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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1915
Page
8
A mixed digest recalls historical dates and figures October events from 1492 Columbus discovery to 1777 Burgoyne surrender, plus notes of Ruth’s home party and a mosquito bite remedy. It teases campus life with a poem line and a study in contrasts between history and humor.
The article notes about 4200 islands in the Japanese empire and mentions the Mohammedan religion. The exact context and dates are unclear due to fragmentary text.
A household tip describes letting boiling water sit in items such as the percolator chafing dish teapot serving tray and more to brighten and restore them before cleaning. The method aims to ease subsequent scrubbing and restore shine. The passage emphasizes trial of the technique to evaluate its effectiveness.
The page covers topics from opera history with Howard Payne to population notes on Ferr Indians and alternatives to glycerine in dynamite. It includes a candy making tip Brown Betty Brittie and a copper cleaning method using oxalic acid, plus a reader question about heating utensils to ease cleaning.
Practical tips for kitchen work include serving grated cheese over mashed potatoes and selecting a sunny yellow for a new kitchen. It also notes dress design with ornamental pockets and offers methods for cleaning patti brushes and preserving food with hot canning guidance.
Miss Elizabeth Weiss resigns and leaves for McMillan to care for her brother's house. Mr. and Mrs. William Nickolai plan to move to Richfield. Miss Anna Gleicsner of Grand Rapids visits. Mr. and Mrs. Folz of Rozellville attend church with their son John Martin. Frank Goldbach buys 80 acre Hewitt farm for 11000 and moves next Friday. New baby for Mr. and Mrs. Emil Hinte. Anna Gleicksner hosts candy-pull. Math Jonas builds and fills a silo. Subscriptions offer four magazines with The Times for one year at 1.68.
The Hasseler boys baled hay for Fred Wondrow last week while Schiller Bros. threshing crews work for local farmers. Miss Minnie Ohm sews for Mrs. Gallatin, who was briefly ill. H J Koplein of Marshfield rye for Thos. Horn. Lizzie Wanke and Josephine Roecklein visited Mary Horn. First snow fell Thursday night, early for the season.
Mrs Charles Hec ke and her son Hary visited relatives in McMillan and Stratford. Albert and John Johnson of Marshfield spent time with Brown Morey on Sunday afternoon. B Minton stayed in Fenwood for several days. Henry Eckes and family from the city visited at William Eckes's on Sunday afternoon. A number from the vicinity attended Peter Bells auction in Bakerville on Tuesday. The note adds a tip that home preserved fruit improves if canned three hours before use to aerate.
A plum pudding style ice cream is made by scalding milk and cream with sugar, then melting chocolate into the hot mix. Raisins and currants soaked and squeezed blend with cinnamon, cloves, vanilla, and brandy whipped cream for serving. Freeze in a mold for a pudding like presentation.
Six green apples are peeled cored and halved then arranged cut side down in a pan. Sugar, butter, and water are added and the dish is simmered slowly until tender and coated in a caramel sauce. Serve hot as a dessert or with boiled rice.
Sanford Bennett, age seventy, claims he regained vitality by redoing infant exercises from childhood. He says natural movements and aimless exercising of a growing infant trained the body, making him feel younger than he did at fifty.
An old style promotion touts Dr Miles Laxative Tablets for children and women. It cites the Sisters of Christian Charity in Luzerne pa praising good results and notes candy like taste, pleasant appearance, and guaranteed refund if no benefit. A box of 25 doses is 23 cents, not sold in bulk, Miles Medical Co Elkhart Ind.
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