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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1906
Page
3
A nostalgic fragment recalls a rural scene with bells in a winter home. Children hear sleigh bells and imagine a distant beckoning, while a father guides them past farm lanes toward warmth and rest inside a welcoming house.
An 1906 Milwaukee Sentinel piece reflects on Thanksgiving as both a national and moral holiday. It praises national harvest prosperity and liberty, condemns public corruption, and honors departed loved ones with a sentimental return to family meals.
The fragment recalls a Christmas gathering among neighbors with a warm, rambling reminiscence. It mentions a throng of about twenty, a Turkey dish, and conversations about domestic matters amid a reflective mood.
The narrator discovers a pen with fifty turkeys behind the cottage and a boy named Sam Plate hints at a fattened Turkey for Thanksgiving. A mix of misdirection and practical pursuit shows how turkeys become central to the story, with references to neighbors and local peculiarities.
A playful tale describes Jeffy and a partner sharing a Thanksgiving wish with a turkey bone. They pull, the wish is granted, and Jeffy ends up with the longer piece, celebrating his fulfilled wish in a light comic moment.
A humorous Thanksgiving tradition invites hiding a turkey in the parlor then letting guests search for it. The finder must strike someone with the turkey before returning it to home base. The game emphasizes swinging the turkey by hand and avoiding throwing.
A company guest compliments the efforts to secure poultry, and the party recalls a turkey hunt with an unexpectedly abrupt ending. Laughter rings through the room as the tale winds to a close, reflecting a lighthearted social moment.
A playful Thanksgiving fable recounts a gay young Gobbler posing questions about Turkey fate and afterlife as a moral game unfolds. The scene shifts to a humorous party rule set from the New York World, detailing safe, orderly play to keep the turkey intact before dinner.
The president's proclamation extends Thanksgiving to the forty five states and island dependencies Porto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines. Natives welcome holidays with feasts and the gobbler as Uncle Sam's national bird should be familiar to them. Soldiers merchants officials and teachers across the islands will help introduce the celebration.
A duck remarks that chicks are selling at 3 cents a pound in the market and a hen agrees, noting the prices are remarkably cheap. The playful dialogue ends without a clear conclusion.
A rural anecdote follows a turkey fed through autumn as humans conceal a grim motive. The bird senses danger when cries reveal it may be the target. The tale unfolds with a wary, lightly dark tone.
Johnny Ma asks for permission to kill the gobbler, while Ma answers with a firm no linking to family rules and tradition. The dialogue hints at a rural household debate over hunting and sustainability.
Army at Valley Forge observed the first national Thanksgiving on a day set as general rejoicing. An officer recalls a feu de joie, a public dinner with officers and music, unfeigned joy, patriotic toasts, and a thousand hats tossed in the air as Washington departed.
The article explains that hair-balls form when animals swallow hair and emit contractions that mold it into pellets, mostly in the reticulum. No symptoms reliably indicate their presence, and no treatment is advised. It also cautions about weeds producing seeds and urges timely weed destruction to save future effort.
A historic note describes making a funnel style bag holder from four boards 10 by 12 inches with a 7 inch bottom, using four 1 1/2 inch by 3/4 inch pabs and guafficient slope for stability. Small walls at funnel corners serve as bag hooks and the funnel size increases for corn filling in phosphate sacks to allow 50 ears per load.
A veteran New York hotel chef shares a detailed method for preparing and cooking a Thanksgiving turkey. The article explains removing the neck, extracting the crop and intestines without tearing the skin, preparing a stuffing from stale bread, onion, butter, ham, and egg, stuffing the bird, sewing the skin closed, and baking in a hot oven for about ninety minutes.
Turkeys serve as effective grasshopper exterminators. Young birds require bran feeding, then forage independently. They consume starchy waste wheat from stubble fields and various weed and grass seeds. Their meat component diet includes grasshoppers and bugs.
The National Stockman notes pork demand this year has surprised even optimists. Fresh and cured meats sell heavily at high prices as three factors drive the trend. Southern prosperity boosts cured meat consumption, foreign trade grows despite costs, and American appetite for bacon expands rapidly with no hog shortages.
The article lists numerous concrete building uses such as foundations sidewalks fences water troughs cisterns tanks and more. It notes that some farms use concrete for rail fences lattice under porches and laundry stoves while acknowledging such cases as extreme and impractical.
Veterinarians use tuberculin to detect bovine tuberculosis though the method faces opposition. Critics argue the test may be unreliable and fail to meet expectations, complicating herd examinations and disease control.
The text warns that pastureland becomes wet and cattle trample clover causing damage. It cautions against allowing cows on clover fields during wet periods and advises against close grazing until grass grows well. Emphasizes that any potential gain is offset by losses elsewhere.
The article notes how a single pepper grass plant yields 15 600 seeds while dandelion reaches 12 600 and common thistles about 65 003 seeds. It lists ragweed 5 000 and other names with large seed counts indicating their prolific spread.
Richardson in National Stockman warns that inexperienced youth with colts can frighten a horse in town. A green colt may panic amid crowds, risking injury or death and ruining its future usefulness. He urges caution and avoiding Sunday outings when youths gather.
The article outlines two methods to destroy weeds: cultivate frequently to bury them early or crowd them out with a crop that suppresses growth. It notes that no cultivation system will permanently kill all weeds if a crop like corn is grown and later laid by. Weeds produce thousands of seeds, so destruction must recur next season.
A recipe outlines chopping chicken into pieces and slicing vegetables then stir frying in shortening. Add onions mushrooms celery potatoes and Chinese sauce with water, simmer ten minutes until tender, then serve over boiled rice.
L W Lighty notes in National Stockman that alfalfa meal shows promise in dairy rations. A Pennsylvania dairyman plans grinding tech to process timothy and mixed hay into fine feed. The writer questions practical data and experiment station reports on this approach.
A heavy draft horse gains 25 to 50 cents per hundredweight with every extra hundredweight. Feeding is affordable, and fat, sleek, well groomed horses sell best. Exercise and light work add value, and a month of grooming plus blanketing boosts price for city market buyers.
Apples kept over winter must be picked by hand to avoid bruising from ground drops. If one apple decays it risks the entire barrel. Store in a cool place not freezing, as alternating temperatures cause damage. Use clean barrels and uniform fruit for attractive market presentation.
The article discusses cows losing milk in winter despite ample grain and hay, suggesting cold quarters or need for succulents. It notes ensilage as green food, and in non silo farms recommends sliced carrots or turnips, with cooked beet-tunip mixtures thickened with bra. Feeding warm improves relish and appetite.
A farming note warns not to fix cider with vinegar. Ground surplus apples into cider if a nearby cider mill exists, then combine with vinegar cautiously. Do not mix three parts cider into old vinegar as acetic acid blocks sugar conversion, yielding watery, poor vinegar.
Farmers find oats cut at the dough stage with a stalk cutter produce more weight per acre than meadow hay for cattle feed. Milk cows benefit from the higher energy content, while oats require careful timing to avoid overripe fibers.
A historical recipe describes mixing salt pork chopped with boiling water, brown sugar, molasses, raisins, dates, and citron. Add flour to cake batter consistency and spices then bake in a loaf tin until a skewer comes out clean.
A simple batter method combines one quart flour and one teaspoon salt with one quart milk. Dissolve a half yeast cake in warm water and mix. Let rise overnight, then in the morning add molasses and melted butter and two beaten eggs. If thin, add more flour.
Instructions describe blanching beans in salted boiling water for fifteen minutes then packing into jars. Jars are placed in a boiling water bath and filled with hot liquid, sealed immediately to create a shelf stable preserve.
Prepare thin slices of cold roast beef. Make gravy from three tablespoons butter one tablespoon walnut or tomato catsup one tablespoon vinegar one teaspoon currant jelly one teaspoon mustard. Place meat in a saucepan cover and simmer half an hour in boiling water.
Mash a pint of boiled green peas while hot and work in a tablespoon of butter with salt and pepper. Beat two eggs light, add to peas, stir in a cup of milk and five tablespoons prepared flour. Whip to a smooth patter and fry on a hot griddle.
Dammon Jam outline: wash and stone damsons then weigh fruit. For each pound of fruit add a half pound sugar. Stew the damsons in a preserving kettle for twenty minutes before adding sugar. After sugar is added continue to stew for about one hour or until thick. Fill jars afterward.
The text describes buying marshmallow candy to cover a cake top and pouring boiled icing over it. As the icing cools it binds the marshmallows. Candies should be warmed in the oven to heat and swell before laying over the cake.
Reserve the oyster liquor and cook a quart of oysters in it for thirty minutes covered. Drain and chop the oysters fine then return to the liquor. Add three pints of water and cook thirty minutes more, then strain through cheesecloth. Season and serve with whipped cream on top like clam bouillon.
Women interested in cooking learn that rubbing a silver knife over tomato skin loosens it more cleanly than dipping in hot water. The water can give a cooked taste, while the silver knife preserves fresh flavor.
Clean grease or rust from plain iron sinks with kerosene and wash in boiling soap suds. Scrub wooden breadboards with sand or salt. Stand pans on a damp cloth after removal from oven to prevent sticking. Linseed oil on tiled floors enhances color. coat mirrors with thin cold starch for shine. Leather liners protect iron flatiron handles. Add a pea-sized baking soda to gooseberries per quart to reduce sugar, and soft boil eggs five minutes for better nourishment.
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