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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1907
Page
2
In a New Haven Register piece, Mr. and Mrs. Chirpy found rope and planned a great housebuilding venture to secure early morning worms. The plan failed as workers squabbled, the rope frayed, and a maid confiscated the materials, leaving three worms as payment.
A wildlife observer notes eagles commonly use two to four nest sites, with one pair using a single undisturbed cave nest high on a 800 foot limestone cliff. The nest lies 400 feet below the summit amid talus and sheer rock, making access arduous. The observation appears in the Saturday Review.
The Arizona Republic notes rabbits remain numerous despite summer bounty wars. A rabbit appeared by the courthouse then vanished west of First Avenue, prompting a humorous suggestion it sought the bounty. The piece jokes about the animal being a grafter, urging fair-minded restraint.
A magic trick using a stick two pins and clay pipes demonstrates a center blow that breaks a stick while pipes stay intact. The text then shifts to fashion sewing details for a chiffon Panama cloth jacket with soutache braid trim and a roll-over collar, describing fabrics, measurements, and construction steps for a medium size.
Practical advice on preserving shine with camphor and polish additives. Methods to prevent mold on preserves using lime, cloves, and tansy. Tips to treat cotton sacks with buttermilk. Pests addressed by cloves. DIY chair modification uses two springs on front legs for a sloped porch seating option.
New York City introduces a Mandarin inspired Eton jacket with sleeves cut in one and finished at the elbows with roll over cuffs while keeping a long unbroken shoulder line. Walking suits are praised in dark blue serge with a kilted skirt and a slightly fitted cutaway jacket.
A half inch black velvet ribbon band worn at the throat is described as a universal ornament for exclusive dressers. The band is clasped with jewels and studded with many small jeweled slides, suitable with high or low necklines and with or without sautoirs.
The article extols a nine gored pleated skirt as fashionable and versatile for walking or round length. It notes novelty materials with braid trim, various banding styles, buttoned points, and applied bands simulating tucks as popular options for createable, novel effects.
A New York Tribune recipe instructs slicing one large onion and cooking in olive oil until transparent. Add two pounds white fish in pieces, salt cayenne, and simmer. Beat twelve egg yolks with lemon juice and vinegar, temper with broth, add parsley, and simmer sauce until thickened without boiling.
Instructions for cooking mushrooms in a chaffing dish with butter salt and pepper then milk and flour to make a sauce or use cream and eggs as an alternative. The cream and eggs should not be cooked after they are added.
New Haven Register details two ways to pot lobster. First parboil rump meat, season with mace white pepper nutmeg salt and bake with butter then combine with coral butter. Second method layers meat with bay leaves butter bake then strain and pot with seasonings.
The recipe instructs soaking Italian peas with cod overnight, then boiling soup meat with vegetables in four quarts of water. It adds a meat roll made from chopped beef with parsley garlic flour and egg, simmered an hour, served with thickened soup and vegetables arranged around the meat roll.
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