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Newspaper
Graettinger Times
Location
Graettinger, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1917
Page
9
A fragment notes that dried beans peas and lentils could largely replace meat benefiting outdoor workers. A stray dialogue mentions Myrtle Alicee and Jack in a car, with unclear timing or setting. The text appears as scattered chatter with no coherent narrative.
A nighthawk completes an unusually long migratory journey highlighting its endurance and navigational ability. Scientists note this flight as among the species’ most extensive recorded migrations, suggesting favorable winds or habitat shifts guiding the bird.
New York reports government plans to acquire large quantities of canned food for a land expedition from the Yukon to Argentina. Items listed include peas in 50,000 cases, tomatoes 55,000 cases, corn 40,000, Alaska salmon 20,000, string beans 20,000, asparagus 9,000, pumpkins 9,000, spinach 9,000, sauerkraut 5,000, beets 5,000, cod and haddock 6,000, prunes 6,000, apples 5,000, peaches 9,000, pears 5,000, pineapples 5,000, and apricots 5,000.
Irish lace to come into vogue again trims the graduation frock described with lace down the front and around the waist. The dress uses white voile with a double flounced skirt, corded twice, and features a surplice waist with a crushed girdle of wide white velvet ribbon.
A business woman won’t compromise on dress in rain or shine, pairing a pewter gray waterproof tweed coat with Wedgwood blue silk lining, a blue straw hat, and steel buckle boots. The outfit proves rainwear can be stylish and practical, rejecting the “any old clothes” approach for bad weather.
Amateur gardeners are advised not to rush pulling bulbs after flowering. Remove spent blooms from crocuses hyacinths tulips and narcissi and begin preparation for next season. Feed weekly with manure for a month after flowering and keep the bulbs watered while drying stocks. Rich soil not required for young plants, but soil should be light and porous.
Instructions describe replacing feathers in a tick by sewing a new ticking to an old one with ten inches open. The process includes turning the old tick inside out and shaking or patting down the down to transfer feathers into the new ticking, then closing the openings.
A grinding disk on a sewing machine helps the operator by ensuring tools stay sharp and ready. Good tools enable work, and the disk keeps cutting edges like scissors and needles in good condition. The same idea applies to kitchen implements and other household utensils kept in order with such a stone.
A vintage recipe instructions cream corned beef with milk and vegetables then thicken with butter flour and hot milk. Add cubed beef, bake with buttered cracker crumb topping until browned for serving.
A recipe describes making Nut Foam Chocolates with sugar water cream of tartar vanilla egg whites and chopped nut meal coated in melted chocolate. Mix boil until harden fold in vanilla beat whites fold into sugar syrup then drop on buttered plate roll in nut meal and chill before dipping in chocolate. Aging improves flavor.
Enamel ware may discolor from use, scoured with vinegar. Tart apples lift cranberry flavor. adding sugar to water keeps towels fresh. For sandwiches, bread should be a day old and butter soft. Epsom salts in water sets color in delicate fabrics. Potato Spice Cakes mix sugar lard hot potato puree, spices, raisins, milk, flour and baking powder. bake until light and moist. Prune Souffle folds ripe prunes, sugar, lemon juice, salt, and egg whites into cups and bakes until brown then serves cold.
Combine a scant cup of flour with a cup of sugar and two cups shredded coconut. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites, roll into sheets, cut into small flat cakes, bake in a moderate oven until crisp and golden brown.
A fragment describes currant pie making with ripe currants, sugar, water, flour, egg yolks, and one crust. It mentions frosting the top with beaten egg whites and sugar and browning in the oven.
A fragment describes a remedy for insect bites using camphor hartshorn ether and a few drops of oil of sassafras mixed in equal parts. The text claims this mixture will cure the pain from a severe bite with a small amount of preparation.
A tale of a Mountain House hotel where a rich young man orchestrated a rival buttermilk supply to topple Stebbins’s one man trust. He recruited a widow and her daughter to farm cows and sign five year contracts, driving down prices and forcing Stebbins to end his monopoly. The Mountain House still thrives serving guests with buttermilk as ordered by a doctor.
Firm title promises prompt attention to estates and all other legal business. The entry lists Davidson and Burt as the attorneys at law handling probate and related matters for clients.
If your teeth need attention they can be treated more satisfactorily now than at any other time. It might do well to have them examined. GRAETTINGER.
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