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Harrisburg Telegraph

Location

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1916

Page

10

Iced cocoa and snow cream recipe from The Searchlight

A recipe for iced cocoa used as a dessert or drink with milk sugar and cocoa mixed into a paste then stirred into boiling milk and cooled. It suggests freezing to a batter like texture and serving in tall glasses with snow cream on top. Snow Cream uses lemon juice thick cream sugar and water whipped to foam then strained.

New Teeth Held Pen Aids Disabled Writers Invention

The Searchlight reports an AmHuan dentist’s invention a pen held between teeth by a lower mouth piece with a fixed position and three joints. It frees lip muscles for writing while the nib can be swapped for a pencil. Also described is a chemical ink eradicating kit for quick spotless ink removal on cloth and paper.

How Fat Folks May Become Slim

A weight loss ad promotes the fresh air method with oil of korein capsules. It claims safe fat reduction without starvation or drugs, urging plenty of food, deep breathing, and one korein capsule with each meal and before bed. The claim targets readers ten pounds overweight, promising firmer flesh and healthier energy.

Walk Home In Mud After Surprise Drive

Sylvia Ainslie and Grace Webb walk through rain and mud after a surprise drive ends with Grace hoping Mr. Dayton will speak to Myra Webb on the veranda. Grace hides her happiness, while Myra senses change in her daughter and plans a later talk.

Sylvia Ainsleie Sylvia Miss Webb Myra Webb Sylvia Ainslie Myra Miss Ainslie Grace Mr. Dayton Henry

Bungalow dress in kimono style offered by fashion page

A fashion note describes bungalow frocks and aprons in kimono style, detailing construction, closures, and fabric options. It notes pattern No. 9055 with three sizes and the price for mailing. A Bible study class organized by Rev. Stirling in Dauphin meets weekly after prayer.

Dauphin Robert Fulton Stirling The Presbyterian Church

Night letters fuel Western Union growth and fears

The Western Union Telegraph Company reports strong earnings and a surge in night letter use, with about 12 million night letters yearly and 8 million day letters. Since 1910 the service has expanded, prompting cautious hopes for further growth and concern over Mother's Day telegrams.

Hidden Rates in Telegraph Terms Explain Day and Night Letters

A reader explains that peaks are valleys and describes how a fifty word day letter is sent during the valley period following regular business messages. The charge is one and a half times the night letter rate, while the night message precedes the night letter and follows the regular message, priced at ten words.

Telegraph

French Strawberry Delights and Variations from Old Recipe

A collection of strawberry based desserts and preparations. Includes Strawberry Parfait with berries pressed for pulp and a whipped cream mold, Strawberry Whip with butter and egg whites, Strawberry Acid a cooled berry juice syrup, and instructions to prepare larger servings.

Cleaning Set to Music in St Louis Dry Cleaning Shop

A St Louis dry cleaning shop added a phonograph to speed ironing and pressing. Workers move in rhythm with the music, boosting output about ten percent since installation. The method follows South American ideas valuing music in industry.

St. Louis

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