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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1907
Page
7
A detailed home recipe article explains peanut candy and pecan pralines with Chinese influence. It describes boiling sugar with water to a soft ball stage for peanut candy and to a thread for pralines, adding sesame seeds and nuts, and shaping on oiled paper.
A plain vanilla ice cream or corn starch pudding becomes a fancy dessert with chocolate custard sauce. Beat an egg with sugar salt hot milk then mix in melted chocolate sugar and cinnamon simmer until custard coats the spoon.
Improve grated mush by toasting sifted meal in a shallow pan in a moderate oven until parched without scorching. Then stir into boiling salted water. The result is less likely to lump, cooks faster than raw meal, and yields a delicious, evenly textured dish.
A compact note lists ingredients for walnut waffles or biscuits with brown sugar eggs baking powder flour and chopped walnuts. It describes dropping batter by teaspoon onto a buttered tin and notes the result as fine.
A Balzac quotation notes a class of ninny humans who always have an answer and prefer lies to silence, describing their propensity to speak on every matter. It frames the Ninny as a satirical archetype of loquacity and deceit.
Combine one cup sugar with one fourth cup butter creamed. Add half cup cold water and one and a half cups flour, half teaspoon soda and one teaspoon cream of tartar. Fold in two beaten egg whites and one teaspoon vanilla. Beat two minutes then bake. Make quince syrup by boiling one pint juice to a thick syrup, strain and bottle. Good with buckwheat cakes.
Mrs. Anna Beebe of Anoka Minnesota describes chronic rheumatic back and leg pains, breathlessness, dizzy spells, and kidney issues. After using Dean's Kidney Pills she reports regained mobility and energy, and no fear of recurrence. Sold by all druggists, 50 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A joke attributed to Senator Platt stars a Western millionaire’s daughter asking what political economy is. The senator allegedly answers that it is the art of never buying more votes than you actually need, told during a visit to the Manhattan Beach hotel.
Eczema started at three months and resisted several doctors and hospitals until Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment were used. After a few days visible improvement, the baby aged six months is reported fully cured. The family spent $1.25 for one cake of soap and two boxes of ointment, owned by C. F. Kara of 843 East 65th Street New York, March 30, 1906.
Inspector Johnson of the Columbus Railway recounts a new conductor’s mishap on the East Side line. He finds nine passengers aboard but only eight fares collected. The green country conductor halts the car and ejects a passenger to match the fare count.
Senator La Follette compares choices to a mother and child with a chicken and duck. Milkins and Windig argue about believing words and what was said in a brief, comical exchange.
A Wisconsin woman reports six years of weakness nervousness and headaches eased by summer use of Grape-Nuts. She notes no headaches or nerves and a 6 pound weight gain in one week after starting the cereal. The ad cites Postum Co Battle Creek Michigan and the book The Road to Wellville in the package.
A prominent lecturer extols Heart Throbs for its strong personality and mood matching, likening it to a trusted friend. The reminiscence recalls a Christmas gathering, reading aloud from the book, and a playful exchange about walking properly as a child in Sunday school.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh claiming it cures constitutional disease via internal action. The firm offers $100 for proof of failure and directs readers to obtain testimonials and address to F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Also mentions Hall's Pills for constipation.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer clipping notes gossip about a famed railway figure and his gloomy demeanor amid fears of hard times. An advertisement claims Dr. R H Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer can cure nervous diseases, offering a free trial bottle and treatise from Philadelphia.
An old advertisement snippet promotes Hide and Fur Co in Minneapolis and Lewis saws from Peoria Ill with mottos about value and personal responsibility included in a jumble of text. The fragment hints at product ads and punchy lines typical of early 20th century classifieds.
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