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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1909
Page
8
Useful tips on keeping a pass book for marketing and evaluating meat quality. Learn beef fat color texture mutton and lamb freshness, pork rind thinness and color, ham checking with a knife, and a beef shin soup recipe with steps, vegetables, barley, and a parsley garnish.
Prof Holden heads the expanded short course on corn cultivation praised as the greatest in the field. The program highlights the Cornell style instruction, world renown of Holden, and local claims of high yields with 1000 dollar premiums likely to attract many exhibitors and attendees, including lodging arrangements for out of town visitors. Theodore Hochuly is secretary. William Louden presides.
Sold items include 5 head of horses and brood mares, 18 head of cattle with milch cows and calves, 4 hogs and 15 fall pigs. Various implements and tools such as a plane binder, mower, plows, cultivators, wagons, buggies, harnesses, saddles, hay, corn, and shocks. Public sale to begin at 10 o'clock a m Tuesday December 7 1909 at residence 2 1 2 miles southeast of Pleasant Plain and 4 miles south of Brighton on the Brighton and Salina road.
A traditional method describes sourcing a golden pumpkin, removing seeds, weighing, and combining each pound of pumpkin with half a pound of sugar. Cut into cubes, layer with sugar and lemon slices, add bruised ginger, rest two to three days, then add hot water and simmer until tender. Fill jars and seal air tight for a cheap preserve.
Two good cook stoves heating stove 9 foot extension table and kitchen cabinet 5 bedsteads lounges 9 chairs 3 rocking chairs cupboard 2 stands 2 bureaus churn wash machine good cream separator sausage mill sewing machine clock about 10 bushels potatoes 2 cast iron kettles plus numerous other articles Terms credit 12 months on sums 10 and over with approved note 6 percent interest from date 4 percent discount for cash No property to be removed till settled Lunch on grounds Auctioneers Fritz Bros S N Gelset W H Lloyd clerk
Peel half peck of ripe tomatoes chop fine and drain two hours. Add one quart vinegar and let stand. Chop onions to one cupful and mix with one cup sugar, white mustard seed, pepper mace celery red pepper horseradish turmeric seeds and salt. Stir and can without cooking.
Remove removable items to hall or adjoining room. Open windows and sweep cobwebs. Wipe mouldings and paper. Sweep and dust wash windows and floor. Lay a clean rug, reposition furniture, and dust thoroughly. Clean weekly to keep the room fresh from Friday to Friday.
A simple gingerbread dough method using molasses sugar lard cinnamon ginger salt and water. Mix until smooth then add flour to form a soft dough ready for rolling and baking.
A short note describes patty shells made from puff paste filled two thirds with strawberry or raspberry or quince preserves. The writer muses about what to call the dessert and invites trying the little delicacy.
A simple batter method instructs beating two eggs with five minutes of mixing, then adding one cup sugar. Beat five minutes more, fold in pastry flour with two level teaspoons baking powder, stir in well, then add one cup boiling water.
Charles Barnard offers 16 head of horses including Shire mares and a blind mare, 5 mules, 10 cattle with Durham cows and calves, implements a high and a low wagon two buggies mowers plows cultivators and multiple harnesses. Sale Thursday December 19 1909 at 10 am with corn straw and lunch on grounds. Terms daily. Auctioneers T B Allender and J H McCarty clerk.
An advertisement urges readers to use Kodok for stomach care and digestion. It claims every tablespoonful digests 2% pounds of food and promises a money back guarantee. Sold by Frank S. Shriner.
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