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Newspaper
Ismay
Location
Ismay, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1909
Page
7
The article explains choosing corned beef cuts for boiled dinner and warns rapid cooking toughens meat. It provides a home pickle recipe with rock salt brown sugar and saltpeter, plus steps to brine cook and finish the meal with cabbage beets potatoes and optional carrots or turnips.
A fresh beef tongue is soaked then boiled skinned and simmered in a spiced stock with celery carrot onion and cayenne. The finished tongue rests in gravy enriched with mustard catsup mushrooms Worcestershire port wine and butterly brown flour, served with lemon and celery garnish.
A historic recipe describes Sakslooga or Salmon Pie using eight large potatoes two onions two pounds salt or pickled salmon one dozen allspice two eggs one pint milk. Peel slice potatoes dice salmon and onion layer by layer in a dish with spices bake an hour adding butter. If salmon is too salty soak two to three hours.
A traditional pudding combines two pounds bread crumbs one pound sultanas currants prunes figs raisins suet mixed candied peel one and a half pounds sugar half a pound flour one teaspoon salt ginger allspice twelve cloves half a nutmeg two wineglasses brandy and fourteen eggs. Stir with stout and boil fourteen hours.
A handwritten recipe describes Sour Milk Cake using two eggs one cup sugar one cup sour cream and a pinch of salt plus soda and Jemon extract. Filling duplicates sour cream and sugar with rolled nuts, boil sugar and cream until stringy, add nuts, and spread between layers and on top after cooling.
Use magnesia on suits by laying them on a sheet, rubbing the fabric then treating the jacket, folding the garment in the sheet for a week or more, and finally brushing and pressing. White felt hats cleaned the same way regain a fresh look.
Take a medium sized fresh fish wash clean stuff with dressing. For turkey sew up rub with flour pepper and salt lay bacon on top baste bake in hot oven half to three quarters of an hour serve with drawn butter sauce. Baked Potatoes Eight or nine medium potatoes baked three quarters hour. Baked Corn and Tomatoes prepare a dish layering corn tomatoes and pepper bake half an hour with butter and crumbs. Baked Apple Cottage Pudding beat sugar butter vanilla egg milk and flour add pared apples bake half an hour serve hot with vanilla whipped cream. If fish is not desired a shoulder of lamb or pork can be stuffed similarly.
A historic lunch menu from a newspaper shows practical, homestyle recipes. It covers Brown Bean Soup with steps to prepare and season, Beef Hash using cold beets and corned beef liquor, Hamburger Steak formed with bread mix, and Suet Pudding with flour and baking powder.
The recipe explains a pint of minced chicken with butter breadcrumbs parsley water egg whites nutmeg sage salt and pepper. Cook crumbs in butter then mix with water chicken and seasonings, fold in whipped egg whites, bake half an hour, top with cream sauce and serve.
Grate lemon rind and juice two lemons. Add two teaspoons vanilla one cup pulverized sugar two egg whites and four yolks. Beat ten minutes. Dissolve two boxes gelatin in warm water cool and fold in four beaten egg whites. Serve with orange juice maraschino syrup.
Peel and bake apples then mix the pulp with sugar and lemon peel. Prepare short crust, place apple on paste, fold to form a three corner puff, bake 20 minutes in a hot oven, then dust with white sugar and serve.
The recipe uses one ounce spermaceti and one ounce white wax melted into a thin cake. A quarter-dollar sized piece added to a quart of prepared starch yields a beautiful luster and prevents irons from sticking.
A laundress shares a method for glossy starch. She adds a small piece of butter the size of a walnut during the boil. This yields a smooth finish, eases ironing, and prevents the starch from boiling over.
Tongue is finely chopped and seasoned with prepared mustard and black pepper. Melted butter and sweet cream are stirred in to form a smooth paste, then spread between slices of buttered bread.
A brief recipe fragment describes mixing one tablespoon mustard with one tablespoon sugar and one teaspoon each of salt and pepper. Add boiling water to form a thick paste and thin with vinegar for a sauce.
A rural tale recounts Aunt Mat with a cloud of diamonds asleep under her head. A black burglar creeps in on all fours, awakes her by shouting Philip, flees through a window, and a posse of negro robbers is later captured. Aunt Mat moves diamonds to the bank.
A Munich doctor introduces a stomach camera that is swallowed by the patient. Inside, a small electric lamp illuminates the cavity while a 20 inch photographic film advances with a pulled cord. The lamp is turned on to capture images until enough pictures are produced.
In Bos tock's jungle London a surgical operation cured an alligator injured in an attack. The veterinary surgeon applied a padded splint to the lower jaw, sterilized the wound, and fixed the splint with adhesive plaster around the jaw and over the tongue.
A large healthy man asks for food at a door. He claims illness and inability to work, saying his hand is unsucdy and he can’t hit more than one stick in seven. The mistress directs him to shake ashes in the back yard to earn a meal.
A light exchange unfolds with Mr. Cumrox predicting a calm spell as Mrs. Cumrox and the girls stay preoccupied with outfits. The remark implies the father's quiet time may be spent amid fashion talk and housekeeping duties.
Count Eria von Rosen describes using a bear spear in Karelia to kill a large black bear that had killed cattle and horses. He recalls the weapon’s design and recounts how the bear wrestled, biting the steel and gripping the copper plated shaft before his companion finished the fight in five minutes.
In a crowded hotel Tad Conners fellowships with Charley Bissell and a chilly greeting to Justice Brewer. Conners jokes about the judge's position while Bissell facilitates the encounter, prompting a terse exchange amid a stilted, public social moment.
Analysis of recent returns shows Zapata County Texas with a population under 3,000 voted unanimously for the Republican Taft and Sherman electors. Secretary W R Davies certifies the 429 votes as solidly cast. No similar case found in U S electoral history.
A detective notes the bachelor apartment shows no signs of women being there for months. He explains he can tell by the absence of chewing gum concealed about the place, addressing a reporter's question.
A humorous exchange unfolds as the newly accepted asks to rest a head on a pompadour while warning of a hidden wire mattress. The playful moment hints at intimate courtesies and the couple's tentative comfort with each other.
In a humorous exchange Miss Cayenne rebukes Briggins, saying he would be epicure if he took more interest in dinners instead of telling stories. The quip highlights Briggins’ habit of talking, contrasting appetite and storytelling.
A letter informs Hewitt delays are dangerous and Jewett notes uncertainty as a wife must postpone her mother in law's planned visit. The message underscores strain from delayed plans and family expectations.
A reader asks if she qualifies for a widow's pension after marrying a soldier in 1869. The adviser notes eligibility hinges on the soldier's Civil War service and discharge, or service deaths in duty, with potential pension under the 1908 act or general law.
Woodford Wisconsin reader asks why a 69 year old Civil War soldier receives $12 monthly pension and how to qualify for a higher rate. Answer explains age 70 triggers $15 and how disability or service connection can raise the rate. another inquiry notes that a dependent sister’s pension ends upon marriage per Revised Statutes section 4708.
Justice states general law pension rates: total deafness both ears $40 per month, nearly total deafness $27 per month, loss of a hand or foot $40 per month, loss of one eye $17 per month, provided these are due to service.
A mother asks if annual property income of 500 dollars affects eligibility for a pension as the soldier’s dependent. The reply states that to establish title the claimant must prove dependence. with net income of 500 dollars per year she would not be considered dependent under the law.
In Wichita Kansas Mrs. Jane N. T asks how to regain widow’s pension for her first husband who died from war wounds. Officials say restoration is not allowed since she married two years after the war, but they note pension may be available for her children from the sailor if under 16 at his death and the death was service connected.
An old advertisement features Mrs. Martin Douglass of Kingston New York describing back ache dizziness and languor caused by kidney issues. The ad claims Dean's Kidney Pills offer prompt relief and recommends buying from local dealers for five cents per box.
Mrs R R Whitaker of Winchester Tennessee cites her two and a half year old daughter's intense itching and painful eruption lasting from October until February. After two doctors failed, two weeks of Cuticura Remedies led to complete recovery with no recurrence by age fourteen. Boston supplier Potter Drag & Chem. Corp. sole proprietors.
A crutchbound caller seeks payout on an accident policy after a fall down stairs. The manager dismisses the claim as not an accident and notes the young lady’s father was home, denying compensation.
Johnnie argues about proper word choice with his mother wording that he likes cake and saying very good. The mother corrects him from love to like and nice to good. He repeats the sentence but still feels it sounds like bread to him.
The human sense detects temperature changes only to about one fifth of a degree while a thermometer can sense a millionth of a degree. A galvanometer responds to a tiny current produced by deforming a drop of mercury from a sphere into an ellipsoidal form.
An exhortation on morning nourishment links work joy to proper eating. Grape-Nuts is praised as a nourishing daily food endorsed by testimonials. The ad encourages trying Grape-Nuts for unbiased results and cites the Road to Wellville booklet.
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