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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1910
Page
6
Weigh stemmed cherries and remove stones. For every two pounds fruit, make a syrup with one pound sugar and a half gill water. Boil, pour over warm cherries, stand an hour, then boil five minutes. Remove cherries, lay on platters, boil syrup twenty more minutes. For five pounds fruit, add a pint of maraschino, mix with syrup, fill jars, seal.
A faded kitchen note describes beating butter and sugar with eggs then mixing in sour milk, baking soda, raisins, and spices. It calls for mixing in flour and ground cloves with cinnamon, folding in more flour, and dropping batter by spoonfuls on greased paper to bake in a warm oven.
A recipe method mixes halved cranberries with flour and sugar, then slowly adds boiling water and raisins. Cranberries are lifted from the water and combined with the rest of the ingredients. Bake between two crusts, optional vanilla may be added.
The article suggests priming and painting an ice box in navy white with a varnished outside, buying plain metal units cheaper without enamel for self enamel work, and warming tips from a friend in the ice box trade. It also provides practical kitchen steps to chill large tomatoes and serve stuffed shrimp with lettuce and mayonnaise.
Drain the oil from large sardines and dip in cracker dust. Bake evenly to a delicate brown. Transfer to strips of crustless toast. Squeeze lemon juice on each sardine and serve, garnished with sprigs of parsley.
Instructions describe slicing white bread thinly removing crusts then spreading peanut butter and assembling sandwiches in sandwich style. Cut into triangles or use a biscuit cutter to form wound shaped pieces.
The column provides home care tips such as reviving dying fires with granulated sugar, matching radiator enamel to wallpaper, refreshing worn rubber footwear with patent leather polish, and removing door finger-marks with paraffin followed by warm water. It also mentions hominy as a North Carolina staple, cereal preparation in a double boiler, and using glycerin to remove coffee stains with careful rinsing and pressing on the fabric’s wrong side.
A Newfoundland hunter loses his bearings in fog as west winds bend tree tops, complicating his path. Meanwhile the New York Central Railroad plans to equip over a thousand miles of tracks with telephones for train dispatching.
A 1909 testimonial from Mrs. Edward Nenning of Watertown New York details severe eczema covering the body for six weeks ending in a full recovery after using Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and a three week course. She reports first sleep during illness and urges others with skin troubles to try the products. The note also mentions long lifespans for swans and falcons.
Electrically driven vacuum cleaners will replace dust cloths and brooms on the Great Northern’s best trains. The note suggests a 16 6 to 14 day period for implements and hints at a broader shift to electric power, contrasting with Greece which lacks coal deposits and relies on water falls for its electricity.
A Baltimore Star article argues most discontent among women stems from being poor losers and monontony at home. It urges women to embrace happiness, stop self-pity, and fill domestic life with effort, unselfishness, and meaningful work while noting rising female professional activity and self-made success.
Poetic portrait ridicules a fame seeking, ambitious woman from birth who schemes for power. The speaker condemns her pride and venomed nature, describing a life burned by a strange inner fire and unstable, indiscreet behavior.
Fragmentary excerpt speaks of woman's pure influence shaping humanity. References to Mark Antony, Jacob, Helen of Troy, and ancient wars hint at a classical view of feminine power guiding love and collective fate. The passage contrasts love driven devotion with historical conflict.
Miss MacArthur, president of the Womens Trade Union League of Great Britain, is under twenty yet has built a large English women’s union of about 210000 members. She argues working women make the best wives and mothers, marrying for love, friendship, and respect rather than for a man.
A Cassier's Magazine writer lauds women’s inventive genius with a list of mechanical devices from a "fertile origin" of American womanhood. He notes machines from barrel hoop drivers to locomotive wheels, but concedes no invention ever buttons a woman up her back, leaving marriage as the neat solution.
The article notes women in industry real estate mining agriculture and banking now earn millions similar to male professionals. It recalls the rise of women lawyers starting with Relva Lockwood and says women are already gaining fame and high fees in the profession, with last June marking a milestone.
The piece explains that tightly woven lace curtains block sunlight more effectively than fine ecru cotton voile or dotted muslin. Opaque fabrics trap less heat, while airy weaves admit sun rays and filter heat, reducing damage to threads and keeping interiors cooler.
A tip notes that dull or broken machine needles can be renewed by sharpening on a whetstone. Keep a small whetstone in the machine drawer to restore needles and extend their use.
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