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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1911
Page
7
Prof W W Smith offers breeding guidance from Purdue on boosting litter size. Emphasizes selecting sows from large litters, using proven prolific breeders, keeping sows healthy and gaining weight, choosing boars from large litters, and matching careful winter care and feeding to support embryonic development and birth outcomes.
Purdue horticulturists describe the second pruning for two year old apple sets from Akin Jonathan and Stayman. They explain relief of crowding, selection of outward facing branches, and heading back long limbs by about a third to encourage stockier growth, stressing sharp knives for clean cuts and outside buds for heading.
The article links Dan O Reilly prior Thaw side lawyer to a New York theft conviction and disbarment pressures. It notes Thaw era figures including Clifford W Hartridge facing disbarment, A Russell Peabody deceased, John and George Lee, and Dolphin Michael Delmas whose dementia Americana plea failed to yield major cases recently.
In Washington the weather bureau drew sharp comment as Professor Moore forecast rain on the eve of Taft’s silver wedding anniversary and inauguration. The forecast sparked umbrellas and galoshes, but the night remained clear with a tranquil sky and starlit evening.
Ex queen Margherita of Italy, daughter of the late Prince Ferdinando, is rumored to visit the United States in the fall. Once wife to King Humbert, she is now 60, widowed since Brescia’s assassination, and noted for charity. Her opposition to Miss Elkins and the duke of the Abruzzi’s marriage adds interest to her planned trip.
The article discusses choosing chintz and gay cretonnes to match wallpaper, with linen slips costing 25 to 75 cents per yard. It advises harmonizing with room colors, notes white or ivory backgrounds with pinks greens and blues, and explains modern seam work hides piping so precise cutting is essential. Well made covers last several seasons.
In a collection of practical advice several culinary and cleaning tips are offered. Do not bake cakes on damp cloths, avoid melting fat in flour for crusts, add brown sugar to salty gravy, and use vinegar to tenderize boiled meat. Clean tin kettles with paraffin wax, rub celery on hands to remove onion odor, and eggs keep best after laying. Fruits pies edge should be dampened with milk, and grease on fingers prevents staining when preparing color-fast items. Eggs stay fresh for months when packed in salt, ends down.
Instructions for preparing chicken fricassee with step by step actions. Cut and fry a good sized chicken pieces in chicken fat or butter until golden brown, then simmer in a stew pan with water, minced onion, garlic, strained tomatoes, cayenne, black pepper, and salt. Stir periodically until cooked.
For each pound of rhubarb cut into half inch pieces use one pound sugar and one lemon. Peel the yellow rind remove the white pith slice lemon over rhubarb add sugar and let sit overnight. In morning boil three quarters of an hour stirring often. Cool briefly then jar in air tight containers.
A recipe instructs to use three quarters of a pound of sugar for each pound of stemmed berries. Cook fruit in a preserving kettle for thirty minutes, then add sugar and boil twenty minutes. Skim well and jar while boiling hot. Use ripe solid berries with good flavor.
A simple lemon pie method combines one cup sugar, egg yolks, two eggs, one heaping teaspoon cornstarch, lemon extract, and thick sour milk. Bake in one crust, then top with beaten egg whites and brown briefly for a light pie.
Professor Ay toun asked Miss Emily Jane Wilson to marry him and asked her to speak to her father Christopher North. Emily asks her father in the library and the answer pinned to her desk reads With the author's compliments, delivering success.
In the June Journal of the Outdoor Life Drs Brown and Heise of Saranac Lake compare the germs of pulmonary tuberculosis to overexercise, noting a doubled bodily load from irritation and urging rest with properly regulated exercise as essential. They conclude that graded activity aids recovery, reduces relapse risk, and improves the patient’s earning capacity and financial independence.
Consumers urged to examine Castoria bottles for the correct signature and over 30 years of use as a safe remedy. The message notes children cry for Fletcher's Castoria and emphasizes brand familiarity.
The exchange jokes about a dog and poultry show where a Skye terrier wins first prize as a Mongolian hen. The witticism highlights a mix up between dog and chicken categories, reflecting playful newspaper humor.
The passage presents a humorous quip about avoiding chores while insisting on persistence. It also promotes Dr. Pierce's Pellets as a cure for constipation and related health issues, framing them as a remedy in a period tone.
Mrs J G Johnson of Scottville Michigan credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with keeping her healthy while managing a farm and thirteen children. She says the remedy prevents backache and bearing down pains and praises its use for a daughter with painful periods and irregularity.
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