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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1908
Page
7
The article urges painting as a practical restoration method for worn furniture and garden trellises. It explains mixing paints with linseed oil, proper stirring times, two to three coats for most woods, and using two brushes to handle wide surfaces and crevices.
A vintage recipe details two chocolate layers mixed with sugar milk and butter, with eggs and vanilla. It instructs beating until smooth, baking in two layers, and warns against too much butter for a short cake. Frosting uses boiled sugar with egg white and cream of tartar to a spreadable stage.
Instructions explain how to prepare celery so each piece has a tender heart. Trim by shaving the root to a point, split stalks into halves, wash well, and soak in cold water. When ready, serve in a dish covered with finely chopped ice.
At a dinner a half duck was served to each guest and the host drew praise for expert carving. It later emerged the birds had been cut in two stuffed sewn and baked with the threads removed only at table. Also noted tips on keeping flues clear by adding zinc to the fire.
A household tip notes that an ounce of ginger root enhances crabapple jelly flavor. It cautions that cheap sugars can stain apple jelly pink, affecting color and appearance.
A home baking tip explains half filling pound baking powder cans with bread dough and letting it rise. Bake as bread to yield neat round crustless slices ideal for sandwiches in lunch boxes, parties and picnics.
A Winnipeg Free Press correspondent reports exceptional wheat yields in Southern Alberta's Pincher Creek district with 40 to 60 bushels per acre and many fields producing No 1 Northern quality. Other crops, stock, and dairying thrive, with strong markets in mining towns and British Columbia. The Canadian Government Agent notes 160 extra acres available at $3.00 per acre, plus rail expansion plans.
A provincial French visitor in Paris laments his hair loss and pleads with a barber over two hair-growing bottles. The barber shrugs as the countryman vows one final bottle, hoping it will work this time.
An old advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for cats arrh that Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills, with testimonials from Toledo druggists and a joking quoted exchange from the Houston Post.
Examine every bottle of Castoria carefully for the signature In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought. The familiar brand has provided safe relief for generations, warning caregivers to ensure authenticity on each purchase.
The annuities paid by the British people to the king and queen total 2,350,000 dollars. A further 500,000 dollars is paid in annuities to other members of the royal family.
A collection of ad-like quips and product mentions, with a Detroit Free Press style remark on wills stirring family rifts. Includes marketing lines for Pettit's remedy, Lewis' cigars, Winslow's Syrup, Allen's Foot-Bluff and Druggist promotions.
The piece extols nuts for their freedom from adulteration and cleanliness. It highlights the reliability of buying nuts and the natural beauty of their source trees swaying in sunlit branches.
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