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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1909
Page
7
A collection of anecdotes highlights Sheridan’s sharp retorts and humorous clashes in Parliament. It notes English fondness for light wit, cites Porson and South quips, and ends with a London dining-room scene where laughter is rare despite elegant surroundings.
A poem narrates a speaker entranced by a glamorous woman who entices and taunts him. He compares love to a spider trapping a fly, describing fluctuating emotions from pleasure to fear and eventually seeking release. The piece reflects flirtation and the peril of desire in urban social life.
The bride expresses frustration at altering plans for a six day journey. The young man counters that taking the failed plan would feel like living in a stationary parlor car with unchanging scenery.
A Louisville Courier Journal note reflects on household budgeting and spending excuses. The brief quotes show a couple claiming many expenses and receipts created a unclear demarcation of where money went.
An advertisement offers Vitalizer 8 for old Coles with 333 for 1427 quarter and big prices for other coins. Includes call to save them, obtain coin circulars, and send at once. Agents wanted by Home Supply Co. in Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania.
Do spiders sleep at night as suggested by observations of formicaries and web-building behavior. Spiders likely nap during long seconds at the center of a trap line, though many species hunt by night while others hunt by day. Some stay alert in their webs while awaiting prey along the thread. Submarine cables cost $41000 a mile to lay with a life expectancy of thirty to forty years.
A collection of short anecdotes includes a ship captain joke about rats on a liner, notes on squaring the circle, Hooker’s 92nd birthday, New York City Hall’s cornerstone in 1803 1812, the mole’s self reliance, contentment, paint stain remedies, El Monte to San Bernardino’s Forty-Mile stretch irrigation era, tan coat jokes, and Kepler’s gravitation insight 1617.
A New Orleans Times Democrat report recalls a kindergarten class where a girl named Mary proudly claims she can undress herself. The teacher scolds her for interrupting and leading to a cloak-room timeout as Mary returns with the same boast. A doctor is asked to examine another child’s tongue.
The Department of Agriculture reports importing over 2000 carefully chosen plants from around the world. Drought and cold areas may benefit from arid China varieties, new seedless persimmons, pears, apricots, cherries, a Himalaya clover, and bamboo. Monroe County described. Everglades drainage impact uncertain. Building sites near water with beaches and bays described.
An article describes a home remedy labeled as a cure for cold and coughs. It combines pine compound, glycerine, and whiskey in specified amounts, to be taken in four hour intervals. It notes the pine product is sold in half ounce bottles and claims a local druggist has used the prescription many times.
A light blue chiffon broadcloth gown of a modified princess line features a bolero with iridescent bead embroidery and touches of gold on the skirt band. Movusquetaire sleeves and a yoke of deep sheer chiffon complete the look, with an option for a simpler version.
The two Waterside NY Edison stations on First Avenue between 38th and 39th Streets are said to comprise the world’s largest electric light and power plant with capacity for 500000 horsepower. Also noted are varied items: a saying about a shoe for a fit woman, cattle tuberculin testing programs, and a Trenton man discovering a giant polyporoid mushroom weighing 45 pounds.
A Vienna West Virginia woman credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with curing years of pain and misery. The ad touts the product as narcotic free and claims it has the record for cures of female diseases with testimonials on file in Lynn Massachusetts. It invites readers to send confidential letters for free advice from Mrs Pinkham.
Woman recounts kidney trouble relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She details backache dizziness swelling ankles and joint pain before finding relief with three boxes. Prefers Doan's and cites Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo as the maker.
A Colorado inventor unveils a chopping knife with circular blades mounted on a heavy arm. The tool is said to shred meat or cabbage rapidly and outperforms single and double blade models. It may also cut doughnuts cookies and round cakes by forming an inner ring and repurposing leftover dough.
Peel and grate two apples and set aside. Whip the whites of two eggs with a pinch of salt, then gradually beat in six tablespoons of sugar. Alternate folding in the apple and sugar until used, whip until stiff peaks. For a quicker option use cooked apple pulp, then brown lightly.
Instructions describe blanching and pounding sweet and bitter almonds with water, then adding sugar cream and egg whites. The mixture is spooned into small patty pans lined with puff paste and baked in a warm oven about twenty minutes.
Peel core and quarter apples weighing about half a pound. Grate rind of one lemon. In a pan place a pound of sugar with a quarter pint water and add apples and lemon. Simmer about an hour then add juice of two lemons and boil ten minutes, stirring continually.
Wash the prunes well and place in a kettle with just enough cold water to cover. Let stand overnight, then simmer gently until tender without stirring or mashing. Cook until the juice becomes a thick syrup. When cold, eat with cream.
A recipe instructs creaming half a cup of butter with one and a half cups of powdered sugar until light. Add three quarters of two cups of milk, beat well, then fold in the stiffly beaten whites of three eggs. Mix with enough flour to form a good batter and bake in layers.
A simple luncheon dish features ripe apples sliced into a bowl of milk and bread. Some bake the apples in a slow oven until tender then mix with bread and milk, while others prefer using uncooked fruit.
Cut leftover potatoes lengthwise, scoop centers to form shells, brown in butter, then fill with fried onions. Substitution option: hot buttered peas for the onions.
Practical advice on preparing food fillings and cleaning methods. Suggestions include making cream cheese currant filling, removing coal soot with kerosene, using a paint brush for cleaning, washing dried peaches, using alcohol to remove lamp soot, polishing with alcohol and whiting, repurposing jars for jelly, and repairing enamelware with white lead.
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