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Newspaper
Jasper News
Location
Jasper, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1907
Page
3
A practical lesson on omelets from plain to fancy, with step by step prep. Readiness of garnishes, proper pan prep, and precise egg handling ensure a creamy, non sticking result. Techniques explain beating whites and yolks separately, folding methods, and using leftovers for fillings.
Advice on sweeping practices using moistened newspaper and sawdust to trap dust. For bare floors sprinkle sawdust, for carpeted rooms moisten newspaper scraps and scatter them, then sweep to carry dust away. Keep materials damp but not dripping to maximize dust capture.
Recipes describe scouring baked discolored dishes with a flannel dipped in carbonate of soda or salt. Salt helps remove stains from china cups and egg stamna from spoons while cleaning bone handles. Salt and vinegar remove stains from brass, whiting adds a polish.
A vintage remedy column suggests a three ingredient fluid extract dandelion, compound Karyon, and compound sarsaparilla to treat backache kidney weakness and urinary trouble. It claims the mixture forces kidneys to filter acids and poisons from the blood and overcomes rheumatism.
The report records 1906 tin consumption in the United States at 42,800 tons with 2,132 tons in stock at year end. Belgium shipments rose by 8,000 tons, Cornwall by 700 to 1,000 tons, and Australia by 1,000 tons, lifting total European and American supply for the year to about 93,550 tons.
Mrs. Kate Kelm of New York reports her three children suffered eczema for five months with itchy head sores. After failing to improve at the N Dispensary, use of Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment cleared sores in weeks, leaving no visible signs.
In Scituate Massachusetts a deacon sold a pair of oxen to a farmer for five dollars more than he could afford. The beasts proved useless and heated, unable to work. The deacon claimed old age justified the price and later told another resident not to trouble him further.
Charles H. Lord of Dunbarton New Hampshire reports a pine felled on his farm aged 200 years by growth rings. The trunk stood 154 feet tall with a five foot four inch stump diameter and measured three feet across at a height of 60 feet.
A doctor quits coffee after discovering its harm and uses Postum for four years with continued benefit. At a meal he serves Postum instead of coffee, prompting his clergy brother to joke about his preaching. The tale argues Postum mirrors coffee in flavor yet lacks its supposed ill effects.
Mrs Remnethe Myers of Ironton Ohio testifies she suffered five years fading illness from weather exposure, sleeplessness and swelling. After four boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills the pain bloating and weakness disappeared and she has stayed in good health. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The Boston Herald notes Helen, duchess of Manchester, becomes Lady in Waiting to Queen Alexandra, the first American to hold the honor. The piece asserts the distinction is highly valued by English nobility and hints at a future rise to mistress of the robes as the political prize.
Allcock's plasters have endured sixty years of public use and earned endorsement from medical authorities and patients. The text notes counterfeit imitations and praises the genuine remedy as a trusted household staple. It also mentions Prof Burgess of Boston and the Kaiser Wilhelm era museum activities, with a quote on character by Sterne about self-made statuary.
An assortment of pasted notices and ad snippets details medical cures and tonics, a Mont Blanc tunnel proposal, Defiance Starch sales, a token of affection from Chinese workers to a manager, and fading quotes from Carlyle Sheridan and Lewis. The clumsy prose reveals a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper collage with health cures, machinery dreams, and cross-cultural moments.
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