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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1908
Page
9
Editor Helen Raymond asks juniors to write a story for the Junior page. The Tony Pony contest has drawn attention, but she promises special inducements after it ends to boost page interest. Entries should be single sided and submitted to the Journal office by Thursday for a chance to win a set of tablets.
A brief note from Frances Marple of the Juniors to Miss Raymond describes sending a story and receiving a kind card, reflecting playful correspondence within the group.
Two readers from Joy Illinois send brief notes to the editor. Harry O Marple signs August 26 and Eva Maurath writes about keeping the contest going and contributing despite not working hard.
A day by day account of a student finishing school on June 5 and spending time with two aunts. After the Fourth of July the narrator helps with hay at a neighbor and at home, shocking and stacking as part of summer chores.
An essay praising hard work and self mastery by J L Harbour in The American Boy. It highlights George B Cortelyou rising from stenographer to cabinet member and potential presidential candidate. The piece argues success comes from industry, forcefulness, tact, and staying focused despite distractions.
Fragments from Frances Marple Joy Illinois describe haying blackberry picking and a sister going to apply for school. The writer recalls a dog named Bryan and a playhouse then rope jumping. The piece ends with a Presbyterian tract on manliness and leadership for boys.
Miss Annie S. Peck of Providence Rhode Island sets a new mountaineering record by reaching 25000 feet on Mt Huascaran in Peru. She climbed with two Alpine guides and faced illness and peril during descent before reemerging intact.
A reflective piece on start to spring canning notes and improving efficiency in household tasks. It advises sampling early fruit, experimenting with plums, and modernizing old preservation methods while stressing steady daily focus and avoiding distractions at the sink and ironing board.
A humorous Scottish aside contrasts nervousness with a gossiping neighbor. A Philadelphia Ledger anecdote recalls a jealous, talkative neighbor who vents about the woman next door to her husband, sparking a joke about chatter.
The article describes quick batch pickling for tart plums using a four to one sugar vinegar syrup. Jars are filled with fruit and syrup, sealed with rubber rings, then boiled for twenty minutes to preserve. It notes this method replaces reheating vinegar and works for peaches while melons need longer cooking for tenderness.
Miss Peck, famous mountain climber, has heightened public interest with her record-breaking exploits, seen as a symbol of American conquest and bold exploration.
The text outlines cutting rind from fruit, soaking in vinegar water, and preserving with sugar and water, plus adding lemon. It then describes a lard method for winter tomatoes: select smooth fruits, melt paraffin, layer lard in jars, add tomatoes, cover with more lard, seal with paraffin paper, and store cool. To serve, wipe, scald, skin, and eat as fresh tomatoes.
The guide suggests canning small whole tomatoes by boiling pulp and filling hot jars with juice, noting flavor is preserved without added salt. It also advises auditing spices sugar vinegars and suggests making tarragon and dill vinegars at home, emphasizing best ingredients and preparation during brief lulls in daily work.
Fashion notes describe red shades as fashionable for fall with yellow tones for evening wear. Concepts include a fichu suspender style on white lawn, modified tap sleeves from blue and white foulard, and dainty white lawn frills. The Merry Widow hat wanes while large toques and Charlotte Corday looks stay in vogue.
Mrs. Simon Kruse, once a Chicago stenographer, will build a million-dollar hotel in Minneapolis after inheriting $7,000,000 from uncle Albert Johnson. Her husband, a Chicago lawyer, aided in the will defense. The couple now travels east to inspect hotel sites for the hostelry venture.
Mrs. Mary B Green longtime river pilot and the only licensed woman to command and pilot boats on the Ohio and Mississippi plans to leave her water life. She captained the steamer Greenland on the Ohio from Cincinnati toward the headwaters and saved the vessel during icy winter 1897, directing the crew to safety. She is wife of Captain Gordon Green of the Green line and earned regard among rivermen on the Ohio Mississippi and Kanawha rivers.
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