 100 575 for a publicity fund in a 30 hour campaign. The piece argues advertising drives population growth and city prospects, praising daily newspapers as the best medium for reaching dense markets while warning of advertising that outpaces product quality. Electric Bitters touted for women’s health in a brief testimonial.
An old advertisement promotes The Texas Woxvka cones xipnEY AND BLADDER TROUNLER claiming cures for diabetes back and rheumatism and kidney bladder irregularities in men and women. It offers mail order for $1 with two months treatment. Testimonials promised from readers. Sold by druggists. Dr. E W Hall address listed as 2026 Oliver St St Louis Mo.
A historical note lists daily lunch fare including fats and oils, starches and sugars, and fruit. Monday features minced chicken sandwiches with milk and cookies. Wednesday offers peanut butter sandwiches with milk and tapioca pudding. Thursday serves brown bread with cheese and nut filling plus chocolate pudding. Friday includes egg sandwiches with milk and gelatin dessert.
The article urges placing a stove screen to prevent burns to small children. It describes DIY shields using field fence wire and No 11 wire, wrapped around the stove with a ½ inch gap, supported by a 2x4 base, not nailed to the floor. A heavier board can stabilize the screen if used.
A vintage Philadelphia recipe describes making scrapple from hog heads hearts and tongues. It covers skinning, trimming, boiling to create liquor, adding cornmeal and seasonings, cooking, chilling, then frying or serving cold with vinegar. A hint notes cold-water starting, gentle boiling, and careful kettle hygiene.
Beets may be cooked in about the same time as boiling and serve as a compromise between baking and boiling. A little water in the pan keeps them partly steamed and preserves sweetness. Turn them frequently with a pancake turner, not a fork, to prevent bleeding.
A historic kitchen note instructs to brown a roast in an iron pot with a tablespoon of fat, then add water to half cover and simmer slowly for about three hours. Pepper and salt season, and midway add Irish or sweet potatoes or turnips to brown alongside the meat.
A historical recipe instructs to cream one pound each of butter and sugar with three eggs, add one pound flour, a wineglass of rose water and lemon extract, roll thin, cut with a ring, dust with sugar, and bake.
A simple frosting method uses half a pound of powdered sugar and butter the size of an egg. Beat butter with sugar, fold in stiffly beaten egg white, then whip thoroughly. Flavor with vanilla to finish. This mixture will frost two cakes.
Directions describe heating sweet cream in a chafing dish then adding six eggs one by one. Each egg is salted and peppered. Cook slowly for ten minutes and serve on toast.
An advertisement touts Zemo as a fast acting liquid wash by E. W. Rose Medicine Co. for itching fiery raw eczema and all skin diseases. It promises quick relief, says druggists will refund the purchase if not satisfied, and urges trial at city drugstores.
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