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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1897
Page
6
Comfort Jones advises on grape jelly and related preserves using Concord and wild grapes, detailing two jelly methods, canning steps, making grape drinks, and jar safety tips. She includes a cookie recipe and notes managing jelly quality and shelf life.
Two eggs, milk, lard or butter, Cleveland's Superior Baking Powder, and sufficient flour make a stiff biscuit-like dough. Roll, cut, and bake in a hot oven.
A historic recipe describes mixing three cups oatmeal and flour with salt eggs brown sugar yeast powder and butter. The dough is rolled thin baked in a hot oven until crackers form. Milk is added to moisten to a workable dough.
Instructions list ingredients and method for old fashioned griddle muffins. Mix flour milk Cottolene eggs yeast and salt until light. Pour into muffin rings and bake on griddle over strong coal fire.
The recipe instructs making a caramel like syrup from two thirds cup sugar, pouring into buttered molds. It then describes beating three eggs with two teaspoons sugar and a pinch of salt, adding scalded milk, filling molds, and baking in a hot water bath until the custard sets. Cool and unmold.
Shell walnuts to remove skins then simmer in stock with an onion slice and bay leaf for twenty minutes. Combine with two chopped apples and enough mayonnaise to coat, then serve on lettuce leaves.
Scald one cup of milk and pour over one cup of stale bread crumbs. Add a quarter pound of cheese cut small, half a tablespoon of butter and the beaten yolks of three eggs. Fold in the whites of three eggs beaten stiff and a half teaspoon of salt. Bake in a buttered pudding dish in a moderate oven for twenty minutes.
Warm milk to blood heat then dissolve sugar and yeast in water. Mix with milk and fill self sealing bottles not to overflow. Store upside down at 80 degrees for six hours. Chill for three to four hours before use.
A fragment notes a celebration connected to the use of cooking and heating apparatus across a region. The readable text hints at a notable event or milestone but provides limited details on who or what exactly is celebrated.
A Philadelphia Times critique notes many women push into athletics to slim down without proper guidance. Most skip professional testing and gradual training, causing stiffness, injury, and discouragement. Properly paced exercise protects the body while building long term fitness.
James Francis Burke argues that women have historically shaped governance and law, citing Rome's republic and the crucible of literature. He claims women wield influence in politics, law, and public life, countering claims of unfitness with examples of leadership and achievement.
The Woman's Association For Greater Saratoga, a large club with 1600 members, collects 10 cents annually to fund a civic plan. The group seeks state buyout of the 50 springs to keep them free, funds improvements and raises money through entertainments, contributing to projects like bicycle paths. Mrs Ellen Hardin Walworth of New York chairs the association.
A 19 year old California student Rowena Reed at Vassar College dominates track and field events. She weighs 169 pounds, stands 5 feet 8 3/4 inches, and excels in running, jumping, hurdle events, and athletic disciplines from fencing to trapeze. She broke the world record for the women's broad jump at 13 feet 3 inches, won the 120 yard hurdles and the running high jump at Vassar, and has just completed her sophomore year.
Miss Constance Ingalls daughter of ex Senator John J Ingalls proved a woman can drive an electric car by securing a permit from Superintendent Bendure and running a Main street Atchison Kansas trolley over a mile with no mishap. Her motorman feat draws generous praise from friends.
Mrs Charlotte Fowler Wells marked her eighty third birthday on August 14 at her West Orange New Jersey home. She was the first woman in the United States to teach phrenology and long served as an instructor at the American Institute of Phrenology. She recently transferred duties to her niece Jessie Allen Fowler and remains vice president of the institute and a New York Sorosis member.
The passage of a bill against wearing high hats in the city causes a social split. Young women resist the law while matrons defend it on grounds of comfort. The dispute highlights class and etiquette tensions in Atlanta society.
In a shift of roles, head waiters face upheaval as head waitresses displace them in several New England hotels. Women are successfully handling duties, continuing a trend of strong performance in service roles.
The London Standard highlights Donegal's northwest coast with Slieve League cliffs near Glen Columbkille and Achill Head's Croghan cliffs rising dramatically from the water. It notes Slieve League reaches nearly 2,000 feet and Croghan cliffs stand at about 8,000 feet, offering a dramatic scenic introduction to Ireland's rugged seascape.
The piece recalls past top after-dinner speakers in England listing Lord Chief Justice Cockburn Judah P Benjamin Mr Gladstone Cardinal Manning Lord Rosebery and Dean Stanley from twenty years ago while noting earlier lists include Macaulay Carlyle and Dickens Sala. It laments a current dearth of first rate talkers in the country.
In Durango Mexico an iron mountain rises 640 feet high. The ore runs 60 to 70 percent purity. The deposit spreads three to four miles in radius and is said to be large enough to meet all global iron demand for 1 000 years.
A Washington Star tale recalls a South Mountain Rod and Gun club member who honors a boy's ingenuity in marksmanship. The veteran recounts a winter rabbit hunt where a string tied to a rabbit’s leg was cut at 50 yards, proving the boy’s skill despite a handicap and leaving the old man speechless.
Local sports note highlights Bell and Mr Curve delivering strong performances. Mentions a humorous line about a farmer and pig, reflecting playful chatter in the San Francisco Examiner.
The Chicago Post notes The Cosmopolitan’s new rendering of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Richard Le Gallienne. It praises the oriental scholar’s quatrains, calling previous versions by Fitzgerald insufficient and predicting Le Gallienne will secure a leading place among English poets.
A strip of narrow webbing sewn to the under edge of rugs keeps corners flat and reduces pulling or lifting at the ends when rugs are beaten or moved. This simple restraint helps maintain rug shape and durability.
Women troubled with frequent headaches are advised to avoid wetting the head. When washing hair is necessary, use alcohol in the water instead of soap to ensure quicker drying of the hair.
A playful dialogue from Pick Me Up features a gallant Dragoon asking Ethel to be his life partner and superior, with a witty concern that such a match could lead to engagement rumors. The exchange showcases flirtation and social snippiness in a vintage paper silvery tone.
The Imperial Bank of Germany founded in 1876 operates 276 branch offices. In the long arctic night, keeping awake was hard, prompting General Greely to enforce strict wakefulness rules. Beds were not allowed to be made and soldiers were required to stay active.
In a North Carolina decision the court recalls an old dispute over a debt contracted in infancy. John Huggins offered to close the account by note promising to pay James James $150 when convenient, with a proviso that he was not to be pressured. The statement reflects a cautious settlement of accounts in judicial history.
The fragment shows a Jacksonville Times-Union caption reading Youthful Ambition. Billy boasts of becoming a man to go to his father’s farm and make money while Jimmie downplays the schemes, dreaming of city life and bunco profits as a path to wealth.
The text explains the higher medical student to population ratio in the United States compared with Europe. It attributes the difference to easier diploma access in the U S while European schools demand more extensive prior preparation and longer study before degree eligibility.
A compendium of Sunday school lessons reviewing Paul’s missionary work in Europe and Asia Minor. Each lesson outlines golden texts from Acts and the Epistles, emphasizes light from God’s word, and urges steadfast faith, self denial, love, and faithful preaching as exemplified by Paul’s ministry and trials.
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