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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1912
Page
9
A diffident suitor woos a reigning belle with a bouquet, yet frets over a faltering introduction. He recalls a boastful phrase about taking pearls to Newcastle and stumbles to the door, muttering that he meant to bring flowers but misreads the moment.
A former patient recounts how a doctor urged food over medicines during severe gastritis. Grape-Nuts aided recovery, restoring appetite, strength, color, memory, and general health over a year. The Postum Co. of Battle Creek, Mich. promotes the cereal and its book The Road to Wellville with the slogan There's a reason.
An article argues housekeepers can stretch food budgets by using cheaper meat substitutes like cheese and eggs. It details protein equivalents and energy comparisons, noting two thirds of a pound of cheese provides similar muscle-building nutrients to one pound of beef and that half a pound of cheese yields as much energy as a pound of beef.
Shirtwaist boxes once simple cretonne covered storage have become a recognizable furniture item. They are built like small stands with white wood tops and glass over cretonne in matching coverings. Boxes feature tiny glass knobs and mirror-like fronts. Prices run similar to small white painted bureaus.
A scrambled domestic note describes making peach leather or danuts from freestone peaches. It instructs peeling pitting and mashing fruit, pressing pulp, adding sugar, cooking briefly, and drying on plates until edges release from the plate. Dust with sugar and roll, then store in a dry place for months.
A historic jelly cake recipe uses auger and butter steamed together with milk and flour mixed with cream tartar and spices. Half the batter bakes, then a layer of malasses raisins and cinnamon clove and allspice is added before baking the second layer. Jelly is spread between the hot layers.
P J Parrott reports pear thrips causing blight in New York and other eastern orchards. Adults small brown insects attack buds and blossoms, with larvae damaging calyx cups and leaf folds. Spraying during bud break with nicotine and kerosene emulsion or soap proved most effective. timing varies by location.
The article extols fruit growing rewards for careful planters and proper care. It warns against crowding plants, urges good varieties and ground, and stresses economical yet thorough work. Start small, gain experience, and learn rotation to maximize profits and success.
George A Birmingham notes peasant marriage as a bargaining practice in which partners are joined by exchange like sheep and cattle, a ritual tied to pride and stability in some cultures. An occasion recounts a cottage visit where a mistress humorously confirms marriage by offering a chest of drawers and a promise of future offspring.
Wisconsin state bulletin outlines storage best practices for feeding roots. Recommends a 16 inch root cellar near feed area, or cement-built pits if no cellar, with conical piles insulated by straw and dirt, ventilated at apex, and adjustable for winter use. Proper temperature above freezing and housing efficiency emphasized.
An advertisement describes a home regimen for pimples and blackheads using Cuticura Ointment briefly on affected areas then washed off after five minutes. It promotes Cuticura Soap for regular cleansing to prevent inflammation and clogged pores and offers free samples and a Skin Book via a Boston address.
A traveling man at a Cassady Times hotel finds a hair in honey and then in cream, the landlord blames combed honey and shaved sea. More oddity follows with hair in an apple and Baldwin apples. Kansas City Journal notes the gag. In Sounds Familiar a preacher’s Sunday sermon on theft prompts satire about church politics.
A fragment describes a cream dessert made with 11 pints milk one eighth box gelatin yolks three eggs four tablespoons sugar vanilla. Dissolve gelatin in milk, heat, beat eggs and sugar, combine, cook to thick, temper with whites, then fold in beaten egg whites and serve with cream.
Crafting fine crumbs quickly by placing stale bread into a muslin bag and rubbing gently through the bag. Tea at the top aids aeration, producing fine texture suitable for any use.
A concise cooking tip advises frying any fish battered with yellow cornmeal. Do not use a thin egg coating. Ensure the fish is dry before rolling in cornmeal and frying as usual.
Suffering women recount improvement after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Mrs Henry Leisleberg and Mia G B Whittington share relief from female complaints after following the company’s directions. The Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Mass notes many such letters and offers confidential advice from a woman.
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