Dried Fruits and Vegetables Preparation Guide
The USDA outlines storing, soaking, cooking, and serving dried vegetables and fruits. Dried corn lasts long when fresh, blanching helps, soaking by too much water wastes nutrients, and salt should be added late in cooking. Dried vegetables suit soups, casseroles, and as sides. dried fruits cook slowly with limited water and can replace fresh in sauces and desserts.
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United States’ Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Fine Art of Cooking Rice
Rice can be cooked so grains stay separate by washing thoroughly and using ample water. Boil rapidly 15 to 20 minutes, drain, then steam lightly to prevent sticking. Let grains swell and remain fluffy when served.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Sedentary Worker Diet Compared With Manual Labor Demands
A sedentary worker needs less food than someone doing heavy manual labor. The text mentions jelly or jam tarts topped with whipped cream or meringue as a treat. It also notes to keep paint brushes soaking in kerosene oil to stay soft and clean, and describes spinach balls served on buttered toast with cream sauce poured over.
Lingerie Trends Shape Parisian Bride Wardrobe
A Paris fashion note surveys the year’s lingerie rise from lavish trousseaux to practical undergarments. Lingerie mirrors outer dress styles with daring necklines and heavy lace, while stores unveil new models from backless chemises to hip belts and triple-voile sets, highlighting price, texture, and the trend toward black underpinnings.
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Paris
Milady
Trousseaux
Jenny
Creepy Ghastly Teesta Bridge Crossing
An American recalls crossing a rickety bamboo bridge over the 300 foot wide Teesta river in the Almalayan region. The open side structure slid and swung as he stepped on slimy, broken bamboo spans with the river raging 70 feet below. A missed step meant certain death. after a tense passage he reached the far bank.
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Teesta
Almalayan
Old Elevator Still Serves in Portland History
In 1883 Portland gained its first passenger elevator in the Labbe Building at Second and Washington. The historic cage still runs daily, having traveled about 4,000 miles in 38 years. Ed Joost began operating the lift 35 years ago, later becoming engineer-in-chief, as the system evolved from hydraulic to electric power while the ornate cage remained on duty.
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Portland
Labbe
Second
Washington Streets
Joost
Portland Oregonian
Women in Canton Break Employment Barriers
Miss So Kan has been named the first woman to receive a clerkship in Canton connected with publishing parliamentary records. The move, linked to early-year efforts by Chinese women's groups, signals broader hiring for women as the Canton Samshune railway plans to employ girls and the Canton Telegraph company plans to expand women’s roles.
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China
Canton
National Assembly of
Southern
So Kan
Canton-Samshune Railway
Canton Telegraph Company
Monster Sturgeon Caught in Red Deer River at Drumheller
A six pound sturgeon five feet ten inches long was hauled from the Red Deer river near Drumheller Alberta by miners fishing near the Midland mine. Five men wrestled the catch ashore before one fisherman fatally struck its throat. Elders recall an even larger fish once reported in the same river at Drumheller.
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Red Deer
Drumheller
Alberta
Midland
Baltimore Typhoid Decline Reported for Last Year
In Baltimore typhoid fever fell to 270 cases last year with 96 proven imported. Deaths were fewer, while 1910 recorded 235 deaths.
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Baltimore
It Impressed Her Mr Bohr and the Flat Earth Debate
A witty exchange contrasts belief in a flat world with a round earth. The Girl insists she accepts the world is round, while commenting on Mr Bohr’s flint-like demeanor. The tone is playful satire reflecting scientific skepticism.
Bayer Aspirin Ad Claims Safe Use Across Ailments
A period advertisement urges readers to take only genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin and follow physician guidelines. It touts the Bayer Cross as a mark of safety for colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache lumbago and general pain with small twelve tablet tins and larger packages available from druggists.
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Bayer
Lines to Be Remembered Quote by Emerson
A brief quotation attributed to R. W. Emerson urges to treat each day as the best of the year and to recognize that true learning comes when one accepts daily significance, framing life as an ongoing Doomsday.
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R. W. Emerson
Cuticura Ad and Fat Boy Interview at Office
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment for skin and hair issues with a five minute wash using Cuticura Soap. A humorous marginal note depicts a dull fat boy asking an office manager if a quick bright boy position is open.
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