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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1914
Page
7
A cooking feature by Lida Ames Willis details traditional Scottish dishes. It outlines MacHaggis preparation from pluck to spice, then Scotch Woodcock toast with a rich egg cream sauce, Scotch Buns using raisin center dumplings, Bubble and Squeak from cold beef and cabbage, Scotch Collops with rump steak, and boiled rice with cream and nutmeg as breakfast.
Boil sausages in mild beer or water for forty five minutes then fry in butter for fifteen minutes. Serve with watercress and sweetened apple sauce. Total time one hour.
A simple tip to attach an orange wood stick to the washstand with a cord so children remember the cleaner is nearby. The method also helps nails clean more easily when hands are moist.
For school lunches, skin and section oranges then wrap each in waxed paper to make them easy to eat and substitute for drinks. Also wrap hard boiled eggs the same way for the box luncheon.
Glycerin is recommended as a lubricant for meat or vegetable grinders as it leaves no unpleasant odor when in contact with meat. It offers a mild, odorless lubrication option for kitchen grinding.
A terse exchange cites belief in the death penalty for murder. The dialogue frames capital punishment as a contentious idea, reflecting a heated discussion on justice and deterrence.
Mrs A K Wooden of Smithville Indiana reports her one year old daughter developed fiery red cheeks from watery blisters that cracked and itched. After using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment three times daily the itching stopped in two days and the skin appeared well within two weeks with no recurrence eight months later. Cuticura products sold worldwide with free Skin Book on request.
The dialogue reveals Bjones as a sculptor with an easy life yet claims his work is challenging. A contrast between perception and craft underlines the irony of his occupation.
Important to Mothers urges careful inspection of bottles of Castoria for infants and children and to ensure the product bears the signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. Children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A fragment shows a couple's exchange about proposals and rehearsed performances. Charley’s proposal to one is accepted, another man claims he was proposed to yesterday. The dialogue hints at jealousy and social judgment over manners and repetition.
A boy watches adult visitors ride donkeys at the park. An extremely fat woman hires a donkey and, near seventy mounts, notices his gaze. She offers to hire one for him, but he declines, saying he’d rather sit and laugh.
Antiquated ad copy promotes Laxa Tive Bromo Quinine as the genuine remedy with E W Grove signature claimed. It contrast with Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops and a quip about a man admiring his old photograph, urging readers to trust proven cures from a family doctor.
Grace tells him to avoid her. Her brother asks what happened. Grace replies he turned out the light in a scene from Dartmouth Jack o Lantern.
An old advertisement extols Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills as bowel regulators liver stimulants and blood purifiers. It claims many people were relieved in 76 years and suggests a peach or apple could trigger downfall, reflecting period health quackery.
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