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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1915
Page
7
The August Iowa crop report projects bigger yields across corn oats barley potatoes apples and hay with pastures at peak. Corn shows a 14 million bushel lift from a month ago and oats potatoes apples and hay also rise while foot and mouth disease poses continued risk to livestock.
Several months ago in northern France, Prince Leopold Duke of Brabant, heir to Albert king of the Belgians, joined the Twelfth regiment as a private. At fourteen he is described as manly and diligent, with his father stating he expects his son to finish the war if needed.
J Picoux reports from near Geneva that from a high clear spot he could distinctly see the Copernicus crater with the naked eye at sunset when the crater was lit while the surrounding terrain remained in shadow, marking a remarkable lunar sighting.
At a Royal Asiatic Society meeting Professor Khan described experiments across years. Animals in special musician houses in India showed sensitivity to music with cows dancing to a bagpipe and a bird tapping the player for more music, suggesting varied responses to instruments.
A discussion notes how a wrist watch, once seen as mere foppery, proved practically vital when it deflected a bullet and saved an English soldier's life in combat.
An instructional note explains why proper air circulation is essential in ice boxes. It details how warm air rises and cool air sinks, the location of the coldest area, and the need for passages to sustain circulation. It urges keeping the ice compartment well supplied to maintain cooling effectiveness.
Practical cooking tips on cookware choices and food handling. Do not let hot food cool in metal pans. use agate or china ware. Green vegetables go into boiling water with a pinch of bicarbonate then salted when cooked. Keep covered when roasting meat to trap steam. Soak shank bones to enrich gravies and soup. Do not salt haricot beans until nearly cooked to prevent splitting. boil then refresh water.
The specialist notes that cream must be cold and thick with about 80 percent butterfat for successful whipping. Ordinary coffee cream at 30 to 40 percent fat is too thin. Chill the cream in a covered bowl and place the bowl in ice water to speed the whipping process.
A traditional broth method with neck mutton, barley and diced vegetables. Prunes bones and fat, sears meat, adds salt pepper parsley and a flour-thickened broth after three hours simmering, using three quarts water.
Remove gristle and fat from meat for beef tea and simmer with hand cut vegetables in water. Add the beef tea meat, simmer four hours, strain through a hair sieve, and mold the liquid into a nourishing jelly suitable for invalids. Use fresh vegetables.
Pound six bitter almonds and boil in three pints of milk add half a teaspoon salt and three tablespoons sugar. Beat separately three eggs then fold in the frothy whites lightly with the yolks. Let the milk stop boiling remove from the fire and whisk in eggs until foamy. Serve hot in small bowls.
Cookies jumbles and small cakes are in constant demand for the tea table. Young children often take two or three of these treats into the school lunch box daily. The small cakes require time and patience, but success makes the effort worthwhile.
A compact bake guide mixes half a pound flour and quarter pound each of butter and sugar with two eggs. Add a small cup of milk and a tablespoon baking powder. Stir in grated cocoa nut and bake in buttered tins in a moderately quick oven.
A sermon discusses how outward piety can mask lack of power, warning that Satan now uses educated and respected figures within churches to spread false teachings. It urges testing religious systems by God’s power, fosters personal Bible study, and stresses relying on Church teachings and prayer to stand firm.
The quote from Henry Wace emphasizes belief over science, stating that a true Christian begins with faith not self knowledge. It highlights commitment to creed rather than theoretical understanding in religious life.
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