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Newspaper
Jackson Herald
Location
Jackson, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1908
Page
6
A reader shares home brewed postum recipes from the Civil War era and notes on schooling, funerals, and daily life. The letter cites recipes for White Cake Hermit Cookies and Molasses Cookies, plus a portrait of Mrs. Nichols who improved a farm, paid a mortgage, and educated her children through self-sufficiency and market savvy.
A reader writes from Kingdom correcting a cream pie recipe and sharing household tips. The letter mentions a friend who praised the pie and awaits a nickel, plus notes about pickles, olives, cider vinegar, and an herb of communal cooking. A Wisconsin woman’s note recalls Mrs Carson, a widow on a mortgaged eighty acre farm, who supports her family through farm products and perseverance amid financial strain.
A humorous early Christmas note laments the season with playful misspellings and hopeful wishes. The writer jokes about Santa Claus visiting Kinwasin households and mentions preparing for Christmas toys and treats amid festive confusion.
A letter from Kingdom reports a family of six with measles fever and dying father. The minister receives news of his daughter Wendunce being escorted by someone via telephone. Other children are very ill and the scene is set in a wintery, rainy day with bereavement and inquiry.
A vintage guide suggests inviting friends to paper walls with green plain wallpaper after paste preparation. It covers rolling glue, trimming, smoothing with a whisk broom, and drying to prevent edges lifting. It also discusses flooring with varnish, green woven rugs, study lamps, and DIY green shade decorations.
Voter box feet appear sturdy enough to support the device described as a burlap covered fixture. The readable fragment hints at a civic or polling context with unclear specifics.
A fragment describes making a decorative screen with cheap fabric, painted poppies or colored shapes, placed to improve a bedroom. It oddly quotes a bride about biscuits and a husband quipping let it burn, mixing domestic craft with a wife’s kitchen joke.
The court in Cape Girardeau County issues an order of publication in a partition suit brought by RE Z Hitt against Sars E Burke and Musse Burke. Defendants must appear at the next term in Jackson to answer the petition regarding the northwest fractional quarter of section 17 township 8 range 14 east, otherwise judgment will be rendered by default. A true copy is recorded with the Circuit Clerk.
Jackson Missouri advertiser Sam Vandivort urges readers to preserve title deeds and order abstracts of title for property purchases. He promises prompt attention for all orders and notes a phone contact in Jackson. The notice also mentions a potato offer at Sibleys Restaurant with a two inquiry incentive.
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