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Newspaper
Cumberland Press
Location
Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1914
Page
2
Advice for visitors to the sick emphasizes bringing or finding occupation, leaving at the right time, and reading the room. It covers men vs women as visitors, how to end a visit gracefully, and adjusting the room environment to suit the patient’s needs, including temperature and air.
In The Kitchen Georgia cooks teach a method for fried chicken with cracker crumb coating served with cran berry puffs. The recipe uses young chicken, egg wash, hot butter fat, and a gravy enriched with flour and cream, finished with a butter sugar mix and vinegar.
A simple dish method describes lining a baking dish with bread crumbs then layering oysters with more crumbs and seasoning. It instructs to strain the oyster squid and mix with milk wine and melted butter before pouring over the dish and finishing with bread crumbs and butter dots.
Recipe fragment lists ingredients for mayonnaise dressing using four eggs two tablespoons sugar two tablespoons butter one cup vinegar one teaspoon mustard a pinch cayenne and salt one teaspoon corn starch mixed with cold water. Beat yolks vigorously.
The article notes Canadian use of Indian fire patrolmen to guard northern Manitoba forests. It reports a Pennsylvania gun maker using waste black and Caspian walnut for stocks and Ghent supplying Araucaria Norfolk Island pine as a popular ornamental plant in Europe and America. It details 10 million feet of Tongass National Forest timber sale in Alaska and notes chestnut canker disease found in Japanese imports threatening U S forests.
Milling Co. Cumberland announces special price on Old Owl Brand cotton seed meal from March 18 to 31. Prices based on carload orders with various car lots and quantities.
A household pudding method using double boiler heat milk with sugar corn starch salt and chocolate. Stir until smooth for ten minutes then remove from heat add vanilla and cool before serving with whipped cream.
Two pounds beef top of round with salt pork, tomatoes, celery, onion, bay leaves, cloves, pepper, and mace are simmered until tender. A paprika flavored sauce is made from stock and vegetables, thickened with flour, and poured over meat with potatoes carrots and peppers plus optional noodles arranged around the platter.
Wage Earners Theatre Leagues and Theatre Centre for Schools arrange Shakespearian dramas in public and high school auditoriums starting today. Ben Greet and his company present Midsummer Night's Dream The Tempest and As You Like It in a new movement using schools as theatres.
Prohibition committee in Rochester plans a day meeting to reorganize the executive committee split by protracted quarrels. Treasurer Dunham remains the only member not to resign and may refuse to surrender the books, signaling a continuing dispute beyond today’s session.
Bishop Joseph Schrembs of Toledo will deliver sermons at the Knights of Columbus annual retreat in Philadelphia starting this evening. Officials expect a larger attendance than last year with retreatants approaching Holy Communion in a body at Palm Sunday mass.
The Public Service Commission will today grant hearings on anthracite coal rates from the mines to Philadelphia. The action aims to set pricing and delivery terms for coal entering the city, affecting customers and utilities.
In March Lord Ernest buys four ruby gems for a fortune, sparking a perilous chase. Simon Warren and James Hawkins plot to rob Ernest with Hawkins entering the house by night using a forged glass, a putty cup, and lock-picking. The peril rises as a hidden iron cage descends, trapping Hawkins in a dark vault beneath the safe.
General Venustiano and his escort are reportedly blocked near Chihuahua by General Pasquali Orezco. A hidden room reveals Lord Ernest Sinclair awaiting Inspector Homes at 6 with a cigar box and iron curtain, leaving Hawkine in darkness to face his fate.
Secretary William C. Redfield of the department of commerce visits Seattle to meet local political and commercial groups and plan a two day stay before continuing to Tacoma. The tour, part of a coast visit with other members of the President's official family, follows his world study of industrial conditions in 1907.
A telegram reportedly from Pancho Villa urged backers to stake heavily on a Torreon win by March 31. Rebel censorship makes confirmation impossible, but recent defeats have caused bettors to hedge now.
London dispatch reports the home rule bill to face a second reading in the House of Commons today. The crisis centers on balancing Irish Nationalist aims with Ulster Protestant Tory sentiment, with the King’s stance appearing constitutional as he seeks a solution acceptable to all sides.
Litigation spanning 36 years ends as Surrogate Fowler approves referee Peter B. Olney’s report in the judicial settlement of the Thomas EF. Davis estate. The $2,500,000 estate has been managed by four trustees since Mr. Davis’s death in March 1878 amid objections by Thomas EF. Davis Jr.
A meeting of Boston and Maine Railroad stockholders is held in Boston to consider selling Maine Central Railroad stock owned by the company. The sale would reduce Boston and Maine control and alter ownership arrangements.
Mary Hutton Pell leads the Social Requirement Bureau plan to form neighborhood maid clubs with automatic transfer between homes. A training school and model rooms are proposed with $10 dues offering lectures and concerts. officials note workers resist being labeled servants, preferring other titles.
Maude Howe Elliott of Newport will lecture in St Louis tonight under the Progressive Club auspices. It concludes a series that featured prominent speakers including former Congressman Fred Landla and Dr William A Beans former Chicago Health Commissioner, with MR JACOB NATAN also on the program.
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