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Newspaper
Marshall Republican
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
7
The passage blends anecdotes about Samuel Butler and Darwin with a quip from Youth's Companion and a Riding School dialogue. It contrasts Butler’s posthumous fame with his life, recalls a hippo scene told by Darwin, and ends with notes on mounting left due to historical swords and a brief cash versus check remark from Mexican commerce.
A Tennessee woman credits Postum with transforming her health after years of coffee use. She recounts severe indigestion, nervousness, and insomnia, headaches from caffeine, and major weight gain before switching to Postum. Her recovery supports the claim, and she urges others to try the product as a genuine testimonial from the Postum Co. Read The Road to Wellville in the package.
The passage describes DIY decor and small crafts including a Snap Shot Album with gray paper, blotter corners, and cretonne covers. Paper Owls made from brown tissue with yellow eyes attached to a twig. and small leather or linen twine boxes and matchbox crafts for tables.
Create a five point star from cardboard five inches tall and cover with gold or silver leaf. Make about 165 broom straws painted gold or silver and paste them behind the star in three-straw bunches. Roll writing paper into a stiff rod and attach one end to a twig and the other to the star’s back to place the star atop the tree.
An early guide to festive tree decorating notes the tradition of dressing the tree at night, using hemlock cedar pine or spruce, with cotton base, artificial snow, and electric lights or candles. It suggests candy filled cornucopias, large wrapped gifts, and homemade ornaments like popcorn strings and paper flowers to create splendor.
A new Christmas table idea features a Jack Horner bell hung from the chandelier with a scarlet ribbon bow. The bell is red tissue paper with stout paper backing and scarlet ribbons connect it to the plates. At a hostess signal the ribbons are pulled releasing two souvenirs on each end.
A holiday wrapping idea suggests using white tissue paper for gift wrappers and sealing folds with decorative holly marked seals instead of ribbons. For Christmas boxes, place white tissue or cotton on top and add sprigs of holly or mistletoe for festive appeal.
A large box near pictures and scraps invites children to craft Christmas cards. The simple drop box encourages creativity and surprising effort from young makers.
Save the potato water as a nutritious byproduct for gravies soups and reheated meals. Use strained oyster liquor with cream yolks butter and flour to fill shells top with crumbs and bake quickly for rich savory oysters.
A recipe outlines a moist potato chocolate cake using butter sugar mashed potato hot milk flour eggs baking powder unsweetened chocolate cloves cinnamon and walnuts. The method folds cream together long with dissolved chocolate then adds mashed potato and spices before baking in a moderate oven.
A gingerly described bran muffin recipe lists two cups bran one cup flour sour milk butter molasses and soda. Dry ingredients are mixed then molasses with sour milk creamed and beaten, baked in small rings in a slow oven and served hot with butter.
A list of practical kitchen tricks from Delineator includes bending knife points to peel eyes from produce, shaping spoons for basting, and grinding bread to clean meat grinders. It covers economical doughnuts, roasted salted peanuts, making oleo with tallow and butter, testing bread with toothpicks, keeping iron handles cool with asbestos, and cleaning aluminum ware with sour milk.
A fragmented passage discusses the face value of the modern smile and its social impact. It notes the charm of a Wolhans pidle and the idea that a smile can overshadow beauty, referencing a dealer of Lewis' Factory.
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