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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1907
Page
3
A historic recipe describes arranging six lettuce leaves on a plate with a central dressing, forming a daisy look. Hard boiled egg white strips create petals while yolks are mashed to add texture. The dressing blends eggs milk vinegar salt white pepper mustard and water, simmered until thick, then served on lettuce.
The article urges careful upkeep of tablecloths and napkins noting wear goes unseen until holes appear. It advises darns for tiny holes with fine thread and needle, and placing a matching underlayer for worn areas to reinforce fabric. An extra piece beneath ragged tears is recommended.
Vogue describes boiling two chickens to fall from the bones, removing bones, mincing meat, returning it to broth with butter celery and onion, cooking until thick, cooling under weight, chilling until firm, then serving in neat slices with red currant jelly or aspic mayonnaise.
London fashion authorities urge a distinct fan for each gown and occasion. Designs range from tiny park fans matching hats to small lace or silk afternoon fans, paper river fans with floral prints, and mother-of-pearl folding fans. Novelty peacock feathers and real flower florals are popular picks.
Heavy flat bracelets, carved and wrought, are worn as a fad. Old Greek coins linked into bracelets appear, carbuncles in yellow gold settings add sparkle, and amethysts cut oblong set in chased gold cases complete the collection.
Cut two oranges in half crosswise and scoop out the pulp to form cups. Whip stiff the egg white with sugar to make a meringue. Mix half the meringue with orange juice and two tablespoons of claret. Fill the orange cups and top with more meringue, then add a maraschino cherry or jelly. One orange serves two people.
Fourth of July gingerbread instructions describe making a dough with molasses milk soda salt and egg. Mix dry and wet ingredients, fold in baking powder, roll out on a buttered sheet, flour the tin, and mark with a fluted roller before baking.
A Hungarian peasant woman, after receiving 400 kronen from her husband in America, deposits the funds in a local post office savings bank. She later withdraws the money claiming Death demanded payment by the next night. Authorities reveal Death is a living judge, who is jailed while the money remains in the bank.
Miss Edith Hammer of Morrison Illinois reports curing head eczema using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment after a friend's advice. Her sisters also benefited with Cuticura Re Solvent and Pills described as a fine tonic.
Judge notes a racially charged confrontation between two Black men ending with mutual restraint. The piece contrasts this with a consumer tip advocating Defiance Starch for crisper laundry results, urging proper starching for better home laundering outcomes.
Curious scenes in St Keverne Cornwall mark the arrival of a new bell peal for the parish church a large villager procession led by a band met the bells drawn on four wagons ladies and children laid flags wreaths and flowers on the bells. In London Graphic. Defiance Starch widely promoted as a safe effective stiffener for fine fabrics reducing quantity needed and ensuring a finish matching new goods.
In Hungary bigamists face a unique penalty requiring the husband to live with both wives in the same house. The sentence applies to those who have married two women, reflecting an unusual cultural legal standard.
A collage of medical pills and softening syrups advertise Krause's Headache Capsules Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and Lewis' Binder cigars. Quotations from Holmes Haliburton Ruskin appear as literary markers alongside dealer notices and product claims.
In St. Olave parish England Stephen Swain leaves sixpence to John Abbot and his wife for halters to shield them from sheriffs. John Aylett Stow leaves five guineas for a picture of a viper biting his rescuer to gift to a renowned knighted lawyer as a reminder of ingratitude and insolence.
A humorous exchange unfolds with a constable and bystander over a car number and swearing as Teutons nod to Himmel. The ad promotes Defiance Starch for stiff collars and cuffs with gloss or domestic finish, 16 oz for 10c.
A Beecher quotation on duty warns that betrayal of present obligation weakens the thread of the moment and the breaker will face the flaw only when recalled, reminding readers that falsehood to duty undermines integrity.
An assortment of consumer ads and aphorisms including Allen's Foot-Ease for foot relief and shoe fitting, a free sample offer, and warnings about substitutes. Also quoted maxims attributed to George Sand and Mirabeau along with a Lewis' Factory cigar promotion.
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