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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1895
Page
5
Household recipes describe croquettes from mashed sweet potatoes with butter parsley lemon juice and cream, shaped and fried. Stuffed apples are steamed then filled with candied cherries and syrup, served with whipped cream. A boiled bread pudding uses day-old bread milk eggs sugar and corn starch with a slow boil, and a tomato pickle combines tomatoes sugar cider vinegar and spices overnight then boiled to thicken for serving with cold meats.
Practical tips on laundry whitening with borax and hot suds for flannels. Advice on child etiquette and salutes in convent settings. A recipe from Mrs. Rorer uses butter sour milk salt and ice water to make a plain paste, with starch water helping to keep milk casein finely divided.
Practical tips on kitchen hygiene and laundry care including hanging brushes, cleaning glass bottles with ashes, using borax to brighten whites, arranging dishes in order, and boiling potatoes for a light fluffy texture. Emphasizes use of clean water, scrapings, and proper drying to maintain pristine household conditions.
In Belton Texas a colony of women called Sanctificationists leads a self contained community of 32 members at the Central Hotel. Led by Mrs Martha McWhirter they practice celibacy and shared property, fund their ventures, and pursue public improvements. Their wealth is about 100600 with hotel assets 50000, and they run diverse ventures while engaging in daily devotionals and dream guided decisions.
The article advertises two chicken recipes. Creamed chicken bakes in milk with butter and seasonings, about an hour, then served with gravy. The second method layers chicken with gravy and a batter crust, bakes until crust is crisp and brown, served with remaining gravy. It ends with an anecdote about Old Pro and a Rural New Yorker promotion.
A fifteen year old writer in Warrenton North Carolina recounts a hunting trip from ten a m to four p m with a lunch at one. He claims eight birds and two rabbits, noting the challenge of bird hunting rabbits and asking peers to beat his tally.
In summer 1880 two men abandon eastern Idaho to travel toward Montana. A horse theft chase ends with one rider saving his companion Dick after a broken leg, then escaping a spreading valley fire by abandoning gear and racing two miles to a narrow gap between flames.
Wounded by spurs I turned to Dick whose face was ghastly pale. Fire closed in, heat unbearable, yet we reached the gap and escaped. C. A. Johnson describes the peril and final safe passage as the flames drew closer and closer.
The bicycle girl confronts the Gate Keeper at St Peters gate about lacking proper attire. He admits only traditional bias cut Grecian robes are available and undivided. She recalls the rule there shall be no parting there and lights a lamp to flee into outer darkness.
A cautionary essay on eye care cites the eye as a sensitive organ that can endure much with rest. It warns against overworking and overusing eye water or ill fitting glasses, recounting a tale of an elderly man who regained sharp vision after months away from reading. He later lived without glasses and died at over eighty with keen sight.
A young reader offers holiday gift suggestions featuring linen lunch and tea cloths with fine hems and Dresden china style surface work. Also described is a yellow chamois photograph case lined with broken silk and front embroidery of forget me nots in blue filoselle with yellow jewels, plus guidance on varied stitch lengths and leaf work.
A guide to crafts describes pillow designs in denim and linen with black Asiatic embroidery, yellow silk accents, and scalloped edges. It covers fabrics like canvas rep and cretonne, plus a doily method using hemstitched handkerchief quarters and filo floss motifs. It notes a buff linen pillow with a pine branch motif as a potential gift.
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