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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1909
Page
3
A London Chronicle piece contrasts American and European table manners. It notes Americans use the fork in the right hand while Germans favor the knife, and Brits avoid lifting the knife above the horizon. It humorously links knife handling with national character and speech.
A diary excerpt describes Army life amid extreme heat and cold. Soldiers and animals endured record heat up to 115 degrees in the shade, with cold nights and freezing exhalation on buffalo robes. Homes stayed stifling, cooling relied on ice water, blankets of dripping ice, and improvised comfort measures.
A decorative housewife kept a vase of flowers on the dining table. One afternoon a colored maid, anxious for greenery, fixed romaine salad leaves in the vase after noting the mistimed delivery. The bride found the arrangement awaiting her on the mahogany table.
A large healthy man asks for a bite yet explains he has the ague and cannot hit more than one stick in seven. The mistress directs him to shake ashes in the back yard, revealing a scene of frugal hospitality and hardship.
The Cleveland Leader cites the Philosopher of Folly explaining that success hinges on digging beneath the surface rather than push or pull. The adage emphasizes hidden effort as the key to advancement.
The passage observes that poorer children chase a ball aggressively while wealthier children wait, noting that even a small amount of money influences behavior in youth sports from an early age.
A mixed set of tips and notices. It discusses preventing kitchen fires with a perforated kettle insert, praises Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with testimonials, and offers varied health and household guidance. Also notes ancient brick durability and advice on starting poultry with early March hatchlings.
Slice raw potatoes very thin and soak in cold water for half an hour. Wipe dry, fry in boiling lard until light brown, salt, and serve on a napkin in a deep dish. Drain fat quickly with a perforated skimmer, shaking into a colander. They should be crisp and grease free.
Select plump oysters and drain juice. Mix juice with milk salt eggs and flour to form batter. Envelop oysters and fry in butter and lard until brown. Serve hot. For cold meat, steam leftovers with gravy in a pudding dish for twenty minutes to revive juiciness without drying.
A home kitchen note describes escalloped sweet potatoes prepared with sliced cold baked or fresh potatoes, placed in a buttered dish, topped with cream or rich cream gravy, and finished with bread crumbs baked to a golden crust.
Blanch almonds and cut into thirds lengthwise. Pare and bake apples with butter sugar and nutmeg until done. Garnish with almond quills and arrange in a mould. Serve with custard sauce.
Raw potato slices layered in a baking dish with onion, salt, pepper and butter. Top with salt pork, add milk or water halfway up, and bake about one and a half hours.
A simple cookie method using two eggs one cup brown sugar half teaspoon baking powder seven heaping tablespoons flour and one cup chopped nuts. Bake on buttered tins in a fairly hot oven until set and lightly browned.
A collection of domestic hints on flavoring coffee with caramel and pastry prep, dust control when sweeping near chimneys, Parmesan on tomatoes, separating eggs with a funnel, adding figs to salads, handling leftovers with seafood and peas, boiling vegetables, almond prep for salting, candying fruit, and tempering lamp globes.
An old remedy claims pneumonia and consumption are easily avoided by treating a cold with chest rub. The account underscores a home medicine approach promising to draw out inflammation and prevent serious complications.
The notice warns against purchasing male birds or breeding stock at any time and against sending money for a so called 90 or 90 12 point bird claiming perfection. It also provides feeding guidance for pullets including wheat bran middlings cornmeal cottonseed linseed gluten alfalfa meal beef scraps and charcoal.
A Jackson Michigan nurse known as Nurse Baker, Mrs Judson Ellis of 414 Francis St, credits Dean's Kidney Pills with easing backache and weakness from kidney trouble. She says the pills let her straighten up and do her own work again, with the product sold by dealers at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
An advertisement urges chronic rheumatic sufferers to discard medicines and try Munyon's Rheumatism Remedy. It promises refunds if unsatisfied and claims no harmful drugs. notes the product is sold by druggists under Pure Food and Drug guarantees. The piece also mentions Dominion population statistics about carrying trades.
The text notes free Garfield Tea samples offered in Brooklyn as a purported constipation remedy. It also mentions Orsa Sweden selling 5.5 million dollars worth of trees over a generation and suggests reinvesting similar income for 30 to 40 years. It references Canadian railroad employees in the final fragment.
The column surveys varied tips and facts from Flint making to Bermuda onions and egg shampoo. It notes Brazil’s rail lines, German refuse sorting, and the widespread sale of Spohn's Distemper Cure with 500000 bottles sold. It ends with brief remarks on Chinese opium use and Korean drinking habits.
The article notes that seeds germinate best in well aerated soil with moderate moisture. It describes a test: press soil in the hand and release to gauge moisture. Excess moisture reduces air content and hinders seed performance. In Toledo Ohio authorities ban two shoe blacking brands after a nitro benzole ingredient caused a young man's death when absorbed through cracked shoes.
A mother recalls a boiling grease accident that scalded one side of her baby's face and head. She cites using Guthura Cuticura Ointment to heal, claiming the skin ended up flawless. The clipping also notes other era tidbits from 1908 including Cape Clear light costs and rabbit overrun in Antelope Valley.
Alfred Steg Anderson, a Seattle lumber magnate, orders a porcelain bathtub weighing about 3000 pounds and measuring 46 inches wide two inches longer than the Kaiser’s. The 19 by 16 foot bathroom features Alaska marble walls, mosaic floor, seven foot six inch ceiling, side shaving and dressing tables with sterling silver trimmings, push button controls, a sliding glass door, and a separate annex for a shower and lounging room.
A fashion note suggests heavy Irish linen or macha as satisfactory for a tailored waist. Stri collar and cuffs add a fresh look, while a soft batiste blouse with a round collar has gained favor recently.
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinin as a laxative with bold claims of curing a cold in one day. It notes a missing signature of W. Grove and offers 25 cents. The rest provides beauty tips suggesting gentle facial care and avoid rough towels for smoother skin.
A historical vignette recalls stove troubles and candle snuffing in old Newburyport churches. Clerk Starvey smeared soot on his face while lighting, and Parson Milton nicknamed Thunder ing Milton commanded candles and justice to Mark the dozing parishioner.
A couple shares a listening misread during a concert season. The man dismisses a growling aria while the woman finds it lovely noting the title Aria to My Absent Love. He jokes it was Ode to a Chuck Steak and they attend no more concerts that season.
A soldier recalls a Moro matron visiting the quarters in bright attire. She wore a heliotrope jacket purple trousers with heart designs in yellow blue and pink embroidery a red and black sarong yellow plush slippers and a yellow silk mantilla. Her maid followed in modest garb with a magenta parasol.
A Washington Star quotation contrasts public officials with servants of the country. Mrs. Torkins remarks that some officials resemble a former local servant who carried a market basket home each night.
The Smyrna fig trade dominates the industry with orchards from Ayassoluk to Oruchi. Laborers harvest in August as fruit dries on leaves and straw to sun cure for 2 3 days. The packing business employs thousands, wages exceed half a million dollars during August to November, with demand rising over the last two years. The 1900 crop reached about 120 000 loads, and prices have stayed high despite occasional shorter seasons.
Reports cover a wide range: Laplander skates travel about 160 miles daily while New York fire losses rival London's, Britain’s foreign trade struggles, Japan’s fishermen form a vast industry, China peanut crops export growth, a Santo Domingo banana sweetmeat, a Shanghai magnetic survey led by Dr Edwards, French Limoges walnuts export split, a Dickens quill pen sold for 4 680 pence, caviar as a rare delicacy, and Hamlet’s reference to caviar as a refined taste point.
In Glasgow a youth under the influence of John Barnleycorn boasted he matched Wylile the checker champion. Wylile ignored him at first then used a large hat to cover the youth's face and declared, That's his measure, prompting the crowd to cheer and the youth to retreat.
Snails, largely sourced from vineyards, decline due to a fatal chemical spray linked to phylloxera control. Snail farms claim rapid yields, yet fail to meet orders from Paris. A later line notes a man’s realization that his wife also loves a cat and chocolates.
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