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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
6
A faded instruction describes finishing a veil by hemming both ends and inserting paper between hems. Baste an inch hem at each end, place paper inside, then stitch along the hems. Remove paper after ironing with gentle warmth to prevent fraying.
A tired housewife shares a quick hot ham sandwich method. She advises layering thin white bread with butter and chopped ham, sealing the slices, dipping in a milk egg mix, then frying in butter until brown and serving immediately.
Line a deep pie plate with crust using one half cup shortening to one cup pastry flour a saltspoon of salt and about a third cup ice water. Bake crust as for a lemon pie. Fill with fresh peaches sweetened and top thick with whipped cream. Some cooks favor a touch of apple marmalade for added flavor.
The excerpt discusses the epithet kitchen minded used against women absorbed in home duties. It notes some women overdo domestic time while others neglect it, arguing that preference for one home space is normal and cites George Eliot as an example who enjoys a tidy kitchen.
The recipe advises stewing apples and straining to replace tomatoes with the same seasonings. Include onions celery cinnamon red pepper cloves salt and vinegar. Use every bit of jelly or preserves in making ketchup.
Cut about one inch of ordinary rubber garden hose and slip over the end of the faucets in the kitchen sink. It will prevent many a nick in beloved china.
A young woman known as the faculty expert promotes rice as the ideal filling for fancy pin cushions. She notes rice holds shape well and accepts pins easily, making the cushions neat and practical.
A brief set of directions to make boiled cider sauce. Beat one egg with yolk over simmering water then add one tablespoon brown sugar. Stir in three fourths cup boiled cider and continue beating until smooth and foamy.
A humorous Harper’s Weekly caption plays with two men in a brief exchange about borrowing a dollar. The Needy One asks for aid while The Other One explains the loan is currently tied up with several names listed for repayment.
A farmer from Burnetts Creek Indiana recounts past hog cholera losses and praises Sloan's Liniment which reportedly saved his hogs. He notes the medicine helped even when hogs would not drink milk and mentions using it on horses cattle hogs and poultry. Readers are invited to request Dr Sloan's free treatment book.
A small group at W. N. Hartshorn’s Fenway home selects Sunday school lessons each year. The prints are distributed globally in many languages from Europe to Africa and the Pacific. About 40 Indian dialects and 500 million leaflets are provided annually.
A tramp asks a farmer's wife for help. He flatters her by praising her voice and she engages briefly. She then drives away the dog and gives the wanderer half a loaf and a chunk of cold beef.
A seaside moment on the deck as Helma Lee enjoys the sunset over the boundless deep and Hardy Porte eagerly anticipates the next meal.
An older surgeon describes drastic tremors from coffee and credits stopping coffee and using Postum. He details improved nervousness, sleep, circulation, and absence of dizziness after switching, noting a friend and his family also benefited and praising Postum as a national drink.
A collection of brief remarks and notes. Mentions include Happy from Diller Nebraska without grievances, Japan's anticipated conflict with a large deficit, Billy Lush resigning from Yale football, and Bigheart noted as the richest Indian in America. Also comments on Paris New York Chicago society and Washington Post quips about a hammer.
A report notes a man accused of bigamy in Britain has wed 500 times. The piece contrasts this with enduring English tradition and the continued praise of Nelson and Gordon.
A prominent French thinker predicts an unavoidable clash between the United States and Japan. He suggests consulting the French for peace, implying a price could secure their aid or neutrality.
The World almanac lists Japan’s standing army at 220,000 with many abroad in the United States as spies or assisting correpondents for the poor and deserving.
A St. Louis physician says no scientific practitioner recognizes grippe as a disease yet notes doctors would be upset if their bills for treating it are not paid. The remark frames grippe as a contested label rather than a distinct illness.
Gertrude Atherton notes New York hesitates while Baltimore American suggests it acts on pocketbooks. The Mont Cenis line plans electric traction on its mountain division to compete with newer lines, as France doubles the approach tunnel and Italy extends double tracking to Turin.
A British suffragette criticizes Western attitudes toward suffrage while cable map readings hide ocean floor distortions. Dr. Klotz cites the 8,000 mile Pacific cable between Vancouver and New Zealand as repeatedly diverted to avoid submarine mountains or unsuitable resting points.
The Ohio state fire marshal notes last year in the United States parlor matches caused a 2 million dollar loss and 5600 deaths. He stresses human carelessness as a major factor behind fires, not matches alone. He also cites Carnegie Foundation data on college incomes, noting only four colleges surpass one million dollars. The Boston Herald hints those four may be Columbia, the University of Chicago, and Stanford University.
Edmund Clarence Stedman, a poet banker, threw a book in a fit and missed his rare volume. A passerby took it, later found by Stedman in a second hand shop. He paid 40 dollars for the exact book, only to discover the dealer’s card inside showed it was his own property. The incident cured him of throwing books at servants.
A minister and guests discuss who they would meet in heaven. One social figure, Mrs In the Swim, refuses Eve, saying she would not speak to Eve if given the chance. The exchange highlights decorum and individual preferences in imagined afterlife encounters.
A playwright asks a friend if hissing the play is proper after receiving a ticket. The friend, resentful, replies that if he had bought the ticket he would have left and sworn at himself. The remark is cited from Success Magazine.
In Harper's Weekly a boy named Wilfred sits on his father's knee as his mother arranges her hair. The father jokes about Marcel waves and Wilfred quips that his father is bald, saying it’s all beach. The light exchange captures a playful domestic moment.
A New York man forgot about a $20,000 deposit made in the Knickerbocker Trust company in 1884. The item prompts readers to search for forgotten deposits and highlights long-unclaimed funds.
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a valued laxative for all ages. It emphasizes gentle cleansing without debility or dosage increases and notes its pleasant natural action. The caution urges buyers to purchase the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product through leading druggists.
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