Neighborly Romances Stirred by Edna Portelle
Ned Perkins woos Edna Portelle after first meeting at the Perkins homestead. He helps with roses cherries and a party of chickens, even playing the country law to win her affection. Edna confesses love after Ned’s persistent charm and playful hoaxes.
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Ezra
Is. Perkins
Walden
Mr. Perkins
Portelle
Janet
Ned Perkins
Ned
T. Will
Mrs. Perkins
What He Meant
An old tale recalls a hospitable missionary among western Indians who kept cider. A stranger Indian, coached by students, listed biblical names and paused for a reply. The man asked what he meant, and the Indian succinctly answered I mean cider.
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Far West
Abraham
Jacob
Jonah
Job
Satan
Beelzebub
Distinctly Personal in South Scotland Police Story
In a southern Scottish town a policeman with large feet retires for the night and is disturbed by garden noise. He discovers many boys in his garden. One youth replies as he slips over the wall that they are looking for a home to make rabbit-house with.
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Ned
Edna Purtelle
Anglers’ Club
Portelle
Edna
Scotland
Robert
Proper scalding method for long term meat preservation
When meat must be kept for long periods or under hot, unfavourable conditions, scalding in boiling water is advised. Dip meat in large quantities of hot water for a few minutes to preserve flavor and aid storage. For veal or pork, partially cook the joints before storing, ensuring thorough recooking later.
Secret of Cooking Bacon for Dry Crisp Brown
To cook bacon breakfast style start with thin cold slices and a hot pan not hot enough to glow. Oven cooking is best on a gas stove final. Lay slices in a sheet pan with lean on fat, dip in milk and flour, then fry. A touch of molasses adds sweetness and reduces strong flavors.
Peas and Carrots a La Creme Recipe
Scrape and wash young carrots and peas, boil briefly, then drain. Cook in butter with mint onion sugar milk, add peas and carrots, simmer gently, finish with parsley sauce using the cooking liquor.
Glass cooking utensils gain favor in kitchens
The New Haven Journal-Courier notes new glass cooking utensils showing practicality. Glass stew pans survive intense heat and high temperatures without damage, outperforming enamel or aluminum as it resists acids and alkalis and won’t crack like enamelware.
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New Haven
Boiled Haddock with Parsley Butter
Boiled haddock prepared by cleaning, then boiled in salted water with onion and red pepper. Drain, remove bones and skin, pour butter sauce over, and garnish with parsley.
Meat Loaf Casserole with Mashed Potato Layer
A meat loaf method suggests buttering a long tin and lining with cold mashed potatoes pressed smooth. Create a one inch layer, add seasoned chopped beefsteak with onion juice, top with more mashed potato, bake half an hour, then turn out for serving with tomato sauce.
Tomato Fig Preserve Procedure
One half peck green tomatoes sliced and salted with half cup galt. Let stand overnight. In morning drain and cook with one pint vinegar, three and a half pounds sugar, one teaspoon cloves, one cinnamon, and a half teaspoon ginger. Seal while hot in jars.
Grapefruit Cocktail Recipe Brief
A simple grapefruit cocktail recipe for one portion. Fill a glass with shaved ice, pour four tablespoons of currant juice and one of manchino juice, stir, strain, then add one tablespoon of grapefruit pulp in a sherbet glass.
Red Currant Fool Dessert Instructions
A dainty cold dessert. Crush currants sieve to remove seeds then mix with thick custard. Dissolve a bit of gelatin in hot milk and fold in. Chill thoroughly and serve in glasses topped with whipped cream.
Lamb Scallop Layered Bake Recipe
A recipe method for a lamb scallop bake using one cup chopped cold lamb, one cup atewed tomatoes, and one cup bread crumbs. Layer in a buttered dish with butter between layers and on top, season with salt pepper and butter, bake until brown.
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Walt
Uses of the Casserole for Leftover Meats and Vegetables
The article outlines casserole methods to reuse Sunday leftovers into hearty dishes. It describes layering potatoes carrots onions and meat with gravy or seasoned water, baking slowly, and adding cold meat on top before serving. It covers lamb with peas mushroom chicken rice eggs and veal with almonds and tomatoes in various casserole preparations.
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Amaliet
Pear Marmalade Method for Fine Pears
Choose ripe pears and prepare by paring coring and quartering. Simmer in water until tender, then weigh and use three fourths pound sugar per pound of fruit. Make a syrup from the cooking liquid and sugar, add thinly sliced lemons, boil to thick syrup, add pears to simmer until clear, then jar and cover with syrup.
Delicious Lemon Puddling Recipe
Lemon juice and rind with sugar yolks and flour form a smooth paste with milk. Bake in pastry lined dish until top browns then cool and serve.
Homemade Peanut Brittle Ice Cream Method
A recipe describes breaking peanut brittle and whipping thick cream then mixing and molding. The mixture is sealed and buried in a cold ice and salt mixture for four hours to set.
Juicy Pie Technique Described for Balanced Filling
A historical cooking note explains beating an egg light with sugar, then folding in fruit juice to prevent overflow. A touch of flour is added and the mixture is baked as usual to keep excess juice in the pie filling rather than the oven bottom.
Left-Over Meat Dish from Simple Kitchen Notes
A simple recipe for using leftovers. Cut meat into small pieces, add onions and cold water, boil until onions are soft, then add diced potatoes, thickened gravy, and salt if needed. A cheap, easy dish using leftovers.
Curried Tomatoes with Fried Onion and Apple
A fragment describes frying chopped onion and apple in batter with curry powder then adding stock or hot water with a beef cube. The mixture is poured over fried tomatoes and served.
Double Row Plan In Favor For Celery Growth
A writer reports that planting celery in double rows on upland ground yielded larger plants and greater vigor than single rows. The method uses wide double rows four feet apart, with six inch plant spacing, plus well rotted manure and fertilizer, saving labor and space.
Getting Boars In Condition For Breeding
A brief on how breeders train overweight boars into prime breeding shape. Methods include walking two miles daily, reducing corn, and confinement in stalls. In six to eight weeks the boars regain vigor, become manageable, and later prove to be first class breeders after proper conditioning.
Must Cull Pullets Freely to Profit from Flock
The farmer should cull weak pullets to boost profits. Fall and winter losses come from undeveloped birds that fail to lay before cold weather. Mature pullets lay reliably year round, while lagging pullets drain profit. market the slow growers promptly.
Handy Barrel Handles from Old Shovel-Handles
Use two old shovel-handles cut to length and attached on opposite sides as barrel handles. Secure with screws. For a lid, mount a large thread spool in the center. Keep liquid barrels covered to prevent mosquito breeding.
Buckwheat Crop Requires Cool Weather Planting
Buckwheat suffers frost damage but prefers cool temps. Planting in early July helps it mature before frost and avoids seed loss from hot winds and drying nights that blast flowers.
Hens Tested for White Diarrhea at Conn College
Conn Agricultural College blood test on hens detects white diarrhea germs. Few flocks show germs and infection mostly found in hens aged two years or older.
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Conn Agricultural College
Goats Gain Favor for Many Uses in U S History
The United States shows a growing goat industry with 1 815 000 goats, 600 000 Angoras. Goats provide leather mohair meat and even milk. Angora venison and Angora mutton fetch higher prices in some regions. Angora goats offer herd protection for nearby sheep against predators.
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Turkey
United States
Poisons of Johnson Grass
Cattle poisoning from sorghum relatives like Johnson grass and kafir corn is linked to hydrocyanic acid. Brunnich warned using related fodder with discretion, especially when drought stunts growth and animals eat large quantities. Poisoning causes rapid death from respiration paralysis, often within minutes.
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G. H. Glover
Colorado
Brunnich
Loose collars on horses and care tips
Advice on saddle and collar fit for horses. Longer hames reduce shoulder soreness, collars should be snug but not tight, lift collar for cooling breeze, unharness at noon, wash shoulders with cold water, skip sweat pad, keep mane from under collar and pad.
Bull Fe An Index Incomplete Journal Note
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a dairyman and an index term relating to bulls. The readable fragments mention a man who keeps a bull and a fair index tied to the dairyman's property.
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Mr. Purtelle
Neda
He Meant
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