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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1913
Page
4
A collection of home recipes including Honey Gingerbread with honey butter sour milk eggs flour and spices. Also Log Cabin Sandwiches use loaf slices butter fillings cut in strips arranged log cabin style with bean and noodle soup components. Includes two muffin recipe using flour powder butter honey milk and eggs credited to Elma Iona Locke.
A jumble of handwritten style home recipes includes cake batter from Miss Tille Haremski of De Pue Indiana and Aunt Low cookies with butter and baking powder. Also shared is Cranberry and Raisin Pie with puff paste and a lemon juice hint credited to Mrs. Bessie Ogden of Oklahoma City.
In a New York dinner tale the Duke of Sutherland extols an icy watermelon and recalls a voyage story about a Southern preacher warning against shooting crap and melon theft. A man in the back seat snaps fingers, questions his missing knife, and the preacher speaks on moral sin.
A historical overview describes how dry farming rose from early misapprehensions of the Great Basin as a desert. It notes wheat success on dry land, 1855 trials, Colorado leadership in 1904, and widespread modern experiments. It explains soil depth, moisture retention, and the need for region-specific techniques.
A discussion argues that birth rates fall across classes from wealthy to poor as modern conditions erode family life. It cites England and America, warns of overwork and poverty reducing childhood, notes Germany's population rise, and cites Malthus on population pressure while urging government action to prevent national decline.
The article extols a Northwest water power scheme equating 300,000 horsepower to national output, arguing European investment will back a fertilizer factory and that Keokuk's Mississippi project proves the model. It envisions interstate rail and world trade hubs fed by a vast plant, urging regional unity to unlock wealth, power, and future prosperity.
The article argues that art achieves true beauty by mimicking Nature's flesh tones. It claims natural coloring yields the most convincing results and states this philosophy guided a new invention.
Pears Soap is described as a pure emollient and detergent that preserves and improves the natural skin tones from infancy to old age. It is said to keep the skin soft, fine, and pure, aligning with Nature first and last.
A Niagara Falls, New York advertisement extols shredded wheat as a ready cooked, full nutrition breakfast for Johnny and all ages. It describes heating the biscuits briefly to crisp, serving with hot milk, cream, and salt or sugar to taste, labeling the product as muscle making and brain building for workers and athletes alike.
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