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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1909
Page
6
The guide stresses even heat throughout baking to avoid soggy streaks. Thin cakes need a quick oven while dark fruit cakes require slow even heat. Do not move a cake after rising to prevent gas escape. Grease pans with lard for most cakes. leaf cakes use a buttered white paper on sides and bottom. Test doneness with a clean broom splint. clean withdrawal means done.
One quart beans prepared without pork then cooked with rice in a one to three ratio. Salt and mash, then knead with ground peanuts onions sage and pepper to form a loaf. Bake one hour and serve hot.
To five pounds lean pork add two pounds pork, grind thoroughly, and season with salt, powdered sage, pepper, salt, and ginger per pound. Mix well, pack in jars or bags, cover one inch with melted lard.
Cream one cup butter with half cup sugar and three yolks beaten with one egg. Stir in two cups sifted flour and almond extract. Rest dough an hour in a cool place. Roll out, cut small cookies, brush with beaten egg white and coarse sugar. Bake very pale on floured tins.
Crisp browned potato mass from boiled potatoes diced small with butter minced onions and parsley. Pack into a greased pan and fry until the bottom browns. Do not stir, then loosen edges and invert onto a heated platter for service.
A recipe instruction sets a dough base using thick sour cream, sugar, five eggs, baking soda, nutmeg, and flour. It advises testing a bit of dough in hot fat and adjusting with more flour to reach the right thickness for frying.
A simple candy method uses egg white beat to a firm stage, equal parts water, and confectioners sugar to form a moldable paste. Shape into small rounds, coat in chocolate, and dry on waxed paper.
To spread frozen butter easily, plunge the knife in hot water briefly then wipe dry before use. A treated knife will also cut new bread smoothly. For longer use, employ two knives alternately, dipping and using them.
A home bread instruction uses rye meal Indian meal and flour with molasses boiling water to form batter. It adds baking powder and salt then steams in a bread tin for four hours, yielding a traditional Boston brown bread.
A perforated piepan over a teapot keeps dishes warm and many wall blemishes can be removed with a rubber on a lead pencil. Dried lemon peel over coals hides odors, potato water cleans mud stains, combs warp if washed with water, a nail brush cleans them, trimming wick threads eases movement, gentle oven doors prevent heavy bake, lit powdered water aids grill fires, carpet beating varies by side, and avoid damp floors to prevent damage.
Dr H W Wiley chief chemist of the Agricultural Department denounces Calumet Baking Powder Company for publishing certificates alleging he endorsed their product. He states he never served on any awards committee nor endorsed the powder and has warned the public that alum is injurious and would not be used in bread. Despite his demands the company continues to publish the disputed endorsements.
The United States produced 230 tons of chrome ore in 1907 while 41 989 tons were imported from abroad chiefly from Asiatic Turkey and New Caledonia to supply ferro chrome alloys and steel hardening. A scientist developed a camera so rapid it photographs flying bullets and the waves of condensed air ahead of them and the rarefied air behind.
A Paris public prosecutor rails at Count de Castellane and Prince de Sagan and urges keeping the children with their mother per court orders. The report also notes hydro electric works in Rio Janeiro, rail electrification in New York tunnels, and mica trade data in Canada. Backache is kidneyache.
The passage cites various remedies and advertisements from a vintage paper. It mentions Dean's Kidney Pills praised by a patient from Corydon Lona, a whiskey and sarsaparilla tonic, Brown's Bronchial Tradhes for throat issues, Danysz Virus for pest control, and notes about New York City's Catskills reservoir work employing 45,000 workers.
An old advertisement touts Murine eye remedy claiming experienced physicians endorse it and compliance with Pure Food and Drugs laws. It urges readers to try Murine for eye relief and to discuss it with physicians.
A moral verse urging resilience and honesty across life from childhood to old age. It counsels rising after every fall, bearing hardship with a clean conscience, and staying true to one's colors while never giving up. The speaker invokes the refrain keep a stiff upper lip and ends with the line never give up the ship.
The lines describe a winter sleigh ride with a one-horse open sleigh and bells. Miss Fannie Bright sits beside the rider as they laugh and sing, steering through a white landscape and drifting banks. The verse urges young swingers to take the girls out and ride fast in a bob-tailed bay sleigh.
A new printing telegraph machine enables messages to be sent in an hour by someone with no telegraphy knowledge. In Montgomery county Pennsylvania near Philadelphia, tobacco has been successfully grown for the first time in forty years. This year 1907 sees the United States produce a record arsenic amount, 1751 short tons, doubling 1906 output. Blankets should be washed in lukewarm water and hung flat with weights on corners to dry without shrinking or wind wrapping.
The article reviews Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming a constitutional basis for catarrh and promising cures with a blood and mucous surface action. It notes other items from science news including steel ingots in Denmark, a Paris street sweeper, a Philadelphia coffee urn patent, Sahara sand affecting a steamer, and women studying medicine in France. It also mentions Carnegie steel policy concerns, formaldehyde cautions, and a Paris waterproofing mix. The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific expo in Seattle will feature a Japanese silk plant demonstration.
Lydia Thompson, the English actress once leading the British Blondes, died at 72 after a career that transformed the American stage. Her 1868 arrival sparked controversy but also major hits like The Forty Thieves and long US tours, with fans including Cincinnati bootblacks and torchlight serenades in Europe.
A Washington Star item profiles a member of the Sons of Rest who embodies idle living. A spring wagon scene shows a woman teasing John about his habit of taking life easy. John has only two regrets one to wake for meals and one to stop eating to sleep.
A playful exchange between papa and mamma turns a newspaper misread into a family joke as a tame goose honks its way to announce a arrival, with affectionate teasing about wild geese.
A frugal Scotchman named MacDougal is described as preferring to blow himself for a fine experience rather than order wine. The piece characterizes his thrift and self-reliant habits in a humorous tone.
A testimonial from a young Illinois woman states that switching from coffee to Postum ended stomach trouble insomnia and headaches. She reports better sleep strong stomach appetite and overall improved wellbeing, echoed by her brother who also improved after the switch. The letter is released by Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan and invites readers to try Postum and read The Road to Wellville.
The California Fig Syrup Co touts its Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as produced from purified plant principles by expert chemists. It warns against imitations and instructs buyers to verify the full company name on the front of the package to ensure authenticity. Also notes Australia has a unique predator, the dingo.
An ad touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments including irregularities, displacements, and backache with a testimonial from Mrs W B Ford of Baltimore Maryland. It notes the remedy’s long history and offers free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. The piece also mentions artificial butter in Denmark and a French population estimate of 40 million.
Zoological park naturalists report that most reptiles including serpents have very short ranges of vision and hearing after extensive experiments. The finding prompts new understanding of reptile behavior and perception.
The article explains how Admiral Evans earned the nickname Fighting Bob from his gunfire courage during Fort Fisher actions as a teen acting ensign. He led men near Confederates, was wounded multiple times, and refused to yield, earning popular admiration and the moniker from sailors who carried him back to his ship after dark.
The travelers pass a splendid house. Brown mocks it as a brutal profit from pain. Jones questions the owner, who is revealed to be a dentist rather than a moneylender, as the joke lands withPunch style irony.
A home made henhouse prompts a quip that hints at a craftsman’s effort while a naive old lady in a street car oddly notes a man with a shotgun and blanket roll as if planning to spend the night away. Nellie counsels her mother by joking her baby sister lacks sense “yet.”
Magistrate remarks on prior appearances as the prisoner jokes about judgments. The brief exchange hints at ongoing legal proceedings featured in Harper's Weekly.
A brief remark notes that the act of forgetting a save harms the recipient, emphasizing memory and accountability in a concise game or narrative context.
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