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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1914
Page
3
Tips to salvage curdled dressings by gentle heating and an ice beater. Use an egg beater to finish mayonnaise and save effort. Warm suet in a dripping pan to keep for weeks. After washing hands, nails stay cleaner and stove soot is easier to remove.
Furniture polish used on the black parts of a fireplace provides a splendid finish with very little labor and no dust or marks on paintwork.
A traditional method recommends rubbing the bird with lemon juice to whiten the flesh and improve flavor. Wrap in buttered paper and steam for two to three hours or longer depending on size. the meat of an old fowl is more nourishing and can be delicious when cooked this way.
To remove stains from bed ticking apply a paste of soft soap and starch on the stained areas and let dry for twenty minutes before scraping off. For stove cleaning, scrape a bar of soap along the nails and plaster around the quick to seal against soot, then wash hands with soap.
Use a larger patch of paper to cover a torn area then dry paste over it. Apply in a sunny spot if fading paper, let dry, press to seal. Do not cut edges thin torn sections may absorb paste and leave a smudge. patch will blend with careful placement.
A shabby leather belt is repurposed into a small knife cleaner. Nail the right side down on a wood block so the wrong side faces up. Scattering bath brick on the surface helps polish knives as well as a standard knife board.
Use cheap art muslin or old curtains to back a paper pattern. Paste the pattern onto the fabric with starch and iron smoothly to double durability. The muslin backing helps the pattern last longer and stays easier to use and pin.
Advice for treating damp paper by rubbing with a fine whiting powder on a dry blanket or flannel, then polishing with a dry duster. The method has proven successful and often saves the cost of papering.
Readers receive a trio of kitchen ideas from the PA Department Medicark list. Asparagus on toast uses boiled tender spears with butter sauce, while a liver timbale blends minced liver with mushrooms and bread crumbs baked in ramekins. A buckwheat bread formula completes the menu with yeast and warm milk mixture.
A 22 year old private, Henry Edward Bladon of the Blank shire Regiment, risks life to enter a smoke filled inn stable and rescue Lieutenant Onslow’s beloved dog Bully. The act draws cheers as Bladen escapes with the unconscious animal while a crowd cheers.
Bladon, in a drinking crowd near Wensdale, is restrained by a quiet gray suit man who turns out to be Lieutenant Onslow. He guides Bladon to a drug store, ensures sobriety, and sends him back to camp, earning Bladon’s lasting gratitude for risking himself to protect a fellow soldier from punishment.
Detroit April 6 government examinations are under way for draftsmen sanitary engineer and entomological assistant among many posts. Tests began today and continue through the month and early next.
Miss Alice Brewster of Elizabeth New Jersey returns from Paris and denounces Mme Jolie the French expert in women style declaring American men superior to French men. She notes Parisians fuss over whiskers and mirrors while Americans are real men of the world with no doubt about it.
Secretary McAdoo will today face the Supreme Court to justify denying Louisiana’s injunction against enforcing the Underwood tariff sugar rates. Attorney General Pleasant filed the suit in March, arguing Louisiana’s convict labor farms rely on sugar and thus have a direct stake in the rate. Reduced rates began March 1 with aim of removing the duty entirely.
Washington reports constitutionalist soldiers massing north of Torreon with an expected assault on the city today. The Navy Department received the wireless message confirming the mobilization and imminent action.
Avalona Albania April 6 Greek irregulars attacking Koritsa were driven off as Albanian defenders received reinforcements.
Purity Candy Company offers a free six Cu Ban Pattern teaspoons with purchase of La Rita Chocolates. Send $1.00 and names of five local candy lovers to Middletown Ohio for a postpaid full size box of La Rita Chocolates. Offer promotes flavored chocolates and included incentives.
Greenville Pennsylvania notices show doctors increasing charges by 25 to 40 percent for house calls and consultations starting April 1. The move affects all physicians in the city and raises the cost of medical care for residents seeking care at home or in clinics.
Scotland defeated England 3 to 1 to win the international football championship in Glasgow on Saturday. The match drew more than 100000 spectators from Scotland and England.
In the Maryland Circuit Court for Allegany County equity matter ORDER NEST, J A Emerick versus Maryland Coal and Iron Co No 7102, the sale by receiver Albert A Doub is ratified and confirmed unless objections are shown by May 6, 1914. Publication required weekly in Allegany County newspapers before April 29, 1914. Sale report amount stated as 5100.00.
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