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Newspaper
Elkhart Weekly Truth
Location
Elkhart, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
6
A Delineator note shows how to make a light fluffy omelet when eggs are expensive. Soak bread in milk, beat yolks into the mixture, fold in whipped whites, bake until set, and finish with cheese and paprika or maple sugar for a sweet variation.
A Virginian hostess shared a decorative berry presentation inspired by a Richmond tea. Thick orange slices form a central plate with powdered sugar, surrounded by unhulled berries on stems, creating a fragrant, easy to eat display garnished with wafers.
Recipe using milk bread crumbs egg yolks and sugar to form a baked pudding with lemon rind and a meringue topping. Instructions cover mixing, baking until light brown, with jelly and optional wine sauce or currants and raisins for ornament.
A vintage dessert method outlines making sherbet by heating milk with sugar and cream, adding lemon juice, freezing to a thick cream, then folding in stiff egg whites. The mix is frozen until firm and packed with ice and salt before serving after a two hour rest.
Recipes outline for Coffee Rolls and Cheese Sticks with methods on dough rising beating eggs yeast and sugar. Includes measurements for flour milk butter and flavorings and baking guidance with shaping and finishing steps.
A historical recipe instructs making a crust from eight ounces butter three ounces powdered sugar two egg yolks milk and flour forming a stiff dough. Fill with almond mixture from chopped almonds sugar and water, cook until brown, add a custard from eggs and milk bake, then top with meringue and brown.
A fragment describes an old hot water bottle used as a makeshift bag. It notes cutting the top to length and trimming the bottom ring to create a self ventilating receptacle before sale in shops.
A fragmented text describes a fruit shortcake recipe using large bananas, sliced oranges, cherries, strawberries, and sugar. It mentions layering the fruit between cake layers and a dressing of water sugar and cornstarch heated to a boil then served over the cake.
A rustic wedding unfolds with a stranger acting as witness as a couple wed in a field behind hogs. The bride and groom wash their hands, the groom kisses the bride, and a neighborly visit leads to the ceremony amid scarce preachers. The elder recalls how scarce ministers shaped such unions.
A historical note observes Ceylon elephants grow no tusks while male bulls have tiny downward slanting grinders. Buffalo heads and native cattle horns are short, and elk and spotted deer antlers are small versus Indian deer. Researchers suggest past land connection to the mainland.
The seven cent restaurant in the Mayflower building basement on Clinton Street offers morning and evening meals. Twelve long tables seat 120, with service from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 to 7 30 p.m. The wholesome meals draw patrons who save money and keep the venture self supporting, similar to a Chrystie Street venue serving six cent meals that averages over 400 daily.
In New York a musical review extols box parties as refined amid a changing stage scene. The famed singer recalls early Hamlet productions where box audiences were silent at climaxes and stirred by Ophelia’s sorrow, with only muted sobs and quiet reactions.
An old local advertisement fragment touts Dr Shoop’s Pink Pain Tablets to stop pain in minutes and Dr Caldwell’s S Syrup Pepsin for indigestion. It cites Mrs Je Morgan of Neosha Falls Kansas, marketing a herbal laxative compound and a Monticello sample offer from Pepsin Syrup Co.
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