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Newspaper
San Mateo Item
Location
San Mateo, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1908
Page
4
A Boston Post note explains that a clean marble placed in a kettle will stir liquids as they cook, preventing burning and reducing a cook's need to stir continuously. The marble promotes safer, hands free boiling in milk porridge custards sauces or stews, freeing time for other tasks.
Four quart baskets are lined with cotton wadding and covered with cretonne or silk to form four compartments. A half inch ruffle at the top creates a heading, then sewn into a four‑compartment basket with a central ribbon bow. Smaller pint baskets can be used for a compact version.
Instructions from the Boston Post describe washing a black woolen skirt using chopped white soap dissolved in four quarts of water with household ammonia added after cooling. Soak the skirt covered by cold water, agitate, and rinse until soap is gone. Do not wring. hang to dry. The method avoids shrinking and grease removal is claimed to be superior to gasoline.
The Queen notes that ornamental glass screens in front of fireplaces fail to create warmth or homey charm. She argues real fire or plants bring life, beauty, and comfort that screens cannot provide.
A homeowner describes a homemade cold storage method to protect furs woolens and blankets from moths without moth balls or camphor. A lined dry goods case suspended from cellar timbers uses paraffin paper to prevent dampness and mildew, forming a dampness resistant storage solution.
The Boston Post extols keeping cellar windows open all summer to dry the cellar, refresh the air, and deter moths. It claims moths never occur in cool cellars, with low labor and no odor from garments, asserting the method’s success.
A collection of home cooking instructions for croquettes macaroni salad Lyonnaise potatoes and other dishes including olive sandwiches hoarhound candy rich ice cream and cocoanut rice pudding plus scattered notes on views from The Detroit Free Press and stories about a missionary and social habits.
The New York press and sun weigh in on the idea of self harm as a valid excuse or remedy for social burdens. The statements frame self-slaughter as more consistent than legal evasions and psychiatric interventions.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch argues farmers are as content as city folk and need no extra coddling. It questions why the press should spotlight cornfields while ignoring the serious problems of tenement life and voices concern about China’s youth and progress.
A quote attributed to Robert Louis Stevenson reminds that no drum beats for our daily toil and danger. The speaker urges readiness to toil suffer and endure, noting nobility in quiet courage without crowds or fanfare.
Italy advances toward the world’s highest telephone station with a line from Col d Ollen observatory to the Margherita hut on Monte Rosa. The project, backed by Queen Margherita, faces Swiss doubts over placing posts on moving glaciers and ice.
After an engagement of nearly thirty years a Lynn couple are married at last. The American Cultivator notes each partner likely still has a few temperamental surprises in store for the other.
Workmen cutting Bath stone at Exeter uncovered a cavity containing two or three dozen live bees. The discovery occurred during routine cutting work and no injuries were reported. Local authorities were notified and the bees were left undisturbed.
Bavaria's chief manufacturing center is Nuremberg, which with the adjoining city of Furth, now has a population approaching four hundred thousand.
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