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Newspaper
Georgetown Daily Item
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1908
Page
3
A verse celebrates rural life and a love of farm work over city pleasures. It extols herd, pasture, crops, honey, pigs, hens, and harvests, ending with praise for a farmer’s home as the ideal residence. Attributed to C. C. Angus.
Eloise, a public school girl near New York, works hard to master math with support from her mother and a generous Uncle Billy. He promises a reward in June and helps plan a special gift for Eloise's mother during a city trip.
Uncle Billy and Eloise purchase a dainty inlaid desk on the third floor but face a stubborn elevator boy. Eloise calmly asks to go to the restaurant on the seventh floor, defusing the tense moment. They ride down, then back up, and share a light moment over pink silk plans.
A historical note profiles John Harrison of Halsall near Ormskirk, famed as the Lancashire Goose King. The article describes his large Christmas goose operation, with flocks across vast fields, daily corn rations, expert killers and pluckers, and geese yielding up to two shillings per pound as Christmas demand grows.
A new hotel in Berlin is planned to become the largest in the world. The project aims to redefine the city’s hospitality landscape with a monumental structure.
The recipe describes parboiling an egg plant in salted water then cutting into whitebait sized strips. They are dusted in flour, fried in hot fat until crisp, then dusted with cayenne and served with lemon and a slice of buttered brown bread.
Cook vermicelli in salted water five minutes then strain. Combine with a pint of milk two beaten eggs and a half cup sugar then flavor with vanilla. Pour into a custard pan dot with butter and bake until firm and lightly browned. Optional half cup sultana raisins.
Combine bread crumbs salt mustard cayenne half teaspoon plus butter, add milk and heat. Fold in cheese yolks from three eggs, cool. Beat egg whites stiff, fold with whipped cream. Fill cups half full, bake fifteen minutes in a hot water bath.
A recipe describes layering cooked macaroni in a buttered dish with tomato, salt and pepper, grated cheese with butter, grated onions, and optional leftover meats. Repeat layers to top with cheese and bake until hot and bubbling.
A kitchen method describes a delicate pudding made by cooking three cups fruit juice with water then thickening with corn starch and folded in stiffly beaten egg whites. It is chilled and served with a custard made from milk egg yolks sugar and flavoring, also served very cold.
Household notes advise borax against ants and keeping a steamer rug handy for travel and cold nights. Water is praised as a nerve aid for both sexes. Cheese crackers are best freshly made with American cheese and saltine wafers. An orange cup salad combines chicken, cucumbers, celery, mayonnaise, and garnish for an elegant serve.
Central American spider in captivity bound a canary by its wings tail and feet with sticky threads. The bird hung head downward as the spider slowly pulled it up, a fate avoided only by rescue. The note highlights the remarkable strength of tree dwelling spiders and their weaving skills.
Two Colorado companies start major power development to deliver 150000 electrical horsepower for state industries. The projects represent the greatest such efforts globally and aim to boost regional manufacturing and growth.
An average of seven car collisions occur daily on New York City transit lines including steam, subway, elevated and surface railways. The notice cites ongoing safety concerns across N Y and year 39.
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