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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1914
Page
6
A historical note on soil moisture, stressing the need for capillary water, surface condition, and rainfall retention. It highlights plowing, disking, and mulching as key steps, with emphasis on maintaining a moist soil surface to store and later use rainfall for crops.
Idaho Experiment Station notes the value of green manure for soil nitrogen. Green clover decomposes quickly, feeding soil bacteria that fix atmospheric nitrogen for crop uptake. Caution is urged on excessive evaporation in dry periods and careful selection of economical crops for each region. Nonlegume plants can supplement nitrogen while legumes provide high yields with low soil impact. The article anticipates growing interest in this manure method.
The state roads commission said no action had been taken yet on planting trees or placing watering troughs along improved highways, noting only the Baltimore American coverage and a nonmandatory stance. The commission indicated a future probe may occur, with responsibility for tree planting and watering to be assigned but unclear at present.
National Winans Christian Union hosts a temperance meeting urging abstinence across public life. The New York City Federation recommends schools enforce liquor-free staff, from superintendents to janitors, to set an example for youth. The discussion includes Dooley and Hennessy voices and a call to curb alcohol use in public institutions.
Frugal guidance pairs economical sour milk gingerbread recipes with practical summer housekeeping advice. It outlines a gingerbread and sponge cake method using sour milk, dates, nuts, and chocolate, plus tips to streamline chores, enjoy porch lounging, and avoid excess indoor baking.
The article outlines an efficient copper-bottomed boiler to reduce wear and heat loss, promoting a salable factor for easy water removal. It compares three washer types, notes rocking and cylinder designs as gentle on fabrics, and stresses demonstrations and cost per hour before purchasing washing equipment.
A garbled recipe describes preparing beef tongue by soaking, removing skin, and simmering with butter, water, and salt. It mentions flavoring herbs, raisins, and thickening gravy with flour, then serving on a platter or in a casserole. The instructions have numerous spelling errors but outline steps for a summer dish.
Norway’s parliament adopted a resolution prohibiting officers in the Norwegian army and navy from using intoxicating liquors during service. Enlisted men were already required to abstain.
Instructions advise keeping tailored cloth fresh by airing indoors and avoiding excess pressing. Hang the garment to refresh material and prevent rapid wear. Serge care recommends brushing against the nap with a damp cloth or soft brush to revive shine without damaging fibers.
Instructions advise washing a bottle or glass that held hot coffee grounds. If the place is badly stained, use a mixture of potash dichromate and sulfuric acid in equal parts, handling carefully to avoid contact. Then rinse with several waters.
The text discusses hearing sounds that irritate ears and resist treatment, noting they may accompany deafness and should receive due attention from doctors or caregivers. It emphasizes awareness of ear noises and the impact on listeners and patients.
A simple fruit dessert mixes strawberry with soaked sago in water until transparent. The cooled mixture is poured into a mold, then served over strawberries with sugar and cream for a cold dessert.
A dubious method suggests cleaning a porcelain bathtub by sprinkling coarse salt into a damp tub and rubbing vigorously with a rough implement. The description is unclear and uses imprecise language.
The maker describes an economical wooden ice box built from a four foot bar with a top, wire netting, and a removable center slot for ice. Woolen cloth wraps the ice, newspapers and cloth line the interior, and water drips into a tub beneath the loge.
A couple of wicker covered demi johns are converted into summer lamps for a seashore bungalow. One received light cleaning and was bronzed into service while the other got brown enamel and a Japanese open work shade. The brown lamp will grace the living room with a yellow lined shade, the wicker lamp will light the veranda from a wicker table, both weighted to prevent tipping.
A colonial style rhubarb wine method notes using eight pounds of rhubarb chopped fine in July, water, and a cloth cover. Stir twice daily for a week, strain, add four pounds sugar, lemon juice, lemon rind, and refine with a small amount of an alum-like substance. Fermentation finishes and the batch is bottled.
If you are doing housework, aim to sell your hande an Hetle as possible. Wear bone pair of old kit gloves for white dusting sweeping and dry dirty work. Rutcher gloves are affordable and protect your hands when washing dishes or any work with strong soap and water.
Steaks prepared by rubbing with salt and pepper then broiled over oak heat. Cut from between bones, season, broil on each side for about ten minutes, and serve hot.
Instructions suggest a jelly method using one third juice from barberries or rhubarb with two thirds from blackberries. Sugar should be added in the same proportion as for a regular berry jelly.
A fragmented text describes making batter and frying small cakes. It instructs to mash with a spoon add egg half cup milk and crack of crimbs, form into cakes and dry in hot lard or soy oil. The passage reads as unreliable recipe prose with obscure terms.
A fragment suggests a makeshift jelly tip using vinegars and sweetening with cliter vinegar to hasten setting. The quirky instruction implies immediate gelatinization but uses unclear terms and odd phrasing.
A mother and child debate conscience in a playful exchange. The child admits not knowing right from wrong until after acting, while the mother explains conscience as an inner voice that says no and causes remorse for misdeeds. The child laments never being good, recalling a nurse's joke about indigestion ending a voice.
In Vernailjon two murderers learned their death sentences were commuted to life toil. Joseph Liugen accepted the news calmly, while Louis Louie raged, declaring he preferred the guillotine to the galleys. He seized the public prosecutor and attempted to strangle him before guards restrained him.
An excerpt shows Truth rising from a well as rumors swirl about world dominion. A group of gentlemen rushes to Duadeep, protesting in haste. They claim publishers push advances for book profits, stammering replies while Truth analyzes the scene with冷acompassion and resolve.
A Wisconsin couple credits Postum with overcoming coffee dependence and improving sleep, nerves, and energy after switching from coffee to Regular Postum and Instant Postum. They report gradual benefits, noting friends initially resisted but later preferred Postum when prepared as directed.
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