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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1912
Page
11
Fairly warm coats for children favor serge and light weight cheviots with rough faced textures. Many styles feature low or high waist lines, long skirts, and possibilities for leather belts. Rich tobacco brown broadcloth with coachman capes shows an especially striking design.
The piece argues that small, unseen acts spread dust and disease. It notes people overlook dust on milk pans, shoes, and tea sets, allowing accumulation until visible film prompts cleaning. It laments dust entering living spaces via open windows and passing cars, urging cleaner habits before use.
Step by step kitchen notes describe shirred eggs baked in paper cases with butter and parsley, and codfish cakes made from boiled cod, mashed potatoes, egg, milk, and pepper then fried in lard or drippings. A lighter version uses egg wash and bread crumbs. Also instructions for broiled beef fillets with lemon butter parsley and watercress garnish.
Instructions for a layered fig cake. Cream sugar and butter, beat in eggs with careful timing, add vanilla and milk, fold in flour with baking powder, pour into two pans, bake twenty five minutes, cool and fill with fig paste.
Practical advice for the good housewife on using washable dusting bags to store dusting cloths, with tips for creating a zephyr yarn bag, securing the yarn, and cleaning fine embroidery with bran water. Includes cautions on handling delicate fabrics and avoiding wringing.
A short verse paraphrase reflects on waking to find life is hard yet beautiful. The speaker urges the sad heart to toil courageously until the dream becomes a bright noon light and personal truth. Anonymous provides a timeless, philosophical message.
Instructions advise soaking lace curtains in cold water overnight and in clean cold water with borax. Gently boil for 15 to 20 minutes, rinse in seven slips, then add gum fabric in the final rinse to restore freshness and stiffness.
Walter De Forest helps Julia Drayton recover fifty $1,000 bills from a taxi loss after a young woman misplaced her inheritance. He orchestrates a plan, safeguards secrecy, and finally returns the fortune, with the reward turning out to be the woman herself.
Devoted to our boys and girls in the state of Washington, the piece describes enormous black ant colonies near the Pacific coast. Ants build pine and fir needle piles four to five feet across and three to six feet high, with many access paths leading to and from the nest as workers ferry provisions for their young. Children and adults alike are intrigued by these carrot heaps of tree needles and wonder why the ants favor such large homes.
A garbled, puzzle like collection asks about fish business ideas and small trades. It mentions a sculptor named Wusitie and a Chinese actor losing his head in a quirky riddle like set. The text mixes odd questions with stray phrases.
Fragmented historical note references Benedict Armeld and General Cis tory, plus a scattered Philadelphia Ledger line about besten Lit At tnopeiet inn. The readable fragment hints at a confused historical query or misread headline without clear event, date, or location to verify.
A fragmentary diary style scene shows Anta May returning home with items from her mother. The text describes baskets, weaving, and a young girl reflecting on mothers work while sorting treasures and a hidden game or task.
A Chicago bishop argues that many readers praise Shakespeare and Milton without reading them, while many claim the Bible’s value yet never read it. The piece contrasts loud ecumenical moves with undemonstrative local church efforts that strengthen Christendom and neighborhood morals. It notes evangelists, a woman bishop in Michigan, and YMCA campaigns in London and for African Americans.
A business meeting discusses a banker known for hard bargaining and tight handling of loans. One man recalls his loan inquiry for 5,000 dollars, but the banker refused yet treated him courteously just before the denial. The remark underscores a cautious stance in lending.
A fragmented report cites that British tea drinkers consume more tea per person than Americans by a wide margin. It mentions Ha ttie people and other groups, noting average per capita intake contrasts and implying cultural tea preferences across regions.
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