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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1908
Page
6
A historical devotional verse praising siege of sin and the duty to act boldly. The speaker asks guidance to conquer temptation with stone and sling, endure praise, and remain steadfast in loyalty to a king.
A brief notice introduces The Zoo Man by Elizabeth Michels, noting copyright details and signaling a feature on the author and her work.
A man visiting a park with a boy and girl enchants them with whimsical tales about goats, kangaroos, and quaggas while masking a deeper truth about his care for a fallen soldier. In the end the trio discovers the man is their mentally fragile charges’ protector, not the other way around.
An original hostess served a refreshing iced chocolate mystery. Directions: dissolve 1 ounce cooking chocolate in 1 pint boiling water, boil briefly, add sugar, cool, add 1 teaspoon vanilla, bottle and chill. To serve: two tablespoons crushed ice, two tablespoons whipped cream, one gill milk, and half a gill carbonated water. Stir before drinking.
An experienced housewife describes preparing lamb and mutton with a fat wrap, salting, soaking, drying, and roasting. A separate recipe details a two dairy chocolate coconut dessert using milk, chocolate, cocoa, sugar, cornstarch, eggs, vanilla, and a two boiler method with molds and cream.
A family favorite pairs Spanish mackerel with leeks. Leeks are boiled with leaves on in salted water and butter. The mackerel is split, seasoned, brushed with butter, and broiled ten minutes each side. The platter centers the fish with leek surrounds and a parsley lemon cream sauce.
Practical kitchen tips on recycling ham scraps into croquettes or sandwiches, using small ham pieces after boiling. Also describes saving fruit scraps for richer juice and flavor, and a cinnamon jumbles recipe using a ring shaped dough baked in a hot oven.
Baking apples require basting with their own juice for best results. A red hot poker can remove old putty from a window frame by passing it slowly over the putty until it loosens.
A simple lensless microscope can magnify eight diameters by using a pin hole and a small disc. Construct from a wooden spool, enlarge one end, seal with india ink, affix a thin disc, and place the object on it to view through a tiny hole. Observations include insects, vinegar worms, and infusoria in water.
A compact feature explains making a knife rack to hold large butcher knives, reducing dulling and child access. It suggests a simple wooden back attached to any shaped board and describes a practical, safe storage idea. The piece also includes light comic snippets about spelling oxen and foxen and family humor.
Detroit Free Press reflects on a playful notion of a place called Somewhere land where lost mittens and a cap find their way. The verse imagines Teddle and Dorothy seeking their belongings in a whimsical, mysterious world beyond ordinary reach.
Instructions describe making a paper pipe firework using a hollow tube and colored scraps. The text also notes Dr Jacob H Hollander of Baltimore advocating a public utilities commission as the logical solution to the municipal ownership question.
The piece argues that vanity drives thousands of wage earners to invest in risky schemes despite warnings. It explains how slick appeals appeal to self importance, independence, and desire for status, leading workers to ignore experienced advice and risk financial ruin.
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