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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1913
Page
3
Old recipe text presents Cream Cookies with sour cream and button flavoring and Rice Muffins with hulled rice and butter. Describes mixing eggs water milk and sifted flour with salt, then baking quickly. notes cookie thickness about a quarter inch.
Practical sewing guidance covering spout maintenance during spring, threading tricks, skirt construction, finishing tricks, embroidery methods, damask patching, and a paint cleaning method using whiting. Includes steps to prevent thread tying, avoid fabric racking, and easy patch repairs.
A brief note on shifting fashion from American style extravagance to simpler English dress. It notes a move away from high priced frocks as husbands and fathers complained of waste, with dukes daughters and others turning to home dressmakers to craft modest, in-house outfits. Also a stray tip on preparing apples by soaking before peeling.
A vintage recipe lists ingredients and steps for Lemon Pie. It includes lemon rind, peeled lemon, bread crumbs, eggs, sugar, water, and a meringue made from egg whites and powdered sugar. Bake until golden brown and serve cold.
A historical cleaning note advises treating Oll cloth with clear water and dissolved borax, wipe with a thinned cloth dipped in milk, and dry thoroughly. It also suggests using mild wash water and a scrubbing brush for effective cleaning and a final polish.
The orchid, famed as a romance and adventure flower, draws hunters into remote regions. One tale recalls an English collector in New Guinea finding orchids amid skeletal remains and skulls, selling for fabulous sums. Terrestrial and airborne orchids cling to trees, forming striking color displays when they bloom.
A Buffalo newspaper office asked staff what is the best thing in the world. None named money. responses defined virtue as kindness, a road over a hill, silence, a forest, a singer at work, a sleeping child, a permit to depart life, or a peaceful grave as the ideal.
A dramatic scuffle unfolds as a young woman warns a prince of a five man conspiracy to kill the czar. One lover is spared along with his four accomplices after a brutal exchange that ends with near execution, imprisonment, and a dramatic reversal at the minister's office.
The Washington Post explains how celestial bodies travel with precise orbital timing, and how a single deviation could disrupt planetary systems. It notes stars we see may be dead yet still light our skies, and marvels at the vast scales of suns and galaxies compared with Earth.
In Wheeling a bright student asked leave to be absent after a telegram about kinship and family matters. When shown the attendance reasons she pointed to domestic affliction and argued her case, reflecting humor and school life in the National Monthly.
A playful riddle style piece ponders which birds are most content, joking that they never complain and comparing spring to a banking scene where branches flourish and promissory notes are issued. The tone is light and pun filled.
An article discusses superstitions about babies found among diverse peoples, including beliefs about upward movement before descent, clothing inside out, weighing, and looking in a mirror. It also describes elephants as great eaters with rapid digestion, selecting trees by touch and smell, and possessing a highly sensitive trunk and proboscis for tasting and picking morsels, with careful food selection but wasteful chewing.
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