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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1916
Page
7
An old advertisement touts La Creole Hair Dressing to restore gray or harsh hair to former beauty and shine. It emphasizes the product’s value at one dollar and features a mock confrontation about wartime loyalty from a fictional "Vocal Belligerent."
An author explains a simple cooler design 18 by 16 by 48 inches with a water box on top and burlap sides kept wet to lower temperatures. The unit rests on raised posts, uses three or more shelves, and can be built from basic framing with a galvanized or wooden water box, aimed at back porches or shaded yards.
A recipe describes preparing stuffed cabbage using cooked macaroni, butter, milk, cheese, and salt. Outer cabbage leaves are salted to kill insects, boiled until tender, center removed, then layered with macaroni and sauce, baked until browned and tender.
A bread and banana pudding method outlines slicing stale bread and bananas, layering them in a greased dish, whisking a milk mixture with sugar, pouring, and baking about twenty minutes. Nutmeg is grated on top and powdered sugar is sprinkled before serving.
Grilled mutton dish uses leg meat cut into thick slices with parsley bay leaf thyme and shallot. Meat seasoned for an hour then grilled or broiled for about fifteen minutes served with fried potato chips and a piquant sauce.
Cooking juicy vegetables should use as little water as possible. The liquid should be served with peas and beans or separately for those who want it, preserving mineral salts. Surplus squid may be used for soup. Cook strong flavored vegetables rapidly, simmer gently the sweet juice. From the Delineator.
Peel a dozen large smooth tomatoes cut off stems scoop centers save solid portions Chop mix with one cup chopped celery one teaspoon minced onion two tablespoons chopped almonds and salt to taste Fill tomato shells with mixture top with a spoonful of mayonnaise Stand each on a fresh lettuce leaf and serve at once
A York state reader advocates Postum as a wholesome hot drink for children, noting coffee’s adverse effects and praising Postum’s two forms Postum Cereal and Instant Postum. The testimonial claims coffee harmed nerves and kidneys while Postum improved health and enabled a safe, comforting beverage at meals.
Hugh G. Van Peit advises six to eight weeks of dry bulky feed before freshening, with the calf remaining 48 to 60 hours. After birth, the cow should receive dry feed and about two pounds of grain with hay, plus include silage. Grain should increase gradually as milk production grows, potentially 18 to 20 pounds daily, with one pound per day for each three to thirty six pounds of milk produced, and careful daily weighing of feed and milk.
The article stresses ample clean water for dairy cows and warns against muddy ditch water. It notes milk is about 87 percent water, colder winter water harms digestion, and warm water increases intake. Freshly pumped water is preferred in winter. tank beaters help maintain it.
The text outlines feeding a calf with increasing grain: about half a pound at six weeks, one pound daily at two months, two pounds daily by three months, continuing as needed up to six months. It stresses feeding only what the calf can clean up and avoiding excess grain.
Health advice letters from North Crandon Oklahoma and Massachusetts describe women seeking relief from displacement inflammation and related symptoms. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is praised for improving health and restoring regularity with testimonials from Mrs. Mayas Asnaca Mrs. A L McCastawn Mrs. B M Oscoon and others. The ad notes confidential reader responses and stresses gendered medical support from a women’s clinic.
Fragmentary ad copy includes Grove's The Old Standard Tonic touting quinine and iron. It also references hair coloring product La Creole and a political barb about an insider in a Crow Bar setting, with stray jokes and misfit lines.
A fragment from a periodical touts a doctor’s discovery for uric acid issues and kidney health. It promotes a product named Anurie and urges readers to try a hot water premeal regimen. It includes ad-like claims and trivial humor about boarding house life and housekeeping.
A brief note urges gentle handling of cows during milking, arguing kindness yields higher milk output and reflects humane treatment of animals and people alike. It stresses that rough treatment quickly lowers milk yield and that considerate care benefits both livestock and workers.
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