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Newspaper
Sheridan News
Location
Sheridan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
7
John Ridge of Sheridan visited. community chatter covers policing, a 30 foot seine sighting, and urging law enforcement. Carnival crowds, county championship prep, ice cream festival, church notes, school visits, and local trades and visits fill a lively week in Sheridan and surrounding areas.
Hortonville reports a Methodist church program planned for Sunday evening July 19 with a well prepared program. Lester Bray of Nebraska visits his cousin Lola Hinshaw. Ora Beauchamp shows a new rubber tire carriage. Chas Fesmire is home from Kaw. Carl Fesmire suffered a severe hand injury last week.
Advertises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentle, effective remedy for constipation, dyspepsia, colic, diarrhea, and stomach ailments in children and adults. Highlights its purity, tonic ingredients, and home-use cost savings with testimonials and a 5 cent bottle claim.
Threshing machine sounds return to the neighborhood as gatherings occur. Mrs Hinshaw and Mrs Hinshaw spent Thursday with Mr Carney and wife. Mr and Mrs Millikan visited with Milton Millikan and wife. WCTU met at Mrs Minnie Smith home with an enjoyable time. Next meeting August 7 at Mrs C M Walker’s. Rev Mary Cox of Westfield delivered a sermon at Lumong Sun. Hinshew had dinner with Larue Chance. Mrs Hodson visits her mother Mrs Coleman. Mrs Hinshaw entertains her mother at dinner.
Mrs Anna Jessup Ada and Wm Baker are among the sick. Col Mills spent last Sunday at the capital city. Leonard Stanley of Indianapolis visits his mother Mrs Jala Stanley and family. Miss Pearl Picket was the guest of Lola Carr Sunday.
The July Farm Journal advises stirring the earth and cultivating to curb weeds while avoiding overdo. It praises hoes and vara gus torms, urges humane horse care and proper feeding, and suggests re Cultivation during lull to prevent stalks from toppling. It recommends cutting grass crisp and juicy for cattle and clearing fence corners before next spring.
The article notes electric kettles offer advantages over coal or wood heating. An illustration shows a simple heater coil inside the kettle heated from a burner. It highlights reduced dirt and dust, praising electric cooling for households.
A housewife can conserve energy by using a high chair at the table with a footstool for tasks like preparing vegetables washing dishes and ironing while a low chair offers rest during oven waiting times. Short pauses while seated reduce fatigue and help finish the day with less strain.
Do not economize on ice this summer. A well stocked icebox maximizes cooling, keeps temperatures low, and preserves food. A small refrigerator with ice is more useful than a large one half full, and never place food directly on the ice unless unavoidable.
Begin the day with grated carrots and a good breakfast. Luncheon should include watercress dandelion lettuce carrots and spinach as complexion beautifiers. In summer eat seafood lamb and young poultry and avoid heavy meats. Eat fruit salads and light vegetables. For bedtime have a thin bread and butter sandwich with onion between lettuce leaves to relax nerves and aid sleep.
At present electricity cooking is a luxury enjoyed by only a few. The remark underscores the rarity of electric kitchen use and hints at broader access issues.
A damaged OCR style recipe describes potato coughnuts made with mashed potatoes butter milk sugar baking powder cinnamon salt and flour. It notes beating potatoes with butter while hot, cooling before mixing, and that the doughnuts are light and easy to digest and delicious.
Heat milk and butter then stir in sieved baked beans and seasonings. Add cheese and sauce, melt over hot water. Serve on toast rounds.
The article advises clearing salt cellars after each meal to avoid caking in humid summer conditions. Mixing a small amount of cornmeal or cornstarch with salt helps prevent clumping. Store salt in a covered bowl in the pantry to allow quick refilling and prevent silver tarnish from humidity.
A quick home tip suggests rubbing common table salt on the elbow with a pinch in the hand to soften and whiten the skin. The method is presented as an easy pantry solution to rough, coarse elbow skin.
The article urges improving district school yards through thoughtful planting of trees shrubs and vines. It notes space limits poor layouts and calls for community effort recognizing the yard as neighborhood property shared by all and reflecting communal credit. It invites readers to assess their yard and act to enhance it.
Silas Brown of Sleepytown conceived a plan to wake the sluggish village with fireworks. He hid the devices in his father’s barn around the end of June and organized them for night and noon displays, while Worri was a kid.
Silas Brown’s fireworks ignite Sleepytown on the Fourth of July. Loners like Bill Jinks Sol Smithers and Tom Wilkins stumble into nearby towns as Sleepytown becomes suddenly famous. Boomer Silas Brown becomes the patriotic hero, proving how to bring a town into public notice. Eczema and skin cures T. SAPP IR. Eczema ad follows.
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