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Newspaper
Newton Record
Location
Newton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1901
Page
7
The essay urges frugal, durable furnishings for a dining room, favoring quality over cheap ephemera and warning against gaudy, low-cost glassware. It promotes mature, enduring items in mahogany, china, silver, and sideboards, and notes Venetian and Bohemian glass as desirable. Harper's Window Cleaner introduction describes a self-contained cleaning device with integrated scrubber and water supply.
The Record announces a premier display of fancy stationery in Newton featuring wedding and party invitations, society announcements, ball programs, birth notices, anniversary cards, menus, and imported dance invitations at moderate prices.
An article describes a fountain cleaner with a water reservoir and wick operated mop, then shifts to culinary notes on pork chops with apple croquettes. It cites Miss Towle’s advice against frying pork chops, recommending broiling over coals and pairing with apple croquettes made from stewed apples, butter, sugar, and crumbs.
Housekeepers discuss freezing methods for mince and apple pies noting flavor and texture improvements. A modern example shows apple pies placed on a window ledge under a screen to freeze safely, with claims that freezing benefits apply to apple pies as well as mince. Oil and lamp maintenance guidance follows, urging full lamps, daylight refilling, and prompt wick changes to avoid burned or insufficiently lit lamps.
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