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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1912
Page
7
A collection of kitchen tips covers a coconut pudding baked in custard cups, a white Lady cake with sugar butter milk and eggs, a London style salmon dish with lard pepper and lemon, and dropped cookies using lard or butter sugar and milk.
A reader suggests saving money by reusing empty coffee and baking powder cans and tobacco cans. Wash dry paint white and print black letters to create reusable storage for beans peas rice sage and spices. This method avoids fading labels and helps locate items quickly.
Directions advise dressing a chicken and refrigerating for 12 hours before cooking. Cut into pieces, salt and pepper, dredge with flour, fry in hot lard for thirty minutes, then brown butter, add cream and season to make a creamy sauce served with gravy.
A recipe describes making a salmon loaf by using two cans of salmon and stale bread, removing crusts and bones, mixing bread crumbs with flaked salmon, adding two beaten eggs, melted butter, lemon juice, salt, and pepper. Moisture can be increased with a tablespoon of cream, then baked in a buttered tin for about an hour and served with cream or white sauce and parsley.
Mix a pint of boiling water with a pint of milk and add butter and salt. Let stand ten minutes. Stir in a quarter cake of yeast dissolved in warm milk, one beaten egg and enough gluten flour to form a batter. Beat ten minutes then rise four hours. Add more gluten flour to form dough and knead twenty minutes. Shape loaves and allow to rise until light and bake in a steady oven. This bread is free from starch.
A Life magazine excerpt claims every man has a destined best girl, assigned at birth by a vast catalog in Time’s factory. The piece argues destiny cannot be escaped and that love arrives with material realization, regardless of appearance or previous bonds.
In a January storm on Capitol Hill in Washington an old darky with a gray mule and ramshackle wagon stands still as two congressmen watch. He cannot whistle to move the mule, the cold keeps him and his team stationary while vehicles pass by.
A street exchange recounts Jeliffe praising his wife as the flag bearer for her suffrage chapter. Morrowby questions the feat, and Jeliffe clarifies that both he and his chauffeur assisted, taking turns carrying the banner along the distance.
An early product notice advertises Cole's Carbolisaire as relief for itching and skin disorders. It claims cures for mucous membrane issues with pile cure experiments and offers 25 and 50 cent prices. Free samples are available from J. W. Cole & Co. of Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
A quip from The Bachelor's Casket contrasts romance with grim finance as a woman asks would you die for me and the man replies gladly while noting the undertaker’s bill. The piece also touts water bluing and Red Cross Bull Blue as a clothes whitening aid.
In Chicago a humorous note describes Ella and Stella and a Mrs. Winslow teething syrup. It mentions all of Ella Strangely’s husbands named William and Stella being a regular Bill collector. The ad touts Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children at 25 cents a bottle.
The Third National Tuberculosis Day will urge churches and religious societies to focus on prevention on October 27 or nearby. The observance, moved from spring, aims to educate churchgoers about consumption and engage them in Red Cross Christmas seal sales through anti tuberculosis workers.
Mrs. E. F. Sulzberger recalls severe infant eczema beginning at two weeks old, spreading to head and body and causing constant itching. After trying an advertisement for eczema and failing, she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment with a bed cap, washing twice daily, and reports complete cure by age two and a half. Cuticura Soap and Ointment are advertised as sold worldwide with free samples and Skin Book.
A humorous exchange shows a book agent defending a sale while a householder objects to content. The agent says the contract omits a restrictive clause, arguing the sale proceeds despite the objection.
An old mountaineer in a Kentucky town had never seen an automobile. He watched a touring car speed toward the corner, lean onto two wheels, then vanish. He told a bystander the horses must have been traveling fast when they escaped the gentleman's carriage.
A veteran observer notes delegates have limited roles at large conventions. He recalls a prominent citizen comparing delegates to ushers at a wedding when aligned with a successful candidate, or honorary pallbearers when not involved.
Phrase from the Philadelphia Bulletin quotes Mrs Benham and Benham on social attire and a metaphor about life as an ocean where many must swim or sink. It contrasts a picture hat with a roof garden as symbolic images.
At a Yazoo dinner Senator Williams criticizes a proposed tariff change by recalling a tale of an old lady who insured her barn for 3506 dollars and balked at paying a 24 dollar first year premium, choosing to wait until the barn burned down. The anecdote equates tariff knowledge to the old lady’s understanding of insurance premiums.
Folred describes lovers plotting an elopement at a hangar. They debate flying away in a runabout monoplane versus hiding the craft in a stable and taking a trolley. A pursuing father sends the trio into a chase as propeller noise roars overhead.
A brief quoted exchange shows a woman predicting oblivion and a man admitting he will forget her but never the money spent to win her affection. The lines reveal themes of memory, pride, and financial sacrifice in a troubled relationship.
Mothers urged to inspect every bottle of Castoria for safety. The message notes Castoria is a trusted remedy used for over 30 years and emphasizes its suitability for infants and children. Fletcher’s Castoria is highlighted as the preferred brand.
A collection of short excerpts including a musician asking Madame about a wine sample, Paxtine toothpaste advertised as a mouth purifier, a humorous sports moment about a held call, and a jab at water used for bluing with Red Cross Ball Blue advertised. The pieces showcase period dialogue and product promotions.
Mrs Susie Templeton of Hooper Nebraska credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with relieving five years of female troubles. After seven bottles she reports full recovery and even managed work for eighteen boarders. She allows use of her name to help others.
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