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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1912
Page
7
The Henna plant grows throughout lower Egypt reaching seven feet with many showy tufts. Its virtues are praised for staining the eyes brows and hair with a tawny tint. Henna paste is made by grinding dried leaves and mixing them with liquid from another shrub.
The Wanderer known as the Wandering Jew is identified as Carta philus, a Pontius Pilate porter, by Paria and Wendover, while other authorities call him Ahasuerus a Jerusalem cobbler. The legend predates its central claim and grew via medieval popularity adding foreign elements through accretion.
The term mutt is traced to be a contraction of mutton head a phrase used in ancient times for a stupid fellow equivalent to dunce or pudding head An old publication claims Columbus taught a group of muttonheads that an egg could be balanced on its small end
Emoria Goretta laments widespread talk over action in Kanaas as proponents defend principle while real effort and accountability seem lacking amid ongoing disputes.
Gooseberry and Mice Pudding layered with gooseberries rice and sugar. bake until tender. Alternate layers ending with rice, cover with crumbs and butter, bake. Another method uses a rice mold steamed with gooseberries and served with custard or cream. Gooseberry Charlotte stewed with sugar layered with bread and butter and baked, served with whipped cream. From the Housekeeper.
A reader’s compact kitchen tips cover restoring a discolored bean pot with buttermilk, carpet sweeper care, oven temperature tweaks to preserve juices, fabric shrinkage in unbleached calico, shelling green pans via European method, keeping pictures from slipping, and tenderizing turkey with lemon inside.
A recipe notes young spinach is best and explains preparing it by washing, cooking without water, draining, mincing, and combining with butter Parmesan and six eggs. The mixture thickens off heat, then served on toast.
Instructions describe making four large rye loaves with rye flour molasses salt shortening and water. Yeast is prepared by mixing a yeast cake into lukewarm water then added to cooled mixture before overnight rising and final baking for about 45 minutes.
Half a pound of rice boiled in water until it opens. Strain, boil with a quart of milk half a pound of leaf sugar and lemon peel. When rice soft, cool and remove peel. Stir in four beaten eggs and a wine glass of orange flower water. Mix well, bake in a flat dish and dust with cinnamon.
A practical tip describes rolling asbestos into cone shapes and inserting the small end into a campfire. Inside the cone one can bake apples, potatoes, eggs and other foods. A cone of suitable size can replace multiple cooking utensils for open air campers.
A recipe fragment lists ingredients molasses water raisins suet flour baking soda and salt. It directs steam for three hours suggesting a traditional pudding method with simple measurements and steps.
The piece recounts early and current kangaroo hunts in Australia using dogs, detailing the chase, fighting tactics of kangaroos, and how dogs disable forearms before subduing the animal. It notes the hunter’s trophies, meat use, and debates about kangaroo populations and future abundance.
Joseph Lee, a Boston school committeeman, urged that women's dress should reveal beauty not conceal it. He urged romance for boys, teaching girls dress making to reveal beauty, warned dances and art risk dulling conscience like alcohol.
A recent Egyptian Review article by M. Daressy traces glove origins to Amon’s twenty first dynasty. Mittens found with priestess mummies show same material as upper garments. Likely gloves matched thin pink or red kid foot coverings with toe separation for sandal safety.
The London Times notes that political liberty enlargements in Turkey Persia and China face resistance in Oriental populations. It argues reforms in the East often harm more than help and even in the West faith in representative government has waned since six decades ago.
Mrs Wil lam Phelps Dodge claims a spirit wife affected her millionaire husband in a Philadelphia divorce. The bride, eighteen, says the first Mrs Dodge appeared to protest jewelry and veils. she fled London, then sued for divorce, citing cruel and inhuman treatment.
Marjorie resists her mother’s directive to let Grandpa view toys, insisting on performing the showing herself. She hands him each toy one by one and calls for him to reveal the dolly and blocks, turning the act into a playful demonstration.
A correspondent seeks how to say Chihuahua and Decoletea. The advised method is to say Chy he wa he wa and then laugh as if knowing better. If done artistically the trick works frequently with decoletea too.
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to relieve hot feet sweating and swelling. It claims benefits for ingrown nails bunions and general foot discomfort, urging readers to visit doctors and shoe stores for fitting and care.
The remark describes a supposed Mahometan practice allowing followers to eat all but one portion of a pie, with no specified portion. It notes the paradox that avoiding pork entirely would be as risky as consuming the entire pie, implying a controversial or satirical view.
The New York Sun argues that if all future immigrants entering the United States and Canada adopted cultivation work, the resulting production would not be enough to meet the reasonable needs of the population.
A quotation from William Hazlitt on keeping quiet. It claims wisdom comes from speaking less to avoid diminishing others’ opinions of one’s own wit and sense. The note emphasizes restraint as a social asset.
Advertised as Mrs Winslow's Boothing Syrup this remedy is touted as the best pain relief for children during teething period. It urges mothers to use the product to soothe discomfort and aid infant comfort.
A walnut tree near Therfield church housed a bell from the old church after funds ran short for a tower. The bell was rung to summon villagers for divine service until it was removed and integrated into the new tower built beside the church.
Report notes over twenty large beaver colonies on the Raquette river reflecting successful preservation efforts. Fears grow that beaver activity may damage poplar timber as colonies thrive, raising concerns among conservationists and loggers alike.
The piece argues many children are not taught to think critically leading to unreasonable people guided by prejudice and emotion rather than careful consideration. It asserts people fail to see what is right due to lack of judgment training and urges rational thinking.
A well known Republican declines backing a governor hopeful, comparing the race to a Dublin theater scene where a disturbance prompts a cry to throw someone out. A solemn figure interrupts, urging restraint and quelling the crowd with a terse admonition not to waste the candidate.
The text extols courtesy as essential to politeness and social bonding. It argues manners foster affection from first sight and guide behavior through observation of others, encouraging readers to model conduct and share examples if they have value to offer.
A London Chronicle excerpt highlights the toastmaster as a supreme figure at banquets who calms a restless crowd with a fitting speech. The role is described as exclusive and mysterious, requiring quiet authority to direct grace and proceedings.
A report notes that one germ in forty quarts of milk can multiply to 281,474,976,210,656 in 24 hours if conditions allow, yielding over 1.4 billion germs per cubic centimeter of contaminated milk. The New York Public Health Committee warns of such rapid replication and urges caution.
A prisoner in Perth West Australia serving seven years staged a solo strike in the tailoring room claiming unfair competition with outside trade. For his unionist principles he received three days of voluntary confinement and was ordered to resume work.
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