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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1908
Page
7
In Golconda, superintendent McCarthy clashes with Sanders the stage-driver, a 13 year old, over a summer romance with the Dream Lady. A rapid, perilous chase ends with Sanders severely injured but saved by the Dream Lady’s embrace and a farewell hint from a bigger, approving voice.
A Boston restaurant offers caramel apples as a feminine delight. The recipe uses tart apples, sugars, cream, butter, nuts, whipped cream and gelatin. Apples are peeled, cooked in syrup, filled with caramel nut mix, then chilled and served with whipped cream.
Instructions explain repairing a worn bedspread by sewing a cotton patch inside with long vertical stitches and horizontal cross-stitches. The method covers patch sizing, stitching technique, and turning edges, noting linen for fine fabrics and that machine darns outlast the item.
A historical note explains covering marks on furniture with softened beeswax pressed into cracks then smoothed. Sand the area, blend with dust, and varnish to hide blemishes. Beeswax stays in place longer than putty, insuring a durable wood finish on panels, headboards, beds, and tables.
A home bread recipe detailing soaking yeast in milk, mixing flour, rising, adding sugar butter salt eggs and currants, kneading until elastic, shaping rounds, proofing, baking about 25 minutes, glazing with cornstarch sugar glaze, and repeating glaze for a heavy coating. Makes two pans.
The article extols water color or tint as the superior wall covering offering durability. It stresses resistance to fading streaking and rub off and notes the benefits of wipeable walls with a dry cloth. Some tints are anti septic and germicidal and can be painted over when decoration changes.
Roll potatoes until cooked, mash with egg and milk, season with salt and pepper. Shape into tennis ball sized balls, wrap a lettuce leaf around each ball, arrange in a dish with hard boiled eggs around the edge and parsley. Serve with roast beef.
The article notes pillow ticks are grease and dirt buildup that affect pillows. It suggests unbleached muslin slips to cover ticks, and that the slips may be removed and washed to save pillows a great deal.
A historical note describes inserting a hatpin through the three cake layers to prevent sliding and keep the top and sides in place during assembly. The technique aims to hold fillings firm as the cake sets and firms.
In the Arkansas wilderness near the White River, Doc Simmons and companions recount a wild tale of turkey hunting turned wild-cat misadventure. Doc describes climbing a log and nearly becoming boxed in by a large wild cat, then escaping with clothes torn and a shaken sense of optical illusion, later claiming a gobbler was safely retrieved.
Practical guidance for home canning from selecting fruit to processing and storage. Emphasizes avoiding overripe fruit, using granulated white sugar for preserves, careful timing, proper jars and heat, avoiding haste, and keeping equipment clean and well maintained for best results.
A thrift recipe for German apple pudding layers bread crumbs and sliced apples with cinnamon and cloves and raisins. Sugar is dissolved in hot water poured over the pudding then baked for three quarters of an hour. Serve with milk or alone.
Cut lean meat into thin slices and simmer in 1.5 pints of cold water on a gentle fire. Skim the scum as it rises, simmer about an hour, then strain through a fine sieve. Let stand ten minutes to settle, pour off the clear tea, and add onion and black pepper if desired. If the meat is boiled until tender, mince and pound to make potted beef.
A description outlines a banana split with peeled banana skins intact, filled with ice cream, topped with fruit syrup or maple sugar sauce, cherries or crushed nuts, and plated with serving suggestions. It also provides a nourishing coffee drink for the sick made by boiling strong coffee with cream and extra sugar, poured over a beaten egg.
Col. John F. Bishop recalls a Tennessee memory where a villager quipped about a conversion, and his grandfather retorts that the Almighty had nothing to do with it. The anecdote, cited as a humorous exchange from a New York Evening Telegram.
An Indiana mother reports her daughter's eczema cure after using Cuticura Remedies, shared by Mrs. Sarah E. Lusk of Coldwater Michigan with dates in 1907. The testimonial cites a brother’s three summers of eczema and full recovery after applying Cuticura Ointment.
In a satirical exchange, W Willie imagines sea vehicles appearing in Borneo and asks T M for outcomes. The dialogue predicts a rise in the number of wild men, reflecting playful speculation rather than factual news.
For years Browns and Perkinses clashed over their cats. Brown sent a peace note to Mr. Perkins saying his old cat died this morning. Perkins replied with sarcasm about Mrs. Brown, ending the neighborly dispute in an ironic twist.
Prof Price outlines tariff arguments with impartiality as members of the Woman's Current Events club praise the talk. A club member likens the tariff discussion to a lovers comparison, calling the free traders other girls in a Sunday Magazine reflection.
A Pennsylvania patient credits Grape Nuts with ending years of indigestion and bilious spells. He recalls the family doctor recommending the food, noting quick improvement and a sense of renewed vitality within two months. The piece highlights the cereal as a valuable, almost golden remedy.
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