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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1911
Page
7
A quote from the Atchison Globe condemns loafers who excuse laziness with poor health and suggests an aristocratic ailment like gout as a better pretext. The remark satirizes self pity and shifts blame to character rather than circumstance.
The guide describes preparing a three week old suckling pig. Clean the cavity and skin, rub with salad oil, baste with dripping to prevent blistering, then baste with butter toward the end. Serve with crackling up, lemon slices, rich brown gravy, and sauces including currants and a port-wine addition.
A new teakettle in England features a lid hinged at the top near the side rather than under the handle. The user lifts the kettle by the handle and holds the cover with the same hand while the other operates the water tap, reducing the risk of scalding from escaping steam.
Parboil a leg of pork remove skin then stuff with minced onions chopped apple raisins bread crumbs sage butter pepper salt egg and chili. Bind fill slit knuckle fasten, rub with flour pepper salt bake two and a half hours then dust with sage crumbs pepper salt and bake half an hour. Serve with gravy and apple sauce.
Butter and cayenne with saffron and nutmeg are simmered with flour in water to form a sauce. Boil briefly, strain, stir in melted butter and serve with meats fish or rice. The directions emphasize ladling over dishes for a rich flavor.
Cooks misjudge water types for meat and vegetables. Hard water with lime or gypsum hardens vegetables, preventing tender boils. Many vegetables, especially onions, lose flavor in soft water as flavors boil away. Salt can help retain flavor in onions.
A cheap remedy for dandruff that may also promote hair growth uses 50 cents of bay rum and 25 cents of quinine. Mix well and apply thoroughly to the scalp.
The article notes that thoroughly chilled dough yields lighter cookies and prevents sticking while rolling. It also mentions housekeepers chilling doughnuts before frying for better handling and texture.
The article notes that women have been forbidden on the Turkish peninsula of Mount Athos for 1,400 to 1,500 years. Monasteries within the 30 communities preserve vast art treasures and manuscripts, largely unknown to outsiders.
Advertising copy announces Murine Eye Remedy for red weak weary and watery eyes with granulated eyelids. Products include liquid options 25c 50c and 1.00 and Murine Eye Salve in tubes 25c and 1.00 sold by Murine Eye Remedy Co Chicago with free eye books and advice by mail.
A quotation quotes Macaulay declaring he would rather be a poor man with books than a king who hates reading. The speaker imagines palaces and fine things offered in exchange for abandoning reading and chooses knowledge over luxury.
The Atlas reported sighting an unusual floating island in the Pacific during a long voyage from Philadelphia to Seattle. The landmass appeared real with trees and small wildlife, suggesting roots and vegetation held it together, possibly washed from the Rio de la Plata or the Negro delta.
A man in a nearby town fell down cellar steps with a barrel of apples on him. He suffered multiple injuries including a broken leg, arm, ribs, nose, finger, scalp cut, sprained ankle and dislocated shoulder. He only groaned after his wife asked if it hurt.
Bud Doble credits Spohn's Distemper cure as the top blood purifier after forty years with horses. An ad notes bottles at 50 cents and one dollar, with druggists, manufacturers, and agents sought. Also listed are a thunderstorm observatory in Spain and household remedies including Jamlins Wizard Oil for aches and pains.
Baronne Koenigwater of Frankfort formerly a distinguished Vienna actress has set aside a $5,000 fund to provide poor actresses with necessary stage clothes. The income will support attire often hindering a performer's career and others are being asked to join this effort.
In St. Helena a rainstorm rages as a faithful attendant covers Napoleon with the cloak he wore at Marengo. The cloak had been lost by the army’s commander and later recovered by Dessaix after the Marengo victory.
A grocer's apprentice, addicted to poetry, was summoned by his rich Dugusa Servia merchant employer for unlawful dismissal. The merchant justified actions as customers left due to the boy answering in rhyme and delaying service while fixing meter. The court ruled the merchant justified and urged the apprentice to mend his ways.
Over the last twenty years central Asian lakes have risen steadily with higher water levels. The Sea of Aral alone has risen about six and a half feet since 1985, coinciding with increased rainfall in the region.
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