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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1897
Page
7
A guide to jelly making using currants with step by step instructions. It covers selecting ripe fruit, preparing juice, sugar proportions, heating, and methods for extracting juice, plus tips on preservation and common pitfalls. Includes a note on color harmony from The Art Amateur.
A mahogany Jubilee Writing Table appears as a historic souvenir of the memorable year. It features four drawers with copper handles, a plush-lined top, and silk curtains at each end. The back is paneled with photographs of the royal family or chosen personal friends.
A Good Housekeeping correspondent describes a traditional Virginia method to use leftover cold meat. Fine chop the meat with bacon or ham, add salt cayenne nutmeg parsley onions bread crumbs and two eggs per pound, then fold in cream and butter. Cook briefly, cool, and shape into patties or bake.
An English exchange notes lawn tennis court specs: total length 78 feet with two 21 foot and two 18 foot sections on opposite sides of the central line, court width 27 feet plus outer belts totaling 38 6 feet. Net height 3 feet middle and 31 6 feet at sides. service line 21 feet from net. Gardening asserts our youths have used similar measurements for years.
General market notes show weekly corrected quotations for round lots from first hands. Board of Trade quiet and steady with minimal receipts by rail wagon and river. no sales recorded. Prices listed across provisions coffee tea sugar and related goods with varied grades and per unit costs, including flour, cornmeal, crackers, molasses, chewing tobacco, and livestock items.
A dense list of hardware and farm supply prices including leather goods, tools, iron, belting, wagons, plows, nets, rope, nails, and miscellaneous items with per unit and per dozen pricing. The fragment references Wolk skins, Axles, belting, horseshoes, Kelly plows, trace chains, shovels, and wagon components among others.
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