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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1913
Page
19
Housekeeping note offers thrift-friendly recipes to liven meals. Apple Soup uses apples and white stock with cream, nutmeg and sugar. Cucumber Soup relies on poison removal and egg-thickened stock. Marrow Bones are baked with mushrooms and seasonings, plated with decorative paper accessories.
A factory owner claims jelly flavor comes from preparation method. Summer juice from well boiled fruit is sealed hot in gallon jars with shellac-sealed tops, then opened later and boiled into jelly. Longer juice storage supposedly yields richer jelly. An alternate method uses a muslin jelly bag to extract juice and drain overnight.
Use the corned beef liquor, skim fat, then thicken with flour and season with pepper. Do not salt until tasting. If the beef flavor is good this makes an acceptable gravy for potatoes.
A vintage recipe note lists Bright Red Catsup using ripe tomatoes vinegar sugar and spices with clove allspice cinnamon cayenne and salt cooked to thickness. Scotch Quick Cakes combine butter sugar cinnamon eggs flour and bake quickly for small, round cakes.
Instructional note describes baking potatoes on a range using an asbestos mat and a deep pan. Wash and dry potatoes, place on mat, cover, bake about one hour, turning occasionally for even cooking and a tender interior.
Silk stain removal tip advises rubbing the fabric with ordinary table salt to lift egg stains. This quick home remedy is presented as effective for silk.
A historical note suggests a remedy for hilious headache using a teaspoonful of lemon juice mixed in a small cup of black coffee. The instruction reflects early home treatment beliefs.
A detailed guide describes a curtain arrangement using a single width at each end of the pole with straight folds to the floor. Two double widths sit near the window sill, one overlapping the other at the top, and a lapover created by a ribbon or silk twist completes the look. This method reduces stiffness and avoids central breaks at the window pole.
Readable hints describe a method to prepare spinach by steaming then grinding, seasoning with salt pepper lemon juice and light cream, chilling in molds overnight, and serving with lettuce and a round yolk of hard boiled egg on top. French dressing or mayonnaise accompanies.
When meat finishes cook, drain excess fat. If gravy is short add hot water to desired amount. For one pint gravy mix a dessert spoon flour in cold water and whisk into pan gravy. Cook five minutes, adjust thickness with water or more thickener, and season with salt. Straining is optional per taste.
Soak six macaroons in milk then heat milk with an egg cornstarch salt and the macaroons. Cook twenty minutes then stir in vanilla. Serve in a sugared dish with a sugar layer and orange slices or substitute peaches.
A vintage home baking instruction describing a fruit roll biscuit method. It lists ingredients: flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, butter, milk, an egg, raisins, currants, citron. rolling to half inch, brushing with melted butter, adding fruit, rolling, and baking. Icing uses powdered sugar cream and vanilla.
Form beef into a flat cake to fit a small frying pan. Cook until well seared on both sides, turning carefully. Season liberally with salt pepper and a little butter. Serve with tomato sauce or toast points with pan gravy poured over.
A reader shares how to make tart jelly using apples rhubarb and berries with green grapes. They describe personal tweaks to suit a householder who cannot taste test and prefers bread and biscuits over pie or pudding.
A simple savory pie combines one cup chopped beef one cup sweet milk two cups mashed potatoes and four to five onions boiled and chopped. Season with salt and pepper bake in a deep pan with two crusts of biscuit dough.
Readable text mentions women who bore healthy children after using a vegetable compound. It claims many cases exist, with some names and addresses suggested for writing, but only a few readable among thousands.
A collage of letters praises Pinkham's Compound for successful pregnancies and healthy newborns. Mothers from Alabama Vermont New Jersey North Carolina New York Ohio and beyond credit the tonic with strong babies and joyful outcomes. Each note highlights personal relief and happiness after using the product during pregnancy.
A meek man proclaims his hunting experience including buffalo and bear hunting. He invites the listener to join his wife for house hunting and bargain hunting, promising real excitement. The dialogue suggests a pushy sales or opportunity scenario.
An amateur explorer returns from stirring scenes in Mexico after fighting with revolutionists. He recounts being wounded in his first engagement with a bullet under the heart and explains his quip about his heart being in his mouth.
A persuasive ad claims dandruff harms hair and urges buying Knowlton’s Dandeline for 25 cents. It promises shinier, fuller hair within weeks and notes the product will stimulate new growth all over the scalp. Also a quick joke about a dentist and patient follows.
Apply Hanford's Balsam lightly to sores and they will gradually diminish in size. Older cases take longer, but the remedy helps hard cases after other remedies fail. Ady. The value of grindstones and pulpstones produced in the United States last year was the greatest in the industry's history.
A summer boarder asks about the variety of sweet corn while the hired man explains the corn, tomatoes and peas are all the same variety this year and canned. The scene contrasts Swiss hay with a farm pantry remark.
An old advertisement claims RUB-MY-TISM will cure rheumatism and all kinds of aches and pains including neuralgia cramps colic sprains bruises cuts old sores burns and more. It markets antiseptic anodyne at 25 cents as a remedy.
A witty exchange on lawyers and bald facta. The speaker notes lawyers are great men yet questions their grasp of details, suggesting they can split hairs even on bald facts.
An old advertisement touts Vitalitas as nature's greatest curative force to sweep away stomach liver kidney and blood derangements. It promotes Vitalitas at druggists for 1 per bottle and Vitalitas salve 60c per jar, with sales through Vital Remedies Co. in Houston Texas.
A witty exchange frames a joke about intellect and inquiry. The boob asks if an inquisitive man is a question able character, prompting the wise guy to invite the answer with a simple prompt to proceed.
Istanbul aims to build a metropolitan electric line via the Ottoman Metropolitan company with $5,000,000 capital. Construction targets Pancaldi in four and a half years from October 1, 1912, with completion over ten years. A new Golden Horn bridge will be included.
A town letter from Mrs Carrie May recounts severe headaches and weakness after marriage. She credits Cardus and Cardui, a vegetable tonic, with restoring her health after two bottles. The note urges suffering women to try Cardui and request a 64 page home treatment guide.
A quoted exchange recalls a seance with atmospheric talk of bad spirits and a witty reply about smelling them, reflecting genre style and mood.
A magician jokes about guessing ages while Miss Ancient resists, dialogue highlighting light newsroom humor. The snippet pairs a playful claim about a tonic and a coin advertisement with a social quipworthy moment between Miss Ancient and the parlor magician.
Brief comic exchange contrasts a man who takes nightly constitutional walks with a partner who stays inside. The scene shifts to a knock at the door and a warning wolf appearing, followed by an ad for Dean’s Mentholated Cough S for Eocene weakness at all druggists.
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