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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1908
Page
9
A historic recipe describes skinless chicken or turkey preparation. It instructs simmering chicken with water salt butter then mixing sour with paste to form a paste and butter, pounding in a mortar, adding egg yolks salt pepper nutmeg and cream, sieving, shaping into quenelles, poaching in boiling water, draining, and serving with tomato sauce.
Practical advice on preserving food and cookware and making whipped cream. Tips cover keeping honey dark, protecting glassware with wooden tools, drying okra, borax in milk, lemons boiled to reuse, door hinges, paint cleaning with whiting, and new methods for cream whip. Includes cautions about kerosene and hot turpentine dangers.
A home cooking snippet outlines Maple Apples with almond stuffing and maple sugar glaze, Giblet Gravy using giblet broth, and Scrambled Eggs with Peas. It also offers a quick tip to save steps by mounting brass hooks above the stove for utensils and a suggestion to serve dried toast with asparagus or meats in gravy.
A vintage kitchen note offers croquettes made from mashed potatoes and any minced meat, with hot milk or cream, butter, eggs, and breadcrumbs then fried to brown. It suggests using cold leftovers, and even small turnip or vegetable bits for flavor. Also includes a simple cracker pudding with milk crackers eggs sugar raisins cinnamon and salt baked slowly.
Guidance on selecting fish with good nutriment and plentiful supply. Boiling uses peeling water, cooking until the meat comes easily from bones. Steaming preferred for delicate kinds. Frying should precede adding batter and avoid rancid fat. Mackerel not washed for broiling. fresh fish have bright eyes red gills and firm body. smell as a guide.
Parboiled sweetbreads are minced with mushrooms parsley onion juice and spices then cooked with cream and butter. The mixture is breaded and fried to a brown finish. Baby care tips include a table bath cradle and sugar to ease coughs plus curtain poles for hanging baby clothes.
The article urges placing a mirror at the center of tables to reflect small floral arrangements and ferns for cooler, daintier looks. It also suggests a fern in china or silver in the center and offers quick kitchen tips from Harper’s Bazar on serving stuffed baked squash, paraffin jelly sealing, and tender mutton by simmering in mild water.
A five year old girl under King Edward VII is disciplined with an ivory paper knife after repeated mischief. Her mother explains the act, Muriel pauses, then declares she will inform God and Jesus, and will wear flannel on her legs if needed.
Mrs. Alsy Cockburn of Shiloh Ohio recalls her son Clyde plagued by eczema for nearly a year with scabs bleeding and fear of lifelong disfigurement. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent he slept that first night and, within six weeks, was perfectly well per her leading physician’s recommendation. June 1997.
In a humorous exchange Reginald tries to quit scraping, but his betrothed Dow objects to his disagreeable breath as he declares his engagement. The scene mirrors a lighthearted domestic squabble.
The orator and teacher discusses literary quaintness at Columbia University. He recounts a fairy tale style episode where a little girl misbehaves and instructs her brother to leave as their mother corrects her in a room.
A mother and child walk by a filthy organ grinder with his monkey. The girl, asked by her mother to give a penny, hesitates and asks if she should give it to the monkey or his father, then decides how to proceed. The remark is attributed to Lippincott's.
An old time newspaper ad style item lists PETTIT'S EYE SALVE by Howard Brox in Buffalo NY, promising relief for eye strain and weak watery eyes. It multiplies as a tonic and claims various remedies for ailments with brand names like PAZO OINTMENT for piles and Lewis' Single Binder cigars. Various quips about virtue and personal conduct appear amid catalog copy and household product mentions.
A terse dialogue shows a boy asking for change from a generous man. The man hands over five dollars, and the boy reveals he was curious about the amount in circulation, expressing quiet wonder at money in the world.
Frank J. Cheney of Toledo makes oath that the firm F J Cheney & Co will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by board and medicine. The statement promotes Cheney’s remedy as a blood and mucous membrane healer and urges readers to request testimonials from the firm’s Toledo address and druggists.
The text references Ethelbert’s daughter and a lost pill from a ring, linking to a Philadelphia Public Lodger story. It mentions a doctor father, a fifth birthday, and a ring with a pearl, plus scattered ad-like lines about Castoria, Bromine quine, and smokers. The excerpt is disjointed with multiple product snippets.
A Manning woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with saving her life after years of severe female complaints and costly treatments. The letter touts the product as a standard remedy for displacements inflammation ulcers fibroids irregularities pain backache and nervous prostration and invites other sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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