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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1916
Page
7
A review of new fall and winter coat suits notes minor stylistic changes with no radical departures. Velvet and felt dominate, with longer lines, high collars, and varied skirts. Designers emphasize good materials and workmanship, with trims like braids, embroidery, and feathers enhancing contour and silhouette.
A cookbook style excerpt describes frozen dairy desserts and fruit blends, then shifts to summer salads. It covers Raisin Lactose dessert, Summer Salad with beans apples and peppers, Mint Cucumber Sandwiches, Nuts and Green Peas salad, and tips on mayonnaise seasoning. It ends with Tomato and Cucumber Salad using French dressing and a detailed mayo variation.
A collection of dessert and main dish ideas. Pear meringue with custard sauce uses baked pears and browned meringue over a vanilla custard. Pear fritters are fried batter coated pears served with a hot sauce. Chicken with sour cream gravy outlines pan roasted fowl with butter biscuits and a rich cream gravy. An old fowl can be tendered by slow oven cooking with milk and salt added at the end. A small onion may enhance flavor.
A couple discusses needing a library table after Uncle George gives Georgie a tool chest for his birthday. The exchange notes a potential future use and sentimental value as they visit Gramble's.
An Alabama man described a church service in which the preacher seemed ineffective and claimed the stove itself delivered the sermon. He recalled the stove growing red hot and urging sinners to change their ways, as a vivid, if odd, tale from his visit.
Advertises Cuticura hair and skin emollients praised for clearing skin dandruff and soothing hands. Offers free samples by mail from Boston Dept L. Also reports a New York exhibit showing fire danger from oil-soaked rags in homes and windows.
A handicapped man and a second stranger argue about a broken watch that stopped a noon ago. The second says he cannot tell the time without the twelve o'clock whistle and fears the device may be unreliable.
An advertisement praises Dr Peery's Dead Bot as an effective worm treatment for adults and children with a single dose and no purge needed. A dialogue follows about an umpire’s call in a ball game with local characters debating the decision and provoking insults.
A brief note urges readers to start planning for the next year’s farming cycle. It emphasizes early preparation as key to planting success and improved yields.
A father nudges son Johnny toward arithmetic with percent and averages of baseball teams, only to get a dismissive reply that players hire others for such tasks. An unrelated ad promotes Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills at 373 Pearl Street. A lawyerly joke follows about a mother’s dodgy remark to a judge’s wife and a hurried correction.
A remark praising Milas Stone’s beauty prompts a comment about her remaining unmarried. The dialogue notes few men can provide a proper setting for such a valued person.
In a casual exchange, a speaker notes the ease of making money on Wall Street but warns that once you learn the ropes, the game changes rules. The quote highlights shifting financial practices and evolving market norms.
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