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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
3
The article contrasts dated stereotypes with modern achievement citing Mrs. Scott Durand of Chicago who turned a failed daily venture into a thriving model dairy. She financed the enterprise herself, managed operations, discarded staff excesses, and now runs a successful dairy, proving women today take decisive action.
The piece describes the resurgence of old fashioned American calico at 5 and 10 cents a yard, used for everyday frocks including shirtwaist suits. It details designs in red and white and red black and white with elaborate trims, hats, and accessories as examples of affordable, washable fashion.
A vintage cooking note suggests a tomato sandwich using skinless tomato halves with American cheese and lettuce with mayo. It also provides a potato croquette recipe: mash potatoes with butter, yolks, nutmeg, and onion juice, form cones, dip in egg white and cracker dust, then deep fry to a light brown.
Dessert ideas from an old cookbook outline Coffee Fromage and Coffee Custard with eggs cream and gelatin, Apple Meringue slices using stale cake apples and cinnamon, and Bitter Almond Pudding flavored with almond extract and meringue. Includes steps for heating, thickening, and serving.
The article extols abundant fruit for eating and medicine, noting fruits cool the blood, aid fevers, and differ in health effects. It cautions ripe fruit is essential and some people must avoid certain fruits or modify them, such as extracting grape pulp or avoiding excess sugar and cream in cooked fruit.
Soak shelled corn in cold water for 15 minutes then drain. Pop over an intensely hot fire for best results. Sometimes sprinkling with water as kernels pop slows the process and builds steam, causing bursts to occur more quickly.
The article advises cooling loaf cake by turning it out onto an upturned sieve or wire tea tray to prevent sogginess or heaviness from escaping steam. Pies benefit from cooling on a wire tray as well.
There is no cure for clearing the skin when it a mottled and muddy stocking that is more beneficial than drinking water. Drink ten or twelve glasses of cold water a day and in a month or so your skin will be as pink and white as we baby's. Drinking quantities of watery in guro mer causes the face to perapire eas ily, and there is nothing which acts as a bleach better than perspiration.
Betty Bradeen argues that deathbed promises by a dying spouse or relative trap others in misery. She cites a woman who gave up love to honor her father’s crime and a man who kept a late wife’s pledge to remarry, harming innocents. She urges individual choice and warns of future life consequences.
An interview recounts the singer’s struggle for recognition in the American stage, opera, and churches. Managers demand self-praise and recommendations while refined women clash with coarse performers, yet the interviewee says perseverance offers real training and a sharper talent test.
A dated recipe describes making bronze ink by mixing one ounce of bronze colored material with eight ounces water and one ounce mucilage and one ounce alcohol with a drop of honey. Rub honey alcohol and mucilage, then add water and stir.
The article urges rapid marketing of cockerels not kept for breeding or exhibition, recommends fall sales for pullets, and advises fattening old fowls before market. It details feeding regimes using milk mixes, careful dressing methods, and crate packing, noting US poultry sales last year at about 220 million dollars and potential gains from better fattening and finishing.
A historical instructive note details uses for tissue and newspaper papers for ironing patterns dust control plant moisture preservation and shoe care. It suggests wrapping garments dampening tissue for floors and earth moisture and lining boxes while advising saving waxed paper for preserving jams and covering bread boxes.
A narrative urges women to branch out beyond comfort zones. It cites a stenographer, a bookkeeper, and a young businesswoman who study and pursue new systems to gain responsibility and recognition, stressing initiative, effort, and continual learning as keys to advancement.
The article details hat perfuming methods in millinery, focusing on scenting boxes with silk liners. It notes airtight tin chests preserve fragrance for months and mentions using paper hat boxes packed with sachets. It also highlights aesthetics linking scent to complexion and a rose colored hat.
A southern man says Northerners misprepare pineapples by slicing and drying the fruit. In Cuba and southern Florida they peel a ripe pineapple, cut off ends, split into eight slices, and eat from the hand to capture all juice. A biscuit varnish recipe uses one egg yolk and a teaspoon sugar beaten together for rusks.
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