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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1909
Page
6
The article notes Montenegrin mules and Red Cross nursing efforts in the war scene. It describes women acting as pack mules and assisting in transporting wounded from the front. The piece highlights a branch of the army giving aid and carrying supplies amid advancing enemies.
A lyric meditation on crossing rivers and seas in search of distant shores. The speaker recounts moonlit waters, shifting paths, and the pull of enchantment that sustains them beyond distance and time, ending with a bold Atlantic reference.
A former partner recounts a country town bank heist scheme. He describes locating a bank with a loose three wheel lock and easy entry. The duo fitted a key, planned entry while the president was away, and prepared tools and a canvas bag to carry loot.
A bank thief details drilling a three wheel lock and using holes to open a vault. He is interrupted by an unexpected visitor who claims to be the president and offers ten thousand in bonds if trusted. The thief finishes the job then hands the scene to a watchman as shadowy accomplice slips away.
A startled vault keeper explains he would finish opening the bank if not interrupted by a bank president who asks about the lock. The president praises caution to avoid any suspicion of mischief and learns the branch manager Jennings was out to fetch a letter for an expected reply.
In a loose dialogue style the narrator describes a bank raid that ends with him and Jim escaping on the 12 30 express. They leave the watchman satisfied with a key exchange and avoid alerting the press, hinting at luck shielding their crime.
Elsie J Murphy of Wissinoming Pa learns she will inherit a fortune from the aunt of Mrs Howard Frey Irwin who died in New York. The gift, several thousand dollars, is to be held until Elsie turns 21 as she is now 12. Elsie befriended an elderly woman branded mad by village children and defended her from harassment years ago.
A young Scotch emigrant faced a Nova Scotia magistrate for deserting his farm job without notice. In his defense he claimed they fed him Brakeshaw the flesh of animals that died naturally and listed several deceased animals they supposedly ate before he left, citing the old woman.
Mrs Larkin asks for money today while Mr Larkin notes her tendency to want a good deal. The exchange shows tension over finances and negotiation dynamics in a domestic setting.
The idea proposes a fair treatment for individuals harmed by bank failures, suggesting that those who lose money should be allowed to assume a turn as the receiver. The notion frames receivership as a shared burden and a method to balance losses.
A vintage candy recipe describes dissolving two cups sugar in half a cup hot water, adding half a cup of table syrup and boiling until a drop in cold water hardens. Whipped whites of two eggs are folded in, then a cupful of finely chopped nut meats and a teaspoon of vanilla. Beat until firm and drop spoonfuls onto wrapping paper to cool.
A simple pudding style cake recipe combines pastry flour and baking powder sifted twice. Cream sugar with butter then add milk and salt. Fold in flour to form batter, bake in a deep tin for twenty five minutes and serve hot with sauce.
Heat four cupfuls of milk with two cupfuls of fresh cocoanut then simmer ten minutes. Cool and whisk in four eggs with half a cup sugar. Line two plates with finely crushed crackers, dot with butter, bake, then top with meringue made from two egg whites and powdered sugar. Brown the meringue and cool before serving.
Wash the lettuce and cook in a double boiler until tender. Rub the puree through a fine colander, return to the saucepan, add white stock, and thicken with a roux. Stir in a cup of cream or rich milk and heat until very hot before serving.
The instructions explain removing corn from the cob not fully ripe, mixing with beans, packing into glass cans, pressing with a potato masher, sealing, boiling in water for five hours, tightening covers after boiling, and storing jars in a cool dark place until use.
Instructions describe using calves liver baked with bacon pieces placed in slits and crumb seasoned with crackers. Method includes salting peppering adding water, then two hours of baking with frequent basting and occasional water replenishment.
Mix a heaping tablespoon of butter into a cup of powdered sugar to form a soft cream. Stir in a cup of mashed berries with juice, then beat vigorously for several minutes before serving.
Dissolve one pound of hyposulphate of soda in as much water as it will absorb and moisten the silver with this mixture for a few minutes. Wash off with warm water, rinse in hot water and dry. If still dirty rub with whiting in the ordinary way.
A historic cooking note describes making bread sauce by boiling one half onion and half cup fine white bread crumbs in one pint milk until thick. Remove the onion, stir in one tablespoon butter one half teaspoon salt and a dash of white pepper.
Short suggestions describe cooking liver with thin bacon strips baked an hour. Also a summer tea sandwich using brown bread filled with ripe currants and cream cheese. Currant juice strained and blended into a curd-like paste with cheese.
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