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Newspaper
San Mateo Item
Location
San Mateo, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1909
Page
4
Household notes advise a hot bath before bed to relax nerves and muscles so sleep comes quickly. The suggestion also mentions keeping light refreshments by the bed for hungry awakenings to help sleep.
A list equates common cooking amounts to standard weights and volumes. It defines one pint butter as one pound, large tablespoonful as 1/2 ounce, 10 eggs per measure, and other equivalents such as 40 drops and one scant pint sugar to a pound. It also notes a common tumbler holds half a pint and one pint chopped meat packs to a pound.
An old umbrella frame is repurposed by winding wires with white cloth and suspending from the ceiling near the range. It serves as a compact drying rack for babies clothes and small items.
Instructions say to wash white tips or feather boas with Ivory soap, rinse in strong blueing water to pale blue, then bake on a plate in the oven or heat over flame until dry to restore them.
The recipe describes real old-fashioned gingerbread with crisp crust. It instructs mixing one cup leaf lard with dark brown sugar, then adding one cup molasses two eggs sour milk and spices including ginger cinnamon and allspice. Fold in flour baking soda and hot water to form batter.
The Pittsburg Dispatch muses on chalk remnant possibilities for a business girl. A simple house frock or afternoon dress could be made, with an empire waist, broad ribbon belt, and round Dutch neck, affordable and stylish for vacation use.
Select a firm yellow pumpkin and prepare two inch cubes. Boil with water until soft, then simmer until it browns. Rub through a colander when cool. For each pie use pumpkin one cup, sweet something one to two. eggs, molasses, ginger and salt. bake in deep crust.
A brief culinary column highlights inventive surprise desserts as a playful trend. The piece mentions unexpected flavor pairings and themed dessert ideas to delight diners at home or in cafés.
A recipe note from the Boston Post instructs selecting six firm bananas, removing pulp, preserving skins, whipping the pulp to cream, folding in sliced peaches, lemon juice, and confectioners sugar. Fill skins, chill, and tie each banana with a contrasting ribbon before serving.
Instructions explain making stencil patterns with waxed paper and a light brush motion, plus steps to finish a stenciled floor with paint and varnish. Also includes a Boston Post style recipe for Biscuit Tortons and an ice cream like dessert with eggs, sugar, cream, vanilla, and macaroons.
A Boston Post excerpt describes making a boot polish by melting white beeswax with olive oil and lard, adding turpentine and lavender oil, then cooling in tins. After cleaning boots, rub on the paste and polish with a rag to keep leather soft and prevent cracking.
A compilation of home cooking instructions including Carrot Jam with sugar and lemon, Cold Water Pound Cake with eggs butter and soda, Oysters Baked Their Shells with crumbs and nutmeg, A Luncheon Dish using rolls, boiled eggs, and ham, Tomato Soup with tomatoes milk and seasonings.
Senator Quigley introduces a bill to pay 59 cents for each rattlesnake killed in the county where the bounty is claimed. The hunter must submit rattles and two inches of the tail with an affidavit, and the County Auditor may destroy the tail while returning the rattles. The measure recalls a near fatal bite to Senator Newberry.
A Maine newspaper mocks a Winnipeg Free Press caviar sample sent to them. The Ban gor Commercial humorously says their educated palate is not ready for caviar and prefers other foods, even in the prohibition era setting.
A Louisvile Courier Journal quip notes science can capture life on farms with moving pictures. The dialogue suggests science can do nearly anything, as one speaker asks if the hired man was filmed in motion and another confirms it.
A humorous Harper’s Weekly cartoon contrasts chivalrous honor with social etiquette as a boy named Tommy is urged to yield his seat to a group of ladies, highlighting class and manners through a witty exchange.
A witty editorial advises women to land a man after his first nibble. It argues that too many girls let suitors nibble too long and urges landing him high and dry at the first bite. Published in the Atchison Globe.
A German exhibition features a striking landscape created from colonies of differently colored bacteria thriving in gelatin and meat extract. The artwork demonstrates precise growth patterns and color diversity.
Lightning struck the store of Hor ace Swan in Georgetown Delaware. He recovered from the shock to find one ear scorched to brown.
The Chilean Government advances construction on a double tracking project for the Valparaiso to Santiago railway, about 100 miles in length, aiming to improve service and capacity.
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