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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1903
Page
5
A turkey atop the tallest tree muses on the idea of thanksgiving. He questions why humans proclaim gratitude while he seeks only to do his best and wonders if he should join in the thanks they publicly publish.
A married woman recalling a dreamlike visitation in her drawing room confronts past choices. Visions reveal a loving couple’s path from careless elegance to looming ruin, dies of neglect, and a near tragedy from laudanum. In the end the couple reconciles, saved by love and responsibility.
For dinner table decoration favor warm tints and avoid pure white. Use crimson old gold or bronze tones with holly mistletoe and roses as undergrowth. Frosted branches add charm with bright ribbon bows. lamps and candles should have shades matching the main color scheme. Tall tubes suit large tables.
A turkey garnished with sausage has a festive appearance. Thirty minutes before finish, add link sausages and turn them to color evenly. Sausage flavor enhances the turkey, and giblet sauce is prepared by mincing giblets and adding to gravy after the fat is removed.
A Thanksgiving alternative suggests substituting two ducklings for turkey. Prepare a dressing with fried onion, butter, crumbs, and stewed tomatoes. Roast rare, baste often, skim fat, add giblets gravy, and thicken. Serve with currant or spiced plum jelly.
The fortune bone in Virginia tradition determines marriage fate. Two singles pull the bone. the shorter end signals who marries first. A second divination places the short end over a door. the first opposite sex passerby is said to marry the bone holder.
The piece surveys rooftop and unusual gardens from a roof garden on the Thames embankment near Blackfriars to a fishing smack garden, canal boats, and underground mines in South Wales. It notes portable gardens on railway stations, a miniature cactus exhibit, and growing horseradish barrels arriving at Covent Garden.
Philadelphia Ledger recalls a veteran laundry owner who profited about 809 dollars from selling unclaimed linen. He recounts another former operator who earned nearly 3000 dollars by pilfering customer items, aided by his wife, as customers grew suspicious and business collapsed.
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