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Newspaper
Paoli Republican
Location
Paoli, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1915
Page
8
The squire hosts a traditional Christmas meal with old English hospitality. The hall glows with candles and plate, a pig’s head on the dais, and minstrelsy as Oxonian guests recall college days. Afterward children’s games bring lively merriment and nostalgic charm.
A dish from the Woman's Home Companion presents a Boston baked beans recipe with pea beans soaked then simmered until skins burst. Fat salt pork is buried in the bean pot with rind exposed, the mix of salt sugar and molasses is added, then baked eight hours in a slow oven, topping up water as needed.
Mrs Good Housewife argues skilled help comes from training the raw material. She compares factory labor to domestic workers and urges concrete rules. Reading or reading aloud helps a worker learn fixed directions and take pride in simple rule-based tasks.
A simple hack uses a piece of outing tunnel half a yard long folded into a bag sewn at bottom and side. The fold creates the other edge, then a one half inch wide turn is made. Thread a tape and place on a broom to polish floors and keep art squares looking well.
Instructions describe bottling sweet cider for winter use. Boil cider thirty minutes before bottling, boil thirty minutes more after bottling, and boil corks to sterilize. Stand bottles in hot water with a cloth bottom to prevent breaking, cork tightly, and store in a cool place. It can be served hot or cold.
A historical recipe instructs boiling a whole chicken, removing the meat, and making a sauce with butter flour salt red pepper milk. Add chicken pieces to warm sauce, heat again, and garnish with finely chopped hard boiled eggs with parsley. Suggested for Sunday night supper.
A recipe details mixing milk shortening sugar and potato yeast with eggs and flour. Prepare before two, let the mixture rise five hours, shape and cut doughnuts, let them rise again, then fry in hot fat until light and ready.
Snatches of light verse and ad slogans drift through a dated page. A cartoonish exchange features a wife and husband with a punchline about paying freight while an English playlet line teases romance and social mores amid references to Red Cross and Ball Blue among grocers.
The satirical line mocks a man named Kelly urged by Kelliher to brace up and return home to his wife. The quip notes the speaker’s pity and compares the situation to the sultan, reflecting humor in a philosophical tone.
A Lincoln Omaha advertisement seeks five to ten pounds of butternut meats from this year’s crop and offers 75 cents per pound. Contact Geo. A. Joslyn in Omaha Nebraska for payment and pickup details.
Dialogue fragment shows a wife confronting her husband over a missed phone call. She explains she was dyeing and could not answer earlier. The brief exchange hints at domestic tension and a potential misunderstanding in a home setting.
In a wartime vignette a girl named Jenny begs to join a soldier game but is told she cannot. Harry relents and assigns her the role of widows and orphans, highlighting gender expectations and the social costs of conflict.
A shabby man visits a Scotch general store and asks for an empty soap box. The shopkeeper offers one for two pence, prompting the man to insist he can find a cheaper box. The shopkeeper quips about not leaving boxes outside overnight, noting his prices reflect value and security.
A Kansas woman recounts how her six year old niece recovered from a severe typhoid illness after eating Grape-Nuts. She notes rapid improvement in appetite awareness and strength, claiming Grape-Nuts saved the child’s life. The letter is published by Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
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