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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1892
Page
12
Practical household guidance covers making a rich soup stock using beef scraps and bones from poultry, simmering for hours without boiling, and timing vegetables. It also explains cooling stock properly, and adds methods to vent or purge dangerous carbonic acid gas from a well using candles, water, gunpowder, or burning charcoal nearby.
The text explains that Bock Beer started as Eimbecker beer from Eimbeck Hanover. It grew famous across the Midwig Ages, prompting attempts to brew it elsewhere. Over time the name evolved from Eimbeck to Eimbeck, ein beck, and finally Dock with Bock meaning goat in German used in advertising the spring drink.
In ancient times couples wed beneath a square cloth held above them to hide the bride’s blushes. The tradition was not used at the marriage of a widow.
The article explains using the formula add 1 to the year, divide by 19, and interpret the quotient as cycles since the Christian era with the remainder as the Golden Number. For 1892 the calculation yields 12, since 1893 divided by 19 leaves remainder 12.
Instructions describe core actions for rolling an umbrella: grip the handle with the right hand to catch all rib ends, smooth folds evenly, then use the left hand to grasp the umbrella bottom and form a clutch. Turn the umbrella toward the left as the right pushes and the left moves toward the handle.
The instructions describe overlapping the ribs until the umbrella rolls smoothly. When the left hand reaches the end of the ribs the clutch becomes firm, and with the right hand the strap is fastened.
A relic of antiquity cites French nans three centuries ago inscribing credit is dead ill payers have killed him. A similar inscription appears on Neapolitan wine and macaroni houses at the front.
During the Revolutionary era money mattered greatly as the government faced scarcity and weak credit. Robert Morris, wealthy U S treasurer, lent personal funds and notes to sustain rations and army payments, but later died in debtor's prison on Stay 7 1806 after financial ruin. The piece also notes tea testing practices and tea tasters in New York.
A facet of English folklore recounts how the abbot of Glastonbury sent Jack Horner to gift King Henry VIII a Christmas pie containing deeds to twelve manors. Jack, lifting the crust, claimed the king had given the Wells manor to him, inspiring later nursery tales.
In New York only a handful of men, perhaps four or five, test tea quality. The scene hints at specialized tasters shaping market standards and ensuring consistency amid varied imports.
A historical note explains adding gum camphor to whisky to predict weather. If bad weather approaches the camphor settles as sediment. if fair weather, it floats as light particles. Do not cork the vial but cover with cloth to keep out dust.
The method uses Golden Number Epact and Dominical Letter. For 1840 the Epact after March 7 is 26, full moon on April 17, Dominical Letter D appears on April 19, so Easter Sunday fell April 19, 1840.
The origin traces to the covering worn on the thumb of sailors. Known as a bell or thimble, it protected the thumb while handling needles and rigging. The name arose from this practical thumb guard years ago.
The opening of the current session shows progress for women in politics with eight female applicants for clerkships and three winning top grade positions. Ina S. Taber of Bowling Green secured the engrossing clerk of the senate by unanimous vote as others withdrew.
A Harper's Weekly portrait details Colonel John T. North an Englishman about fifty, famed as the Nitrate King. He built Peru nitrate deposits into a fortune near $100,000,000, later tied to Chile after the war. He holds the greatest stake among the ten world nitrate fields and favors peace between the United States and Chile.
He learned wheel wright trade, went to Peru on a venture, gained control of the nitrates by shrewdness, and is now a multimillionaire.
A Berlin Letter reports a ladies strike in a German garrison town where men ignored single women at a regimental ball to dance with married friends’ wives. The event left the maidens and mothers displeased.
Proper linen care requires thorough drying and storage away from damp and insects. Use aromatic shrubs and flowers like lavender and roses with cedar shavings and cassia lignea. add attar of roses. Dryness should be spread among drawers and shelves. Repair linen before washing and number pieces to ensure even wear across the set.
A short piece explains cheat or darnel in wheat is not degeneration but a weed seed mixture. Farmers debate causes while noting the grain can be cleaned to remove cheat seeds. The text also references regional terms like chess and darnel and mentions a woman’s remedy.
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