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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1912
Page
3
An Ohio guide notes turkey hens begin laying early and eggs should be removed promptly for hatching. Handle eggs carefully, avoid oil on poults, use powder for lice, provide sunshine and fresh air, and feed young turkeys simple foods while avoiding overfeeding and excess fats.
Clover serves as a dual egg and milk producer rich in nitrogen and minerals. It extends the food ration and reduces concentrated grain intake while limiting internal fat buildup. The second crop, the proven clover, is best. cut when fully blossomed and allowed to grow to the first browning of blossoms.
Guidance on avoiding overcrowding to improve hatchability. Recommends about 15 hens per male for most breeds to reduce eggs that fail to hatch. This practical tip emphasizes balanced mating to enhance fertilized egg production.
A French medical student earns a doctorate for a study advocating paper bag cooking to aid the sick and elderly. She argues that plain “hearty” foods harm digestion and that fruit and meat can be prepared in a sanitary bag to be tender, digestible, flavorful, and safe.
Instructions describe salting vegetables lightly, placing them in a bag, adding half a tumbler of cold water, sealing, and baking in a hot oven for about five minutes then reducing heat. Cooking time varies with weight.
A 1911 feature argues paper bag cooking saves money and improves nourishment. It claims gas bills drop by about a third, food waste lowers, and meat dishes like roast duck gain tenderness with no waste. Includes a detailed monthly costing and a duck recipe.
Instructions describe cooking puff paste and apple dumplings in paper bags to improve texture and speed. Steps include folding butter into flour, resting, rolling, and baking in a bag with fruit syrup, citron, and angelica, plus custardlike mixture and egg whites for a souffle. Copyright 1911 Sturgis Walton.
Peel and cure half a dozen cooking apples. Empty a gill.
From this recipe six items can be made including biscuits and sand tarts. Instructions describe mixing flour butter and milk to form a soft dough then shaping for biscuits and rolling for sand tarts with butter and sugar. Additional items include shortcake Dutch cake and steamed pudding with berries jam or marmalade filling.
The itemized list calls for a steady cutting table with brass headed tacks for measuring yardage, fat pincushions, a sewing machine cushion, safety pin cushion, large blunt shears, scissors for fitting, many needles, an emery box, thread in boxes sized 40 to 80, a 4 inch notion box of bindings and shields, pencils, chalk, and bristol board to guide straight hems on fine fabrics.
A set of dated, fragmentary home guidance covers kerosene use on discolored clothing and skin, fried oyster tips with baking powder, dress seam reinforcement, paint removal with alcohol and kerosene, and quieting alarm clocks by wrapping an elastic band around the bell.
Practical sewing advice on reinforcing thick serge frocks with extra material at elbows and underarms, using matching ravelings for darning, and choosing wool for visible repairs to minimize contrast. emphasizes avoiding silk or cotton for neater patches.
Instructions describe making cabbage chow chow from unsalable cabbage. It directs chopping cabbage with onions and green peppers, adding salt pepper and celery seed, mixing with ripe tomatoes, and sealing in a stone jar. It notes it will keep well and pairs with meats.
A simple stuffing recipe uses six medium potatoes boiled and mashed, one chopped onion, butter, salt, pepper, several crackers ground to fine crumbs, and a pinch of soda. Mix until fluffy enough to fill a large turkey.
A simple citrus sauce combining one cup sugar one quarter cup butter one egg beaten juice of one orange and half a lemon. Heat thoroughly and serve as a sweet glaze or accompaniment.
A stray iron hoop breaks a kitchen window in a suburb as a boy returns with his father to repair it. The glazier asks four bits for the repair and the mother claims no relation to the boy or the father, leaving confusion about guardianship and responsibility.
In a London Chronicle snippet, a North Country dog show sparks wit as a bemused attendant scoffs at a brisk entrant. The crowd debates prize worth and the dog’s leg length provoking a playful exchange about whether the legs reach the ground.
An old German furniture dealer faced a mute woman customer who spoke little. A clerk was sent to collect a bill but returned empty handed. The dealer exclaimed in surprise asking if she was dead, recognizing the clock had implied her silence and the gravity of the visit.
The fragment hints at Horan engaging in a loud confrontation after a game, with threats or charges implied. Details are unclear but suggest postmatch dispute and possible accusations or jeers directed at opponents.
A farmer questions another about the depth of a well as they discuss digging. The dialogue centers on whether the depth has reached a hundred feet and the lack of certainty about progress.
A garbled reminiscence quotes a man about giving her away and past vows. The text references decades, a wife, and friends, but the details are obscured by OCR errors and incomplete phrases.
A fragmentary passage discusses why citizens feel disillusioned with office seekers. It contrasts expected performance with actual outcomes and notes a long gap between promises and results. The tone hints at public frustration and the gap between rhetoric and achievement.
A cryptic remark from a judge hints at a planned breakfast product. The exchange references seven ears of corn and a prophetic suggestion about a new food item. Neither party confirms details.
A merchant jokes about miscommunication as a man asks for two boys and a girl, prompting the butcher to clarify. The manager explains he does not sell people, while the customer points to a sign offering families supplied by exchange, revealing the humorous misunderstanding.
A fragment notes a doctor at the hospital diagnosing insomnia. The second part jokes about sleeping it off, reflecting a brief humorous dialogue fragment.
Uncle Joe Cannon speculates on a politician seen as wobbling between success and failure. The anecdote recalls a Maine old lady who weighs the ice’s thickness to judge her husband’s fate, illustrating cautious or ironic judgment.
A mother counsels her daughter to curb quarrelling with Fred to avoid giving a wrong impression. She fears gossip among fashionable circles that the marriage happened for love and worries about social perception.
A humorous dialogue portrays a husband claiming his wife is the most jealous person on earth. He cites jealousy over affection for his parents and child, then adds she is jealous because he enjoys a Sunday nap.
A seventeenth floor tenant asks about the danger of washing a large pane as a window cleaner on the sill responds that a fall would land on some poor snow shoveler below, reflecting a grim exchange of views about risk.
A fragment depicts a domestic exchange where a mother questions a girl about a young man named Gallington. The girl insists there was no arm around her, and the mother appears to doubt, while the daughter defends herself regarding the arm count.
In a dialogue heavy excerpt, Mrs. Flimgilt insists on a total divorce, pressing for an absolute dissolution. Her lawyer, described as an old friend of her husband, offers to take the case as a personal favor.
A brief line from a California Pelican column comments on a girl wearing a light head covering and mentions talking about diamonds in a playful-awkward tone. The text appears as a fragment with unclear context.
A quarrel erupts as a He demands obedience and a She counters with a claim to the worldly goods, asking if she will receive them. The exchange centers on promises and ownership within a strained domestic dynamic.
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