Coffee brewing debates linger in kitchens and delis
Edith M. Barber discusses varying methods for making coffee from old New York German restaurants to modern drip machines. She emphasizes fresh beans, proper grinding, and water temperature, noting percolators reduced brewing time and offering recipes for coffee sauce and coffee jelly.
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Edith M. Barber
New York
Big Bad Wolf Keeps Calm Amid Winter Coal Stock
The dialogue features the Big Bad Wolf boasting of a winter coal supply while another character questions payment. The exchange ends with a light, humorous note about optimism and disagreement.
Blind Boy Wrestler Pays Tuition With Cow
Jeffrey, a totally blind student at Brigham Young University, funded his education by owning a cow on a hay farm. He lived in a room there, subsisting on milk as board and room, selling surplus milk to cover tuition, books, and fees while competing in the 155 pound wrestling class and earning fame for his grit.
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Provo
Utah
Jeffrey
Brigham Young University
Language shifts attach alcohol sense to rhum and rum
The passage explains that rhum and rum acquired alcoholic meanings due to sound similarity and misconceptions about their original meanings. It notes how etymology and mishearing influenced usage.
Horned Rooster Is Boss of Oregon Chicken Yard
Walterville Oregon reports a horned rooster presiding over the Clarence Potter barnyard. A two horned growth on the fowl's comb appeared at one month old and has grown in size with the rooster. The horn points are the same color as the comb.
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Walterville
Ore
Clarence Potter
White Hawk Captured in Delaware County
The first pure white hawk reported in this vicinity was captured recently by a Delaware county farmer in a steel trap placed in his chicken yard.
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White Hawk
Muncie
Delaware County
Record 10 Hour Bible Recital by Guy W. Green Stuns Kansas City
Guy W. Green is believed to have set a lasting mark by reciting the Bible from memory for ten hours in Kansas City. The feat drew attention as onlookers witnessed the endurance event and the crowd applauded the sustained delivery.
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Kansas City
Guy W. Green
Coffee Sponge Mold Dessert With Whipped Cream
A dessert recipe describes soaking gelatin in cold water then adding it to hot coffee with sugar. The mixture is strained, cooled over ice water, whipped until stiff, folded with stiff egg whites, molded, chilled, unmolded, and served with whipped cream. Bell Syndicate. WNU Service.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
How It Started By Jean Newton
ERE is an opprobrious epithet used for heavy drinkers though often treated as slang. The piece traces rummy from rum to rhum, noting uk dropped bh, and links rom to a Saxon priest term later tied to resistance to church ritual.
My Neighbor SAYS Lamb Stews and Kitchen Tips
ECK of lamb is inexpensive and nutritious, good for stews pot pies and escalloped dishes. Wash black lace with ammonia and coffee. mirrors exposed to sun become cloudy. Cut hard shell squash into pieces before boiling, then season and brown in the oven.
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Associated Newspapers
WNU
Women Opera Club in New York Opens Affordable Seats
A new Women’s Grand Opera Club forms at Mrs. August Belmont’s request to provide affordable grand tier boxes for Saturday subscription performances. Active chairwoman Mrs. Joseph R. Truesdale leads a 100 member group with two membership classes, joining the Metropolitan Opera scene alongside other clubs like the Men’s Metropolitan Opera Club and the National Opera Club.
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August Belmont
Joseph R. Truesdale
New Club
Metropolitan
Metropolitan Opera Club
National Opera Club
Katherine Evans von Klenner
MacDowell Association
Ben All Haggin
Rejuvenating Cattle Treatments Break Sterility Barriers
Professor Eugen Steinach shifts from surgical rejuvenation to injections of a concentrated progynon hormone to combat sterility in Swiss cattle. The note compares the work to Gertrude Atherton’s novel Black Oxen, suggesting scientists may have applied rejuvenation ideas to animals.
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Eugen Steinach
Switzerland
Steinach
Gertrude Atherton
Science Service
Literary Digest
Dr Pierce's Favorite a e alcohol marketed to women
The ad proclaims Dr Pierce's Favorite a e as a weakness remedy for women. It notes it is sold by druggists in tablet or liquid form and suggests a lighthearted line about age and a rat as a metaphor.
Face Cleared by Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad
Miss Anna Krouchick of Scranton Pa shares a personal testimonial after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment to clear a severe facial acne problem. She notes itchiness and sleepless nights prior to treatment and cites buying three cakes of soap and two boxes of ointment with complete healing.
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Anna Krouchick
Emmett St
Scranton
Cuticura Laboratories
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Malden
Mass
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