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Newspaper
Decorah Republican
Location
Decorah, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1913
Page
7
Short note indicates a 1912 copyrighted work titled His Good Girl Present by The Shortstory Publishing Company. Limited readable content mentions copyright status in the United Kingdom and the US. The fragment provides no plot or character details.
A Native American boy Louie in a government school longs to give a present to his beloved teacher Miss Brown at Christmas. With no money, a five cent gift arrives from his father via an interpreter. A shopping trip with Miss Jo guides Louie to choose a suitable five cent present while the school fosters the season's good will among Apache students.
A recipe details creaming butter and sugar with eggs to make light sponge rolls resembling Parker House style. It instructs resting, shaping, scoring, sugaring, baking, and a brief finishing step for a tender crust. The rest mentions fur mitts and a New Jersey minister eating 82 pancakes in one sitting with a quip about fear of the hereafter.
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