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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1907
Page
8
The text lists service times with morning and afternoon sessions and notes Sunday School at 315 5 ORS. It includes a Christiaan Reteneircuea reference and mentions morning service at 9 00 am and afternoon at 4 30 pm.
A September 8 1907 Young People Topic explores God's omnipresence drawn from Psalm 139. It discusses God as spirit, contrasts earthly conceptions, mentions Jesus and worship in spirit, cites Ezekiel and Job, and ends with a childlike poem and a baby remedy plug. CASCA SWEET advertised for stomachs.
The piece recalls a Wise Man saying that a soft reply averts wrath while sharp words worsen quarrels. It urges gentle responses to provocation to maintain harmony. The page also advertises DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve and Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup, sold at Langeraks Drug Store and Vander Lindens Bazar.
The article discusses installing window boxes with sturdy fittings, painting to match, and seasonally stylish fabrics like chintz cretonne and linen taffeta. It notes washable materials in subdued or bright colors, recommending cretonne for bed covers and window hangings, and burlap as a popular yet heavy summer choice with durable window cushions in brown or green tones.
A collection of practical household hints on salting and sweetness in soups, preserving methods, cake removal, mustard preparation, rhubarb orange marmalade, and care for clean grained wood. Includes tips on brown sugar as an antidote to saltiness, boiling and drying clotheslines, keeping parsley wrapped, and careful dessert handling.
A historical medical note critiques common lay burn treatments like flour olive oil and hot compresses. It argues these substances are culture media for bacteria, emphasizes preventing sepsis through proper care, and urges calling a doctor promptly rather than relying on home remedies.
A recipe describes serving toasted crackers with a filling of five hard boiled eggs grated cheese mustard butter salt pepper sugar celery salt and vinegar plus cream. Cook eggs paste with all ingredients except vinegar and cream then add beaten eggs cream and vinegar to thicken. Adjust with more cream or cracker crumbs as needed.
In a BBC style kitchen tip the writer suggests browning frosting on a pie plate and lifting it onto orang or other puddings for a decorative finish. Bent whites of eggs and sugar form the frosting base, with a prune pudding cited as a pretty example and a striking color sequence of black, yellow, and white.
The article describes a method for Easy Cakemaking using an earthware dish and warm butter to create a creamy mix after creaming sugar and butter. It details folding in flour and baking powder and beating eggs separately. It also notes that for bride's cakes, fashionable favors such as rings and trinkets are placed in the cake for the bridal party but not for all guests.
A fragment describes a tea punch mixture: two cups sugar, two cups water boiled until it threads, rind of three lemons, three tablespoons tea, one quart boiling water, steep three minutes, then add nine lemon juice to cold tea and sugar syrup, dilute with water, add preserved cherries, a little pineapple juice, and a lemon slice.
Beat two eggs yolks with half a cup of sugar. Add juice and grated lemon rind and three tablespoons of water. Stir over heat until thickened. Remove from heat and fold in beaten whites.
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