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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1917
Page
8
A collection of kitchen and cleaning tips including lemon juice to prevent browning of breads and mushrooms, soap remnants melted into jelly for soap usage, rendering fat with potatoes for frying, using bluing to prevent hard water spots, and logwood ammonia solutions for black cloth care. Also suggests plant leaves in muslin for neuralgia relief and cautions about logwood ammonia solution as a poison.
A Country Gentleman correspondent explains linseed poultice use and a new method by a renowned physician. Crushed linseed yields softer poultices, store two to three in an air tight tin. Boiling with water is replaced by mixing scalding water with linseed meal, spreading on heated rag, muslin or paper, then covering with cotton wool and oiled silk and securing with a bandage.
Pat visits a clock shop where only cuckoo clocks remain and their performance astonishes him. The salesman shows one striking to reveal a cuckoo that darts out, leaving Pat bemused by the need to wind and feed the bird.
The text reviews armed neutralities led by Russia in 1780 and 1800 as defenses of free ships and goods, then explains U S actions during France England hostilities, including 1798 measures under President Adams to protect commerce, expand naval power, and authorize war readiness. It notes a later France settlement of claims and parallels to a modern bill by Senator Fall.
During a royal review Sir Ian Hamilton’s corps faced a comical moment when a horse formerly owned by a baker refused to move after a spectator shouted “Baker.” The rider then shouted a quick retort and the horse immediately resumed its march, eliciting relief from onlookers.
Mrs. Mary Gossamick was fined $2.50 and costs for disorderly conduct by Alderman Frank B. Brown. She produced two large potatoes from her clothing and offered them to the alderman who accepted them and demanded $300 bail. She offered a ton of coal in her cellar as bail and was told to go home.
The navy completes plans to mobilize motorboats over fifty feet long as submarine chasers. Contracts allow outright purchases or government leasing. owners may assist or hire boats. Plan calls for 50 foot boats armed with six inch guns to patrol air routes and the Great Lakes. Enrolled in reserve are 250 boats with 2,000 more available.
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