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Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
7
Reads like a vintage household guide with kitchen hacks and recipes. It covers bread fried in milk and butter, fruit desserts, custards, and spice puddings alongside vegetable cookery tips and practical safety notes for oven use and baby room setup. It names ingredients and process steps clearly in a dated tone.
Readable text describes oatmeal based recipes and baking tips. It gives Scotch Cookies and Oatmeal Drops with ingredients like flour sugar eggs milk butter beef drippings cinnamon nutmeg clove salt soda raisins walnuts and optional overnight chilling for flavor. Includes method steps and baking guidance.
Condensed notes report London overhead telegraph lines totaling 73 500 miles and 921 000 miles of underground wires. A Swedish process makes tar based carbonators for electro mechanical uses. Lake Baikal may lose its title as deepest freshwater body while Tanganyika proves deeper. An American syndicate opens a manganese mine in Panama. A bath tub curtain with clips to prevent splash is patented.
A fragmentary culinary guide lists creative salads and garnishes. Recipe ideas include using a heel of French bread as a base, onion and garlic accents, cabbage cups, rose garnishes for weddings, chicken and fish salad notes, gingerbread with cottage cheese, celery garnishes, butter pots, fresh fruit with powdered sugar, and decorative sugar molds.
Nerece Mae med One Chinese province ships more than 150000 tons of peanut exports annually after a native convert received California seed from an American missionary years ago. A New York inventor patent a perfectly waterproof paper umbrella. Typhus germs more deadly for Germans than Russians. Flag whipping used by Scandinavian shippers to breach neutrality with small penalties.
Iulean H. Arnold operates from Peking as a U S cotton goods advocate covering China and much of Asia. He notes China and India are the largest cotton consumers and recounts shifts from British to American and Japanese manufacturing. The Chinese government plans to fund up to 40 percent of two new mills, with American firms winning the equipment bids. A successful project could lead to many more mills using American machinery.
A Geological Survey bulletin notes the United States began an industrial potash boom in 1916 as European supply shrank. Potash salts valued at 342000 were produced domestically with imports at one tenth of prewar levels. New sources include cement by products in California, brine from Hoffland Nebraska, kelp on the Pacific coast, Owens Lake and Great Salt Lake efforts, and silicate rock processing with feldspar and leucite. Experimental plants and early facilities sprang up across several states.
In a dispatch to the department of commerce Uncle Sam reports Ameri can Consul Byington in Leeda England states a scientist there has found large quantities of potash in dried banana stalks once thought valueless. E. E. Lawson of Leta conducted the discovery and analysis confirms 49.9 percent of dried stalks are potash.
Consul Keblinger in Valetta Malta reports a strong demand for smoking accessories from the United States. Maltese shops seek suppliers for cigarette cases pipes cigar cutters and automatic lighters to meet an emerging market.
A Commerce Department study shows U S shirt and collar production dominates the domestic market with little foreign competition. It traces the origin of separate collars to 1825 in Troy New York and notes Troy Albany and New York City regions lead shirt and collar output. In Copenhagen, living costs rise with a four person family spending from 500 to 645 dollars annually.
A dialogue contrasts high brow with street knowledge, defining a refined view of culture. It frames a high brow as knowledge of classics comparable to everyday baseball knowledge among common people.
The United States reports six thousand pounds of cascara bark consumed in the half of 1915 from Siuslaw National Forest in Oregon. The bark is used for medical purposes in the United States and Europe.
Missouri agricultural guide urges immediate calyx spray after blossoms to reach the moth larvae. Use lime sulfur and arsenate of lead paste, avoid full bloom, repeat two to three weeks later, then eight to nine weeks after bloom, with Bordeaux mix if blotch is present. Includes nozzle guidance and safety for pollination and bees.
A wheel hoe proves very useful and speeds soil work. It needs a strong operator, as a man or stout boy runs it. Using a wheel hoe, ground can be tilled at least five times faster than with a common hoe.
Clean incubators and brooder houses before placing chicks or eggs. A clean environment reduces hatch losses and improves chick health, aiding successful hatch outcomes.
A guide on trunk spraying and pruning to prevent borers in apples and peaches. It recommends early ground search before June 1, injecting carbon bisulfate into apple tunnels, pruning peach borers, and applying a lead arsenate lime sulfur mix in mid July and mid August to protect trunks.
The article explains how horticulture and apiculture connect through bees pollinating fruit trees. It highlights how flowers in gardens and orchards supply honey, beautify homes, and provide outdoor learning for the family while teaching intensive cultivation practices and plant training.
Live stock and crop markets differ from cash markets yet share a truth that better stock yields better feed use and stronger returns. This note highlights how improved livestock quality boosts feed efficiency and overall farm profitability.
Farmers are urged to keep chicks in excellent condition during hatching season by feeding a varied diet. A balanced feed supports strong chicks, benefiting both producers and customers.
Mrs We Queen of Indianapolis credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after months of weakness and weight loss. She says she gained from 109 to 133 pounds and can now perform all housework. She urges other women to try the remedy.
Young George, perched on a fence rail, tells Henry he cannot swim as he has been DUC out to mind Aunt Sallie’s and Aunt Hattie’s children. Henry looks around for the missing kids and asks where they are. George answers he doesn’t know.
An old newspaper item advertises Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It touts its gentle vegetable formula and urges readers to buy bottles at drug stores or request a sample by mail. The page also mentions general curiosities and other small notes.
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