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Newspaper
Encampment Echo
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1921
Page
3
The United States Department of Agriculture explains that only vegetables absorbing water and cooking at similar rates may be mixed when dried. It covers suitable mixtures for soup, notes differences from commercial products, and provides steps for blanching, drying, curing, and storage to preserve a balanced, long lasting vegetable mix.
Specialists in the experimental kitchen of the United States Department of Agriculture say a half pint measuring cup for flour and sugar and a standard set of measuring spoons for butter and baking powder will help in following a new recipe.
The article urges proper ice chest care to save food, stressing cleanliness, flushing the drain pipe with hot water, keeping the ice well filled, and using thin dishes. It warns against covering ice with blankets or opening doors unnecessarily, and recommends chilling butter and vegetables by standing them near the fire chest rather than with chipped ice.
Grape juice is praised as refreshing and versatile for hot weather. Suggested desserts include Grape Sherbet, Grape Ice Cream, Syllabub, and Bohemian Cream using unfermented juice with cream, sugar, eggs, and fruit garnishes.
If daily milk is delivered early and left on the porch for hours a covered porch box with two galvanized iron cases and insulating material protects the milk from sun heat fires prowling animals and street dust.
The fragment describes a mousetrap with sunflower seed and a sweet cream to caramel filling. It gives culinary tips such as adding grated cheese to pie crust, six eggs for omelets, barley with sugar and cream, and tomatoes cured with pork sausage.
A fashion columnist notes French designers push bold cretonne color as the season shifts from black to lively hues. Cretonne dresses hats smocks and bags for midsummer appear in Paris shops and spread to children's wear. Patterns draw from Nile motifs Chinese designs tropical plumage and florals on clear backgrounds.
The article discusses cretonne as a fashionable, affordable cloth linked to Oriental art and home decor, noting its modern yet ancient craft blend. It contrasts cretonne and plain black silk, praises color and design richness, and highlights mauve and gray chintz frocks, sheer sleeves, and cretonne hats as economical country wear for midsummer.
Mrs. Sarah Sewell Jones guards a secret formula turning rose petals into rose ebony a jet black gem as hard as diamond. Only about fifty pieces exist, with an estimated few hundred possible in a lifetime, each carved over three weeks to keep its original rose lines.
A former farmer disputes a city teamster's hitching method observed near City Hall park after a new liberty flagpole delivery. The teamster hooks the wagon, attaches chains to the neck yoke, and tightens the traces, while the farmer recalls front‑first tying to control a runaway horse. The city routine is defended as the urban way.
Two photographers and a frugal young lawyer walked the other night with informal dinners. After hours of strolling he finally took them toward his father’s home claiming a drink awaits there at a well of the best water in the state.
Conserving wild game and boosting bounties on ferocious animals and destructive birds aim to conserve the scarce bear in many parts of British Columbia. Trapping of bear is banned and only three bears may be shot in a season. Panthers bounty up to 40 dollars, wolves 25, crows and magpies 20 cents each, and bighorn and snow owls one dollar each.
A lock of hair claimed to have adorned Mary Queen of Scots is bequeathed by Mrs. Henrietta B Helskell to Miss Carroll B Clinton in a will probated in Washington. The strand long rested in a safe deposit box and is said to have entered Helskell lineage after Queen Elizabeth I's era.
The notice urges consumers to verify Bayer on aspirin packages or tablets to ensure genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for twenty one years. It lists common uses including colds headache neuralgia rheumatism toothache and lumbago. It notes Bayer tablets come in handy tins of twelve and larger packages sold by druggists.
A judge records a casual wager exchange where Jones and the narrator propose a dinner for three if the terms favor one side. The other party challenges the bet and asserts Jones rarely pays, signaling a possible resolve against paying for the dinner.
A Lady of Distinction is recognized by the delicate influence of the perfume she uses. A bath with Cuticura Soap and hot water to cleanse the pores, followed by a dusting with Cuticura Talcum powder usually means clear sweet healthy skin.
A wry exchange questions whether opportunity ever knocks and whether it should be answered, with a note that servants exist to handle matters. The Boston Transcript quotes the line to illustrate a social stance about self reliance and class roles.
A concise reflection noting that silence has no visible advantage in response to calumny and defamation, unless one avoids provoking further false accusations. The quote stresses restraint as a strategic choice in disputable situations.
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