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Newspaper
Fayette Reporter
Location
Fayette, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1911
Page
5
Practical kitchen guidance from Popular Mechanics on storage for stove wood and coal, soap making, cream toast, washday methods, and various recipes. Includes how to build a built in wood box and steps for preparing cheese in cups, potato stuffing, gingerbread, and fish chowder.
An inventor from Ohio unveils a new washing machine with a double rub board designed to wash faster and gentler. It claims to wash fifteen to eighteen shirts in six to eight minutes and reduce fabric damage. A reversible wringer allows rework if garments slip, controlled by a small lever. Fruits For Jelly Include Grapes Currants Strawberries and Peaches Details on preparation and quantities for jelly making.
A step by step Creole rice dish blends washed rice with gix tomatoes onion butter ham and parsley. The method browns onion and ham in butter then adds garlic parsley and tomatoes, seasons with salt and cayenne, and finishes by mashing lightly and serving.
A reader suggests covering eggs tightly to keep the whites set without basting or flipping. It compares beef suet to lard for pastry and frying, noting suet is cheaper and wholesome but can stiffen pastry, while a vessel with avet bits and sweet milk softens rendered fat for frying or shortening.
This recipe guides slicing cabbage after soaking, layering in a baking dish, and adding milk to nearly cover. Bake one half hour to an hour until tender, then season with salt pepper and butter.
Parboil two pounds of pared parsnips until soft enough for a straw to pass through. Drain and mash with a large lump of butter and a splash of cream or milk. Do not overwork. Place in a baking dish and bake until brown in a hot oven.
A recipe fragment lists ingredients including three eggs half cup molasses half cup argeet milk one cup flour one teaspoon soda dissolved in water and one teaspoon cloves. Steam for one hour and serve with a hard natice.
A fragmented food note instructs browning banana peels and dividing bananas, with stray phrases about sprinkling and juice. The text mentions RDA and bok batter but provides no clear action, timing, or measurements.
A collage of joke snippets and quips from Chicago, Philadelphia, and Catholic Standard pages. Lines feature a defiant man and a forthright woman, marital and domestic stereotypes, music differences, and a hat bargain pun. Characters include Mrs. Desmythe and Mrs. Lajones in humorous exchanges.
A dialogue from two newspapers contrasts humor with business talk as a passenger wearing a skullcap quips about stock while another with a red necktie claims preference for stock. The exchange ends with a remark on traditional climbing from bottom to top versus starting at the top and proving worth.
An old advertisement touts Calocide as a quick remedy for bunions corns and foot odor. It recommends dissolving two spoonfuls in hot water soaking feet fifteen minutes nightly and massaging, claiming permanent relief and that corns callouses peel off. A 25 cent package is said to suffice with druggists stocking it.
155 acre farm near Clermont offers 125 cultivated acres with rolling timber land and two springs. Features include substantial buildings a 24 by 26 house a 32 by 40 barn and multiple outbuildings with good soil and fencing. Price 45 per acre with possession March 1 1911. seller open to rent or sale.
A collage of humorous newspaper quotes mocks social mores and editors. Jokes range from a wife baking a cake to obituaries and political tallies. The wry tone captures early 20th century press humor and social gaffes.
A garbled comic exchange shows Mrs Woggs and Mrs Bogeys arguing about keeping husbands at home and misplacing footwear. The dialogue hints at domestic humor with blocking and mischief.
A Pennsylvania mother reports no letter from Eporaion sayne as he takes up fencing in college. Her concern centers on the severed communication and his new sport.
Colter questions Sliw about a new baby described as a delete plat. Revylew and Spo esman weigh in with cryptic comments as the exchange unfolds.
A humorous verse by Perton Braley reflects unconditional friendship. The speaker admits flaws but values the friend for loyalty and support, insisting love remains despite faults and unruly ways.
A schoolboy Haydn won early fame as a drummer though small size needed a drum bearer. He rode a front carrier, beating a drum with notable zeal as crowds gathered during processions ahead of his later oratorical works.
A silent caller faces a maid as she accuses him of trying to win her hand. He admits the motive, claiming he wants to marry her, while the scene suggests tension and social maneuvering.
A fragment from Harper's Weekly features characters Little Binks Jinkinson debating Harlow's status and a deputy sheriff in charge of a car, reflecting humorous dialogue about appearances and authority in a satirical scene.
A Pittsburg Post item quotes a sultan denying rumors about sewing wives into sacks while noting that two did obtain hobble skirts. The line contrasts rumor with a punchline about fashion.
A historical advertisement touts Calocide as a cure for callouses bunions corns and ingrowing nails. Instructions claim dissolving two tablespoons in hot water soaking fifteen minutes then peeling away sore parts, with nightly repents and olive oil rubs. It claims doctor access and retailers stock and a 20 cent package suffices.
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