Practical kitchen and home maintenance tips from a vintage guide
Salt meat needs longer boiling than fresh. Start in cold water, bring to boil, then simmer. Double boiler users should salt outer water at one fourth cup per quart. Keep perfume in a dark place as daylight alters color. In bright light perfume may turn red. Soak dried fruits in boiling water five minutes to bring out flavor. Two tablespoons of boiling water per half cup fruit. Maintain clean furnace flues and chimney for efficiency. Annual cleaning helps, but high soot coal may require twice yearly cleaning.
Lenten meals feature eggs cheese fish and vegetables
A guide to hearty lentil season cooking with fish and vegetables accented by lemon and sauces. Recipes span Cream of Asparagus Soup Green Peas Baked Potatoes Carrot Pineapple and Raisin Salad Spinach with Goldenrod Eggs and Cheese Souffle plus Cornflake Dream Bars and cookies for dessert.
Learn Piano Quickly with Clever Chart Lesson
An advertisement promotes a 24 page piano instruction book with a life size keyboard chart and basic chords for a shortcut method. It promises that anyone can learn to play without talent and includes three practice airs. Order details follow.
World’s Largest Raleigh Cigarettes Contest Promises Weekly Prizes
An extended promotional notice announces weekly contests by Raleigh Cigarettes seeking best last lines to a jingle. Over 100 liberal prizes offered each week, with details forthcoming in the paper.
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Raleigh Cigarettes
Adv
Best Occupation Quote from Xenophon
A concise quotation noting that agriculture is the noblest occupation for a man of integrity, praised as the supreme craft by which people earn their living. The line reflects Xenophon’s view that farming embodies virtue and practical self sufficiency.
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Xenophon
Patterns: Sewing Circle No. 1538 B Pinafore Aprons
Sewing Circle patterns promote Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1538 B with two apron styles a pinafore and a smaller apron designed for sizes 14 through 42 and busts 32 to 42. The pinafore features head over slip on design a back tie and a slim belt with a full protective skirt and requires specified yardages of material and ricrac for size 16.
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Ricrac
United States Mints Count and London Fleet Street Fame
The United States operates two main mints for coin production. Fleet Street in London is famous as the historic center of British journalism. Blue eyes are common but exact percentages vary. about one in five Americans are reported to have blue eyes. The bouquet in wine refers to its aroma and bouquet. The greatest attraction of the 1893 World’s Fair was the illuminated Exposition buildings and novelty displays. Sir Francis Drake was knighted for circumnavigating the globe. Flax sweater yarn yields fabrics such as linen and rayon alike.
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United States
Fleet Street
London
Francis Drake
Answers to five trivia prompts from the observed quiz
The list includes three cities Philadelphia Denver and San Francisco and reference to its newspaper offices. It notes eye color statistics for blue eyed Americans and mentions aroma. It cites the Ferris wheel and Queen Elizabeth and ends with Linen.
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Philadelphia
Denver
San Francisco
Sauces to Accent Best Flavors in Foods
A recipe overview lists several compound butters and a wart sauce option. Lemon Butter blends butter with lemon juice for vegetables like cabbage and broccoli. Vinegar Butter uses melted butter with vinegar to pair with green beans. Mustard Butter adds dry mustard to butter for onions and greens. Parsley Butter combines chopped parsley with melted butter. Wart Sauce mixes egg yolks cream salt lemon juice and nutmeg to a thick creamy finish for fish, finished with butter off heat.
Sailor Discovers That Appearances Deceive
A naval recruit socializes with a blue eyed damsel at a dance and dines with her. He confronts a waiter who stares intently, who explains the attention is admiration for the woman, noting she has dined with him six times tonight.
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Standard Brands Inc
Washington St
New York City
D Scholls
Mary
Henry VIII
Dauphin of
France
Bspurlock-Neal Co
Nashville, Tenn
U. S
Cupples Company
ST. Louis
Western Newspaper Union
Sixth Avenue
VapoRus
Lynn
Ae Nene
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
Raam
West Wacker Dr
Chicago
Sailor
Ee Ferry
Ferry
Ferry-Morse Seed CO
Detroit
Fleischmanns
Soglow
U. S. Defense
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