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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1911
Page
9
A comic vignette recalls Professor Ay toun asking Miss Emily Jars Wilson to speak to her father. Emily’s father pins the author’s compliment to her dress, prompting a delighted reaction. The piece blends anecdote with light satire from period humor.
Mrs J G Jonson of Scottville Michigan praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for backache bearing down pains and fatigue from hard farm work. She credits it with improving her health and that of her daughter addressing painful periods and irregularity. The remedy is described as made from native roots and herbs and free of narcotics or harmful drugs.
W W Bonn s Maine Agricultural Experiment Station reports increasing use of spraying on economic plants, especially fruit, to combat insects and fungi. It compares Bordeaux mixture drawbacks with home made lime sulfur concentrates, detailing preparation, densities, and the need for hydrometers and practical equipment for safe, cost effective use.
A study notes typhoid and diphtheria germs can resist cold but are largely destroyed by freezing. It warns that tainted ice from polluted water can cause outbreaks, citing the St Lawrence hospital epidemic near Ogdensburg caused by river ice tainted by sewer outflow.
Kohlrabi is a popular European vegetable and less common in America due to limited familiarity. When grown properly it offers a delicate flavor compared with turnips and should be planted in moist soil. Thinings should keep plants six to seven inches apart, with rows about 18 inches apart for wheel hoes and 28 to 30 inches for horses cultivators.
A farmer describes harvesting clover hay by cutting after dew, using a feeder to process the cut. He stacks tall, slender shocks that stand until morning, then brings them to the barn and piles the hay. If rain comes, he lets it stand in shocks for two or three days to dry further.
Instructions describe making protective tubes from stiff paper wrapped around a three inch shaft and tacked to form four inch long sleeves to surround tomato plants and other crops to shield them from cutworms. An illustration is referenced.
Kumquats or little oranges will come in boxes at the fruit store and fascinate readers who have never tried them. An uptown chef serves them with leaves chilied on a plate, then covers edges with finely sliced Kumquats marinated in sugar and sherry, dressed with oil and vinegar. Alligator pears appear mysterious to many housewives and should be cold and slightly soft. Halved pears rest on white lettuce on individual plates and are filled with French dressing, eaten with a spoon like muskmelon.
Instructions describe loosening cave seats turning the chair upside down and pouring boiling water over it then scouring in hot soapsuds to recondition. A floor polish from equal parts of linseed oil and methylated spirits is applied for a brilliant finish. For paint stains a paste of lime and soda moistened with water is left on 24 hours then washed off.
Sweatbreads are washed and parboiled then cut into pieces and browned in butter. A can of French peas is added, then flour milk and cornstarch to thicken. Serve with toasted diamond shapes around the dish.
Roll four Bermuda onions about ten minutes. Chop about three of the centers with ten cents worth of cold boiled ham. Mix this with buttered bread crumbs and stuff onions. Place in pan with a lump of butter on top. Make a thin white sauce and pour around onions. Bake covered forty six minutes, uncover, sprinkle with buttered crumbs, and brown nineteen minutes.
Instructions describe making a milk soup using two large Spanish onions four potatoes celery and about three eggs worth of bread. Simmer chopped vegetables with bread in a quart of water until thick then rub through a sieve. Add about a half pint of boiling milk season with pepper and malt to taste and do not boil after adding milk.
A village white Washer Uncle Reuben frequently borrowed small sums from Colonel Arkwright. He repaid most debts but delayed a two dollar fifty loan for weeks. At the post office the colonel confronted him. Reuben explained he needed the money for ten dollars to place in savings, promising to repay and not forgetting the loan.
A fragment urges hard-working farmers to join a prosperity scheme through the Commissioner, Board of Trade, Sankatoon Saskatchewan, promising wealth amid wartime prosperity and urging immediate action for those not doing well. The ad mentions clothing and borrowing, hinting at cooperative or promotional schemes.
In a rushed exchange, a mistress asks about a loud, profane noise in the kitchen. Kittie explains it’s nothing, a cook rejecting a proposed lay from the ashman as reported in Harper's Bazaar.
Notice urges careful examination of Castoria bottles for infants and children. Promises over 30 years of use and requires the signature EME. Includes language about children crying for Fletcher's Castoria.
Fragmentary text mixes gossip and advertisements with odd phrases about universal peace and infogma tion. It mentions religion, individual soul, and advice lines, with scattered product references and aphorisms.
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