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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1912
Page
7
A Manchester clergyman recalls a wry letter from a parish vicar about conducting a funeral in the churchyard. The message says you will be most welcome in our churchyard tomorrow and at any other time, prompting sly thoughts about hidden meanings. Fresh supply Mrs. Austin's Bag Buckwheat advertised in the issue.
William A. Radford offers free expert answers on building topics for readers. The article extols buying a home over renting, outlines affordable down payments, growth of property value, and presents a five room cottage design priced at 1700 dollars, with warm air heating and full basement.
Interview with financier Hetty Green on her birthday reveals she does not know her net worth. She explains money stays in regional banks and assets are tallied only after a formal stocktaking on January 1, with her son Eddie present.
The humorous New York hotel owner Simeon Ford urges temperance while recalling a breakfast incident with a colonel who injured his hand during a party. The colonel explains a younger man’s intoxication trod on his hand after a night of revelry.
A bacteriologist warns ordinary dishwashing leaves many organisms. He advocates hot water with soap or soda, thorough rinsing, and sterilized cloth drying to achieve nearly sterile results. Milk utensils require removing milk traces, rinsing soap completely, then boiling. The milk bottle should be washed before opening, though this is rarely done.
The recipe lists exact measures for a fruit cake with flour sugar soda salt cinnamon cloves nutmeg and chocolate plus walnuts raisins and apple sauce. Frosting uses butter sugar milk while Divinity Fudge combines sugar corn syrup water and egg whites with nuts cooked and whipped.
Soak saltiness overnight only for older corned beef. Rinse and cover with cold water. Boil time is 25 minutes per pound but simmer four to six hours until tender. Remove from liquor, press in tin with weight, cool, then slice and serve with parsley or celery and pickles or mustard. Best cut is brisket or plate, bones removed.
A traditional Alabama dessert blends stale bread crumbs beef suet grated sweet potato molasses eggs raisins sweet milk and spices. Mix bake in a mold in boiling water for three hours and serve with hard or liquid sauce.
A clever exchange follows a teenager's alert in a factory basement. The youth saves a potential accident and is praised by the boss who increases his wages from two shillings to three. The lad responds by offering to repeat the gratitude.
A former popular college student, elected cheer leader three times, is weighing a strong job offer to drive carriages for a leading catering firm. The speaker notes the difficulty of persuading a man to stand alone versus standing a loan. Wheat on hand at grocers, Ady. Mind unemployed mind unenjoyed.
Fry two onions in butter until golden. add stock and curry powder simmer with onions until tender. Stir in cream and thicken. Halve eight to ten hard boiled eggs, arrange in a dish, pour sauce over. Serve with lettuce salad and stuffed olives.
A simple chocolate cake uses two eggs, half cup butter, one cup sugar, two cups flour, one cup milk, two teaspoons baking powder, and one teaspoon vanilla. Cream butter and sugar then mix in dry ingredients, then add butter eggs and milk. Bake forty minutes then top with chocolate icing.
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