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Newspaper
Portland Daily Press
Location
Portland, Maine, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1900
Page
9
The passage describes pressing cooked chicken by removing skin and bones, separating light and dark meat, and layering them in a dish with seasoned salt and pepper. Light and dark meat are alternated, moistened with the cooking liquor, and pressed. A similar method for turkey is suggested but sliced rather than chopped.
Christine Terhune Herrick urges early training in table manners within the first 12 years, noting girls often adapt quicker than boys. She cites a well-bred example who learned courtesy from his mother, and provides yeast bread cautions plus recipes for Rice Muffins and Hominy Gems to aid digestion and proper eating habits.
A fragment from the Chicago Record reflecting on imperfect love and recurring quarrels as couples navigate storms in relationships with caution and enduring promises.
Select small oranges and boil until a straw penetrates. For each pound fruit dissolve half a pound sugar in water, cut fruit, simmer until clear, add Isinglass, boil briefly, and test thickness. If needed, add more Isinglass, pour over fruit in a glass dish, strain jelly over it. Lemons may be prepared similarly.
A crisp red cabbage is shredded and cooled. The dressing is made by beating two eggs, heating with salt mustard and cayenne, adding butter and vinegar, then off the heat stirring in cream. The warm dressing is poured over the cabbage and mixed thoroughly.
Clean and steam the fish until tender then bone and season with salt and pepper. Make a white dressing from milk flour and butter with onion and parsley, layer fish with dressing in a baking dish, top with bread crumbs and bake half an hour.
A dish of curry eggs is praised in warm countries and enjoyed in the north in summer. Fry two onions in butter until golden, stir in curry powder and stock, simmer briefly, then add cream and ten sliced hard boiled eggs. Heat through without boiling after eggs go in.
Cut one pound of round steak into bits and brown with one sliced onion and butter. Add three quarts cold water and boil slowly for an hour. Add a pint of sliced okra and simmer three hours. Season with salt and pepper, strain and serve. Variations include canned tomatoes beans or celery added just before finishing.
Bring a tea cupful of milk to a boll and soak an equal quantity of bread crumbs. Break and stir together with six eggs, add the milk and bread, mix and season with salt and pepper. Pour into a pan with melted butter, fry slowly, cut into squares, turn and fry a delicate brown. Serve hot.
A recipe instructs layering ripe berries in a deep dish with powdered sugar, repeating layers, letting stand half an hour, then topping with whipped cream made from the whites of three eggs, powdered sugar, and strawberry juice. The method combines berries with a light foam and sweet cream for a dessert.
The recipe instructs layering strawberries in a deep dish with sauce and powdered sugar, repeating until filled. It adds orange juice at three oranges per quart of berries, lets sit an hour, and finishes with crushed ice just before serving.
A recipe instructs to roll a half pint of water with a teaspoon each of cinnamon allspice and mace in a muslin bag, simmer until well cooked, then add half a pint of vinegar. Peel eggs, jar them whole, and pour the hot pickle over.
Roil and mash potatoes with parsley onion pepper and salt to taste. Shape into small balls, coat with beaten egg, roll in crumbs, and fry in hot fat. Onion and parsley may be omitted to taste.
A new preacher arrives in Green Island the isolated town beyond the plains. He alters daily life by buying a barn and inviting locals for evening talks and work, while his striking appearance and confident manner stir curiosity. He preaches a straightforward sermon without town blame and gains attention from residents.
The Rev Thomas Kite hosts a series of social events in his renovated barn at Green Island, including picnics, readings, and a music program. Miss Wessles orchestrates domestic life as the town grows lively with literary societies, a singing club, and civic efforts. The community rewards Kite with increased pay and praise, noting his energizing influence on the town.
Portland Republicans are called to ward caucuses on June 2 and 4 to elect delegates for the City, State, and Cumberland County conventions. Ballots will be official and names must be on the check list. island wards hold separate caucuses at Island venues. Delegates meet June 6 to choose one delegate at large. proceedings set by Chairman George H. Allax and Secretary Frank I. Moon.
The Republican State Convention will be held at City Hall Bangor Web June 27 1900 at 2 p m for nominating a governor candidate and other business. Representation is by 1 delegate per city town plantation plus additional delegates per votes for the Republican governor candidate. State Committee to meet at 1 p m in the hall reception room. Maine voters in good standing invited to unite Republican party for education popular taxation and national harmony. Secretary BYHON D Augusta May 1 1900.
A workingman eats a large wedge of pie while a tramp nearby mocks prosperity and quotes vast land wealth. They discuss the United States expanding its wealth and pie supply, ending with the tramp continuing to ponder as the man returns to work.
A collage of snippets shows a comical mix of social friction and quips. An undertaker’s wife notes unpaid funeral bills, a neighbor contrasts a brother’s prompt payment, and a Harvard student endures new sliding seats. A playful exchange about a wife’s presence and attentiveness ends the vignette.
A New York Sun item recounts a doorkeeper tale in the U S Senate. A stranger born in No Man's Land before it was ceded to the government asks a doorkeeper to send his card to any senator. He explains he has no country and wishes to meet any senator in Washington.
A country boy sent to New York under a grocer’s patronage surprised anxious parents. After two weeks the mother asked about his welfare and where he slept at night. The grocer replied that the youth slept in the store by day and he did not know where he slept at night.
The Republicans of Cumberland County are urged to send delegates to a county convention at City Ball Portland Maine on Thursday the fourteenth day of Jane A D 1000 at ten o clock in the forenoon to nominate candidates for four senators county attorney sheriff judge of probate register of probate county treasurer and one county commissioner and to choose a county committee for two years The basis of representation awards one delegate per city or town and for each seventy five votes for the Republican candidate for Governor in 1594 an additional delegate with fractions over seventy five granting another delegate The county committee will meet at the ball at nine o clock in the forenoon on convention day to receive credentials and attend to business By order Republican County Committee Isaac L Elder Chairman Can holly W Morhill Secretary
The Republican First District Convention meets at City Hall Portland on Tuesday June 26 at 2 PM to nominate a congressional candidate and handle other business. Delegates are allotted by city and town with extra delegates for Governor in 1895. credentials to be revived by the district committee at 1 PM. Secretary WIlford G. Chapman and Samuel W. Jenkins announce the orders. May 15, 1900.
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