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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1909
Page
6
A humorous exchange reveals a man mistook a passing figure for an ambulance until his son identified the famous football coach. The moment plays on mistaken identity and a bridge to a well known sports figure.
The piece jokes about the vice president’s duties as golf when the president is away and includes a playful exchange about routes to the North Pole. It features silly wordplay about polar bears and self-promotion.
The Western Stock Show runs January 8 to 15 in Denver. During Stock Show week the 18th Annual Convention of the American National Live Stock Association will be January 11 to 13, with the Producers' Association of America holding its initial annual meeting. Colorado & Southern offers a one fare round trip from all Colorado points, January 9 to 14, final limit January 17. Also noted is an anecdote about Judge Silas Bryan reporting ham thefts from his smoke house and a neighbor's cryptic remark.
The Colorado National Apple Exposition runs January 3 to 8 at the Denver Auditorium. Colorado & Southern Railway offers a one fare round trip from all Colorado points. Tickets go on sale January 2 and 3 with a final limit January 10, 1910.
The article extols Quaker Scotch Oats as a superior strength food that builds muscles and brains without stressing digestion. It highlights affordability, purity, and the option of regular and large family packages for convenient use.
In a dramatic exchange beneath a spreading tree, the speaker swears by the great tree that he has never loved before, while the beloved counters with playful certainty. The scene centers on a chestnut tree and their flirtatious dialogue.
An old newspaper notice promotes a catarrh treatment claiming prompt results. It outlines a simple mixture of one ounce compound syrup of Sarsaparilla, one ounce Toris compound, and half a pint of whiskey to be shaken and taken in tablespoon doses before meals and at bedtime.
A humorous vignette portrays Mrs Caudle urging her husband to return home while he explains fear of darkness after being away six months, highlighting domestic humor and tension.
A narrator recalls spotting bold Omaha elevator rail advertising and jokes about the word up. The mood satirical notes in a Harvard Lampoon style, as companions explain the UP letters stand for Union Pacific and promote safe travel.
The article outlines a refined tea menu featuring bandwiches and salads. It describes meat dishes and pate with edible field flowers, herb sandwiches with in season greens, chopped olives, pickles and curry powder, plus mayonnaise. It praises gluten and graham bread with mayo fillings and offers a Yellow Tomato Salad as a decorative outdoor dish with French dressing.
A boiled egg dries quickly on the shell when removed from the saucepan. Ammonia restores color faded from fruit stained silks. Lace can look new after dry starch and brief sun exposure. A baby’s apple can be fed with a white tare through a string around the neck. Jewelry with precious stones cleans with warm water soap and a soft old toothbrush. Stains on wallpaper may lift with starch. starch also substitutes for whiting when washing windows.
A period kitchen note describes making a potato fricassee using new potatoes fried with bitter, onion, paprika, then simmered until soft. It also provides a pickled green tomato chow chow from Nova Scotia with green tomatoes onions cabbage peppers celery and a spiced vinegar boil and seal method.
A new teapot design uses a half upper strainer where tea leaves sit. Water is poured as the pot stands vertical until the lower chamber nearly fills. The pot is tipped to flood the strainer and infuse the tea. Returning to horizontal separates the infusion from leaves.
A clever nickel holder fits various plank shapes to hold the cooking plank above the table with legs to prevent contact. The device enhances table setting by its carved ends and allows easy slipping of the plank. A homemade silver cleaner combines whiting and ammonia to form a paste for polishing and cleaning silverware.
The guide describes coating the wrong side of ticking fabric with beeswax. Apply wax evenly by rubbing it in with a hot iron so the texture remains well coated and the fluff does not protrude.
A home remedy for coughs mixes glycerine virgin oil of pine and whisky claiming a cure in twenty four hours. The column includes a Sir John Fisher anecdote about a retired sailor and a humorous seven year old baby care tale with a playful refrain.
A partially legible 19th or early 20th century notary seal entry appears with names F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo and A. W. Gleason as notary public. The text references a sworn statement dated December 5 and mentions lake and street terms. The readable fragmentary lines provide little clear event details.
A rector and farmer discuss pork as the rector admires Berkshire pigs. The farmer agrees they are in fine condition and the rector quips that if everyone were as fit to die as the pigs, they would. The exchange captures a rural humor moment.
A jumble of quotes and patent medicine pitches from a 19th or early 20th century newspaper page. It includes a satirical line about election commentary and various ads for Pettit's Eye Salve Hamline Wizard Oil Allen's Lung Balsam and Dr Pierce products.
A North Minneapolis resident Mrs. Jom G. McLpax at 115 Second St. endorses Lydia E. Pinkham's Compound as a benefit for women. The quotation highlights relief from troubled health and calls for public acknowledgment of the product's value.
A well known entertainer shares a unique method for perfect chicken. She explains steaming the birds with butter and water until almost done then broiling briefly to achieve crispness and juiciness. A rich fried dressing is made from the drippings with flour and milk, seasoned with pepper.
A recipe combines chicken ham tongue veal and mushrooms bound with white sauce. Shape into rolls wrap in bacon dip in batter and fry until golden serve hot.
A historic recipe for Snow Rice Cream uses one quart of new milk four ounces of ground rice two ounces of sugar two ounces of butter and a few drops of essence of almonds. Ground rice and sugar are mixed with cold milk then poured into boiled milk stirred and returned to the pan. The mixture boils gently twenty minutes then butter and almond essence are added. the mold is wetted and the cream turns out on a china dish once cold.
A detailed old fashioned recipe describes a vegetable salad made from new potatoes young carrots and celery roots boiled and cooled sliced with cold boiled tongue and tart apples. The dressing blends olive oil with tarragon vinegar three to one and is seasoned with salt pepper and a touch of French mustard. The bowl is lined with crisp lettuce leaves the salad added and garnished with minced parsley. Toasted crackers and cheese accompany the dish.
A recipe from Harper's Bazaar describes stuffing ducks with a mixture of chopped celery prunes and soft bread crumbs cooked in butter until tender. Fill the ducks half full then roast upside down and serve with giblet gravy.
A quick tomato soup recipe uses yellow tomatoes simmered with butter and sugar then strained. A milk sauce thickened with butter flour and paprika is stirred in after the tomatoes are hot and soda is added for smooth texture.
Instructions detail making a baked pudding with eggs cream al mond essence mace and cornstarch, plus serving Melba Ice Cream by hollowing cantaloupes and filling with vanilla ice cream and cherries. Also warns on ironing iron cleaning with paper to avoid ink vapor irritating eyes.
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