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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1908
Page
6
A sprawling collection notes agricultural origins of vegetables and fruits across Europe and Asia, global production figures for 1907 and exports, population projections for Russia, military dog ambulances, and culinary cautions about serving undercooked meat. It blends science, industry, and daily life.
Mrs Lenora Bodenhamer of Kernersville North Carolina writes of stomach trouble and indigestion that improved after using Peruna and Manalin following Dr Flattmans diagnosis of catarrh of the stomach. She urges others to consider Peruna based on her recovery and similar testimonials. The note also mentions numerous testimonials and a claim about two deaths daily from falls in New York.
Mrs. John G. Klumpp of Newark New Jersey reports a six week old baby with severe facial eczema. After doctors and skin specialists failed Cuticura Remedies brought relief and healed the condition, which has not returned by age seven.
A Winni peg Free Press correspondent reports Pincher Creek District in Southern Alberta as the home of fall wheat with exceptional harvests. Yields of 40 to 60 bushels per acre are common, mostly No 1 Northern, with potential averages around 47 to 48 bushels. The district shows strong crop diversity, with coal nearby and a growing market in mining towns and British Columbia. The Canadian Government Agent notes new land regulations offering 160 extra acres at $3.00 per acre for settlers, and railways expanding into the region.
A chronicle lists events from 1519 Cholula to early 1900s notes. It includes Cortes in Cholula, charter changes in Massachusetts, Penn’s rights, Philadelphia’s charter, actions at Annapolis, and the first American Congress. It also records Erie canal completion, Roebuck water works, fires, and various political and scientific milestones.
Minnesota reports a proposed million dollar gas plant to cut gas price to 80 cents per thousand and Land Commissioner Dokken expects 5,000 acres of Meade County lands sold this fall. Butter production climbs to 87,044,817 pounds in 1907. Charles Morse faces criminal banking charges in New York tied to the Bank of North Dakota failure. Minnesota Grain Inspection marks a record September with 28,705 cars inspected led by Sept 20 peak of 1,200 cars due to good roads and strong grain markets.
A quirky newspaper fragment mixes fashion advice on tight shoes and foot care with a glossary of horse terms such as star bald face snipe and white coronet. It ends by noting how the unproductive hen eats holes in the profit and a Montreal bank cashier's dismissal.
A Midwestern woman recounts lasting indigestion and nerve trouble after an operation. After a year of poor appetite and weakness she credits Grape-Nuts with restoring appetite, energy, and interest in life, allowing a return to work. The ad ends with the classic slogan and invitation to read similar letters.
A Rochester inventor proposes a nail punch with a base recess at the end of the handle and a clamp plate to prevent loss. The design also suggests recessed handles to store nails, tacks, screws and similar fasteners for home and office use.
A quick bake batter combines two cups sifted flour one egg one half cup sugar one cup milk half teaspoon salt a heaping teaspoon baking powder one teaspoon cornstarch and three cups blueberries. Beat egg frothy mix cornstarch with milk add sugar and salt then flour with powder fold in blueberries dredged in flour bake in buttered tin and serve with cream and sugar.
The guide instructs selecting thick rind melons and slicing away red flesh. Soak in strong salt water over eight hours, then rinse in fresh water for twenty four hours, changing water often. Soak in weak alum water to harden. Drain, sugar per pound of fruit, make syrup with ginger root and lemon peel, add melon, boil until clear, then jar and seal.
This old household recipe lists ingredients and steps for a pickle including apples tomatoes celery onions peppers sugar cider vinegar mustard seed and salt. The process calls for chopping ingredients letting them stand overnight draining mixing in a kettle heating to a boil then bottling.
A method for softening overboiled eggs by removing from heat and running cold water on them. The rapid temperature change reportedly yields a softer center, claimed useful for invalids needing eggs with gentler consistency.
The method uses fine sandpaper to shave burned edges from layer or leaf cakes after they set but before cooling. Place a curved paraffin paper cut to cake shape under the cake to prevent sticking as it rests on the plate.
Practical tips cover frying fritters and doughnuts hot. polishing stoves with black lead and vinegar. silver polish from alcohol and whiting. improving tomato dishes with spaghetti. preventing sputtering fat with four sprinkled in eggs. removing mud stains with raw potato. drying and polishing leather. handling scalded milk to keep cream. kerosene for finger marks on paint. quick muslin curtain care without ironing. keeping coffee pots odor free with baking soda and simmering.
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