City Orchestra Goes on Tour
The Portland Symphony Orchestra with 56 musicians ends a strong season free of major subscriptions. It plans further efforts to lift musical education and ideals in the city, with six symphony programs and several free school concerts. A February 23 Portland concert is likely to recur in Salem March 2. The ensemble also performed for inmates at the State Hospital for the Insane donating the program to the community.
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Portland Symphony Orchestra
Portland
Salem
State Hospital For the
Mendelssohn
Ruy Blas
City orchestra secures funds from city children
Throughout 1911-12 the orchestra covered expenses without public aid beyond five concerts. The current year relies on a list of city children for support, praised by newspapers nationwide. An urgent Salem appeal led to a Grand Opera House concert featuring Tschaikowsky Nutcracker and Liszt Mazeppa, directed by Carl Denton.
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Capitol City
Portland
Grand Opera House
Salem
Tschaikowsky
Liszt
Carl Denton
Recipes for the Housewife Dessert Toasts with Poached Eggs
Step by step for toast rounds baked until pale then dipped in hot milk Butter generously and lay on a buttered sheet Separate egg whites with salt whip to dry froth and pile high on toast Droplet yolk in center add salt pepper a butter pea and bake briskly Finish with parsley and serve
Egg sauce with mustard and cream mixture
A recipe instruction describing a thickened yolk mixture made from five eggs half a pint of vinegar wine sugar salt mustard and then finished with one pint of milk or cream poured in after removing from the stove.
Old Fashioned Raisin Teacake Method
Combine brown sugar raisins ecottolene salt water nutmeg cinnamon and cloves in a pan. Boil three minutes then cool. Dissolve soda in warm water and mix with flour and baking powder. Add flour as needed to make a workable dough.
Sugar Cookies Recipe Fragment
A vintage recipe lists three cups sugar three eggs one cup buttermilk one cup lard and one teaspoon soda with enough flour to roll dough. The fragment suggests a traditional cookie dough method and yields.
Woodchopper Tracks Bear Sighting North of Town
A hunter recalls seeing large bear tracks about a mile north of town as workman reports nearby wildlife activity. The fragment from Chicago Daily News captures outdoors chatter and directional questions about southward paths.
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Chicago Daily News
True Courage Quote
A compact quotation attributes true courage to a noble mindset that overcomes fear, attributed to Puck. The line highlights bravery as forgetting fear rather than absence of fear.
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Puck
Is He What You Might Call a Police Captain at Large
A brief quip from Town Topics notes a police figure described as out on bail rather than fully in command. The joke hints at legal trouble affecting a police leader.
Ginger Drops Recipe Notes from an Old Column
A nostalgic recipe lists ingredients for Ginger Drops: molasses, brown sugar, butter, soda dissolved in boiling water, flour, eggs, and spices. The instructions mention baking in small rounds, reflecting a mid century home cook's guide.
Comic Language Snippets and Public Notices Scraped
A collage of humorous quotes and misheard phrases from multiple sources includes how a singer captivates audiences and a mispronounced spelling reform joke. The piece also shows Q&A style exchanges about words and a note about Leo Pardello’s planned exhibition in Bradford, Pa with manager remarks.
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Leo Pardello
Buffalo
Bradford
Pardello
Enry Irving
Robert Mantell
Recipe for light batter cake in moderate oven
A simple batter uses three eggs beaten light one pint buttermilk one teacup of cream or milk one small teaspoonful of soda enough lard or butter to the size of an egg and meal until the batter reaches pound cake consistency Bake in a moderate oven.
Egg Based Foam Cake Directions
A recipe instructs beating yolks and whites separately with three eggs. Mix cornstarch and baking powder with milk then combine with yolks and fold in beaten whites. Bake briefly at the end to brown the top.
Graham Pudding Recipe From Vintage Domestic Guide
Graham pudding uses two cups graham flour one cup molasses one cup sweet milk one cup chopped raisins one cup nuts and two ten teaspoonfuls soda. Steam three hours. Sance three eggs whites and yolks beaten separately and half a can butter.
The Only White Leghorn Farm in the World
A 1911 note from Storrs Connecticut reports no bacillary white diarrhea infection found in eggs from A M Pollard's White Leghorns. Researchers Leo F Retger and Fr H Stoneburn caution ongoing tests while noting 89 acres free range and 1913 orders.
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A. M. Pollard
Leo F. Retger
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale University
Fr. H. Stoneburn
Connecticut Agriculture College
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City Orchestra
Portland Symphony
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Oregon
the Symphony Orchestra of the
City of Portland
Portland Advertising School
Phoenix Bldg
Hood River District
Hood River Apple Growers Union
Harry McAllister
Ox-Eyes
Qake
Ginger
Diggs
Biggs
Tennessean
London
Tim
Mr. Riley
Johnnie
Graham
Mosea Lake Valley
Wenatchee District
Hallett Bros
Pike St
Seattle, Wash
Storra
Storrs, Conn
the Grandview Poultry Farm
Mansfield Centre
Conn
C. White Leghorn Club
Pacific Coast
Gover
Rae MN
Phoenix
Co-Operative
Advertising Association of the
Pacific
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