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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1909
Page
7
A citywide crackdown on gaming closes bookmaking dens and spurs bettors to a disused track near the city. David Cobb, a poor village carpenter, sinks deeper into debt after a lucky tip from a former jockey named Quinn sparks a desperate plan to win at the second handicap race at the Bay.
Mr. Cobb rushes from the front door onto the porch roof in a night shirt and hurries to the betting room for Lucky Dog. The bookie notes the odds as Mr. Cobb wins 180 dollars, sharing 20 with the truculent man and tossing 60 to his wife before blushing and returning home.
A British schooner Annie capsized near Ruatan island after a waterspout. Captain Decker, his crew, and Mrs Decker saved the baby from a cabin cradle. Mrs Decker tied a rope basket and hoisted the infant through a porthole as the vessel sank. The mother and baby were rescued and pulled from danger.
The guide describes chilling the pudding first then spreading meringue made from stiffly beaten egg whites with sugar and vanilla. It advises selecting dull eggs, separating yolk and white, beating until stiff, forming mounds, and browning under a hot oven before resting to set.
The Home offers tips on baking pancakes with butter or cream, using a blanket as a play mat, removing ink with acids, folding linen to save space, and making a mop from saved cord for crafts. Suggestions emphasize quick cleaning, organization, and economical DIY projects.
The House keeper offers a method to cook turnips filled with meat and gravy. Small white turnips are boiled until nearly finished, hollowed, seasoned, and filled with chopped cooked meat mixed with rich gravy. They are brushed with butter, crumbed, baked until tender, then basted with melted butter during cooking.
Pure uncooked potatoes diced small soak in cold water for 30 minutes. Drain and place in a baking dish with milk salt pepper and butter cut into bits. Bake in a moderate oven forty five minutes. Serve with roasted beef or broiled steak.
Break into a bowl the whites of as many eggs as you think you will require for the amount of candy. Add cold water equal to the egg whites and stir in XXX powdered sugar until stiff enough to mold. Flavor with vanilla and form into balls or lozenges, then lay on plates to fry. Use a special sugar, ordinary powdered sugar will not do.
A housekeeper coats almonds in deep hot lard and drains them on brown paper, salting during draining. The method is described as easier and quicker than finishing nuts in butter in an oven.
A simple recipe using young spinach leaves in a bowl with shredded onion and a mint sprig. Dress with a light French dressing and garnish with sliced hard boiled eggs and small radishes.
A nurse highlights Mrs Minnie Turner of Anadarko Oklahoma for guiding quick relief from kidney and back ache through Dean's Kidney Pills. Turner reports rapid health improvement after using five boxes and urges others to try the remedy sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A domestic tale from Youth's Companion recounts Bridget the cook torn between mistress Mrs Morse and her young charge. A storeroom inspection reveals missing red apples once brought by a man, with Bridget hinting the child’s stom ach and a loaf of hot gingerbread may hide the answer.
A Berlin school pupil writes a piece on The Kaiser filled with fanciful and blunt lines. The composition claims Prince Wilhelm was born on the Kaiser's birthday and describes a scene at the castle with salutes and family reactions.
A Washington girl describes how switching to Grape-Nuts and milk for breakfast boosted her energy and mood at a demanding railroad stenography job. She notes improved health after two weeks and asks if others have felt the same vitality from a simple breakfast. The ad-like letter promotes Postum Co. and The Road to Wellville.
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