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Newspaper
Ismay
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1910
Page
3
The passage urges a cheerful table talk avoiding brooding or harsh topics. It emphasizes kindness and sociability at meals and warns against bringing disagreeable subjects to the table, similar to how one should avoid unpleasant flavors in food.
The passage argues that true happiness in a household tests civilization refinement education and religion. It asserts that the highest achievement is a home where children have a loving reverential relation with their parents and with others under the roof.
An old guide discusses oysters as a tasty easy digested food. It cautions raw oysters may carry typhoid from sewage and advises care with cleanliness and tartaric acid treatment to reduce risk. It notes oysters are a luxury at 50 cents a quart and offers cooking tips for stews and serving.
Instructions for escalloped oysters emphasize layering in a baking dish with crumbs salt pepper butter and a small milk amount. Do not exceed two oyster layers to avoid undercooked centers and possible digestion issues.
A recipe for St James pudding lists melted butter molasses and milk with flour soda salt and warm spices. It adds dates and requires steaming for two and a half hours then baking powder for mold preparation.
The article urges public responsibility for waste disposal in cities to prevent disease. It notes yellow fever history, mosquitos, and the fly as carriers, urging draining marshes, kerosene, screening, and proper garbage practices. It promotes clean homes, fresh air, wholesome food, and regular exercise for health.
The article extols varied hot breads and fritters for breakfast and urges a cheerful start. It advises waking earlier to avoid haste and even playfully suggests withholding a newspaper from a newspaper loving husband to ensure a wifeless breakfast.
A traditional fig pudding method mixing suet figs and stale bread with milk eggs sugar and salt. The blended mixture is steamed in a mold for three hours and served with a tailored egg sauce.
A 19th century recipe explains making Gorn Muffins with butter sugar eggs milk flour corn meal and baking powder. It also notes attractively set tables as good appetizers linked to orderly home life and table manners for housekeepers.
To test freshness fish should be firm to the touch eyes bright and full scales bright gills red and flesh without odor Canned fish should not stand in the can after opening Frozen fish thawed and stored before cooking may harbor injurious ptomaines
Household guidance advises running cold water a few minutes to flush pipes and avoiding water that stood in pipes for cooking. It also urges thorough airing of the kitchen and dining room before starting breakfast.
Parsley stays fresh ten days or more in a dry glass jar kept cool. Rice water should not be wasted. use it to make a quick nourishing soup with tomatoes and a splash of beer or extract for luncheon or dinner. A cautioned note on handling a water pipe and lamp with improvised torch is included.
Francis Cowles outlines the Guild family lineage from England to New England. In 1636 brothers John and Samuel Guild arrived in America, John settling Dedham Massachusetts and Samuel in Haverhill establishing the Guild and Guile or Gile lines. John born about 1615 led a quiet life. by 1643 he is a Dedham freeman and in 1645 married Elizabeth Crooke. Their descendants spread across the country.
The Guild Guile families trace origins in Dedham and Salem with Samuel Guild later settling in Haverhill and Pen against whence the Guild line grew across New England. John of Dedham and his kin moved to Wrentham and Lebanon, while Nathaniel built a foundry aiding Revolutionary efforts. The line spread to New York and New Jersey. Descriptions include military service from Captain Joseph Guile and officers Jonathan and Ralph, with Aaron Guild’s panic at war news and a founder’s move to establish church and school. Crest and motto noted.
A West side man finds a long missing black sack suit in a closet and plans a playful reveal for his wife. She responds with a sharp rebuke saying she saved the suit for his funeral, illustrating a humorous domestic clash.
Gordon F Parent, three, son of a Boston grocer’s assistant, started school a fortnight ago and has mastered the first primer and can read complex sentences. A doctor warns rest is needed to protect his brain from strain.
Soft white hands are promoted by Cuticura Soap and Ointment with a nightly treatment of hot lather bathe and ointment, plus wearing old linen at night to protect clothing. The ad claims relief for red rough chapped hands, fissured skin, and painful nails and notes Potter Drug & Chem Corp as sole proprietors.
A four year old girl asks for a hot pin and places a penny on the counter. Mrs. Briggs grants the item for nothing and the child eagerly purchases two, illustrating a charming moment from Delineator.
Mr Ad offers forty five dollars to buy a topsy turvy wicker basket hat. He adds the condition the recipient must raise the same amount from weekly ten cent pin money, as announced by Mr Herewad and noted by the judge.
The exchange recalls George declaring he would kiss the first woman under the mistletoe, but the colored cook was the chosen passerby. The question remains if he would kiss her, with others warning against taking liberties.
A witty comment notes that admiration for a stylish woman costs the observer, implying payment is required to gain attention or favor. The line humorously frames paying the fare as essential to compliments or courtship.
A healthful appetite is essential to strength and digestion. Grape-Nuts food is praised as nourishing and an excellent starter, with testimonials from a Tennessee grandmother and a nursemaid noting improved appetite and growth in a grandson.
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