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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1908
Page
7
In this excerpt from Over Against Green Peak Miss Zephine Humphrey chronicles three city women who retreat to a farm to beautify country life. A botched church decoration using hop vines leads to laughter and mortification as a sexton discovers the mischief and the community awaits services.
Over the last decade France sees physician numbers near 20 000 with 2000 more graduates each year. Competition and hygiene push fees down with some Paris visits as low as 20 cents. German officers to revert to sword wear after lessons from Japan Russia war. iron ore lamination profitable in 29 states though found widely.
Mrs. R C Richmond of Northwood Iowa reports relief after using three boxes of Deans kidney remedy noting years of backache dissy spells headaches and bearing down pain disappeared. The ad notes price per box and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as distributor. Plowing in Spain described as primitive with a wooden plow pulled by two small oxen or mules yoked together and the driver using feet for stability.
An essay extols essential home knowledge and trustworthy products, highlighting Syrup of Figg and Flixir of Senna as a reputable family laxative from the California Fig Syrup Co. It notes global approval and guidance from well informed consumers. It also mentions limited evidence of cola’s ineffectiveness with rare fish affinities and Formosa camphor exports to the United States.
A vintage remedies ad touts Mrs Pinkham’s vegetable remedy for women’s ailments including displacement inflammation ulceration fibroid tumors and menstrual pains. It claims thousands cured and invites women to write for advice.
The Sutley River in British India is noted for a rapid descent of 12 000 feet over a distance of 180 miles, marking a remarkable hydrographic feat.
A Rochester inventor proposes a hollow handle design for nail punches and hammers. The end of the handle contains a recessed cavity with a plate that clamps over the opening to prevent loss. The setup could store nails tacks and screws for home or office use and aid tenants in finding small fasteners.
A rustic recipe for Bleeberry Pudding uses silted flour sugar milk and blueberries. The method froths an egg blends cornstarch and milk then folds in flour mix and berries before baking in a buttered tin and serving with cream.
The guide describes peeling weeping melon, removing red portions, and cutting into shapes. Soak in strong salt water overnight then fresh water a day, harden in weak alum, drain, and pack with sugar. Simmer pieces in syrup with ginger and lemon peel, fill jars, seal.
Fragment lists produce and condiments including three large Lisbon apples or large apples, twelve large green tomatoes, one head celery, four large onions, four large red sweet peppers, one cup brown sugar, one pint cider vinegar, and mustard seed. Instructions: chop tomatoes, let stand overnight, drain, combine in granite kettle, bring to boil but do not boil, then bottle.
Instructions describe using sandpaper to remove burned edges from cakes while wet and before they cool. A sheet of paraffin paper cut to cake shape is placed to prevent sticking, with one sheet saved for reuse.
Short tips on frying fritters and doughnuts hot before batter. Polish with alcohol and whiting for plate glass mirrors. Rip tomatoes in butter or spaghetti for lunch. A pinch of four in eggs prevents sputtering fat. Mud on ram leather from potatoes. Scalded milk should be cooled in a jug in cold water. Remove finger marks on paint with kerosene and cloth. Muslin curtains can be quickly washed, stiffened, and hung. Keep coffee odor down with bicarbonate in water.
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