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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1916
Page
7
A Frederick County Farmers Association lecture on Science and the Soil, with Prof Sidney B Haskell of Massachusetts Agricultural College fame, will be held August 30 at the Y M C A auditorium. The free talk will cover fall wheat seeding and related agronomic issues to benefit local farmers.
Professor Haskell, head of the Department of Soils and Crops at Massachusetts College of Agriculture, will lecture on soil problems of the east. He speaks for the Soil Improvement Committee of the National Fertilizer Association and focuses on county conditions with much visual aid.
Text describes a medieval sausage method using pigs sage sauce and a process of scalding quartering boiling cooling and grinding herbs with bread and eggs tempered by vinegar then pouring sauce over the meat and serving. It notes no fixed size or number for the dish.
Mushrooms contain 35 percent proteids while potatoes have 2.5 percent and onions 16 percent. Experts advise consuming mushrooms when fresh and never reheated, as their nitrogen content makes them resemble animal foods more than other vegetables.
For the Sixtieth Congress the president's salary was set at 75000 dollars yearly with an additional 25000 dollars for travel expenses. This allowance effectively adds to his pay since unused travel funds aren’t returned. A reader note and a short joke about a child’s mishearing follow.
A fragmentary quotation attributed to George Eliot reads about character as a tingling, dancing quality that cannot be altered. The note references Philadelphia in 27 weeks and mentions real estate loans totaling $14.
Baltimore residents and guests are listed visiting friends at cottages in Braddock Heights, Remsbergs, Enrights, Fairmont, Brightside and Keller's during an outbreak of calls. Names include Katharine Harmon, Margaret Carter, Ethel Burger, Taylor, Let 'terman, W. F. Helsterman, Thornette, Carter, Atkinson, Warner, Charles Cooke, Millard Butler, George Butler, Hodeman, Anna Surendof and others from Baltimore, New Oxford and Washington.
The New York Medical Journal argues that cooking tempts excess food, linking modern diet to sedentariness. It urges balancing intake with muscular activity to mimic our animal ancestry, noting that exercise can allow more digestion without harm.
The clipping catalogs remarkable endurance feats from bomb throwing for forty-one hours and club swinging for forty-six hours to hammer swinging for twelve hours and continuous bag punching at 145 punches a minute for fifteen hours. It notes long bouts of billiard-table campaigns covering sixty miles in twenty-four hours, bell ringing for eight hours, and dancers enduring thirty-four and fourteen hours respectively.
National Geographic Magazine notes that Tibetan religion blends Buddhism with earlier devil worship, creating a Lamaism with guardian deities of terrifying aspect. Monasteries display grotesque, vividly painted figures guarding faith and adherents against external threats.
Frederick testimony from Mrs Josephine E Perry of Frederick urges readers to try Doan's Kidney Pills for irregular kidney action and sediment in secretions. She confirms a 1909 praise and notes continued improvement after use. Price 50 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY prop. Advertisement.
A guide to mint use in drinks jellies and sauces with recipes for Mint Punch Mint Resist Mint and Green Pea Jelly and Peach based desserts and dishes. Includes mint hybrids peach ice cream peach pie and peach pancakes with practical serving ideas for breakfast lunch and dinner menus.
A Life magazine note urges creating a family tool chest as a playful storage cabinet. It encourages leaving useful items out and gradually filling the drawers with spicey oddments while removing everyday tools. The aim is to furnish amusement during mischief and keep the cabinet on premises.
A New York Sun item notes a music teacher observing a son improving but needing close supervision during scales. The mother compares him to his father who earned money in the grocery business.
An advertisement touts a "Catarrh Cure" with a 3100 reward and 108 value for proof of efficacy. It claims the condition is caused by constitutional issues and must be treated internally, urging readers to send for testimonials to P F T CHNENER CO.
The article reviews Zeppelin speed claims from early tests to modern war trim. It notes experts doubting speeds above thirty miles an hour, while recent studies cite an average around forty miles per hour in war trim, with wind effects and climb rates discussed and cautioned against overestimates.
A Glasgow golfer recounts a dramatic golfing incident near Cathcart castle last summer. While two friends watched, the player overhit a tee shot, sending the ball between a pager’s legs as he prepared to drive. The ball struck the pager’s club and rolled 176 yards to the edge of the fifth green.
A discussion questions the value of classic oratory in modern times. It argues that public taste now favors sincere, direct eloquence over theatrical display and heavy classical allusions.
Des Moines Iowa testimony from Mia Blanche Jefferson 703 Lyon St credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring health after four years of illness. She says her husband objected to surgery yet the tonic helped her recover and regain strength to perform housework. She urges others to seek advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass.
An old classified style snippet notes paint colors Cherry Mahogany Walnut Dark Oak Light Oak and price points for small cans 12 pint 12 cents pint cans 20 cents quart cans 3 cents, reflecting a vintage sale listing.
The notice lists cans priced at 65 cents and ages set at 35 cents per package, detailing per unit pricing and conditions for purchase.
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