State creates highway department and funding for roads
Edwardsville Intelligencer analyzes the new Illinois road and bridge law creating a state highway department with three commissioners and a county superintendent. The act reorganizes duties, sets tax limits, permits bonds and special levies, and outlines state aid roads with a 15 to 25 percent county match and a state road fund funded by motor vehicle fees and general funds.
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Edwardsville
Ns) Intelligencer
Nelson L. Ryder
Illinois
State Department
Senate
State Commission
County Board
State Highway Department
State Road and Bridge Fund
State Highway Commission
Farming system at Ralph Allen farm yields higher wheat
H A M Keene explains Illinois farmers should adopt permanent agriculture. At Ralph Allen’s farm near Delavan in Tazewell county, 40 acres treated with 1500 pounds per acre of raw rock phosphate and a corn oats wheat and clover rotation produce 33 to 40 bushels per acre of wheat versus 22 to 30 on untreated land. The operation emphasizes a strict workshop system to maintain tools and machinery, with Ralph Allen Jr. assisting after farm mechanics training at the University of Illinois.
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H. A. M’keene
Inois Farmers’ Institute
Illinois
Ralph Allen
Delavan
Tazewell County
Allen
Ralph
Labor Savers in Kitchen
A survey of household labor aids highlights jelly presses hobble fruit for juice and strainers with iron stands. Modern egg mixers, grinders, bread and cake mixers, and specialized knives replace old hand methods improving efficiency in food prep.
Good Rent Retreat Provides Short Stay for City Women
Mrs Nathaniel Thayer of Boston furnishes a summer resort in Lancaster Massachusetts for overworked poor women. The home named Good Rent will host eight or ten guests at a time, chosen on Miss Nichols’s recommendation and kept as long as she deems fit.
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Nathaniel, Thayer
Boston
Lancaster
Mass
Goodrent
Miss Nichols
Face Cleared By Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Judd Knowles of Falla City Nebraska reports a two year acne struggle ending in a full cure after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. He washed with the soap then applied ointment at night and rinsed in the morning noting improvement within two days and complete healing in three weeks. Cuticura ads offer free samples and a $2 skin book.
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Falla City
Neb
Judd Knowles
Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Poodle Clothing Remarks Prompt Silly Ultimatum
A playful exchange declares disdain for fashioning dog outfits. The speaker jokes about not "buttoning any dogs down the back" while noting new clothes for a poodle as a recent fashion fact.
Woman credits Pinkham's Compound for restored health
Mrs Wittarp A GranaM of ElsworTH TUTTLE Bovina Center N Y says six years of poor health, back pains, and inability to care for two children improved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She recommends the remedy and invites letters for confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass Opened read answered by a woman.
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Bovina Center
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tomato Soup for a Cold Day
A simple tomato soup recipe uses ripe tomatoes, corn starch, onions, butter, sugar, salt, pepper, and water. The mixture is cooked until thickened, strained, returned to boil, jarred, and sealed for storage. tomatoes should be kept in darkness to prevent spoilage.
Kidney Stew Recipe Tips and Variations
The text describes washing kidneys and cooking slowly, then dicing them and chopping before adding salt pepper and gravy. It suggests serving on toast with onions and potatoes, thickened with flour, noting kidneys make a delicious stew and are nice fried though the stew remains unmatched.
Duchesse Gingerbread Recipe Snapshot
One half cup butter plus one and a half cups sugar and two eggs mixed with one cup sweet milk. Add four teaspoons ginger and one and a half cups each of pastry flour and prepared flour. Bake in a moderate oven about half an inch thick. Sprinkle with granulated sugar and cut into squares while warm.
Steamed Pudding Makes Even Centered Cooking
A Modern Priscilla note explains steaming batter in an angel-cake pan placed in a steamer to ensure even cooking. It eliminates sticky centers common in steamed puddings and yields uniform texture throughout.
Wash Dishes Without Drying Guide
Wash the dishes and pile them in a dish pan or milk pail then pour hot water over them. Take them out and stack loosely upside down in a dish drainer.
Orange Float Recipe From Simple Mix
A simple orange float recipe uses two cups white sugar and lemon juice whisked into one quart of boiling water then thickened with four tablespoons cornstarch plus one tablespoon butter. When cooled, pour over four or five oranges and sugar, chill on ice and serve cold.
Repairing Shades on Rollers with Kouffe Guidance
Instructions describe removing shades from rollers, patching worn ends with a stick, straightening and tacking to the roller, then trimming. The text emphasizes using a kouffe to trim shades.
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Allen Farm
Duchesse Gingerbread
The
Centaur Company
New York
DoasEs
Bears
Winchester
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