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Newspaper
Scranton Tribune
Location
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1902
Page
10
A long fragment lists Wednesday to Friday meals with breakfast lunch and dinner items such as Cuban Keres Hushed Brown Potatoes Sally Luni coffee and more. It includes dessert notes, drinks, and later a lengthy discussion on egg costs, fowl flavor, baking soda muffins muffins and biscuits with practical kitchen guidance.
The recipe describes mixing two thirds cup melted butter with sour cream and sugar to form a dough, adding soda and flour, rolling and baking in a quick oven. It advises keeping materials cool while working and yields crisper cakes. A second mix tone combines butter sugar milk and flour with baking powder cinnamon nutmeg cloves then folds in raisin flour.
Mix one cup molasses brown sugar and butter. Beat in one cup milk. Sift five cups flour with baking powder and one and a half teaspoons ginger. Combine with the first mixture. Bake in a shallow biscuit pan and serve warm.
Fragments describe making wafer cookies with sugar molasses coffee and ginger then baking. also a molasses ginger cake with spices and milk and a vanilla cream filling with almonds. Instructions include mixing heating and folding steps and serving cold with cake.
A recipe instruction describing combining finely chopped suet with salt and spices including cinnamon cloves and nutmeg, then whisking in molasses with a soda addition. It instructs dissolving the soda before pouring into the molasses mix.
The text gives a rough pudding method with suet and apples, milk, and flour to form a batter. It mentions mixing quickly, adding a tablespoon of milk, and achieving a batter that shows the spoon’s track briefly. It also notes optional additions of seeded raisins, currants, or chopped figs.
A reader asks for a maron glacé recipe using large Spanish chestnuts and syrup coating steps. Others seek Hermits Cream cookies and a coffee cake method with sponge, eggs, butter, sugar, and spices, plus optional twists or braids.
Winter begins with three inches of snow in Thompson causing mail delays from the south and morning papers late. Local sos, sabbath schools attend Susquehanna convention, visits by Flora Diwling and Jennie Ford noted. Community events include the Woman's Christian Temperance Union meeting at the Baptist church and residents aiding A. H. Crosier with Sunday business.
Washington restores the Presidents Message with care to reflect early plans and Jefferson era references. The White House should remain as the nation originally built it, mirroring Mount Vernon in its historic simplicity and purpose. It preserves historic monuments and continuity with the nation’s past.
The reports of the several executive departments are submitted to the Congress with this communication from Theodore Roosevelt. White House, December 2, 1902.
Frank L. Perley presents The Chaperons at the Lyceum tonight in its second season of success. George Lederer’s chorus work and costume harmony are highlighted as key to the production, with Brandon Tynan starring in Robert Emmet the Days of 1808 on Thursday and Friday nights.
A large street parade advertised by A W Martin accompanies the Uncle Tom's Cabin production at the Lyceum. The procession spans about a quarter of a mile and features chariots floats ponies horses oxen dogs bands and a giant Calfornia spectacle. Seats go on sale Thursday for 1a.00.
Lot priced at 750 dollars located in Linden near Tay Street. Features include sewer, water, bus access and a bargain price highlighted by Comegys. Address details and contact methods are not provided.
Just arrived with forty head of horses, good workers and drivers, weight from 1100 to 160 pounds. Several closely matched teams can be seen at Raymond Court. Apply to R. P. Hamilton, 496 Spruce Street. F. M. Cobb.
Smith O'Brien returns this afternoon for the final performance at the Academy of Mudie. Do not miss the sweet singer in this today lineup and encore audience draw.
A melodrama titled Ragged Hero features a cunning hero in disguise as a virtuous figure, amid a week of performances ending Sunday. Mascagni Opera Co led by Richard Heard tours the country, presenting Cavalleria Rusticana with a full cast of over one hundred and a strong chorus at the Armory on Monday evening. Tickets range from 80 cents to 2 dollars, with a diagram starting at Powell's music store tomorrow at 9 o'clock.
Letters testamentary granted by Lackawanna County Register of Wills to Frederici W. Zizleman Administrator. Creditors must present claims and debtors must pay promptly. Attorney L Levy represents the estate in Scranton, Pa.
A church gathering at Methodist Episcopal in Clark's Summit invites all to help with propras and other work on Thursday. The Farmers' Institute starts next Monday and Wednesday with notable speakers including Dr. Sehwara Mr Cure Colonel John Woodward and J A Whayver. Prof. John's family from Beranton will provide music. Henry W. Northup of Glenburn, Pa handles programme details. A Baptist church fair on the ith and ith promises a pleasant afternoon and evening with Christmas gifts and lunch, and all are invited.
System notes train times from Scranton to New York Philadelphia and other points effective Nov 18 1902 with departures at 7 90 am 1 pm and 4 pm Sundays and special through service on Quaker City Express to Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington. Agents BLOLOTN W G BMS SLER M BURT and others listed.
Schedule lists weekday trains from Wilkes-Barre via Pottsville to Philadelphia with Pullman parlor cars and various intermediate stops. Connects for Sunbury Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburgh and the West. Weekends include service to Harrisburg Philadelphia Baltimore Washington and Pittsburg with through vestibule trains. Notes generic names J. BR. Hutchinson and J. B. Wood as general managers and passenger age.
Train schedule fragment lists Sunday trains toward Carbondale and Albany with times, connections to Wilkes Barre and Shenandoah area. Mentions Burdick GP, Pryor DT and multiple station points including Northumberland and Kingston noting departures late evening and midday services.
A fragmentary notice describes a town house event and a telephones listing with scattered names and places. It mentions a meeting place and references to districts or groups, but specifics remain unreadable. The piece hints at community activity without clear dates or outcomes.
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