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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1909
Page
3
A fragment offering old fashioned cautions on jelly and preserves making. It advises using cold water for jellies, proper sugar ratios, warm oven heat, rapid filling, scalding jars, preventing stickiness, cooling in a dark place, and avoiding scorching or burning. Notes on stirring, stove safety, and utensil choice appear.
A sweeping list of stats and curiosities covers transport, science, and society. Topics include Great Lakes use under American flag, hair exports from Hong Kong, iron thorium alloy sparks, gold stock declines, Mexico immigration, London fires caused by electricity, railroad safety gains, Le Mans hatmakers, Carnegie Institution grants, Cape Cod wrecks, Prussia women matriculation, US vs Germany motor vehicles, Dos Bocas oil fires, whalebone prices, US fisheries yields, a punning autist oyster tale, neck boils, a large iceberg near New York, Franklin fishing musings, NY jewelers licensing, Vienna sunscreen sanitarium, and a long motorboat speed run to New Orleans.
A Wheaton West Virginia reader extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing numerous female ailments after years of doctor disappointment. The note also mentions Octave Chanute, Prince Edward entering naval academy, and German temperance growth, plus Sweden rail electrification plans.
Instructions describe removing jar covers by hot water inversion to avoid damage. A bouillon tip explains simmering bones with fowl for clear amber broth and serving with browned toast. A biscuit recipe section gives a basic scone like treat using flour sugar butter and eggs baked quickly.
Stew one pint of green currants until skins burst with minimal water to prevent burning. Sweeten with sugar to a very sweet level and add one fine crushed soda cracker. Bake between two crusts.
Practical kitchen hints on sandwich condiments and savory stews. Mix minced pickles into ham for extra zing. Add ripe olives to beef stew just before serving to enhance flavor. Prepare a fruit salad with white cherries orange segments and bananas on lettuce with French dressing. Do not soak knife handles in water to prevent discoloration and looseness.
A testimonial touts Doans Kidney Pills as curing kidney troubles including stones and backache. Source cites P W Champion of Marion Kentucky praising relief and dissolution of stones after use. Pills sold widely at 50 cents per box by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
An old advertisement promises free medical examination and diagnosis by Munyon's eminent doctors. It urges readers to request a medical examination blank, to return it, and to receive a thorough diagnosis at no cost, with no binding obligation. The notice cites Munyon's Sood and Jefferson Streets, Wilolonia? Pa.
The page highlights Perry Davis Painkiller claiming cramps, colic, diarrhoea relief and Asya liniment for wounds and sprains. It notes a popular Paris fad with freak photographs produced by multiple photographers. It mentions Bolivia and Siam as debt free among civilized nations and notes military staps as sleeve trim.
An elderly Detroit reader reports a child’s year long scalp eruption of about sixty boils treated with Cuticura Soap and Ointment, with Resolvent used during a relapse. The family notes complete cure over two years and cites the remedy’s consistent success.
Mathilde and Stewart reunite after a voyage as shore clothes alter their dynamic. He projects a strong, self reliant leadership while she weighs his potential as a protector or harsh overlord. Their exchange reveals mutual curiosity and a plan minded towards domestic steps, including hiring a maid. The piece also shifts to a feature on the common lady bird its role in gardens and folklore across regions.
The text explains the origin of scot free from Anglo Saxon roots and notes two main phrases pay scot and lot and scot free. It briefly mentions oil stone grades and opinions on lubricants for stones with a tangent about taste in Spanish.
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