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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
6
The poem contrasts youth and ambition with the aging realization that fame and wealth lose their shine. It suggests toils beyond praise and power foster self control and mature insight. The voice speaks of life’s heat cooling and a rise to clearer thoughts after childhood toys fade away.
Philippa and Rupert debate using handwriting analysis to choose a fiancée. Rupert shows four typed and four letters from可能 suitors, including Geraldine Bertha and Olivia, with notes on attachments and ambition. Philippa questions the selections and implications, while Rupert contemplates who to ask.
The article notes President Roosevelt intends to travel to Africa after leaving office to hunt with his rifle and obtain specimens of every species of Africa’s large fauna. It highlights past discoveries of new species and the challenge of securing a white rhinoceros, with mentions of okapi and other scientific finds in East Africa from Nigeria to Uganda.
Olivia and Rupert discuss marriage options while a graphologist and typewritten notes reveal perceptions of sincerity and attachment. Philippa teases with a “whitewash” joke as romantic tension and humor mix in a London Sketch moment.
Capt John G Souder of San Antonio notes Signal Corps uses long ranch fence wires as improvised telephone lines during maneuvers. Wires form ten to thirty mile circuits, with field attachments enabling rapid linking to headquarters. Ranch fences require upkeep by fence riders to ensure reliable communications.
In a town council meeting an erudite mayor faced a pro lunch proposal that stalled business. An illiterate member declared astonishment while another retorted about ham in the mayor's mouth, provoking laughter and a pause.
Soak a pint of white beans overnight then boil with ample water. Stir in thinly sliced bacon, cook until tender, then add New Orleans molasses and boil. Transfer to a buttered dish top with bacon strips and bake two hours until browned.
Pare and cut peaches without breathing the fruit and drop pieces in cold water. Use white freestone peaches, firm but ripe. Add a heaping tablespoon sugar per quart, between layers. Heat kettle slowly to a boil, boil three minutes, then can and seal. Add a cup of water in bottom to prevent burning.
Three cupfuls light brown sugar, a cup of water and a tablespoonful vinegar in a saucepan. Heat to boil, dissolve sugar, then boil hard. Remove from heat, beat in stiff whites of two eggs, heat until shapes hold. Add vanilla and chopped English walnuts. Drop onto parchment as rough piles.
A recipe instructs to mix boiling water with milk and sugar butter and salt then add flour to form a batter. Beat vigorously to aerate until lukewarm, stir in yeast, add enough flour to knead, let rise until light, shape into four loaves and bake in a steady oven.
Boil one fourth cup rice until done and press through a potato ricer into one cup of warm rice. Stir in one cup strawberry juice. Whip one half pint heavy cream. Dissolve gelatin over steam and add with half cup sugar and beaten egg whites to the rice and berry juice. Fold in whipped cream, mold, and chill at least six hours before serving.
Left over eggs can be repurposed into mayonnaise dressed slices. Fried eggs may become potato balls after chopping and mixing with potatoes. Poached eggs can be reheated then riced and added to salads. Cooks can make croquettes by combining riced eggs with meat. Breakages can be saved by storing in water in the fridge for several days.
Instructions describe boiling a beet preserving liquor with water vinegar and sugar then cooking beets briefly in the mixture. The beets are cooled and stored in glass jars sealed tightly in a dark place for preservation.
A Victorian advisory notes that covering the pan during frying softens fish flesh and stresses heating fritters and doughnuts to a high temperature before batter application to ensure crisp, well browned results.
A sardonic remark critiques adopting Western norms in India noting demands for hats and trousers. The speaker mocks civilization as a motive behind costly resold Indian garments used for wall decorations.
The article notes the long standing problem of keeping utensils used in milk and cream selling and butter making sweet and clean for farmers.
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