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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1908
Page
6
During a warehouse blaze at Washington's New Station, Companies E and F rushed to save Miss Wilckens under attack of flames. A recruit named Dorgan plots mischief, Baker is found safe, and romance blossoms as the two companies end their feud with a laugh.
A tale of F and E companies at a garrison where a footrace between Private Murphy of F and Private Johnson of E sparks rivalry. After Johnson wins praise, a nephewly hope turns to a race for pay and pride. The feud deepens with the arrival of the colonel’s niece, stirring affections and further competition.
In a tense scene on a garrison parade ground soldiers rush to battle a roof fire at the colonel's quarters. Lieutenants E and F lead men with Misa Wilckens briefly noted as a passenger. Fire duty shifts race to the burning house as buckets and hoses come into play amid chaotic retreat orders.
In a rural scene Si Cornsilk asks for permission to perform on stage. Hosea Cornsilk replies with a Shakespearean aside and directs him to tend the half acre field behind the hog pen.
A concise exchange quotes a government official defending red tape as a safeguard. The official cites human fallibility and aims to delay mistakes as long as possible, illustrating bureaucratic caution in public departments.
Practical salad advice covers oil clarification with salt in a quart of oil, adding oil first when mixing, extra pepper for moist cool salads like cucumber, double vinegar for cold string bean salads, and substituting lemon juice for vinegar. It also suggests scalding and chilling chicory for digestion in the elderly, children, or weak digestion cases.
The text offers diverse household advice including using green pepper in salads, cracklings in Indian bread, beef drippings as a jelly topping, careful edge sealing on glass jars, a simple angel food like white cake, perpetual paste with alum, and dishwashing tips with a wooden chopping bowl and cloth wrapped wire strainer to prevent scratches.
A New York Herald note describes a two layered fruit dish seen in Fifth Avenue shops. The outer shell of porcelain or glass with a heavy silver rim surrounds a smaller inner dish, leaving a space for cracked ice to chill fruit without direct contact.
A household tip suggests burying knives and forks in fresh earth for about thirty minutes to remove fish odor from silver and cooking utensils. If pans and kettles smell, cover them thickly with fresh earth to neutralize the odor.
Leftover cereal Mush is reheated with milk and egg yolk, salted, and mixed with chopped raisins and dates. The cooled mixture is formed into oval croquettes, dipped in egg and crumbs, then fried. Serve with crisped bacon for breakfast or warm with fruit sauce for luncheon or dessert.
A cool fruit jar or wide mouth bottle placed near ice serves as a substitute. Shake well to create a light whipped cream stand in for the real thing when a heater is unavailable.
The Philosopher of Folly notes Nature is at fault for giving a man a mouth capable of biting off more than he can chew, reflecting on limits of human appetite and ambition.
F A Rippy of Depot Ave Gallatin Tennessee recounts kidney stone illness over fifteen years with back pain fatigue and blood passages. After four boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills he reports rapid improvement and no further trouble since, with the product sold by all dealers at fifty cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
A clipped dialogue features Jim and another speaker discussing training for a race versus eating meat for dinner. The exchange hints at daily life and appetite as motives behind exercise plans in a rustic setting.
Debts of the rich are harder to collect than those of the poor as society shields the wealthy while the toil worn debtor strives to honor contracts to avoid loss.
The American board of missions runs 38 hospitals and about 76 dispensaries in the foreign field. Medical missionaries treated over 370,000 cases last year, showcasing extensive outreach and care.
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