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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
3
Marcia a city office clerk buys a chic hat to improve her lovelorn life. A sudden rain ruins the hat but the hat later reappears as the key to a hopeful romance with the man who waited for her, revealing their future together.
A Pittsburg drummer recounts a long road life and a failed attempt at quick wealth. He met a minister promising to beat the races with telegraph taps and persuaded him to invest a $20,000 legacy. A doctor from his town borrowed the money and went bankrupt, leaving him with a painful loss and a claim of misplaced trust. He asks not to be judged harshly.
East Providence farmer Charles H. Hambley boasted a pig weighing 1 043 pounds, eight feet long with a nine foot girth. It required 22 men to load after it died, drawing crowds of 2 500 to view the massive creature before it was slaughtered. Hambley values the prize at 200 dollars and plans to keep it for home consumption despite offers of 90 to 135 dollars prior to its death.
Superintendent Frank H. Hall of Mindrs Farmers Institute showcases a dairy barn design where cows run loose in a covered yard. A central manger and gated stalls organize milking, grain feeding, and manure removal, claiming cleaner cows, higher milk flow, and reduced labor.
Article discusses inconsistent grading methods across creameries and its harm to patron trust. It argues for unified grading standards, broader discrimination to reward quality, and curbing Bab cock test abuse through state-wide dairy co operation. It also covers clean milk utensils and the need to sterilize cans, avoid soap with fats, and promote proper washing.
The notes praise cowpeas as excellent milk producers and encourage dairymen to plant them. They claim large yields and benefits for a dairy operation, asserting strong value from growing cowpeas.
Fully developed mushrooms are chosen and stems rejected. Wash, peel, drain, chop, salt in layers, sit 24 hours. Cook pulp with port wine peppercorns cloves mustard seed mace horseradish in cheesecloth, simmer, add rest of wine, seal hot in pint jars. Strain for clear catsup.
In warm weather eggs should be placed in cold water to froth better. Keep a pan of water in the oven to prevent pastry from burning. Do not ice and cake hot. let layer cake cool almost before assembling. Use lard to grease pans to prevent sticking. Clean small pearls with whiting and water. soapsuds dissolves pearl. Velvet items shed dust. velvet can polish brass and woodwork. Naphtha softens old paint for removal.
A household tip explains how to make lemonade when ingredients are scarce. Extract juice from twelve lemons and grate rind from six, then infuse overnight. Prepare a thick syrup with six pounds of sugar and minimal water, cool it, strain in the juice, and bottle in glass with secure taps.
To Make Cream Puffs instructs on basic dough with water butter flour baking powder eggs then a milk based filling thickened in a double boiler with sugar cornstarch and eggs Flavoring is optional Brighten Woodwork explains dampened furniture polish on cloth for dusting and a soft flannel sleeve for broom ends to protect floors and ease cleaning
Instructions describe picking downy fowl dry then sprinkling powdered resin through the down. After brief immersion in scalding water the resin forms a crust that can be peeled off in large cakes, leaving the skin white and unbroken. The process takes only a few moments.
A recipe note describes stewed prunes with vinegar cinnamon and cloves, sweetened and cooked to a smooth consistency. It suggests serving with chicken or turkey and mentions dairy pairing options like cream and meal whip. The text references Waller and Dover in fragmented phrases.
During the civil war Lieut Bedell was wounded in the thigh and bled badly. Doctors urged amputation but Bedell insisted on fighting for life. A lone young surgeon found a glimmer of hope and, aided by Bedell, they endured surgery on a straw bed with scarce comfort. They survived the ordeal.
A contract-funded plan calls for an 80 foot granite obelisk at the Tippecanoe battlefield with a 35 foot square base. The project budget is 24500 dollars, completion by November 1, and inscriptions in Montello granite. An eight foot statue of William Henry Harrison will be carved in granite. government pays half the contract.
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