Methods of Cooking a Ham in Many Styles Across Time
The article surveys numerous ham cooking methods from steaming and flour crusts to boiling and spit roasting. It notes how ham size and stove type influence technique, mentions sugar cured flavors fading, and gives detailed steps for a twelve pound ham, including soaking, trimming, clove and spice rubs, flour paste crust, and baking times. It also praises paper bag cooking to preserve juices and concludes with serving hot or cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gome
California
Don’t Wrap Bread Too Soon After Baking
Advice for cooks to cool bread on a frame allowing air circulation before storing in covered jars to prevent drying. The text cautions against wrapping bread in cloths immediately after removing it from the oven.
Tea Table Notes on Oriental Sweetmeats and Ginger Bonbons
Oriental sweetmeats are popular for afternoon tea tables with candied oranges dates and plums crystalized by foreign process and stuffed with nut mixtures Turkish paste and East India articles are used. Ginger bonbons can be made at home by stuffing large dates with preserved ginger and rolling in powdered sugar.
Care of Floors in Daily Household Practice
Daily care starts with brushing floors using a broom wrapped in flannel cloth. Oil floors weekly with linseed oil applied by a cheesecloth rag to avoid lint. For deeply stained or varnished floors, wipe lightly with a milk and water solution and finish with a dry polish.
Evidence of public men at work in portraits
A farmer notes changes in public life by observing photographs. He recalls that in his youth the big men in politics did not spend as much time grooming, such as shaving and haircuts, as today. The exchange contrasts past and present public appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer Corntessel
Marine Eye Remedy Ad Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Marine Eye Remedy for red, weak, watery eyes and granulated eyelids. It claims quick action, no smarting, and notes an included book in each package. Sold by druggists at 26c and 60c, with eye salve in aseptic tubes. Marine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Allen's Foot-Ease advertisement promotes ease for tired feet
The antiseptic powder is shaken into shoes to relieve tired tender smarting and swollen feet. It makes walking delightful and easy. Sold everywhere for 25 cents. For a free trial package write Allen Olmeted Le Roy New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Olmeted
le Roy
N. Y
Paxtine Antiseptic and Patent Medicines Parade
An assortment of promotional lines touts Paxtine Antiseptic from Paxton Toilet Co and Garfield Tea as remedies. It includes claims of curing piles, soothing teething pain, and liver and kidney benefits, presented in a garbled collage of quotes and ad copy.
Widow preserves drugstore in Higginsville after husband’s death
A Higginsville widow continued the local druggist business following her husband's death. A month later she staged an appealing window display. The town reported Arthur Edwards, a Higginsville druggist, visited the city and took note of the widow’s storefront.
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Arthur Edwards
Higginsville
Castoria Safety Reminder Cited For Infants and Children
Mothers urged to inspect every Castoria bottle for the genuine signature of GS and to trust the product used for over 30 years as a safe remedy for children. The message cautions against counterfeit labels and emphasizes consistent brand verification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Among Epicures. Pairs is a swift town.
Snails are popular there, noted in a brief line about cuisine. The aside mentions Pairs as a swift town and contrasts with the idea of epicurean trends. The fragment hints at local taste and place naming without further context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Stop the Pain and Heal with Cole’s Salve
An ad fragment promotes Cole’s Carboni salve for burns and cuts claiming fast healing and scar prevention with 25c and 60c prices from druggists. It offers a free sample address in Black River Falls Wisconsin. Also notes a tea for liver and kidney issues and a moral quip about dodging duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Falls
Wis
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Bright
Dean
Emily Howes
Burling St
A. Dearth
Camden
Mr. Dearth
Doan
Jiggers
Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Milton
F. W. Robertson
Biangle Tirac
Neosho
Neosho Commercial Club
Neosho, MO
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Ottawa
W.N. Y
Putnam
Colo 3
Monroe Drug
Quincy
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