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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1902
Page
5
In a court connected tale, Harleigh faces trial as Corkle and Corkle’s confederates are revealed. The Jew defends innocence, a near-fatal perfume poisons a bride, and a murder plot unravels with a dramatic ending and a double wedding.
The article argues that the peach is an improved form of the almond with a flesh skin, noting ancient Babylonian cultivation nearly four thousand years ago. It suggests early fruit cultivation dates back six to ten thousand years and cites Phoenician gardens containing almonds, apricots, bananas, citrons, grapes, olives, peaches, pomegranates, and sugar cane.
A brief note warns that insufficient study can lead to mistakes and hazards. It urges careful reading and ongoing education to avoid missteps.
A discussion contrasts the new woman who seeks higher work with the old view of focused child training. It praises shifting labor from kitchen tasks to character building, notes a two-person household experiment, and hints at fashion trends like short skirts and black accessories in Paris society.
A Chicago Post column muses on the idea of a wife bequeathing her husband after death to a public or cultural institution. It suggests options from the Art Institute to the Lincoln Park Zoo, noting the beneficiary need not accept and may be given to charity. The piece treats the legal and ethical questions with a satirical lens.
In a distant northern Russian outpost near Vladivostok, a Greek Orthodox priest wields immense power over native Koryaks, soldiers, and officials. He claims authority over newcomers, guides travels, and police public health while promoting Russian-claimed fishing, egg gathering, and labor. The colony of Markova rises as his domineering front.
The Southwest rice industry has moved beyond experiments. Owners can plan 10 to 10 000 acre tracts with costs around 20 per acre including levee work. Harvest yields vary from ten to fifteen barrels per acre with prices near 3.50 per barrel. Net profit approximates 600 per acre after costs, plus 500 from straw, with potential diversification during off periods.
A contractor recalls an ancient red cedar railroad tie from the first Illinois line The Northern Cross from Springfield to Naples on the Illinois River Now a grape trellis post the tie shows decay at the ends and ideas rise to build a 19th century track for a St Louis exposition.
An American girl from Omaha, Miss Mary Muenchoff, has completed a four year tour of major European cities and earned widespread acclaim. She was invited to sing before the Kaiser three times, a distinction granted to few performers, and critics hail her singing as of the finest quality.
The Englishwoman excels as the world’s best hostess by mastering the art of letting guests enjoy their day. Avoid neglect or overattention. do not make guests feel entertained or inconvenienced. follow everyday household routines to keep guests comfortable and respected.
A housekeeper experimented with a cooperative plan for running her home last year. She consulted her cook who also managed housework and agreed on a weekly allowance for expenses with any surplus to be handled accordingly.
A September Good Housekeeping writer argues households should purge unused items to prevent clutter in attic and cellar. Thrift can turn to miserliness as families hold onto old clothes and bric a brac. Giving away to those in need can relieve clutter and reduce the urge to buy more in the future.
A recipe from the Children's Lunch Box describes cookies for extra occasions. Cream sugar and butter, beat in eggs, dissolve soda in hot water, add salt and cinnamon, then fold in flour walnuts currants and raisins. Drop spoonfuls on a buttered pan and bake moderate.
Silk stockings come in two dark rich greens touted as the latest in Paris. A gulf girl style uses grass green decorated with golf clubs and balls, also shown in red with green clubs and balls.
The text extols the Amazon as a vast navigable river for ocean steamers up to 2000 miles from its mouth. It notes the river’s breadth and depth at parts where the banks seem unseen from opposite sides, creating a sense of vast fresh water.
A recipe fragment describes lemon meringue pudding with lemon zest yolks and a custard mix, plus a bread pudding using stale bread soaked in milk. Directions include mixing suet, sugar, eggs, flour, soda, and a liquid sauce, then baking and griddling. Specific quantities are garbled but imply two desserts from pantry scraps.
Simple pumpkin pie method with strained pumpkin, sugar, molasses, eggs, gel, milk. Mix with spices, bake in a single crust until rich brown, stirring and avoiding burning.
Prune filling made with almonds and sugar syrup beaten egg whites to foamy stage then folded into a prunes and almonds blend. The remaining mixture is used as frosting to finish the filling and set.
Readers learn a simple way to revive leftovers. Heat in oven, whisk butter flour salt pepper and milk to a thick white sauce, then beat in an egg yolk and pour over chicken sandwiches before serving immediately.
Instructions describe boiling peeled quince material with sour apples until the liquid rises, straining through a bag overnight, then combining with sugar and heating in an open oven. The hot jelly is poured into glasses kept warm, cooled, and sealed with a film of melted paraffin.
One pint navy beans washed limes rubbed then soaked one hour. Drain and place in a jar with one tablespoon molasses three inches square of pork york rind scraped and cut. Fill with boiling water add one half teaspoon molasses and mix. Cover bake until tender. Reads like a Sunday breakfast prep note.
The recipe suggests using leftover asparagus peas or other vegetables with a rich cream sauce. Add a pinch of soda if used, season with salt, beat three eggs separating whites and yolks, whisk yolks and whites, then bake in a bol ovel.
A fragmented1940s style recipe fragment describes four pounds of beef and seasonings to simmer into a hash then bake with rice and milk. It also notes baked hash of rice and beet with beef, rice, butter and egg, baked in a dish. Apple sweet pickles instruct halved apples with sugar mint vinegar and a method to pierce with a straw.
Instructions describe washing and arranging lettuce leaves for a salad in an advertisement. A mayonnaise dressing centers the dish and chopped bits are used to decorate or finish the presentation on the table.
A recipe fragment explains adding milk and salt to clams then mixing with flour to form a thin smooth batter. The batter is fried in very hot fat to finish the fritters.
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