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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1908
Page
3
Practical farm hints cover feeding dairy cows, hogs, sheep, poultry, and crops. Topics include milk yield, shelter, mulching, vinegar making from apples, weed control, crop rotations, manure use, and road repairs with crushed stone. Historical reminiscences about Noah Webster appear within the long artesian text.
New Haven observes the 150th anniversary of Noah Webster's birth with campus events at Yale and school ceremonies in Hartford. Webster’s dictionary and spelling book reshaped American English, while his grammar remained a standard for a century. Born in 1758 in Hartford, he was sent at age 14 by his farmer father to Yale's parish clergyman to prepare for the university.
Salem Essex Street Narbonne House built in 1680 stands intact as a fine example of seventeenth century domestic architecture. Once owned by Thomas Tves and later by Nicholas Narbonne a sea captain, it housed Miss Mary A. Narbonne who died in 1905 after living there apart from visitors, amassing a rich but insular collection later dispersed to heirs.
Amherst Mass professor John Mason Tyler a biology chair and son of a famed Greek scholar is linked to a rumored posthumous head sale contract worth 10000 dollars. Mrs Tyler distrusts the claim while the college notes inquiry and Tyler declines a direct comment.Experts reportedly esteem his head and brain as uniquely developed prompting scientific interest.
A recent Boca Grande incident describes a dolphin chasing a flying fish that flew over a anchored ship. The dolphin then leaped beneath the vessel and surfaced on the opposite side, catching the fish in midair as it descended toward the water.
Recipe style guide on roasting lamb steaming beef and chicken plus stewing and ham stock. Includes steps for lamb fat leaf cover water flavors and basing secrets for beef hambureer and pork replacing parts with onions milk and herbs. Ends with parboiled ham prep and finish with bay leaves cloves and sherry crumb crust.
A column style collection of practical tips from Good Housekeeping. Techniques include flour on eggs to curb sputtering fat, raw potato for muddy feathers, kerosene for paint marks, careful shelf folding and muslin curtains care. Also patching hot water bags, preparing fish roe custard, and foil under wallpaper to prevent stains.
Mixed Pickles recipe uses green tomatoes cabbage cucumbers and onions with mustard seed turmeric celery sugar and salt. For keeping meat warm, place the dish over boiling water covered with a metal lid and cloth to prevent drying and retain moisture.
A kitchen tip advises placing a basin of water in the oven while roasting to prevent scorching and ensure better cooking as steam reduces over browning.
A medical discussion touts whiskey as an almost infallible cure for lame back rheumatism when combined with a formula. The recipe calls for half a pint of whiskey, one ounce each of Torts Compound and Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound, taken in tablespoonful doses before meals and at bedtime. Torts Compound is from Globe Pharmaceutical Co. of Chicago, but the others are available from any druggist.
An old Irish laborer visits a New York artist and asks for money for a meal. The artist offers a quarter and sketches a plan to paint him for a dollar. The man agrees, joking that keeping the money would be easy, but wonders how he would remove it.
A historical ad urges women in unhappy homes to seek Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to restore health and enable motherhood. It claims long use, declares success in treating female ailments, and invites letters for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Mass.
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