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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1908
Page
4
A poetic meditation in the 8S. 8. Times reflecting on sunset and sunrise as symbols of life and death. The verse contrasts deepening shadows on a hill with fading colors and the Master’s blending tints, ending with faith dispelling darkness as a new dawn emerges.
An old Chicago sheriff’s office tale recalls a November night when a spectral bell tolled from the upper corridor. Deputies fearfully chase the mystery as the bell travels the stairs, a gun fires, and late dawn reveals only wind, rain, and shattered glass.
Make small round rice cakes from cold boiled rice flour salt eggs and milk to roll. Fry the chicken separately and arrange on a platter with the cakes around the edge. Fill centers with currant jelly for a decorative and tasty presentation. Each cake should be about 1 1/2 inches across.
A New York Sun note describes a soup using Roquefort cheese that delighted a non cheese eater. The recipe includes carrot and onion fried in butter, white stock, mace, milk, and a roux of butter and flour, finished with grated cheese and seasonings. American cheese is cited as common.
Mince rare roast or corned beef with careful seasoning. Layer meat and mashed potatoes in a pudding dish, adding butter, then repeat. Prepare a light mash with melted butter egg milk and a splash of flour. Roll a crust, add a gravy made from warm water butter milk and catsup, cover and slit.
Household hints cover foot care with lemon for skin, butter as olive oil substitute in dressings, sugar in vinegar to stop hiccups, and avoiding soap on delicate fabrics. Tips include gelsemium for hollow teeth, dusting furniture with moth balls, kerosene for paint fingerprints, cooking fruit in syrup for clarity, and mustard baths boosting warmth and joint comfort.
A humor piece from Success Magazine jokes about wool, sheep, and fashion myths. It mocks trading ideas on Wall Street and intermingles playful scenes of sheep with modern exaggerations, noting shearing hours and the import of wool. The tone satirizes consumer notions and language around wool.
The Chicago Journal notes that Methodists and Presbyterians have been highly represented in the White House and among candidates. It lists Grant Hayes McKinley as Methodist and Tilden Blaine Cleveland Harrison Bryan as Presbyterian, with Greeley Universalist, Garfield Campbellite, Arthur Episcopalian, and Roosevelt Dutch Reformed.
A Tennessee woman shares a testimonial about leaving coffee for Postum, reporting improved digestion, steadier nerves, and renewed strength after five years. The letter credits Postum with lifting her well being and ending coffee related stomach issues.
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