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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1909
Page
4
A poem from Harper's Magazine narrator dog reflects on canine wisdom and its owner's quirks. The dog admires the mistress while noting that she discards bones after eating and overlooks holes in the yard. The speaker imagines hiding and chewing a hole but yields to the smarter human outlook.
Uncle Ord, solitary guardian of a New Hampshire valley, suffers despair as the New Hampshire Lumber Company mill encroaches on his mountain home. After years of isolation and kindness from locals, his foreseeing gesture points to the looming pines and his fate amid the logging age.
In a misty valley Uncle Ord endures despair as he climbs to the mountain’s summit to reach the King of the Pines. He collapses but finds solace in the monarch tree, sinking to sleep beneath its silent vigil before being laid to rest under the pine.
A New York Press note praises bachelor maids mastering carving for dinners. It cites Marjorie Gould and Ethel Roosevelt as talented examples showing that a well hosted meal requires skill in carving birds and joints.
The Kansas City Star notes Massachusetts reported 504 rabies cases last year and questions the state’s belief in madstones as a remedy. The piece casts doubt on Pasteur era methods and public faith in cures amid persistent fear of the disease.
An exchange in the Louisville Courier-Journal questions what securities are used in wash sales and humorously notes they would be guaranteed not to shrink. The brief pokes fun at financial terms and market practices with a satirical tone.
A magistrate questions an Irish offender who replies that he came with two policemen, joking that both are drunk. The exchange highlights local humor amid a legal setting.
Instructions from the New York Telegraph describe a caramel candy method using one pound brown sugar one cup strong coffee a half cup cream and one ounce butter. Cook until brittle in cold water then pour into buttered pans and score squares with a knife while still warm.
A method to vary baked potatoes is described by removing and hollowing the end, mashing the interior with milk butter salt and pepper, returning it to shells, adding a crisp bacon slice, and heating. Another version folds grated cheese into the mash before filling shells to melt.
Pound of cold mutton cut into inch squares with a pint of diced boiled potatoes. Layer in a baking dish with stock, salt and pepper. A crust is made from mashed potatoes butter cream and flour to form a soft dough. Bake large pie one hour or small ones thirty minutes.
A Washington Star recipe describes making molasses candy by boiling molasses sugar water and butter with cream of tartar, then pulling and shaping the taffy, splitting into portions, and adding almond fondant between layers to form kiss shapes.
A collection of simple food tweaks and care hacks. Recipes include bread pudding with chocolate flavoring and tomato sauce with vanilla ice cream. Household hints cover celery preservation, orange pudding, tea with marmalade, and teeth care.
Rev G M Gray of Whitesboro Texas testifies Doan’s Kidney Pills relieved his five year back ache and embarrassing urinary disorders. He praises the remedy as honest and feels it his duty to share his experience. Sold by all dealers priced 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A large wooden sign hangs outside a Cincinnati liquor store along a main street near Fountain Square. It proclaims Let us send a gallon of our best whisky by express to that dry town of yours, reflecting daily life and stray commerce in a city area.
An old time advertisement proclaims a one hundred dollar reward for a catarrh cure by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It asserts testimonials about F J Cheney of Toledo and asserts the remedy works internally by affecting blood and mucous membranes. Price listed at 75 cents with mail order options.
A royal ball at Stockholm Castle showcased powdered hair and colored dress coats for men. The style provoked a protest from Sven ska Morgenbald who called colored coats an invention of the Evil One and urged black coats for modest classes. Parliament leaders join ministers in querying the king’s garment choice.
In a humorous village scene Uncle Bill Abbott claims Si Perkins cannot call his hogs without another voice. The piece, from Everybody’s Magazine, contrasts the old rumor with a wry judgment. Emperor Nicholas signs an order banning drums in wartime. future drummers must be marksmen.
A reader credits Grape-Nuts with curing lifelong chronic constipation after years of laxatives and cathartics. The letter claims immediate digestion and permanent recovery, praising scientific food and urging others to try it.
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