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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1906
Page
2
Pure four quarts of ripe tomatoes and six lemons are prepared into marmalade with one cup of raisins and four pounds of sugar. Layer ingredients in a preserving kettle, heat to boil, then simmer until thick. Seal hot to yield about two and a half quarts.
Prunes are simmered until tender then drained and pitted. Gelatine dissolved in cold water is mixed with the prune juice and sugar, boiled five minutes, then vanilla is added. The mixture is poured into a mold and chilled to set, served with whipped cream.
Pare tart apples and cut into slices. Cook chestnuts until tender, mix with apples in equal parts. Dress with vinegar, oil, pepper and salt. Serve on a lettuce lined dish and garnish with lettuce hearts. Variation uses equal parts shredded celery and chestnuts in the same method.
Stir five ounces of pure gum arabic in a gill of cold water until dissolved. Add a half cup of powdered sugar and boil until a ball forms in cold water. Pour syrup over stiffly beaten egg white and whip steadily. Flavor with vanilla and spread between cake layers with a warm knife.
A simple recipe describes soaking gelatine in cold water then dissolving in boiling water with orange juice and grated rind. Ice the mixture until it thickens, beat in stiffly whipped egg whites, sweeten, and chill to set into a light orange flavored dessert.
Make a batter with one pint of milk one egg one tablespoon sugar one teaspoon baking powder one cup flour and a saltspoon of salt. Stir in two cupfuls of blackberries dredged with Nour. Fry in hot lard by the tablespoonful and dust with powdered sugar.
Combine ten ounces butter and ten ounces sugar until creamed. Beat in four eggs gradually. Add two ounces lemon peel and half a pound of flour with a teaspoon of baking powder. Stir in milk to form plum pudding thickness. Bake in a moderate oven.
A recipe describes combining one cup sugar two eggs and half cup butter with one pint milk and three teaspoonfuls baking powder sifted with enough flour to form stiff batter. Pour into greased pans bake twenty minutes then butter sugar and cinnamon topping.
Combine one quarter pound almonds one half pound each of beechnuts pine nuts pecan hazel nuts and roasted peanuts. Pack into tumblers and when ready mix with cottage cheese made from sour mill.
Three eggs and one half cup sugar, one cup butter, half teaspoon soda, a pinch of salt, nutmeg to cover a silver half dollar, one and a half cups seeded raisins, one pound English walnuts chopped, two and a half cups flour. Drop from spoon and bake in quick oven.
Instructions describe making a custard pie in the usual method and adding about twenty chopped walnuts to the custard. The nuts color the filling dark while imparting a rich and exceedingly delicious flavor.
Short homemaking tips on keeping pantry air dry with quick lime and cellar storage. Cleaning stained enamel bathtubs with dry salt and thorough washing. Repositioning dishpan handles to prevent nicked tea sets. Watercress salad enhanced by thin radish slices with red skins. Silver polishing with warm oil and flannel followed by chamois skin.
In dense fog off Staten Island the Perseus bound for Coney Island carrying 500 passengers and the Thomas Patton from Long Branch to New York with 1,000 aboard collided and remained locked together but no serious injuries occurred. Passengers were transferred to safety as rescue boats arrived. one man jumped overboard but was saved.
In Greenwood Indiana a twenty gallon gasoline tank exploded during setup for a stereoptical San Francisco disaster lecture killing Rev D I Levis 45 owner of the company and his assistant George McNeenus 30 instantly. Levis son Harry 23 seriously injured. The elder Levis and McNeenus died at the scene. The younger Levis was knocked unconscious by a tool chest that shielded him.
An explosion at the Dixon mine in Huger, Tug River field, Bluefield area kills Wallace Mitchell and four miners Earnest Jones Palmer Harris and Robert Harris brothers and John Gilmore. Will Crouse and Langus Whiteside suffer fatal burns and shock.
Cheyenne Wyoming: two deserted wagons with bullet holes and blood reveal mangled remains of Archie Irvine of Cestos Oklahoma and his son Thomas. Victims identified as travelers from Baker City Oregon. Suspected killers are tramps, act believed to date from a month ago.
The badly decomposed remains of Charles Hartman from Troy Montana were found in the Kootenai river at Sandy Point Idaho. Authorities believe he either drowned accidentally during a hunting expedition or died by his own action. His disappearance occurred late in winter and puzzled officials.
A Elizabethtown minister recounts a five year illness period marked by La Grippe like collapse. After using Grape-Nuts, he reports restored appetite, weight gain, better sleep and renewed activity, praising the food as a powerful rebuilding agent and recommending daily meals with cream.
Guatemalan minister Munoz says three commissioners and a secretary will attend the San Jose peace conference aboard the Marblehead. American Consul General John Jenkins arrives in Washington amid tensions over alleged Guatemalan violations.
Charles Norris, 22, a night clerk at a Nebraska City hotel, shot Pearl Crouse, 16, in her room after jealousy, then killed himself. Police found Norris mortally wounded beside Crouse, with both victims in disarray, Norris’s parents wealthy near Plattsburg, Missouri, and Crouse’s parents poor in Rockport, Missouri.
Salvadorean interior minister Senor Jose Rose Pacas, named by President Escalon to present Salvadoran views in the Central American dispute, drew attention in 1902 for denouncing Justice Henry Strong and M Dickinson. Rumors say Pacas may be named to represent Salvador at a conference aboard the Marblehead to resolve the commercial company dispute with Honduras, Guatemala, and Salvador. The case, over a $500,000 harbor improvements loss, was arbitrated in Washington with Pacas as Salvador’s representative and Strong as neutral arbiter.
Thaw spent a restless night in the Tombs and woke irritable. His mother and sister visited, and a stormy interview arose over legal counsel. Mrs. Thaw urged a visit and pressed the importance of access as the injunction fight continued.
The Norris affair unfolds with the undertaker in charge of the body to be shipped to Plattsburg Missouri. The murderer was married. his wife lives near his Missouri home. The girl shot behind the right eye remains alive but may lose an eye. Dr Marnell says recovery is possible but unlikely. A letter from Norris asks for forgiveness and references burying him by his grandfather.
The commission investigating Port Arthur's surrender recommends harsh penalties for senior leaders. Stoessel, former Port Arthur commander, should be dismissed and shot. Fock, Fourth East Siberian division head, to be dismissed and sentenced to a year of hard labor. Reiss, Stoessel's chief of staff, to be dismissed and banished. Alexieff, Smirnoff, and Vernander should be reprimanded. Formal trials to follow soon.
Greek pedestrian Nicholas George, 24, traveling from Australia toward Budapest, began his world walk in Cairo on November 17, 1904. He plans to cover 30,000 miles in 3 years 3 months to win a $20,000 prize from the International Tourist Club of Budapest. He arrived in San Francisco en route to his next leg.
The Ware appeal record remains incomplete but will be finished soon. A final decision from the U S court of appeals may come within weeks. Rev George G Ware was convicted of conspiracy for fraudulent filing on lands within the U B I band and Cattle company's enclosure, sentenced to one year in Douglas county jail and fined $100. He denied a new trial and appealed.
In New York a quarrel between Conrad Schirmer and his nineteen year old son Conrad Schirmer Jr at the home of Clara Lazarus on East One Hundred and Forty-ninth Street ended with the son stabbing his father with broken glass. Doctors fear a mortal wound. The younger Schirmer was arrested.
New York reports Mrs. Halsey Corwin, wife of a young city magnate, is the victim in a $50,000 jewel robbery. This marks her second loss after $30,000 in jewels were stolen two years earlier from an uptown hotel where she had an apartment.
Fremont Nebraska Elmer Lovelady a farm employee six miles south of the city was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm but escaped with his life because rubber boots prevented the current from passing through him. He stood in a barn doorway leading two horses when the bolt hit. one horse died and the other was blinded.
A Washington reader Annie Hendpry writes she feels better after using Peruna and other remedies. She credits the medicine with enabling daily tasks and happiness, while a Whee? woman praises the tonic’s benefits and doctor’s advice.
Disjointed excerpts describe Persian customs, early wireless telegraphy plans, a fence post project in Lamont Kansas, a Marthanieh station with a Boston tower, Russian czar privileges, and a Laundry businesswoman in California. the text blends curious anecdotes, tech mentions, and social vignettes without a central narrative.
A writer describes long endured sores on hands and face that resisted doctors. After using Cuticura Remedy and Ointment, symptoms eased, with ongoing caution about touch and application. The note mentions Mrs. A. M. of Matago, July.
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