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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1897
Page
3
Dr T Y Aby of Monroe runs as an independent for delegate to the Constitutions Convention from Ouachita. He opposes boss rule and Ting methods and would be a good representative if elected. The item notes local political chatter and mentions church debates and moral issues in the era.
An old fashioned plum pudding recipe with dried fruits such as raisins currants and candied citrus. It details mixing proportions including brandy eggs and spices, wrapping in a buttered cloth, boiling for hours, resting and serving with brandy sauce. The method yields 13 to 14 servings and allows for smaller boiled puddings or fried croquettes as alternatives.
The Decorator and Furnisher praises liberty velvets as picturesque with splendid blues, large designs, and exquisite shadings. Yellows boast rich sunflowers. schemes are so expansive a single blossom can form a chair seat while the back displays a flower and two leaves in charming fashion.
A brief note on mourning fashion noting seasonal changes in outward grief attire. It highlights a renewed favor for crape and related fabrics as the preferred expressions of mourning through the current period.
The article notes nobles wearing blick and describes manties in black habit cloth with crape bands and stra khan edging. Black sill passementerig inserts show on the bands. An elegante cape in crape edged with black tiber fur and handsome silk passementerio appears, fitted at the waist with an inner vest.
Fragmentary dietary note lists ingredients for meat mince including boiled beef, chopped fat pork, apples, molasses, currants, citron, cinnamon, cloves and spice. Describes moist boil method and references a rustic preparation style from a bygone text.
Silverware arch goods and decorative items surge as cut glass decanters and cracked ice bowls with narrow silver rims become fashionable for sideboards. Dresden china entree plates, ornamental lamps in various materials, and Jap anese porcelains fill the ever expanding tableware assortment, including glazed pottery dishes in silver frames for hat table delicacies.
Recipe for orange juice drink using ten oranges two lemons lemon peel water sugar and isinglass. Boil, strain, and pour into shapes to set as jelly like molds.
Cream potatoes peeled and boiled until done. Mash smooth then add a cupful of rich milk, a large spoonful of butter, and a pinch of salt. Cream thoroughly, beating until very light.
A historical recipe describes making a rich plum pudding using bread crumbs, raisins, currants, citron, and spices. It combines milk, butter, molasses, graham flour, sugar, brandy, eggs, and baking soda, with bread pieces soaked then blended and cooked in a water bath.
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