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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
3
A reader urges frugal use of leftovers with guidance from Julia K. M. and Marion Harland. The author outlines turning stale vegetables into stock, soups, or baked dishes, emphasizing daily stock making, careful storage, and inventive reuse to prevent waste.
A reading of a weekly menu lists breakfast staples such as Malaga grapes cereal and toast with tea, luncheons including barbecued ham potato cakes and fruit salad, and dinners featuring crown roast of lamb green peas and spongecake. It includes home bread making tips and leftovers transformed into new dishes.
A description of a leftover meal featuring oatmeal jelly and cream with lamb mince and eggs, brown and white bread, toast, tea and coffee. Cold liver served with tomato sauce, potato biscuits, lettuce salad with French dressing, heated crackers with cheese, rice pudding and tea.
A dated menu item lists naked apples and cream fried scrapple with cornbread toast tea and coffee. It notes a ham omelet baked toast scalloped tomatoes left over apple sauce cream cake cocoa. Also yesterday's soup pork tenderloins creamed carrots and potatoes with parsley butter sauce tapioca pudding oranges cracked wheat and cream.
The writer addresses a country raised housemother seeking guidance on social etiquette for entertaining guests. The column counsels practical steps for hosting, proper introductions, avoiding arrogance, and adapting to modern manners while preserving dignity. It includes a recipe note on cornmeal dishes and a reassurance that the reader shows genuine gentility.
A reader asks for Exchange directions to wash or brighten willow chairs. Advice: dust with soft cloth, then kerosene on a wrung cloth to clean all caned areas. If cleaning fails, have the chair painted and varnished by a skilled craftsman. The note mentions long lasting willowware chairs historically lasting with proper care.
The list describes a meals scene with mackerel creamed and pork tenderloin stew left overs, stuffed potatoes, creamed onions, lettuce salad, crackers and cheese, peach tartlets, tea. It also notes browned potato soup without meat, halibut steaks, mashed potatoes, stewed celery, gust pudding with liquid sauce and a black oof 26.
The article explains three classes of home disinfectants antiseptics and deodorants and emphasizes heat and boiling water for sanitation. It advises sealing rooms with newspapers and hanging a carbolic acid sheet over doorways during outbreaks to protect the family from contagion.
The menu lists a Saturday spread with fruit cereal and cream, bacon and fried apples, salty lum toast tea and coffee. Luncheon features cheese fondue graham bread butter potato souffle fish bisque corned beef with eee sauce mashed turnips spinach bananas and cream with layer cake and black coffee.
Home remedy for cleaning glass bottles recommends half filling with cold water then adding potato peels tea leaves or shot. After shaking pour out and rinse with warm water add ammonia rinse drain and polish. Some use salt and vinegar for extra stain removal.
To wash a chamois lather with good white soap in soft water. Stir gently and do not rub. Rinse in cold water, shake, shape, and lay to dry. When partly dry rub between the hands and repeat until the chamois is dry and ready for use.
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