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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1914
Page
5
After hearing Eleanora sing in Paris, Edward Courtlandt muses on wealth and travel. A stylish woman accosts him at a cafe and leads to Flora Desimone, rival to Toscana, who then provides the address of Eleanora, whom he yearns to meet.
Courtlandt, restless and scheming, plans a bold private encounter with a Calabrian diva after trailing her to Paris. He tests a French chauffeur with a hefty payoff to ride in the limousine and surprise her at her apartment, hoping to force a crucial confrontation.
A Burgarian hat man offers five hundred francs to hide in a limousine with Mademoiselle da Toscana. The chauffeur distrusts the bribe and warns of police. The plot fizzles as the man retreats, leaving questions about fame, loyalty, and escapes.
A tense scene unfolds as a shadowed man watches two well-dressed guests arrive. A prima donna returns home to find a threat, fires a revolver at Courtlandt, causing a dramatic confrontation and a warning cry as the scene ends with the Burmese gong.
Along North Carolina’s sandy shores a wild horse herd called banker ponies roams salt marshes. Twice the size of Shetland ponies, they forage on fish and salt grass, catch fish at low tide, and pay in foal with branding for sale to dealers. In captivity they prove intelligent and strong draft animals.
Shad is praised as the most popular and delectable fish, with planked shad highlighted as a top method. The guide covers preparation, planks, seasoning, stuffing with crumbs and bacon, and baking times. It also recommends salads like watercress and tomato, cucumber and onion, or radish on lettuce. Broiling tips and an unusual sour pickle method are briefly described as alternative options.
The guide offers methods to restore cut glass by dusting, washing, drying, and brushing with a sawdust layer. It also instructs cleaning decanters with salt and vinegar, restoring browned pie dishes by borax soaking, and cleansing greasy pots using warmed pots then corn meal rubbing.
Halibut a La Flamanade described with layering onions celery and parsley, seasoning, butter brushing, and quick oven bake. It details making a tomato sauce with butter flour and strained tomatoes, seasoned with mace and white pepper, then served with boiled potatoes and melted butter.
A homemaker can use burlap to revive worn furniture and décor at low cost. Suggestions include couch throws in tan or brown with green briar stitching, stencil borders, and pine tree motifs. Burlap can become portieres, upholstery for chairs, boat or porch cushions, and even floor coverings.
A historical pie method details cutting rhubarb stalks, sugaring with salt and nutmeg, lining a dish with thick paste, layering rhubarb, sealing with a crust, and baking quickly until the pie releases from the dish. The note claims these pies surpass those made from stewed fruit.
Gather lemon peels from fifteen lemons remove all pulp cut peels into quarter inch strips place in a glass jar with one pint of pure grain alcohol. Let stand a week then strain through fine muslin to obtain a clear flavorless essence without coloring.
Small baking dishes hold sweetbreads on a bed of chopped carrot celery onion peas and salt pork. Top with par boiled sweetbreads, cover with stock, bake 45 minutes to an hour, then spoon gravy and vegetables over for serving.
A lean chunky beef piece is brined then rinsed and stuffed with pepper and onion bread stuffing. The meat is tightly tied in a cloth, dipped in vinegar, simmered in boiling water at twenty minutes per pound, then drained and un tied.
Instructions for preparing pork cakes with fresh pork salt pepper onion juice and bread crumbs. Mix with eggs and shape into small cakes then pan boil slowly until cooked. Serve with fried potatoes and garnish with parsley and lemon.
J R Planche, visiting Paris in 1837, notes writer Catherine Gore living in Place Vendome. Gore produced novels and articles, entertaining friends at dinner then writing through the night until dawn, returning to bed at noon and resuming work after dinner.
Wash rice in several waters and boil. Pare and slice five Jarre apples and cook in water until tender, sweeten to taste and serve with cream. Whip two egg whites, sweeten, cover the dish and brown briefly in the oven, then decorate with drops of current jelly on top.
Four pounds of grapes and two pounds of sugar form a fruit conserve. Add tiree quarters pound of raisins, quarter pound English walnut kernels, pulp of two oranges, half pound of figs seed grapes cut nuts and figs in small pieces. Stir and cook until thick, then fill into glasses.
A compact recipe lists orange filling ingredients and steps. It calls for sugar cornstarch grated orange zest orange juice lemon juice one egg melted butter and describes cooking in double boiler for 12 minutes with constant stirring then cooling before use.
Instructions describe keeping celery fresh by preparing it for the table then wrapping in damp linen and placing on ice to extend its life. The method emphasizes washing, chilling, and maintaining moisture for extended freshness.
A witty remark notes that many men pretend to grasp women’s thoughts and motives, highlighting the social idea of pretension in gender relations without citing specific events or individuals.
A tip advises heating the knife before cutting hot cake or bread to prevent crumbling and crumbs.
A recipe lists ingredients for Scotch Cakes: one pound dark brown sugar one half pound butter and lard two eggs one tablespoon soda dissolved in warm water one ounce cinnamon one pound flour. Roll out thin and bake in a moderate oven.
Grate two pineapples and mix with two quarts of water and a pint of sugar. Add juice of two lemons and beaten whites of four eggs. Place in a freezer and freeze.
A Washington hotel lobby recounts a Gotham anecdote about Jim Murphy and a doctor’s misattributed diagnosis. Congressman Thomas G. Patten recalls a citizen told by a doctor he had to bacco heart, prompting a joke about cabbage heart after a smoked cigar remark.
In a humorous exchange from Grit a valet named Dennis asks the doctor if the old squire grows thinner. The doctor replies the master was too fat and will benefit from weight loss though Dennis laments losing the old clothes.
Bronco Bob confronts a traveling salesman over a new game named pinochle. The salesman explains the rules while the townsfolk fear the sight of many aces could provoke a shooting incident in Crimson Gulch.
A Louisville Courier-Journal item notes an efficiency exam nd apportioning tasks led to the office boy winning the managers job while the actual manager failed the test.
Grumpy passenger complains about luggage in the aisle. Indignant sitter retorts that the items are her feet. The first voice retorts to stack one valise on another, prompting a terse exchange on space and manners.
The victim reports arrest of a suspect for stealing goods. The desk sergeant confirms the offender is released on bonds to maintain peace.
A Courier Journal snippet presents a farmer and a countess discussing worries. The farmer notes many concerns exist, but reassuringly there are enough to let the mind rest when one worry tires. The tone reflects rural pragmatism.
Farmer Comtesse asks if Josh can help on the farm and notes his claims about running an automobile may not aid when he gets one. The exchange highlights practical skills versus theoretical knowledge in a rural setting.
A physician advised stopping rapid eating and the speaker claims to have made it an absolute rule. The dialogue highlights the difficulty of changing a habit and a humorous pledge about tipping waiters.
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