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Newspaper
Falls City Tribune
Location
Falls City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1908
Page
7
Wah Soung, a young Chinese girl, secretly meets a handsome American on a balcony while her mother scorns the romance as a treacherous betrayal. The lovers pledge to meet again, but Wah Soung endures parental abuse as she longs for her forbidden bond.
The article lists four eye offenses that strain vision: poor sight from dim light or distance, bad posture or lying down, reading on trains with frequent focus changes, and reading without proper glasses. It cites eye strain as a factor in eye diseases and warns that old age reflects retribution for harming the eyes.
Thackeray favored Goldsmith and the “sweet lyric singers” Prior and Whom he found the easiest richest most charmingly humorous. He valued Gay for simple melody and artless laughter and admired Pope while deeming Milton dull. He avoided the grand “big bow wow” poetry.
A western cook shares desserts to make with maple mousse using four eggs yolks one cup maple syrup and one pint whipped cream. The recipe cools in a double boiler for 16 minutes then chills with salt and shaved ice for freezing. Also describes a pineapple Bavarian cream with pineapple sugar gelatin, cream and candied cherries.
A historic recipe instructs how to stew a chicken then prepare dumplings. Boil chicken until tender, make dumplings from mashed potatoes bread cubes eggs and flour, roll into sausage shapes, drop into broth five to seven minutes, and thicken the sauce with flour browned in butter before serving hot.
A writer recalls a traditional cheese made from fresh milk curdled with rennet. The curds were run up salted and packed tightly in a wooden tub, covered and stored in a dark cellar for weeks or months. The cellar reeked as the tub gradually aged and ripened.
A feature on oranges highlights health benefits from December to April and offers three dessert ideas. Orange Omelet mixes orange juice and rind into a light batter then bakes briefly. Orange Roly Poly steams orange slices inside a sweet dough then bakes and serves with hard sauce. Orange Pudding layers orange pieces with lemon juice and a milk starch custard, finishing with browned meringue.
Secretary Taft was nominated on the first ballot for president and New York’s Sherman chosen as vice president with little opposition. President Harding endorses Taft as a fearless upright leader with broad sympathy for all citizens. Sherman, linked to American history, is praised as capable and popular, with ten years as congressman.
Two tablespoonfuls butter melt in a saucepan heat gently. Stir in two tablespoonfuls flour then gradually add a pint of hot stock or water till thick and smooth. Add two more tablespoons butter, salt, pepper, three tablespoons English mustard and a touch of cayenne. For cold mustard sauce mix mustard with olive oil and onion juice sugar paprika, add vinegar to paste, beat ten minutes and store.
The article argues that a mistress who is diligent, tidy, and punctual inspires the entire household from children to staff to follow her example. If she leads with energy and care, the home runs smoothly with order replacing slackness.
The guide suggests rolling freshly ironed lunch cloths on homemade rolls to avoid creases. Use heavy paper or pasteboard rolls twice as large as a broom handle, with two lengths for small and large pieces, and store in drawers ready for use.
A recipe outlines Yorkshire pudding batter with flour milk eggs salt and butter, baked in hot muffin pans to achieve crust. It also includes a spiced vinegar mixture with cayenne garlic anchovies cloves allspice mace cinnamon ginger, aged for ten days before bottling.
Instructions to make a chocolate fudge style dessert. Combine sugar milk cream of tartar and cook until a soft ball forms, then melt chocolate and butter into the mix. Add vanilla, beat vigorously, and pour into pans to cool.
Recipe fragment describes cooking squabs with a mushroom sauce using hot water, bee juice, and stock, then thickening with flour and butter. Cranberry jelly is prepared from cranberries simmered with water, then strained and molded to chill. The text includes measurements and steps but is garbled.
Rev W Williams of Huntington West Virginia testifies that Poley’s Kidney Remedy relieves nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble. He asserts the product will do all claimed and references Kerr’s pharmacy. The ad stresses the kidneys filter blood and Foley’s Kidney Remedy makes kidneys healthy to make you well.
A German publication for rheumatic patients shares patient experiences and remedies. Doctors contribute articles on symptoms and advances in treatment, while readers discuss eyimaptome and relief strategies for rheumatic pain.
Passengers note vibration persists on turbine steamers despite improved engine quieting. Experts say engine vibration is suppressed but propeller passage through water will always cause some vibration, as long as propellers are used.
A historical recipe describes using cheese as a meat substitute for dainties and suppers. It details making a cheese foam by melting rich cheese with thick cream and spices, then finishing with crackers and buttered bread. The method outlines covering briefly, then beating to create a fluffy topping served immediately.
Uncle Hi Hay ricks tours a club building described as mighty elegant. He jokes that members must be millionaires while a nephew explains several members are wealthy, and notes spaces are for gentlemen paying alimony or starting anew.
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