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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1909
Page
2
Cut a round steak into inch pieces and brown in hot drippings with boiling water and rice. Simmer until tender then soak dried red peppers with garlic and thyme, squeeze water from peppers, discard skins, and add onion juice and pepper to the meat and rice. Boil and thicken if needed.
Cream one cup of butter with one half cup of light brown sugar until smooth. Stir in flour and a level teaspoon of cinnamon to form a dough. Roll out and cut with a pastry jagger to create a crimped edge for baking.
Cream butter and sugar until smooth then beat in six egg yolks whipped light. Cook gently until thick, cool and grate nutmeg. Pour into pastry lined pans and bake until crust and filling brown.
Remove brown skins from onions and soak in cold water for ten minutes. Drain and cover with boiling salted water then boil until very tender. If the onions are strong change the water once during cooking. When done drain well and add enough thin cream to moisten. Season with butter salt and pepper. Heat without boiling.
Drain and drain the corn for hours, chop fine and mix with a thin batter of milk egg salt and flour. Whip the corn into the batter and cook on a hot griddle like pancakes until done.
A tip explains adding a pinch of baking soda to rhubarb desserts reduces acidity and improves flavor. The soda reacts with the acid as rhubarb cooks, causing off gassing and allowing less sugar to be used.
A dessert method describes making a pink cream with currant jelly poured over sponge cake slices in a glass dish. Another cream flavored with lemon is whipped into stiff froth and layered atop the cake. The recipe then details a soft dough batter with sugar egg sour milk melted shortening soda nutmeg salt and flour, rolled fried to finish.
A brief kitchen instruction to cook a quart of fresh tomatoes for twenty minutes, strain, and season with onion juice sugar salt and pepper. Return a roux made with butter and flour, simmer two minutes, then serve.
Rub together half a cup of lard and a pint of flour, add water to form a dough not too stiff. Roll out spread with butter, fold over, make a second fold in the opposite direction, roll out again careful not to squeeze the butter out.
The recipe describes heating cider to boil, sweetening to taste, then thickening with flour until creamy. Moisten flour with a little milk, return to heat, boil briefly, remove from heat, and serve as a smooth sauce.
Ground round steak and pork steak mixed with soaked bread crumbs and eggs form balls. Each ball is rolled in a boiled cabbage leaf and fried in hot butter, seasoned with salt and pepper to taste.
Cream together sugar butter and flour then add a pint of boiling water and boil briefly. Stir in lemon juice and serve as a pudding sauce.
A beverage favored by men is prepared hot with half a glass of shaved ice and a heaping teaspoon of powdered sugar. The hot coffee is poured over and topped generously with whipped cream.
The method describes shelling and skinning freshly roasted peanuts then grinding to a fine powder. Mix four tablespoons of peanut powder with two tablespoons of butter to create a smooth paste.
If kitchen floors are painted with polled tinseed oil they are cleaned very easily.
A Washington Herald column quotes an aphorism about wealth and poverty. The piece notes both riches and want fail to guarantee contentment.
An obituary-style note recalls Cohen, a husband and colleague, who died suddenly after a dinner with friends. The wife laments wishing they had invited him again next Sunday, reflecting on the unforeseen loss.
The humorist laments time and wisdom. A cub reporter asks why, and the reply jokes that ancient voices spoke first, their smart thoughts predated the speaker’s own ideas. The exchange skims satire on tradition and originality.
A voice in a street scene has a boy asking for change and a courteous man offers five dollars in coins. The boy expresses curiosity about the amount of money in circulation, while the exchange ends with thanks.
Puck quotes a quip about a husband’s homecoming after a stag party. Broadway notes the wife responds by sitting at the piano and playing Tell Me the Old, Old Story, a light newspaper-style joke item.
An exchange between an amateur hunter and a friend unfolds as a joke about cannibalism. The amateur vows to send a trophy from the north woods while the friend laughs off the idea of eating guides. The humor centers on a misheard word and a pun about guides.
In the lunch room a large man in a red sweater sits at a small table as a waiter spins records. The tunes reference harvest days and a hat claiming the man is a plumber, creating a witty exchange between patrons.
In dialogue from the Washington Star, Dustin Stax dismisses politics saying if he saved money others call him stingy and if he spent it there would be a scandal, reflecting social expectations and reputational risk in public life.
A playful exchange shows a child lamenting a friend’s measles while declaring he is the only kid in town who can still win a fight. The dialogue captures small town humor and childlike bravado.
A short Puck quip praises Cora for her sharp perceptions and direct manner of speaking. The exchange highlights her distinctive style and memorable bluntness in communication.
Miss Cayenne explains the quip about gossip and listening in a brief exchange. The Washington Star quotes a wry remark on why a talkative woman attracts attention, contrasting gos siping with gos siping about others.
A brief, lively exchange describes Niagara’s awe inspiring force as Mr. Howard praises it and Mrs. Talkmuch recalls a moment of speechlessness, capturing a local newspaper’s playful tone.
A humorous exchange recounts a visitor commenting on a library filled with volumes and postcard albums. Mr Meeker jokes about near bankruptcy from collecting souvenirs while the others quip about Cockyefeller’s success achieved by hiring “a lot of it.”
A seven year old reports her mother’s quip: Gertrude said I ain’t neither, prompting a humorous note on poor geography from Puck.
A clergy man's daughter recalls a bishop visiting their table. She notices he does not fold his napkin and comments that they always fold theirs. The bishop gently explains they reuse napkins for visitors. The girl replies that they do reuse them.
A brief exchange notes a civic joke about joining a Dont Worry Club while a character stalls on paying the last furniture installment, reflecting a lighthearted Yonkers Statesman style.
In a Houston Post exchange, Fasy comments that Farman claims air travel is safer than driving, noting it does not manage or endanger people on the ground while aircraft pass overhead.
A narrator quotes a vain loafer who deflects his obligation to work by pleading his large family as a justification. A polite old woman questions his duty while a Catholic newspaper frames the exchange in moral terms.
The note from Puck claims Marjorie will marry the young man she became engaged to last summer. The chatter labels the idea as surprising and amusing.
An advertisement by a robbed man shows a humorous, antiquated spelling puzzle. The piece cites a Missouri audience and cites the Atlanta Constitution quoting Brer Williams with dialect lines about hospitality and retreat to the woods.
A brief exchange shows an old lady asking a boy if he smokes. The boy replies he does not but offers to give him a chew of tobacco.
A Pittsburg millionaire named his auto after the leading lady. The comedian praises the car’s head and enamel while noting it reminds him of her every time he sees it. The leading lady asks why he likes it. the comedian cites its finish and puffing humor as reasons.
A dialogue contrasts a regiment of women soldiers with command and the risk of disorder. Mrs Stubb remarks on the imposing image while Mr Stubb jokes about keeping them from falling out, illustrating a playful exchange on military bearing.
In a tense moment Cillman questions Swamphursters about their dislike for Newcomb while Subbubs defends him. He notes Newcomb bought his wife a $380 hat, claiming it sparks unrest at home. The exchange reflects social tensions and rivalries in town.
Jones asks if the message to Mr. Smith was delivered but the office was locked. Johnny reports a note on the door said to return at once, so he left and came back as instructed.
The speaker describes returning from a month painting in remote Maine areas. A critic questions the value of advertising signs in sparsely populated backwoods. The exchange implies tension between artistic work and audience reach.
In The Manchester and Glasgow Road Charles G. Harper notes a 1755 epitaph for Mary Broomfield aged eighty. It states her focus for 20 years was arranging her funeral, her pleasure discussing it, and a pension of Oldd a week she saved five pounds to be spent on burial.
A brief exchange recalls a Toledo Blade interview line about admiration for underdogs and the line about lower animals. The remark reflects a wry, informal tone between interviewer and interviewee.
A terse exchange reveals a claim of retaliation as one party boasts of killing the other's dog yesterday and burying their own today. The remark underscores a cycle of vendetta and severed ties between the individuals involved.
Crowds packed the house chamber and gallery as Governor Sheldon and Governor-elect Shallenberger faced the oath. Salutes from Lincoln hospital corps guns rang out, and Chief Justice Reese refused Shallenberger's certificate before the oath.
Refugees in Messina face danger from starving rabid dogs that gnaw corpses and attack people while some are shot on sight. In Washington Surgeon General Wyman says epidemic disease is unlikely unless preexisting infections exist, citing past storms and fires as non sparking epidemics. A Telegram from Rome notes the effort to exhume Consul Cheney and his wife from ruined Messina offices.
Corbler reports a New Year’s ice accident near Cambridge injuring Glen Fiddler. Word from Hot Springs says Mr. Gregory may not survive a planned operation. A horse incident injures a DeWitt horse. Harvard Roller Mills sold to Scheer and Townsend. firm renamed Scheer & Townsend. McLean Lutheran church nearing plastering. corner stone laid earlier. Sam Pitman rents Cedar county farm and moves to Box Butte. J. D. Earle estate sale near Alliance with land sold for 1650 dollars. J. F. Scofield relocates to Panama to run a lumber yard. M. J. Mitten expands to Adams. Charles May deemed insane in Shickley then Geneva and Hastings asylum. Chris Dresen yields about 8000 bushels corn. shelling shows 2000 extra. Father Hahn and Father Barnard changes in Nebraska City church leadership. J F Markey and Fritz Heiderman hunt two beavers near Tobias. beavers rare here. Fire destroys Charles Talmon’s residence at Wymore. loss about 1000 dollars. Charles Sovereign’s wife leaves Nebraska City. Reuben Thomas returns to Falls City. North Platte hotel stock drive led by Henry Waltemath with 10000 dollar subscription. total 50000 dollars sought.
A warship searchlight lit ruin strewn streets as sailors and Russians aiding Italian salvage plumbed collapsed walls. The city shows widespread devastation with two thirds of the Norman cathedral ruined while officials recount brave rescue efforts and tragic losses.
Money has been secured for the convent property in Hastings Nebraska. The Dominican Sisters of Lincoln will establish the school in time for the next school year. A committee raised funds including 3000 of the 8000 required from Catholic residents. Work on the building will begin as weather permits.
In Fremont Nebraska police found E Waide a wealthy farmer nearly frozen in an alley. He had been drinking after stopping in town on his way to O Neill to buy land. He carried $600 in his pockets and likely would have died if not found.
A special committee will report to the House on Friday regarding references to congress and the secret service in the president's annual message. The panel is expected to rebuke the president, possibly recommending tabling the objectionable portion and challenging the statements with debate likely to follow.
Brakeman I E Graves of McCook Nebraska survived a fall from a locomotive car Monday night. He was jerked off a freight car and fell between rails but freed himself before the cars passed. He was treated at Southwestern Nebraska hospital with painful but non fatal injuries.
Amarillo reports Ranger Doc Thomas of a company station was shot through the head and killed by Deputy Sheriff James Keaton in the county court house. Bad blood reportedly arose after a jail smuggling incident involving Arthur Binister, sought at Springs Arkansas for a murder.
G. W. Rosé, chief of the Codey fire department, cut off one toe with a small red ax during a practice game with the Chemical engine. He remained involved on one leg and two crutches as a real fire reached Codey, taking part in extra drill while the departments faced the blaze.
A Chesapeake & Ohio Virginian No 1 train bound for Cincinnati derailed after hitting an open switch near Caperton. Engineer Thomas Edwards of Barboursville and Fireman Peter Trent of Russell, Kentucky, were killed. wrecking crews rushed to the scene. Reports say only the engine left the track. passenger casualties are not yet confirmed.
Mrs. Jack Powell fatally shot her three sons aged 8 6 and 4 then killed herself. The two older children and the mother died with the youngest boy critically wounded. Mr Powell a prosperous farmer nearby was away at a neighbor's. A neighbor couple arrived too late to intervene.
Churches in W Necraska City hold a week of prayer with services at the Lutheran church. All ministers take part in the observance.
An oil tank fire at Wood River Illinois caused a blast felt five miles away in St. Louis Missouri. Henry Johnson the watchman died in the blaze as homes shook and windows shattered and residents fled fearing an earthquake.
Washington reports the President sent to the Senate the nomination of Frederick S. Stratton to be collector of customs for the district of San Francisco.
In Fremont Nebraska Nels Peterson was struck by a Union Pacific train while shoveling snow in the yards. Both legs were amputated and his recovery is described as very doubtful.
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