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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1910
Page
9
An ad extols Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for preserving purifying and beautifying skin scalp hair and hands. It notes worldwide availability from Petter Drug & Chem Corp and offers a free Cuticura Book. A separate paragraph recounts a matron’s engagement rumor involving jewelry store visits and a commercial report on a suitor.
A family moving to a suburb bought the largest dog from a local dog fancier in hopes of security. Burglaries occurred while the big dog slept. The owner was advised to get a smaller dog to wake the large protector.
A man on Atlantic City sand recalls a past encounter as he notices a woman nearby. He gathers courage, approaches her, and they reminisce about a brief summer chat from two years ago, sparked by a memory of blue silk stockings.
William A. Radford offers free reader inquiries on building and decorating in this column. He emphasizes wall colors influence mood and explains practical planning for rooms, noting the wife often controls closets, pantry, and wall decor choices in home design.
The design favors cheery dining tones and restful browns in living spaces with a strong fireplace in the large living room. Beamed ceilings, wall colors like bluff, green, blue, and pink, and a 28 by 29 foot plan define a family home meant to be lived in, not a showroom.
Dizzying household guide shares do it yourself mixtures for baking powder tooth powder wood floor polish and hard soap. It lists ingredients like bicarbonate of soda cream of tartar corn starch bees wax turpentine potash borax and ammonia with simple steps for mixing heating dissolving and curing into usable products.
In Skibo archives a foreman filled a standard injury slip for James Miles on March 5 1880 reporting a toe crushed by an ox dent blow from a sledge. The note includes a quip about repeating the remark to the clerk.
An anxious friend criticizes Briggins for chasing flashy wealth. The reply mocks his arrogance, noting his belief in security from a thoroughbred horse and a thorough butter goat while ignoring practical bread and butter concerns.
Dialog from New York Weekly describes two passengers aboard a train, one proposing an eloping plan while the other notes the couple is already married. The second passenger mentions the first has spent two hours in the smoking car.
Great-grandmother’s sponge cake method by Mrs. May Peintner calls for weighing eggs and sugar and using half their weight in flour with lemon rind and juice. Yolks beaten to pale cream, sugar added, light mixture folded with whipped whites, and gradual oven temperature rise after rising.
Green corn fritters are a seasonal delicacy. Use grated corn with milk flour egg salt and baking powder to batter on a hot griddle. Omit the egg or adjust flour and milk for consistency. If no cob knife is available score rows and scrape out milk with the knife.
A sponge cake is prepared by removing the center to form a shell. Jelly made from lemon orange strawberry or coffee is set inside. After cooling a whipped cream topping is added and a custard is poured around the gelatine. Lemon jelly with egg whites is noted as tasty.
Recipe steps describe beating sugar and eggs, adding cream and sifted flour with baking powder, a pinch of salt, then baking in a buttered mold for about 30 minutes. Serve with a light sauce.
Pietro, drifting in Florida and allied with a railroad gang, ignored the rattlesnake warning he trusted. While eating on a pine log, a large rattler coiled nearby and struck at the bark as he lifted his legs. He exclaimed in alarm as the snake bit the log rather than him.
He asks what is wrong as they drive by the seashore. She confesses feeling blue and says no one loves her and her hands are cold. He reassures her that God and her mother love her, and jokes she can sit on her hands.
The exchange centers on Three-Finger Sam and a boast about Stage Coach Charley in Crimson Gulch. The train no longer stops, as the town fears the railroad after Charley settled there.
An 1880s style advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cures and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous booster taken internally. Endorsers Walding Kinnan Marvin certify Cheney's integrity and ability to fulfill obligations. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation and lists price and procuring details.
A playful exchange between spouses unfolds over a birthday gift. One asks which color suits the other best, signaling a light morning plan and affectionate teasing. The snippet captures domestic warmth and intent to shop for a present.
A collage of old ads touts Red Cross Ball Blue at five cents and Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething. The fragment mentions a man who wrote a book on getting rich and claims he achieved wealth in reality.
Cream butter and sugar then add yolks and water. Fold in flour with cream of tartar and soda. Stir in stiffly beaten egg whites and bake.
Slice peppers lengthwise and boil until tender, then drain and fry in lard. Serve as a tasty accompaniment to steak or any meat.
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