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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 11, 1907
Page
3
A collection of kitchen instructions including a New Orleans molasses starter, fish and meat sauces, Lemon Snaps batter, New Potatoes preparation, cream topping, and gooseberry filling for pastry shells. Recipes imply home cooking guidance and stepwise processes.
A household article extols the box couch for emergency sleeping and storage but notes dust seepage. A reader describes lining enhancements using oilcloth and yellow paper to seal the lid, enabling summer gowns to stay dust free. The passage then shifts to recipes: a puff paste bake with cheese and crumbs, German Puff Balls, and Spinach Moulds with white sauce.
A letter column includes a Georgia reader sharing waffle prep, floor care with kerosene oil, and housekeeping advice. Another contributor discusses rabbit preparation, egg thawing, chimney soot, paint removal, and pie baking, urging mothers to seek practical psychology and library resources.
A collection of kitchen notes and reader tips detailing a flour and buttermilk pancake batter, a rich egg cake with butter cream icing and almonds, yeast bread methods, and household hacks. Recipes emphasize heat control, batter consistency, and using common ingredients. Readers share childhood yeast methods, stove polish tips, and safety notes for burns and cold remedies.
Wallachian embroidery offers simple yet striking designs using only buttonhole stitch. The method, introduced last fall for accessories and now expanding to dresses and parasols, uses mercerized floss with heavy outline foliage and central petal lines, requiring no padding or underlay.
Practical tips on darning stockings with neat patches and slit repairs, replacing worn toes with new pieces, springing bones in corsets for smoothness, removing bloodstains with lukewarm suds or raw starch, and lengthening skirts by adding hems yokes or tucks.
Betty urges strict order with the old adage a place for everything Laura admits she strains to keep tidy while Mabel’s habit is slightly off. Laura vows to improve though a stray pin or a crooked picture tests her patience and Betty offers light reproach.
The article traces the evolution from wooden to iron and brass bedsteads and stresses the mattress as the sanitary element. It advises on choosing felt or cotton mattresses, regular cleaning of wood frames, airing bedclothes, pillows, and slippers, and weekly airing and beating of springs and mattresses.
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