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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1899
Page
6
A curio dealer showcases a makeshift stiletto like mark brush with a glass needle designed to puncture without blood, allegedly given by a Japanese contact in Yokohama. The device could bury glass fragments in a victim, leaving no wound or trace while the attacker departs unnoticed.
Mary Boardman Page argues worry cannot be suppressed by will. The solution is a non worry attitude: replace worry with light by letting nature take its course, if the person is sincere and patient.
The anecdote recounts Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll seeking an audience with Rev. Phillips Brooks who had earlier denied entry to home members on sermon day. Brooks explains he treats church members as familiar while offering strangers consideration, saying he may never meet the visitor again, even in heaven.
An expert notes strange phenomena in whiskey production. A dis tillery cannot replicate output even after relocating and attempting duplicates. Bourbon struggles east of Kentucky while inland rye brands succeed only with eastern origin makers. A Kentucky colonel avoids rye as toxic water.
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Tribune features a miscommunication over planetary names. An interplanetary telephone caller insists he is speaking to Mars while receiving wrong answers about the planets, highlighting the Earth Mars confusion in a lighthearted clash of space names.
Boston Journal clipping suggests American Woolen Company might pause Concord Junction development. Rumors claim river pollution limits and Essex Water Company dealings influence the stalled project and land purchases. William M. Wood states the waste water restriction is not a ban, and work is paused until spring to review the situation.
The result of Company I, 6th regiment, M. V. M. rifle practice is highly satisfactory, improving their standing since 1807. Notable marksmen include Sergt James H Tolman and a long list of Ist class and 2d class sharpshooters. Requalifications by Capt Hart and Lieuts Decker and Jackson helped reach 171 points for the company.
The advertisement promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a remedy for skin eruptions including fever sores, ulcers, boils, felons, corns, warts, cuts, bruises, burns, scalds, chapped hands, and chilblains. It claims pain relief and cure guaranteed, selling for 25 cents a box through Johnson druggist Maynard and J. C. Friend.
A Mercantile Row store promotes honest values and wide selection arguing that many imitators copy popular goods at lower prices while using inferior materials. The ad contrasts eight and ten dollar looking items with genuine three and ten dollar values built to last.
Janet McKenzie Hill offers a concise guide to budget friendly cooking with practical recipes and simple techniques for economical meals. The article highlights affordable ingredients and time saving steps suitable for home cooks seeking cost effective menu options.
The article lists period meals including fried smelts and oyster fricassee with chafing dish notes, rice based dishes such as rice waffles Turkish pilaf and meat warmed with curry sauce. It explains rice cooking, starch absorption, and steaming methods, plus recipe steps and serving ideas.
Instructions for making rice porridge with milk and rice flour substitute, with guidance on repeated gentle introducing new foods. Includes methods for beef juice and beef tea with oatmeal, plus advice on appetite, cereals, soups, and gradual solid-food introduction for infants and young children. To be continued next week.
Boil salted halibut after soaking. Cook 30 to 45 minutes depending on size, then drain and serve with egg sauce. Save leftovers, mix with mashed potato and sauce, moisten with milk and butter if needed, heat in a skillet, and season with pepper and salt.
A detailed historical recipe for veal pie begins with two pounds of veal, bone removed, simmered in water for gravy. It instructs making a rich paste from one pound butter to two pounds flour, layering veal, ham, and hard boiled egg yolks, sealing with a decorative pastry lid, and baking at least two and a half hours.
Chop suet figs apples and bake into steamed pudding served with lemon sauce. Mix butter sugar eggs water lemon rind and lemon juice in double boiler until thickened. Fold into the pudding batter and steam four hours. cream butter and sugar then beat in eggs for sauce.
A pantry cake recipe uses shortening, molasses, salt, spice, eggs, water or milk with soda, flour to thick batter, plus raisins currants and citron. Yields two medium cakes and keeps for weeks.
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