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Newspaper
Indiana Democrat
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1908
Page
6
Berlin announces construction of a hotel to be the largest in the world and the most expensive, promising to elevate the German capital with a landmark that will dwarf existing structures. The project signals Berlin’s ambition in global hospitality and urban prestige.
J I Hennen of Milan Missouri recounts years of itching rashes and a leg breakout feared to become blood poisoning. After three doctors failed he used Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent three times and says the problems disappeared, with no relapse since. May 13 1907.
John Slavin, a farmer near the mountain foot, reports a vast potato crop with minimal bug impact and adequate rain. He has cross bred white potatoes with butter beans to create a buttered potato, claiming potential yearly US savings of over 1 million dollars by replacing buttered potatoes in cooking. aims to surprise the public with forthcoming experiments.
While grading Main Street in Manassas Virginia workmen uncovered a trench three feet deep containing several barrels of flour concealed from the enemy during the evacuation of Manassas by Confederate troops.
The recipe instructs slicing a stewing chicken and onion, browning in butter or lard, then simmering with three quarts of water until meat loosens. Skim grease, remove bones, add a pint of hot oyster liquor for thirty minutes, then stir in a quart of oysters and a heaping tablespoon of butter rolled in flour to thicken. A knuckle of veal can be prepared similarly.
Take sponge cakes baked in small rounds, hollow the flat side, join two cakes, fill with whipped cream, and pour a vanilla chocolate glaze over the top. Eat while fresh for best texture and flavor.
A selection of fine and southern recipes collected by Elizabeth Pyewell as cited in the New York Press. Many are heirlooms used for a century and valued for being practical for amateur cooks.
A compilation of farm\nadvice discusses forcing effects of manure on different crops and recommends applying farm manure to soil promptly, turning in cover crops like clover and cowpeas, and managing organic matter to prevent washout. It also covers wild onion issues and neighbor nuisance considerations for gardeners.
A compact guide urges small scale cabbage farming for family use. It argues that women can handle hand work, gain health, and enjoy fresh air while a man manages larger plantings. Advice covers plot layout, weeding, soil enrichment with manure, fertilization, and periodic topdressing to promote rapid growth.
Vernon H. Davis explains weeds harm farming by lowering land value and crop yields. They consume soil moisture, crowd crops, limit light and nutrients, harbor pests, and can make hay and seeds unsalable. The piece stresses moisture conservation as the core issue and notes varied local weed impacts.
R G and Company Weekly Review reports seasonable weather boosting retail demand and better consumer distribution lifting wholesale activity, though meat industries show hesitation. Steel orders hold production, rail purchases stay limited, pig iron demand fair, and year end shipments dominate. Bradstreet notes brighter lumber, building, wool and jewelry activities. US weekly business failures total 225 for week ending Oct 1, comparing with prior years.
A vintage instruction details lemon jelly for cake using egg yolks, lemon juice and rind, butter, and sugar whipped to a froth then folded into a custard like thick paste. The mixture fills cake layers or can be used in paste top, yielding a delightful spread.
A historic cookbook style instruction describes cream pudding batter with two tablespoons flour, powdered sugar, two tablespoons cream, three eggs. Sugar and cream beaten into yolks, whites beaten separately, then folded and sifted into heated pans. Bake twenty minutes for a light dessert.
The Philadelphia Inquirer forecasts a major reform in divorce law, noting reforms move slowly and this question will not be settled soon, but it will be settled in time with no doubt.
An eye witness for the London Times recounts Count von Zeppelin’s airship passing Strassburg. The shriek of the screw and the ship’s din left a vivid impression, described as almost painful when near, highlighting its terror and potential as a warcraft rather than for scouting.
A Bonn pathologist debunks Metehutkoff's theory that colon bacteria diet rules prevent old age. Death from aging is tied to anatomical neuron changes and physicochemical life processes. Diet shows no proven effect. meat eaters can reach centenarian age as readily as vegetarians, with tobacco or alcohol bearing little influence. longevity seems linked to heredity and favorable living conditions.
A historic ad notes deafness cannot be cured by local applications and attributes most cases to catarrh. It offers Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a $100 reward for any case caused by catarrh that is not cured, mentions constitutional remedies, and cites a Philadelphia Record anecdote about electricity protecting wooden piles from borers.
Travelers recount that replacing stages with horse care, then relying on cable cars and elevated trains, and finally introducing subways did not relieve city congestion. Each measure promised relief, yet today the crowding and delays persist, suggesting deeper transportation woes.
Mrs J H Dennett of Gardiner Maine aged 58 lay in bed four months with back pain dizziness headache and inflammatory troubles her doctors offered little hope. After using Doan's Kidney Pills for three months she was completely cured and has remained well. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Poster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y
Elementary pupils in Devonshire England will be taught thrift. The plan includes explaining the savings bank and, where no post office savings bank exists, the education authorities urge the establishment of a penny bank in every school.
The ad argues that backache signals a feminine disorder and promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the rapid remedy. It cites testimonials from Will Young of Rockland Maine and Mrs Augustus Lyon of Hast Earl Pennsylvania and lists conditions the product claims to cure including displacements inflammation uterine issues irregularities and nervous prostration.
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