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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1915
Page
2
On a transatlantic liner a banker-turned-cattleman and a society woman share a forbidden bond. After a collision sinks the ship, they cling to life together and vow to start anew with the riches and wounds of their pasts guiding a possible brighter future.
The line urges readers to take chances with eBARGS and avoid betting on a sure thing, suggesting broader odds and potential rewards.
Beginners should start small with a modern hive and simple equipment. Site choice includes dooryard orchard meadow or hillside, with low stands eight to ten inches high preferred to avoid bees dropping before entering. Hives face same direction, keep grass short, and study each step. Dr. E F Phillips notes bees aid agriculture mainly as cross pollinators.
The 1914 apple crop is likely the largest in U S history, estimated at 259 million bushels. The figure compares with 145 million in 1913 and 235 million in 1912, per census data. The note distinguishes total agricultural production from the commercial crop, which is about 40 percent of the total in 1913.
The piece argues the best spot for peaches plums and cherries is a poultry yard. It notes shade benefits for fowls and soil fertility that favors trees while warning that insect infested fruit is consumed as it drops with larvae or other destructive life forms.
An economist expert explains gas based cooking using an iron plate on a burner and inverted deep pan to bake potatoes in two thirds time. He adds apples with sugar and water to bake until brown and tender and suggests finishing spaghetti by covering and sliding beneath the flame for a fine brown finish.
An easy way to serve tea is to place the cup on a matching plate with a folded tea napkin a spoon and a fork. Sandwiches or cakes can be passed on the plate and eaten daintily. A separate plate under the cup is useless as the saucer nearly fills it. Simple wafers or small sandwiches fit well on the saucer.
A detailed historical recipe for lemon buns lists ingredients including sugar butter milk currants flour yeast and lemon with instructions to cream, mix, rise, roll cut and bake. It guides on rising times brushing with egg white and sugar glazing for a light crust.
The article advises variety in vegetable selections for meals. It warns against combining similar vegetables such as squash sweet potatoes parsnips and warns against using pumpkin pie with them. It also notes avoiding multiple vegetables needing the same dressing and favors contrasting flavors for best results.
A brief old cookbook feels the method for cornmeal waffles: boil cornmeal in 1.5 cups water for 15 minutes, then mix in 1.5 cups milk 1.5 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 2 beaten eggs 1 tablespoon melted butter and 2 tablespoons sugar. Bake on hot waffle irons. Corn meal griddle cakes use a thinner batter.
A simple recipe to toast bread slices until crisp then prepare a milk sauce. Boil one pint of milk and thicken with flour rubbed smooth in cold milk, season with salt, and stir in butter until creamy. Dip each toast in the sauce, arrange in a dish, pour remaining sauce over, and serve hot.
Two large chickens simmer until tender then placed in a pan. A light gravy coats the chicken. Mashed potatoes seasoned with cream butter and salt cover the top. Bake in a hot oven about twenty minutes and serve.
A concise vintage cake recipe listing ingredients sugar shortening milk baking powder flour nutmeg lemon extract and raisins. Bake in a medium oven for a simple loaf cake serving size implied by one cupful measures.
A Southwest reader with 100 hens of White Leghorn Black Minorcas and Rhode Island Reds shares a cost and revenue ledger. Expenses total 182.66 with feed 60.50 and stock 50.00. income from eggs sold 209.35 and chickens 18.15, leaving on hand value 59.00. The hens averaged 119 eggs per hen at 25 cents per dozen.
The article stresses cow comfort in dairy barns through proper stalls stanchions and mangers. It compares costly patented systems to affordable options like a simple 20 cent chain tie and swinging stanchions, noting Kentuky experiments with inexpensive stanchions at about 1.35 dollars each.
The article warns most tree losses come from improper planting practices and stresses careful handling. Do not remove packing until planting. if unpacked, heel in by laying trees on a slope, trench roots shallowly, layer by layer with moist soil, and shield branches with straw to prevent sun shock after long shade.
The text describes silos improving farm stock capacity and feeding efficiency, leading to higher profits for owners.
Instructions on flour handling advise lifting flour several times for lightness. Notes cover sour milk use, soda amounts, bread crumbs storage in glass jars, dried and bottled for shelf life, and crumb use in scalloped dishes. Tips include heating bread knives, and storing baked goods in tin boxes to avoid taste transfer from wood or paper.
Sear pork chops with onions and garlic, simmer in tomatoes and pepper. Boil and drain spaghetti, coat with thick gravy, lay chops on platter, border with pasta, then shower grated cheese. Mushrooms optional to enhance flavor.
A fancy toast resembles French toast with plain white bread brushed lightly with egg and milk. Quick direct toasting browns the surface, producing a crisp slice. Served with a spoonful of jam or marmalade, it makes an ideal afternoon tea table novelty.
A historical recipe instructs cutting raw mutton and onions, layering in a baking dish with seasoned bread or potatoes, and baking slowly. It suggests butter or optional substitutes, onion extract, and a final top layer of bread, with hot water poured over before slow baking.
Pick and wash two quarts of strawberries or use preserved fruit. Mash and sieve. Dissolve half a box gelatin in cold water and strain. Add two cups sugar and mix into the strawberry blend. Whip a pint of cream, add lemon juice, fold in strawberries, chill two hours, and serve with whipped cream.
Scald corn meal with hot milk, stand five minutes, then mix in boiled rice and flour with baking powder salt and sugar. Beat egg yolks, stir in melted butter, fold in whipped egg whites, bake twenty five minutes in greased gem pans.
A basic method for creamed fish: flake any leftover fish and mix with a sauce made from drawn butter, cream, and milk. Thicken to the desired consistency using the milk as needed.
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