Balloon Patch Confession Brings Lovers Back
Donald Warren regrets a jealous misunderstanding with Marjorie Hinman and writes a reconciliatory letter. He patches the note onto a firework balloon for delivery, only to learn Marjorie already received it by telephone. She confirms Peter Gray is courting Gertrude Hinman, and the pair reunite after the misdirected patch reaches them.
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McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Donald Warren
Donald
Marjorie Hinman
Don
Frank
Marjorie
Bob
Dofiald
Patty
Miss Marjorie
Ned
Cousin Patty
Peter Gray
Gray
Hinmans
Peter
Bobby
Mers
Sabor An & Desert
Gertrude
Hinman
Mrs. Warren
Innkeeper’s Tail Toward Rates Sparks Laughs
A Dieppe to Gournay inn posts prices based on horse tail length. Short tail 50 cents a day, long tail one franc. A Paris reporter relays the owner’s witty, logical rationale: long tailed horses eat more while avoiding pests, justifying higher rate.
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Dieppe
Gournay
France
Paris
The Intoxicating Strawberries andCargo Fumes
Steamships transporting Brittany strawberries to Plymouth avoid carrying passengers during berry cargo due to intoxicating fumes said to arise from fermentation of sugars. Seamen are ordered to stay on deck whenever berries are aboard, a theory noted by the London Chronicle.
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Brittany
Plymouth
London Chronicle
Substitute for Ice Box Improves Food Preservation
A primitive cooler uses a box with a removable bottom or shelves placed in a breezy window. A cloth covering dampened by water in a dish creates evaporation and cold. The effect varies with air dryness, and the water reservoir must stay filled.
When Jelly Fails to Gel and How to Fix It
Instructions for salvaging failing jelly by baking the undisturbed jars in a water bath. Suggests alum to aid gelling and notes use of small jars or cream containers for Christmas gifts. Advocates preparing dainty gifts during preserves season.
How to Repack Ice Cream Ripening Process
The method describes repacking frozen cream by removing the dasher and lid, packing the ice cream in the can, sealing the lid with a cork, surrounding with salt and ice, and covering with a carpet or blanket to exclude air. After one to two hours in a cold place the flavors blend into a cohesive whole, a stage called ripening.
Hollandaise Sauce for Asparagus
A simple Hollandaise recipe to accompany cold or hot asparagus. Beat butter to cream, add four egg yolks, then six tablespoons boiling water and a tablespoon lemon juice. Salt and pepper to taste. Beat five minutes, cook in a double boiler until thick, then serve cold.
Rechauffe of beef with currant jelly and sherry
Brown butter and flour, mix in stock and currant jelly. Add salt paprika onion juice and catsup, then thinly sliced rare beef. Heat gently and finish with a splash of sherry before serving.
Cleaning Fine Fabrics Delicate textiles require care
Delicate fabrics such as crepe meteor or crepe de chine demand professional cleaning, but homemakers can remove stains if they act quickly. Place the stain over steam from a teakettle nose and press between clean blotters or brown paper with a warm iron.
Pineapple Ade Recipe Method
Instructions describe making pineappleade by cutting ripe pineapple into pieces and infusing with sugar in a pitcher. Add boiling water, let cool, press fruit, strain, and serve in tumblers with ice.
Banana Conserve Serve Suggested By Reader
A reader offers a simple method to enjoy banana conserve by slicing or splitting a banana and spreading conserve on it with a touch of sweet cream or top milk if available. The note describes an easy, creative way to serve banana conserve.
Milk must be pure artificial feeding watchfulness urged
Prepared for This Paper by the Children’s Bureau U S Department of Labor mothers urged to prefer breast milk when possible and if using artificial feeding to follow strict routines. Detailed guidelines cover milk preparation, sterilization, hourly supervision, weight tracking, dilution with water and sugar, and gradual feeding schedule adjustments up to nine months.
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Children’s Bureau
U. S. Department_of Labor
American Medical Association
Strawberries on Old Land For A Harvest In Spring
A writer notes that strawberry plantations thrive on old meadow soil prepared in fall. Plowing before cold weather, sowing sweet corn for forage, and spring plowing followed by careful strawberry set out can yield good prices. White grubs diminish with winter and cultivation.
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Saya
Depth germination of weed seeds in North Dakota station test
A long term test shows French weed germinating from one to two inches and from deeper depths. green foxtail and kinghead from two to five inches. wild mustard and wild oats from three to ten inches. all wild buckwheat seeds died. Over five years, one and two inch seeds disappeared, some seeds germinated from seven to ten inches, especially French weed and wild mustard, while all wild oats and wild buckwheat seeds perished.
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North Dakota Experiment Station
Novel traction plow described by H N Carpenter
Scientific American details an inventive traction plow by H N Carpenter of De Witt Michigan. The design features multiple rotary cutters that deeply stir the soil while rotating via power driven gearings without elevating subsoil to a higher plane, enabling deeper tillage with stable subsoil levels.
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The
Scientific American
H. N. Carpenter
de Witt, Mich
Keep Cate Around Barn
A note urges keeping a family of cats around barns to control rats and mice by feeding them at milking time. The text argues cats adapt to their needs with a diet of milk and pests, improving barn welfare.
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Cate
Cornell Experts Tout Ear Lobe Test For Laying Hens
A university report details ear lobe color and comb texture as indicators of laying status. Chalky white ear lobes signal heavy laying while cream to milk tones reflect moderate to no laying. velvety combs indicate good health and likely heavy laying. data from 40 hens show correlations between ear color and recent egg production.
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Kent
Cornell
Connecticut
Eradicate Potato Bugs With Paris Green Dusting
For the family potato patch hand pick bugs at dawn when torpid. Paris green mixed in dry plaster dusts potatoes to kill worms at multiple growth stages. Apply one tablespoonful per quarter acre, adjust for leaf growth, and dust twice for first and second broods. Use fresh Paris green, dry plaster, apply early morning while leaves are dew damp.
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Paris
Feeding the Turkey Poults
Turkey poults need no food for one or two days but access to water and sand. Avoid sloppy foods to prevent bowel trouble. They thrive on curds or Dutch cheese, stale bread, onion tops and dandelion leaves. At two weeks, use corn bread, then cracked corn or wheat later.
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Clarissa Mackie
North Dakota
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