Lard Preparation and Storage Techniques From USDA Guide
A USDA produced guide explains selecting leaf fat from hogs, separating gut fat, and rendering lard through careful heating and stirring. It covers trimming, skin removal, and methods to press and strain lard, plus how to keep it from rancidity in jars and maintain grain for market demand.
Sauces to Enhance Fish Flavor Promoted by USDA Guide
Home economists in the United States Department of Agriculture publish simple fish sauces to add variety. A butter roux with flour and seasonings forms the base, then boiling water thickens it and chopped pickle is added. Tomato sauce and fish stock offer additional flavor options.
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United States Department of Agriculture
America
Home Economics Speciallors
Protein Compared: Meat Eggs Milk and Cheese Protein Costs
Food economists note seasonal price variation makes fixed costs hard to pin down. One pound of meat with bones yields about two ounces of protein, eight eggs provide a similar amount, and milk or cheese offer different protein yields per unit price.
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United States Department of Agriculture
How to Fricassee Shrimps with Cream Sauce
The guide recommends rinsing canned shrimps in cold water before cooking. For one pint of shrimp, prepare a cream sauce with butter flour salt cayenne or white pepper milk. Stir until boiling, add shrimp pieces and drops of table sauce, then fold in egg yolk and cream. Finish with lemon juice and serve on buttered toast with watercress or parsley.
Howehold Food Tips From A Curious Ledger
Howehold questions mix meals with simple home remedies. Boil water through cloth to remove tea stains and peel onions in water to ease tears. If frosting won’t thicken, heat over boiling water and stir. Peel mushrooms. Cinnamon essence serves as a gentle disinfectant. Serve fish balls with buttered parsley toast triangles. Restore black kid color by mixing ink with egg white and applying softly.
County Officials Authorized to Issue Tick Eradication Warrants
The Texas attorney general holds county commissioners may issue interest bearing time warrants for tick eradication from the county general fund or anticipated funds. Warrants may pay to proper payees for dipping vats materials labor and related needs to destroy livestock diseases. Interest up to 6 percent and maturity up to twenty years are allowed.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
W. P. Dumas
Commissioners Courte
Commissioners Court
Shantung Treaty Details Between China and Japan
Washington reports the Shantung treaty comprising 11 articles and annexes. It requires Japan to return Shantung territory and property to China and hand over the Shantung railway for 53 million gold marks plus improvements, with depreciation allowances, in exchange for 15 year Chinese treasury notes redeemable within five years. The rail line management favors a Chinese director with Japanese subordinates and joint accounting. The agreement also restores former German leased territory to China.
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Washington
China
Japan
Shantung
Jury in Arbuckle Case Discharged After Deadlock
The jury in the second trial of Fatty Arbuckle on a manslaughter charge failed to reach a verdict after 44 hours. The final ballot stood ten for conviction and two for acquittal, with Arbuckle accused of causing the death of Virginia Rappe after a Labor Day drinking party at a San Francisco hotel.
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San Francisco
Roscoe C
Fatty) Arbuckle
Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Air Patrol Raid Seizes Nine Moonshine Stills in Freestone County
Teague Texas state rangers federal prohibition agents and state troops launched a coordinated air guided raid over eastern Freestone County. Nine moonshine stills were seized and fifty four prisoners were rounded up as martial law took effect countywide.
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Teague
Tex
Freestone County
Neff
Two Mexican Mayors Die In Lagos De Moreno Duel
A street duel in Lagos De Moreno, Jalisco, left acting mayor Trinidad Amayo and mayor-elect Jose B. Zermeno dead. Both men, each surrounded by allies, exchanged gunfire on a principal city street.
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Guadalajara
Mex
Lagos de Moreno
Trinidad Amayo
Jose B. Zermeno
Texas Soldiers Buried at Arlington Cen
Bodies of three former Texas soldiers were buried Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery. Jesse Emmerson of Gay Hill joined Company M of the 369th Infantry. Ambrose M. Shoemaker of Houston served in the 114th Engineers. Arthur L. Collier of Crosbyton was with the 167th Infantry.
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Washington
Texas
Arlington National Cemetery
Jesse Emmerson
369Th Infantry
Gay Hill
Tex
Ambrose M. Shoemaker
114Th Engineers
Houston
Arthur L. Collier
167Th Infantry
Crosbyton
Mob Searches Jail for Man in Eastland
About 200 men gathered on the Eastland County court house lawn and marched to the county jail to search for Newt Mahaney of Cisco who faced an assault to murder charge. Three were escorted inside, but Mahaney was not found.
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Eastland
Tex
Court House Lawn
Eastland County
Newt Mahaney
Cisco
Asault
Mahaney
Lost Battalion myth debunked Whittlesey heroes spotlighted
The article argues the Whittlesey battalion was never lost in the Argonne in October 1918. It details the unit's surround, five days of isolation, and relief, with praise for Whittlesey, McMurty, and Siegel, and urges Americans to forget the phrase Lost Battalion.
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Whittlesey
Argonne Forest
Seventy Seventh Division
Three Hundred and Eighth Infantry
Hundred and Seventh Infantry
Hundred and Sixth Machines
New York City
Seventy-seventh Division
Whittiey
Robert Alexander
Lieut
Henrich Printz
Arlington
Cuba
Tynac Siegel
Congress of
New York
Overseas Commission
General Pershing
Siegel
Seventy-seventh
McMurty
Oldest Confection From Spain Times Forever
The piece notes black licorice comes from Spain and is made from plant juice mixed with starch to resist heat. It describes the licorice shrub growing up to three feet, thriving along water banks near the Euphrates, and suggests licorice may be among the oldest confections, enjoyed by children today and 8,000 years ago.
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Spain
Euphrates
Washington Star
Unloved Tasks Become Spiritual Challenges
The text argues that duties once learned lose power to disturb sleep while unwanted duties linger as nerve racking nightmares. It suggests meeting unloved tasks as tests of strength and patience, necessary for the soul, to finish and move on.
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