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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1912
Page
7
A compact guide to hearty soups using stale bread porridge with stock for a bread broth and onion base. Includes puree eelie margot style mashed potato rabbit stock and cream, plus brown onion soup with cauli stock rind seasoning.
Revival of braid is a great factor in the evolution of milady's frocks. It adds solidity and smartness to winter clothes and suggests hard wearing properties. If planning unusual design, use the new tubular and work out something original.
A historical home remedy page lists lemon juice for headaches and liver care, tea with lemon for nervous or bilious headaches, lemon in coffee for headaches, and lemon juice in water as a liver corrective. It also notes lemon juice for tooth wash, skin whitening with rosewater, hoarseness, salad dressings with olive oil, and rust stain removal. A New Year's Cookies recipe follows with butter, sugar, eggs, sour milk, caraway, mace, and a thin, sugar-topped bake.
A compact guide to holiday sweets outlines Chocolate Almond Creame with almond centers dipped in chocolate, Maple Dates shaped from maple fondant rolled to date length and filled, then rolled in granulated sugar, and a Virginia Silver Cake recipe using butter sugar flour cornstarch egg whites and cream of tartar with almond flavoring baked slowly.
A readable menu of hot and cold dishes for New Year's day includes hot items such as Chicken consomme beef tea clear green turtle soup chicken okra in cups oyster poulette chicken lobster and sweetbread croquettes and patties lobster a la Newburg and cold options like pickled oysters roast turkey partridge quail boiled ham tongue plus salads sandwiches and desserts with beverages including lemonade tea coffee and chocolate.
The article highlights elegant brocaded velvets for winter, noting their light chiffon weight and the silk weave make a full gown not cumbersome. It emphasizes how the fabric’s lightness suits winter attire and preserves drape and grace.
An editorial discusses how foreign thinking shapes American education through student exchange. It notes 5227 foreign students last year, with 1871 in arts and sciences, 548 dentistry, 822 pharmacology, 500 engineering, 255 agriculture, 512 theology, and 123 women students, predicting increases as the orient opens wider.
A fragment quotes Mohammed praising charity as good deeds like giving water to the thirsty removing stones from paths guiding wanderers to virtue and smiling at others. It asserts true wealth is measured by deeds not property and notes angels ask about good deeds after death.
A fragmented note discusses ventive genius and limits in wireless telegraphy. Mentions judges and poll theater, hinting at a debate on innovation versus restraint in early communications technology.
In a serial plot a poor mother’s illness prompts Ethel and John to feign engagement to comfort her. They agree to confess on New Year’s Day, and John asks for Ethel’s hand. The mother consents, a ring is given, and Ethel admits shared deception while John reveals his love.
A Chicago Tribune summary notes that kite flying marks the New Year pastime for Japanese boys and men. Japanese kites are described as ornate and singing, with whirring devices on the strings. Kites reach large sizes and require many hands to lift. Historical reference mentions kites used to estimate enemy strength, a Tokyo law restricting size, and a variety of shapes including birds, ogres, flowers, and national hero faces.
A novelty autograph calendar is outlined, using 165 uniformly cut slips for daily messages. Each leaf is inscribed by friends in the recipient’s own handwriting, forming a yearlong gift. The piece ends with a pun about candy on a stick and a horse, noting that the more you peel it the faster it seems.
A guide to building a simple wooden and wire cage for a small pet squirrel. Instructions cover frame size eighteen inches by three feet, end pieces, rounded tops, wire netting, a pullout tin drawer for cleaning, a wooden branch for climbing, and a sleeping compartment with a hinged outdoor access box for bedding and feeding.
Luella Gladys Rosamond better known as Ophelia Phyllie May resolves to bring joy on New Year’s Day by delivering a basket of rare dainties to four poor friends. She carries it personally, noting the gift bears no name to avoid eclipsing the gut itself. Joe Cary.
Instructions describe testing perception with eyes closed by placing a paper on the floor to step on a wall peg to pick out and walking toward a table from six feet away without contact, illustrating distance judgment challenges and spatial awareness tasks.
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