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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1908
Page
6
Column notes urging a change to inauguration day and European and American society items. Highlights include calls to move inauguration to late April, Calve’s hard but inspiring career advice, earthquakes in Death Valley, rising pistol homicides, proposals to curb concealed weapons, and Persia’s political indifference.
The article notes wild fowl and tame poultry on tables despite high prices. It explains buying young fowl year round, using duck chicken turkey or goose, and offers a recipe for chicken with tomato puree including canned tomatoes, stock, and spices.
The recipe describes cutting two or three squirrels into joints and soaking in cold water. A large pot holds boiling salted water with potatoes beans tomatoes onion corn and the squirrel pieces. After two and a half hours add more tomatoes sugar and butter then finish with a final boil and pepper.
The article advises using wooden pegs in bathrooms or kitchens to hang damp towels and prevent linen rust from iron hooks. If iron hooks remain, coat them with white enamel to avoid rust and ugliness. For rusted linen, rub with lemon juice and salt to remove stains.
Separate the whites and yolks of seven eggs. Beat yolks with three quarters of a pound of sugar until very light and thick. Stir in grated lemon rind and strained lemon juice over heat until thick. Fold in stiffly beaten whites and continue three minutes. Spoon into small glasses.
Crumble stale bread to two quarts and place in a bowl. Add two tablespoons salt one teaspoon pepper two tablespoons powdered summer savory two tablespoons minced parsley one tablespoon powdered sage. Keep herbs fine, not coarse. Warm butter but not melted. Mix gently with crumbs and fill the turkey cavity.
A colonial kitchen note describes thick vegetable soup using pear barley simmered with two waters and mixed with turnip carrot onion cabbage potato and celery, with an iron rust stain hint and alum caution. It also offers a leftover chicken dish with cubed meat and red Spanish peppers for supper.
A Des Moines group led by Miss Ethel Wall gathers with six under-20 office girls to explore country life and meet farm workers. They read papers on manners and bachelor girls, intend biweekly country excursions, and aim to sample sturdier, real-life manliness away from city sports.
London reports the British admiralty has commissioned a record breaking 66 ton gun from Vickers Sons Maxim for the battleship Collingwood and sister ships St Vincent Vanguard. The 561 foot long weapon fires an 850 pound projectile at 3010 feet per second, penetrating 33 inches of iron at 3000 yards and delivering rapid fire during trials with eight to sixteen rounds in minutes.
Dr. Waldemar Jochelson, an archaeologist and ethnologist, departs New York with his wife for Kamchatka and the Aleutian islands to study Aleut natives. The five section expedition, funded by a Russian patron, aims to strengthen evidence of ties between North American and Siberian tribes. The work supports earlier Jesup North Atlantic findings and continues for about two years.
In Ephrata Pennsylvania Peter Young a Salisbury township farmer started propagating ladybugs to combat San Jose scale and plant lice in his 30 year old apple trees. The insects increased and now cover almost every tree with colonies at the base for winter hibernation. Neighbors have borrowed colonies to propagate them.
A Munich telegram reports the first catastrophe of its kind a fashion woman collapsing under the weight of a nearly three foot diameter hat she wore in a busy Berlin street she recovered after being carried into a shop and relieved of the headgear a German note also mentions eye repairs for Fritz the hound in Kenosha Wisconsin a glass eye was fitted after a dispute with terrier pups' mother
Medical reflections argue that alcohol lacks true food value and cannot sustain health. Experiments show abstainers endure fatigue better than those consuming alcohol. Even moderate use is linked to vascular and organ damage, with the elderly most at risk and life insurers wary of drinkers. The piece urges clear instruction on alcohol’s true status through evidence.
An essay argues women dress to please men across marriage stages, noting single women seek self expression while married ones often dress to satisfy their husbands. It praises individuality but warns of women who surrender taste to male authority, creating a parade of dowdies and reflecting chronic concerns about autonomy and social roles.
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