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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1912
Page
7
In a tense scene Jean Dickerson describes a family clash as Jack confronts Mr. Sellew and his father over inheritance and marriage. The patriarch asserts firm control of the Sellew vote while threats and sharp dialogue reveal deep political and personal rifts.
Jacob Sellen, a money minded magnate, contends with his daughter Alice and lover Jack Kendrick over happiness and inheritance. A Fourth of July fireworks mishap at Kendrick estate forces a humbling awakening, as Jack helps via a cooling intervention and Sellen resolves to a safer celebration future.
Mrs. H. H. Greenstreet of 220 N. 18th St Richmond Virginia reports five years of kidney trouble with a lame back and limited mobility. After using various remedies she found lasting relief with Doan's Kidney Pills and urges others with kidney issues to use the same product sold for 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY promotes the remedy with the slogan When Your Back Is Lame Remember the Name.
In Jamaica Bay a large sea turtle snatched bait and pulled John Leonard into the water during a fishing trip. The animal escaped after the line broke, taking with it Leonard’s new $6.50 rod and leaving him soaked but safe.
In Des Moines Iowa party leaders plan a Bateman resolution to absolve Republicans who refuse to support Taft. A Roosevelt plank will join the State Republican platform as progressives outnumber conservatives. Conservatives seek to push their case at the convention while radicals threaten further action if Taft remains in the race.
Atlantic City delegates at the Prohibition party convention see no fusion with other parties and no name change to National Progressive. Eight candidates contest the presidential nomination with several new names like Co W Stewart and Clinton N Howard discussed as insurgent possibilities. The second spot remains open as the field narrows.
Dr. William A. White, renowned alienist and head of the Federal Insane Asylum in Washington, testifies that Mart y K Thaw is sane and shows no deviation from normal in the Stanford White slaying. He says Thaw can be released, amid ongoing testimony and case summing expected to stretch into Friday or Monday.
Women's department notes a range of children's and ladies hats in cretonne, silk, and lace with flowers, Valenciennes, and muslin. It highlights diaphanous summer frocks, patterned silk linings, and the cassock design overdress. Also advises on green soap use for skin and provides a tomato bisque recipe with steps.
Prepare spaghetti in salted boiling water with butter onion and garlic. Make tomato sauce with onion celery parsley bay leaf salt and pepper, strain, thicken slightly, add olives. Combine with spaghetti, reheat to boil and serve with grated cheese.
Instructions describe Indian Milk Pudding with scalded milk, Indian meal, molasses, salt, and ginger, baked in slow oven two hours, served with cream. Also covered are Sour Mill Biscuits using flour, baking powder, salt, butter, sour milk, and soda, mixed to form rounds and baked twenty minutes. A Fine Sponge Cake recipe follows with beaten egg whites, sugar, lemon, cream of tartar, and careful folding, baked briefly in a hot oven.
Melt butter and flour then whisk in scalded milk. Add salt cayenne and cheese. Stir in egg yolks until lemon colored. Cool and fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in a buttered dish twenty minutes in a slow oven and serve immediately.
A Philadelphia luncheon anecdote shared by Miss Eleanor Sears illustrates how early exposure to multilingual caregivers can create fluent linguists. She recalls a Boston mother seeking an interpreter when an Italian nurse was unavailable to understand her child.
Simple biscuit recipe: mix a teaspoon sour cream into a pint of sweet milk with salt soda and cream of tartar. Stir to a soft dough, cut into biscuits and brush with melted butter. Bake fifteen minutes in a hot oven.
Hints to the Hostess discuss adapting entertaining to hot weather with cool colors and dishes. A recent luncheon uses green, yellow, and white in decor with fern and daisy centerpiece, pale green candle shades, and pale mint and pistachio bonbons. The menu includes cantaloupe, Benedictine, cold chicken, parsley, green peas, and iced tea served in slender glasses.
A delicate hatpin features two rattles of lace with a central wreath of six pastel ribbon roses. The roses are small and each is arranged around a quarter dollar sized wreath, with lace ruffles spreading out like a dainty crown ornament.
A recipe describes preparing a bone removed pork shoulder filled with a sage and onion or bread crumb dressing and butter. It is tied and roasted with lemon rind salt and pepper, finished with pan drippings gravy. The piece also notes a Maryland political scene with oyster and terrapin references and a Democratic progressive nomination affecting the race.
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