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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1913
Page
11
Wash parsnips and boil forty five minutes in salted water then skin. Mash with corn and butter, shape into small corn cakes and fry on a griddle. Lima bean salad with olives and horseradish, dill dressing with ketchup. Jelly whip with gelatin and fruit, fold in macaroon bits and chill.
A fragmented recipe describes molding pastry for a pie. It mentions three cupfuls dour, butter milk eggs salt pepper nutmeg and ham veal, with steps to mix, roll, fill, seal, brush with egg and bake in a moderate oven. The text is garbled but outlines basic pastry assembly and baking.
The article advises careful selection of earrings to suit face shape and coloring. It notes fringe pendants for mild faces, warns against overly long styles, and favors mid length designs. It discusses gem colors matching hair, eyes, and complexion, recommending amber for brunettes and jet for blondes, with pink coral and pearls for the young.
Washed blankets should be thoroughly dried then beaten vigorously with a carpet beater to restore lightness and softness. The method aims to refresh wool and give blankets a renewed appearance.
Sewing room notes advise cheap handkerchiefs for school children from sheer lawn or India linen, with modern Point Ince made in Vienna schools by trained labor. It describes a practical apron with wrist-length sleeves, crocheted bedspreads in white, and a method to sew buttons using a tape threaded through and stitched to secure the button from the wrong side.
A playful set of table ideas in blue and yellow tones for a Washington birthday celebration. Decor includes a large blue bowl of yellow tulips, blue dishes, and yellow candies. Napkins folded as cocked hats with bonbons and hatchet shaped confections featured.
This old home recipe instructs melting one pound of hard white soap with eight ounces of boiling water in a double boiler. It advises stirring with an egg beater until the mixture thickens, then adding six ounces of olive oil with one dram prepared camphor before setting aside in a jar.
A compiled fragment notes the extinct New Zealand moa giants, their eight foot tall remains, and ties to common birds. It mixes a travel anecdote about a funeral procession misread and a farmer boasting about unusually large corn, reflecting eclectic 19th century curiosities and misread OCR notes.
Overton arrives in Sandstone and endures a dull hotel, a sparse theater crowd, and a disappointing As You Like It. A backstage encounter with Mabel leads to a tense, personal interruption as he insists on pursuing his art and love, leaving him uncertain about the town's allure.
A quirky old trick asks a person to jot birth date, month, and age on paper. The steps involve simple arithmetic with the numbers, then subtracting a fixed constant to reveal the birth day month and the age, a puzzle-like party stunt from a past period.
A skewed OCR fragment evokes a childlike speaker pleading for safety and country. The piece intertwines themes of fatherhood, national loyalty, and innocence, with lines about playing and sunlight, ending on a note of reverence and duty.
A performer uses a confederate and audience agreement to touch an article. The outside performer returns and is asked to name the touched item. The secret lies in saying the word that before the article is touched rather than this.
A fragmentary account notes George Washington at age twenty eight with details of his stature and gait. It mentions erect posture and a straight carriage though the wording is imperfect and garbled. The text preserves a snapshot of physical description in archaic phrasing.
A large map titled Vetted Stator hangs in the nursery for children to view. It shows four counties, townships, and capitals to help families learn geographic basics and local civic layout in a clear visual aid.
The fragment presents garbled phrases and questioning lines about why things are as they are. It hints at riddles or coded lines, possibly misread OCR text, and asks about symbols, weather, and quirky statements without clear subjects or a narrative.
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