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Decorah Republican

Location

Decorah, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 20, 1913

Page

5

Selected Recipes From An Antique Test Kitchen

This collection compiles old time cooking tips and recipes for cookies breads and puddings. It covers date cookies macaroni dishes pimento rarebit and gingerbread plus bread with walnuts and nutty cookies. The instructions emphasize simple pantry ingredients and traditional oven methods for home bakers.

Resurrection Emblems From Old Mantel Pieces

In England a tiny cross with three grains of barley and a tow fragment was found in a mantel block. Three such emblems came from the Shakespeare birthplace mantel, later recovered and displayed in Stratford on Avon. A sculptor noted the three statue processes as clay life plaster death marble resurrection.

England Shkespeare Stratford On Avon

Mulching Roses Protects Perennials With Careful Ground Cover

Hybrid perpetual roses need no protection but benefit from a light even mulch. Do not pile mulch against bushes. Six inches of loose mulch on the ground is fine, but clumped mounds near plants stress their vitality. Some may recover only in spite of poor care.

Municipal health reform needs a dedicated sanitarian

Public Health Column argues for a complete shift in city health governance. It calls for a full-time sanitarian trained for municipal housekeeping, separate from medical practice, to oversee water, food safety, waste, and sanitation with bold, long-term leadership.

State Board of Health Iowa Water Company

Easter Song and Helpful Household Hints Collide in Pages

A page combines a devotional Easter lyric about Christ rising with practical home tips. The tips cover stain removal with peroxide, ironing, fabric care for wool and cotton, sour milk to brighten skirts, lamp odor control with salt, edge finishing for lace, needle threading tricks, basting guidance, safe disposal of burnt matches, iron stands, blanching almonds, and knitting care. A North Dakota college ironing guidance note appears, followed by a note on Bournemouth harbor and salt water supply.

North Dakota Agricultural College

Hall's Catarrh Cure Anton Ohio claim proof

There is extensive catarrh in the region once deemed incurable. The text promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo claiming it treats constitutional disease via blood and mucous surfaces. It offers $100 for any uncured case and directs readers to send for testimonials and circulars. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.

Hall F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio

Ancient customs of Easter and its symbolism across faiths

The piece traces Easter dress and new clothes as a long standing custom across religions, links the name Easter to the Saxon goddess Eastre, notes Pascha in eastern churches, and mentions date disputes from Nicaea 324. It cites how early emperors celebrated Easter with freedom and gifts and lists traditional hymns and their origins.

Bede Eastre Nicaea Augustine Great Britain St. John St. Peter Antioch Rome Fortunatus St. Croix Milan Jesus Christ Tate and Brady Charles Wesley

Curried Eggs Method and Epigrams Collected

A recipe for Curried Eggs describes boiling six eggs, slicing, and making a curry milk sauce with onion and butter, then baking with buttered crumbs until brown. The passage ends with two aphorisms about virtue and genius and social perception by Lady Russell and an anonymous quip.

Venus statue enchant visitors at city conservatory

Intelectual Clerk guides visitors through Pitts burgh conservatory to a renowned sculpture. The translucent marble statue is admired from all angles as the clerk explains the sculptor and points out fine details. A visitor asks if the material is alabaster. the guide clarifies it is Venus.

Pittsburgh

Chronic Cough Healed by Vinol Remedy

Mrs. Maria Primrose of Brooklyn reports a three month chronic cough after a heavy cold. She credits Vinol cod liver and iron tonic with stopping the cough, improving rest, and boosting strength, noting potential money-back assurance if it fails to help. E. J. Tarman of Decorah, Iowa endorses the product.

Maria Primrose Newell Street Brooklyn N. Y Vinci E. J. Tarman Decorah Iowa

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