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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1911
Page
3
A reflective piece links a man’s success to timely meals and pie, praising pumpkin pie as the timeless staple. The text cites Steward of Fame and a embittered bard as it tangentially touches on Lincoln’s legacy and Henry Watterson’s praise, weaving culinary, political, and literary notes.
The tale recounts H B E Dunn quitting railroading for a quiet town life yet craving excitement. He finds a buzzing crowd on a vacant lot where citizens announce they will hire a swarm of bees, a moment of public upheaval captured in a quirky local anecdote.
Public notice style excerpt promoting Red Cross Ball Blue and avoiding adulterated water in bluing. References Eli Whitney and cotton era comparison. Includes unrelated quip about a big town and street cleanliness.
A Parisian housewife quips that beating children is allowed but beating carpets after eight in the morning invites a police summons. The fragment also references comic therapy claims, laundry humor, and a push for relaxation in daily life alongside ads for tobacco and laxatives.
The ad presents Ayer's Cherry Pectoral as a regular strong cough medicine described as a doctor's medicine. It urges readers to follow a physician's advice and not to take the remedy against a doctor's recommendation.
An old advertisement promotes Ayer’s Pills as a simple nightly dose for laxative relief. It urges readers to consult a doctor and credits the J C Ayer Co of Lowell Massachusetts as the maker. The copy contains typographical errors typical of historical OCR.
H L Mantsell, a Mouse River trapper, narrowly escaped a band of about twenty wolves. He killed seven with his rifle, then climbed a hay loader to wait three hours until help arrived as the wolves howled nearby. The incident is reported by Kramer correspondent of the St Paul Pioneer Press.
Fragmented OCR text describes a health product claim offering natural baths and laxative relief. It mentions headaches colds indigestion pains constipation sour stomach dizziness and urges purchase of a six case package from an unnamed company with unclear branding and garbled wording.
Practical instructions for cleaning black garments such as lawn shirtwaists corset covers and skirts. Avoid using water previously tainted by white fabrics to prevent lint transfer. Wash in hot soapsuds rinse normally then starch with a homemade cornmeal solution simmered to black and strained. Iron on the wrong side for a fresh appearance.
A Virginia man introduces a new broiler usable on any stove, mainly gas. The device suspends a wire meat frame from a pointed casing. juices drip into a trough and out a side spout into a cup. The collected drippings can become blood gravy or brown gravy with flour.
A historical recipe describes parboiling and slicing sweetbreads then mixing with almonds olives green pepper and gherkin. Add lemon juice onion juice and sherry, stand an hour, drain and serve in green pepper cases with mayonnaise. Emphasizes mise en place and not mixing until last possible moment for freshness.
Two eggs, one cup sugar, one half cup melted butter, two squares melted chocolate, half cup sifted flour, one cup chopped walnuts, one teaspoon vanilla. Mix in order. spread thin in buttered cake tin. Bake slowly about 20 minutes in gas oven. Square pieces while warm. remove from pan. Should be fairly soft inside.
A banana sauce for cottage pudding combines six ripe bananas with three tablespoonfuls of sugar, juice and pulp from two oranges, and a half gill of apricot or pear jam. Sift, color with carmine, warm gently, and finish with a tablespoon of sherbet before serving.
A New York Herald quip suggests bank examiners should carry lunch, after reports that officials at a failing bank altered records during a luncheon. The remark juxtaposes base appetite with higher ideals like beauty, knowledge, and love while noting the impropriety in financial oversight.
A recipe style directive describes heating chicken in gravy with butter salt and pepper. Gelatin is dissolved in cold water then folded with shredded chicken and pressed until set cold for a molded dish.
A short health tip suggests applying cologne or lavender water to annoying red spots on the skin five to six times daily. The blemishes typically disappear quickly according to the advice.
Balt the duck well and let stand a couple of hours. Simmer gently 30 to 40 minutes and serve smothered with onion sauce.
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