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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1900
Page
6
Hudson residents and visitors are listed with health updates and travels. Measles illnesses involve Stanley Freeborn Charlie Saddler and other locals. many moves between Hudson and nearby towns are noted, plus boxing results and community visits.
A Chinese laundry worker on Pope street, locked out after a Sunday trip to Boston, spent hours outside in bitter cold. With language barriers and no ladder terms, he sought help from a neighbor and, once a ladder was secured, entered through a window to reunite with his locked premises.
The New York Herald notes black velvet ribbon stocks as the current street fad. A No 12 ribbon of two yards is worn around the neck with a long tail and small throat bow, often paired with a jeweled brooch. A narrow half inch velvet ribbon worn at the foot of the stock provides a contrasting delicate look.
Shareholders are informed that the stock price may be advanced to 50 cents per share without further notice. If the advance occurs before the order is received, remittances will be returned.
A shopper in a High street dry goods shop asks about a ribbon. The clerk replies with a humorous misquote as she offers it at eight dollars a week or 25 cents a yard, in a Columba bus State Journal item.
The Central Dry Goods Co announces that during extensive alterations now in progress the store shall continue operation.
A brief notice announces a clearance sale urging customers to brave dust and inconvenience to view items. The fragment implies a retail event with apologetic tone and ongoing wall-related disruptions.
Eliot Gregory describes Parisian cafe poetry as a natural scene where a rising poet recites verses to a mixed audience. He notes Latin temperament lends grace and childlike abandon, making English or American readers feel both surprised and amused by the display.
A Detroit Free Press note describes a church service where a persistent squeaking sound from the organ haunted the auditorium during the evening hours. The source records a soprano asking the robes attendant if she heard the noise, who replies that she could almost understand the words, then nothing more is said.
An old veteran notes that Civil War soldiers religiously avoided beans after long campaigns from Shiloh to Nashville Antietam and the Wilderness. He says beans were a staying article but should be used sparingly in soldiers' homes, and a new generation must rehabilitate the vegetable's standing.
A four year old questions grammar asking if a punishing father believes in corporal punishment. The child corrects herself, joking that she meant to say isn't you got any sense, prompting a playful parental reply. The Indianapolis News presents the humorous exchange.
The Grant smelter chimney in Denver stands as the United States' tallest smokestack with only two rivals globally. It rises 52 feet 4 inches, contains 1,943,000 bricks, weighs 12,876,500 pounds above the foundation, has base pressure of 160 psi, and would face 896,200 pounds of wind in a gale. The base diameter is 33 feet, tapering to 20 feet at the top.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quip notes a neighbor asks about a howling dog. The owner replies the dog’s woes stem from indigestion rather than neglect, highlighting a humorous domestic misunderstanding.
An advertisement claims early morning symptoms of dyspepsia and liver disorders show in bad breath coated tongue and tiredness. It says U S Army & Navy Tablets restore the system with few doses and offers 12 tablets for 10 cents by mail from New York address.
Practical dietary guidance for preventing constipation in children. Recipes and methods favor coarse grains like cornmeal and whole wheat bread, with molasses and cream. Includes Boston brown bread, whole wheat gems, corn mush muffins, Indian pudding, and chocolate blancmange, plus hydration and avoided foods.
Instructions describe making a veal pie using veal pieces, potatoes, and a soda biscuit dough. The process simmers veal with potatoes and dough in water, layering meat and dough, then sealing with a rolled dough lid and boiling gently for twenty to thirty minutes until the pie is ready to serve.
Cut three quarters of a pound of cold roast beef into small pieces and heat slowly with half a pint of water one tablespoonful of chili sauce one teaspoonful of salt and half as much pepper. Rub together two tablespoonfuls flour and butter add warm gravy then add to the beef and cook five minutes. An onion browned in butter or table sauce may replace the chili sauce. Serve with dry toast.
Select evenly sized apples, pare and core, heat beef drippings in a pan, lay apples skin side down, add a touch of brown sugar, then brown quickly. Also fry sliced apples across the core like pancakes. the whole apples method is preferred.
A recipe explains how to prepare stewed fish cut into inch and a half slices with salt and pepper, simmered with two onion slices, hot water, and parsley, then served hot with drawn butter and a sauce from the cooking liquid.
Take cold cooked beef or veal chop and season as for hash. Prepare hot mashed potatoes seasoned for the table. In a shallow baking dish layer meat then potatoes until the dish is nearly full. Smooth top, make holes for bits of butter, bake until nicely brown.
A simple method to use scraps of boiled ham by layering with bread crumbs and fat, finishing with a top layer, adding water or weak stock, and baking until browned. Serves as a practical breakfast idea.
Bake a deep dish pie with mince layers of sliced sour apples and lean pork, seasoned with sugar, salt and pepper, then repeat until nearly full. Add a touch of water, cover with paste, and bake slowly until thoroughly done.
A baking dish is lined with bread crumbs and filled with alternating layers of cold roast mutton and peeled tomato slices seasoned with salt pepper and butter. The top layer is tomatoes with bread crumbs. Bake for forty five minutes and serve hot.
Four eggs are boiled ten minutes then cooled. The yolks are chopped and the whites of two eggs are added. Mix with melted butter to create a sauce that can be served with boiled poultry or fish.
The text advises treating tainted meat by covering it with strong saleratus water after washing, letting it stand for an hour. An alternative is using sweet milk instead of the saleratus water. Either method is said to work unless the meat is very bad.
Peel and slice the bananas lengthwise and fry in butter. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve as a simple, quick dessert.
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