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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1912
Page
3
Reports from Champaign and surrounding towns describe a mysterious ailment called black cholera decimating turkey flocks. Farmers warn of high future prices as birds die suddenly, with turkey meat expected around 30 cents per pound by Thanksgiving.
In Millbrook near Aurora four bandits blew open the State bank safe and escaped with 3000 dollars. A resident, Robert Dawson, narrowly faced a revolver at his doorstep as the robbers worked. Kendall County sheriff dispatched bloodhounds and linked the gang to another post office safe with a ten day camping span under a Burlington railroad bridge. An automobile aided their flight during the robberies.
Escalpped Squash bake layers squash milk butter sugar and nutmeg then eggplant salad uses watercress cream horseradish lemon and whipped cream dressing. baked quinces soften with sugar water and butter served hot. red and white pickle mixes cauliflower onions peppers in vinegars mustard and heat to seal.
The article urges housewives to provide a well balanced diet by including protein fats carbohydrates minerals and water from all food groups. It notes individual needs depend on appetite age sex occupation climate and season and stresses the ideal diet meets body needs with minimal burden. It highlights vegetables and nuts especially peanuts as meat substitutes and promotes peanut butter sandwiches for children.
Cut beef from top round into strips and scrape. Season with salt and form into small balls. Cook one minute in a very hot pan, shaking to roll. Balls brown evenly like chocolate. Serve on a plate in a tiny pyramid with parsley sprigs and crisp toast strips.
Cleaning leather bags can improve appearance by rubbing with well beaten egg white, then polishing with beeswax and turpentine, and finally rubbing with a soft clean cloth.
A vintage recipe suggests press one quart of stewed apples drained of liquor through a stove and mix with lemon juice sugar and beaten egg whites to serve with cream. A forty inch Handy Stick with a notch aids lifting pictures from hooks without ladders.
A simple dish uses stale bread cut thin with light butter, crusts removed, and half the slices spread with scraped beef seasoned well. Assemble into small sandwiches and serve.
In a brief exchange, Austin expresses a wish to be a humorist to make people laugh while Evelyn replies humor can come naturally without that profession. The dialogue showcases playful rapport between the two.
A humorous dialogue about a fish nearly caught twice and the lesson it teaches anglers. The speakers debate the fish behavior and the folly of humans, framed as a light exchange from a Boston Transcript item.
A Nebraska man recounts illness and a friend's urging to try Grape-Nuts. After persistent fever and weakness, he improved markedly once he began eating the cereal, regaining health and praising it as highly healthful. The letter is from Postum Company advertisements.
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