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Newspaper
Pratt City Herald
Location
Pratt City, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1899
Page
6
A collection of patent remedies and household medical notices touts Herbine and Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for liver and digestion along with One Minute Cough Cure for throat and lung troubles. It promotes Ballard’s Horehound Syrup, Dewitts Witch Hazel, and various tonics, plus beauty and home care ads and foot care advice.
The text describes layering sliced fruits for a dish called Frat Salad and making Ambrosia with orange slices, grated coconut, and a touch of sugar. It also offers cellar care tips to reduce dampness with lime and notes on proper ventilation to prevent sprouting.
A historical recipe outlines mince meat preparation with beef rounds, snot, Porto Kivu molasses, brown sugar, ginger, mustard, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, vinegar, lemons, raisins, currants, and salt pork. It instructs chopping, mixing in a three gallon jar, adding boiling water, and notes to never cook mince meat as it preserves flavor in cold storage. It claims the batch feeds a small family for winter and pairs with various pies.
Instructions cover cleaning cut glass with warm water ammonia and whitening polish with tissue. Also a salted codfish chowder recipe uses bacon onions potatoes cod milk cream crackers and seasonings.
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