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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1915
Page
2
Captain Abraham Rose and Angeline lose their home after a failed stock gamble on Tena Gold. With $100 auction funds gone, Abe faces the Old Folks Home or Angy the Old Ladies’ home. Miss Abigail and Blessy insist Abe and his wife be accepted, and he awakens as Old Lady No. 31 to a warm, immediate welcome.
Bloasy leads a cheerful welcome as Abraham accepts a blue mustache cup and matching saucer. The cup bears the inscription To Our Beloved Brother in crimson, moving Abraham to tears and praise from his sisters for a long awaited gesture.
In a household the family members adopt formal breakfast manners as Abe arrives with a treasured cup and saucer. The deaf and blind gardener shows a rare smile while Sarah Jane confronts the morning’s social tensions and the sisters organize seating with Aunt Nancy as head and Misa Abigail steering the table.
Abraham enters as guest and under Aunt Nancy’s cue becomes head of grace at table. He endears himself with humor, notices every sister’s quirks, and lightens the room with warmth. The sisters test his authority with jokes about capers, yet Blossy and Angy smile, and a calm settles over the home at last.
Miss Abigail's foresight and Providence bring a flourishing season to the garden and home. Gifts arrive as fish, clams, fruits, clothing, and even shirts and hats. Angy and the sisters shower Abe with warmth and gifts as he wins hearts. The room fills with joy and community pride as Abe becomes the central figure.
The article explains rain creates tiny underground tubes in soil that drain water away rather than soaking in. Tubes reach several feet deep and evaporate water when surface dries. Stirring soil breaks tube tops, causing water to stand longer and permitting alternate year crops on semi arid lands.
An English vicar writes The Church the State and the Poor, tracing prereformation days and lamenting that Christian socialism and state reliance have hindered aid to the poor. He argues renewed church-led welfare, guided by Christian creed, is needed to address the problem.
Practical household recipes show cheap meals using neck of mutton and liver. Cooked in casseroles with water stock and leeks or onions, then simmered slowly with potatoes carrots turnips and cabbage for nourishing affordable dishes.
Wash and pare four small potatoes and one large white turnip. Par boil ten minutes, drain, add half an onion and three cupfuls of boiling water. Cook until vegetables are soft, then rub through a sieve. Add one quart scalded milk, reheat, and bind with four heaping tablespoons shortening and half a cup flour cooked together. Season with salt and pepper.
A historic candy recipe blends salt and cream of tartar with vinegar and water, melted butter, and lump sugar. Two cups of shelled hazelnuts are stirred in and cooked to brown, then vanilla is added and the mixture is poured into buttered pans and cut into squares when cool.
A tip from the Home Department in National Magazine suggests adding one small cupful of very dry bread crumbs to each pint of buttermilk to lighten and tenderize griddle cakes. Less flour will be needed and the dry bread will be utilized.
A dated recipe describes cooking one chicken with celery rice in water, cooling and skimming, adding minced parsley, diced ham, lemon juice, cream, salt, white pepper, and dice of white bread for a chilled soup. The instructions emphasize combining ingredients after cooking and chilling for serving.
A practical guide to transforming turkey leftovers into an elegant salad for evening functions or high tea. It details dicing meat and mixing equal parts celery, walnuts, butternut or almonds, then seasoning with salt paprika Worcestershire and optional garlic. Assemble with crisp lettuce, mayonnaise, and a decorative olive or pepper garnish. Chicken variation included.
Instructions for making yeast using potatoes and sugar to prepare a starter. Mix mashed potato with water sugar salt shortening and yeast starter. Let stand 36 hours then use one and a half cupfuls per loaf. Knead, shape, let rise, and bake 30 to 40 minutes.
A detailed lamb souffle method uses butter flour milk stale bread crumbs and seasonings. It folds in chopped lamb two beaten eggs stiffly and bakes thirty minutes in a moderate oven served with tomato sauce. Beef veal or chicken may substitute.
The piece extols baked apples for overall health, noting they feed the brain, flesh, and blood while pairing well with oatmeal and sweet cream. It claims many families use sour apples for pies but would benefit nutritionally from well baked apples, especially the elderly.
Wash a dozen cherry stone clams and boil ten minutes to open. Strain broth, cut clams into small bits and add to soup. For company add a splash of chicken broth and top each cup with whipped cream.
Clear the waste, remove the brush, and pick out lint. Wipe bristle ends with kerosene on woolen cloth to reduce dust and brighten the carpet. Apply a drop of machine oil into the brush end holes to preserve the sweeper’s efficiency.
When making cakes, rinse currants by placing them in a colander with flour and rubbing them with your hand. The stalks separate quickly and pass through the holes, speeding preparation.
Park Benjamin reports that Rear Admiral Fiske proposes aerial torpedoes dropped from planes as a faster, harder to defend attack than submarines. The method involves releasing a guided torpedo from about 1,500 yards, at night, with minimal ship visibility. If proven practical it could alter German and British naval tactics.
A London motor delivery van uses wireless telegraphy to relay customers orders to head offices. Two aerials on the van enable messages from Worship Street up to ten miles away. Officials note clarity is generally good but tall buildings disrupt signals in dense streets.
The article honors George Whitefield born December 16 1714 a preacher who left established churches and drew crowds across England and America. It notes his prolific work ethic averaging 1.5 sermons daily for 30 years and audiences from 2 000 up to 60 000 at venues like Moorfields Philadelphia Boston Common and Kingswood Cornwall.
Salt Lake City authorities plan to relocate police and health departments into the city owned Y M C A building recently purchased by the city. The arrangement provides cash for the Y M C A while placing police and health officials in a religious atmosphere.
August Lumiere, famed for color photography, is said to have devised a dry powder typhoid vaccine in capsules. Each capsule reportedly holds 10 billion germs and four capsules are taken daily for a week.
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