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Newspaper
Orange County Observer
Location
Hillsborough, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1907
Page
4
A jumble of patent medicine pitches and humor lines appears, touting cures for catarrh and coughs, milk booths in New York, and anecdotes about a stubborn man and a cashier. The text blends testimonials, prices, and cartoonish dialogue with little coherent reporting.
Mrs Anna Beebe of Anoka Minnesota says chronic rheumatic pains and kidney troubles kept her bedridden until she used Owens Kidney Pills. She claims improved health, ability to work, and less fear of illness after using the remedy sold by Waster Milburn Co Buffalo NY at 50 cents a box.
A Wisconsin woman says nervousness headaches and fatigue plagued her for six years until she switched to Cape-Nuts and then Postum Cereal. She reports restored energy and weight gain after one week and credits the change with improved well being. The ad references The Moola Wellville book and urges readers to try the product and read the book.
A Philadelphia dressing is praised for staying moist yet not soggy, using stale bread with salt pepper savory parsley and sage, plus optional sausage or onion. Some families split stuffing styles to suit tastes, noting a shift from oyster to chestnut dressings in recent seasons.
The American Kitchen Magazine notes the first turkey eaten in France at Charles IX’s wedding banquet. It traces Mexican birds to Europe then back to America as a domestic species. Explorers like Captain John Smith praised wild turkeys, noting they ranged from Canada to the coast and sometimes stayed as tame as English poultry.
An internal remedy claims to cure rheumatism by expelling excess uric acid and regulating organs. The ad touts Rugmacipe and Rheumacide as internal cures sold by druggists at 50c to $1 a bottle, tablet forms available, urging immediate purchase.
A New York family recounts their baby’s eczema worsening until Cuticura Soap and Ointment were used. After days, the rash improved, and the baby, now six months, was cured using one cake of soap and two boxes of ointment costing $1.25.
To prepare chestnut dressing boil large French or American chestnuts until skins loosen. Peel while hot, reseal in boiling water until tender, then rub through a colander. Mix with breadcrumbs and melted butter, season with salt and pepper, moisten with cream, and lightly stuff the turkey without packing tightly.
The piece links the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles to Thanksgiving, comparing Demeter’s Cerelia Virgilian harvest imagery, English Harvest Home, and Native American autumn revelry. It notes Puritans rejected Christmas and created Thanksgiving with a memorable morning sermon of gratitude.
Professor J H Connell argues cotton seed meal offers three times the digestible protein of high grade wheat flour and advocates its use in breadmaking. He warns against using it alone due to its richness, recommending blends to enrich flours and reduce costs. Texas bakers are increasingly adopting the practice with breads muffins and cakes.
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