Wiley Great Work Elevates American Agriculture
A tribute to Dr. Harvey W. Wiley praised as the father of modern agricultural chemistry and the pure food movement. The Indiana native rose from Purdue chemist to chief of the U S Department of Agriculture Bureau of Chemistry, guiding growth, policy, and nationwide food safety reforms.
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Georgia Governor Race Shapes Up In Georgia
Atlanta reports Gov Hoke Smith may be challenged by Joseph Brown who seeks the governorship after being dismissed from the railroad commission. Brown relies on quiet campaigning and counsel while Smith enjoys broad support and endurance critics note. Brown claims lineage with a former Georgia governor and builds backing across the state. Brown conducts most work in his apartments, avoiding public addresses.
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Life of Joe Brown Narrated Amid Fire of Rumor and Rivalry
The account describes Joe Brown a 55 year old Canton Georgia native educated at Canton grammar schools the University of Georgia and Harvard Law who pursued railroad work starting in 1877 becoming general freight agent in 1881 and later serving as a railroad commissioner before being ousted by Governor Smith over an alleged threatening note.
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Ways of Putting Up Jelly in Tiny Glasses
How to prepare and preserve jelly in small wine glasses. Use five cent glass servings for lunches, travel snacks, schoolchildren, or invalids. Suggests grape cur rants and berry jellies with a candy fondant method and paraffin coat to keep shape.
Yorkshire Pudding Recipe From a Four Century Note
A historic note preserves a cook’s method for Yorkshire pudding. Mix six tablespoons flour with three eggs salt and a pint of milk to a middling batter. Pour under hot drippings, bake until brown, then turn. For a firmer cut, two hours on a good fire. true pudding half an inch thick, London fashion often doubles that thickness.
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Corn Starch Blanc Mange Recipe
A simple pudding method using corn starch and milk or fruit juice. Dissolve four level tablespoons corn starch in a little cold liquid, then whisk into boiling milk or juice. Cook in a double boiler an hour, mold, chill, and serve with cream and fruit garnish for an attractive inexpensive dessert.
Bottling Lemons For Economy In Household Use
A housekeeper pursues economy by buying lemons cheap and bottling lemon juice. She extracts the juice with glass squeezers, strains it through muslin, and seals it in half ounce or one ounce bottles to be perfectly airtight. The juice keeps briefly when bottled but spoils quickly if exposed to air, hence the small bottle size.
Fried Steak Recipe From Morning Notes
Instructions describe preparing two pounds of round steak with salt and a pinch of soda overnight. Fry after rinsing in two waters, coat in flour, and fry in hot fat until well done. Serve immediately with or without gravy poured over it.
Dream of a race horse haunts Mrs Torkins in quarrel
In a domestic exchange Mrs. Torkins recalls a dream of a horse that won three times in succession. Her husband rebukes her superstition and jokes about memory and reliability in business matters.
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Marine Eye Remedy Ad from Chicago Co.
Vintage advertisement promoting Marine Eye Remedy by the Marine Eye Remedy Co of Chicago. Claims to soothe red weak weary watery eyes and to include a 48 page book in each package. Encourages readers to mail order and ask their druggist.
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Editor Probes Blackout Demand in Plankville Palladium
A quotation from the Pittsburg Post features a dialogue where the Plankville Palladium editor asks what must be suppressed in exchange for a year's subscription cash in advance. The exchange frames a murky press ethics moment.
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