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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1913
Page
6
The article describes sewing tricks such as using a small hook and eye at knee rubber ends to ease washing and ironing of bloomer suits. It notes a practical apron with sleeves to the wrist, worn over a dress, and suggests silk or wool variations for housework. Punched work on scrim sets, bird edge finishes, and decorative items like bureau covers and pillow tops are outlined.
The passage explains two main causes of sour dough: unclean equipment or dough left too long. It advises scalding milk and cooling it, and suggests kneading the dough again in the pan if molding is delayed to prevent souring and speed up rise.
The article offers a dry cleaning method for Arabian lace curtains. It advises laying curtains on sheets, applying a mixture of boiled corn meal and salt, brushing through the fabric, and hanging outdoors for a few hours to restore color and cleanliness. This method aims to extend curtain life and preserve beauty.
Bananas should be hung up while apples are chosen by weight. Lighter varieties shrink in cooking and lack the rich flavor of heavier apples. Market guidance suggests preserving quality through careful fruit handling and selection.
Angle cake balls are rolled in white whipped sugar frosting and coconut. Corn fritters mix canned corn with egg flour salt and pepper, then drop in deep fat or cook on a greased griddle, forming oyster sized cakes.
A bread loaf is finished with a glaze of egg white and powdered sugar, applied while hot, then thickly sprinkled with seeds and set to dry briefly in an open oven. The seeds cling to the sticky surface as it cools.
A straightforward southern recipe uses one and a half cupfuls corn meal, half cup white flour, half cup butter, one egg, one teaspoon salt and soda, plus two tablespoonfuls molasses. Mix well, steam in a tight covered pail in boiling water for two and a half hours, then brown in the oven.
Bent sugar and eggs with milk warmed to boil then mixed with butter flour baking powder salt and vanilla to form cake batter. Bake in two layers then sandwich with mocha filling created from butter sugar cocoa coffee and vanilla blended to a smooth cream.
Advice emphasizes wholesome food including milk eggs fruit vegetables and greens to fill the face. Fresh air deep breathing sleep exercise and an interesting occupation aid the effort. Proper facial bathing is essential with thorough cleansing and upward outward rubbing using cold water to firm the skin.
W Simpson notes in Meeting the Sun a tour of Peking shop signs that mix poetry with commerce. Examples include Heaven Sent Shop, Shop of Celestial Principles, and Fountain of Beauty. He contrasts Chinese signs with London phrases like The Noted Mel Ne House and remarks on humorous mistranslations and cultural impressions.
A National Magazine note explains rapid coinage of new words and phrases shaping everyday speech from Bowery slang to provincial idioms. It cites a New York trial where the term sun man described a revolver thug, illustrating how fresh language emerges beyond dictionaries and surfaces in headlines.
A brief quip notes how marriage changes things, contrasting opinions from Tubbs and Gibbs with a Boston Transcript flavor. The exchange hints at social expectations and personal perspectives on matrimony without detailed context.
The Overland limited climbs from Salida to Marshill pass where Pacifica, a motherless infant welcomed as a crew surrogate, charms the engine crew. Engineer Rogers, moved by grief for his dead son, abandons orders to comfort her, saving all aboard when a landslide blocks tunnel No. 5. Pacifica’s caretaking earns a $500 gift from the Russian father at Arcade station.
A playful party activity for four or more youngsters uses a bean bag passed around a circle. The center player calls earth water or fire or five as the bag lands on someone. The recipient must name a correct item such as a fish quadruped or bird or stay silent for the count. Wrong answers or speaking triggers a forfeit and a turn with the bag.
A little girl selects four dolls representing Betty Lou and three generations—her mother, grandmother, and great grandmother—each dressed in period costumes from recent decades and Civil War era styles. The scene, reflecting nostalgia and family lineage, highlights how dolls embody time through fashion.
A fox stalks a hen as she guards her brood. The chicks cluster behind her gripping each other’s coats while she outstretches wings. The fox presses the defense, and if it grabs a chicken the roles may reverse, turning the captured bird into a new predator.
Players split into sides for a dumb show game acting proverbs with no connection. An actor reappears with an empty jar tapping it to illustrate The empty vessel makes the greatest sound. Another waves a new broom to depict New brooms sweep clean and others enact A rolling stone gathers no moss and A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A set of light riddles asks about an old Indy in the river and a grammar quip. It ponders what vegetable products hold historical importance and plays with family relations and antecedents in a playful, punny tone.
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