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Newspaper
The Tulsa Star
Location
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1914
Page
2
In Boydton Virginia Mrs Fannia Boyd praises Cardus as life saving and Cardul for restoring vitality after a difficult operation. She claims walking freely and working all day with no fatigue, urging other women to try the tonics. The letter echoes a broader public trust in remedies and promotes continued use.
A collection of old fashioned corn recipes uses canned corn to make dishes like baked corn, scalloped corn, corn pudding and croquettes. Each method blends corn with milk or cream, butter, seasonings, and crumbs, then bakes in a moderate oven until puffed, creamy, or brown and tender.
Preserve vegetables with practical old fashioned tips. Hang onions and shallots away from other foods. Store parsley and mint in water, changing daily. Keep potatoes and artichokes in a dark dry cellar under straw. Dry carrots and other roots, store herbs in airtight containers after sieving. Continuous care advised.
A dated recipe instructs to heat one quart of milk with four large spoonfuls of cornmeal until boiling, cook five minutes while stirring, then cool slightly and beat in three eggs with butter salt and milk. Pour into a greased dish and bake eighty six minutes, serve immediately with a napkin.
Fragmentary cooking directions reference Virginia Wattles with boiling water cornmeal milk and flour ingredients, sugar baking powder salt eggs yolks whites butter. Stepwise method imperfectly preserved mentions boiling 20 minutes, mixing dry ingredients, beating yolks and whites, then cooking further.
A vintage ad urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children with constipation. It stresses checking the tongue, noting symptoms, and buying a 10 cent bottle with full directions for babies, older children, and adults.
A fragmentary dialogue line reads as a cryptic exchange about a man who was told not to see Grace again. The text references a “Dartmouth Jack of Lantern” and a nehtl- Dartmouth setting, suggesting a quirky verse or stage snippet with unclear, period tone.
A fragment from an exchange shows Mrs SimpeonJones seeking ren and suffragette status, but her husband objects with derisive remarks. She laments that women have long taken husbands and remain fools, citing St Paul and urging action. The dialogue captures gender tensions and early suffrage debates.
A Troy woman credits Grape Nuts with easing years of indigestion and bilious headaches. She used the cereal daily, noting improved sleep, no headaches for over a year, and renewed energy. The testimonial claims better health and urges others to try the product, framed as a praise from Postum Co. in Tate Creek, Mich.
A woman offers an unrivaled cake recipe for wedding, holiday, party and everyday cakes. She keeps many stone jars of freshly baked cakes on hand for customers to pick a day, a week, or a month old. Each cake weighs about one and a half pounds and is labeled with bake date. The recipe includes sugar, butter, molasses, strawberry preserves, buttermilk, coffee, fruit, spices, and a long mixing and baking process in a new oven.
The text offers practical household hints such as blue and white tile accents, canned milk with vegetables and fruit on hand, and late night oyster cooking. It also describes making lavender water from vinegar and lavender, washing wear with mutton tallow, turpentine drain cleaner, lemon salt for capper articles, and oxalic acid for copper and brass cleaning.
A frugal tip to create a window pole by painting an old broom handle to match the room and attaching a screw-hook to a ring-screw at the upper sash. Lift and reach windows without climbing chairs, saving time when opening or closing flowers and windows.
An easy method to keep fabrics damp for ironing is to use a bag made from an old sheet. Dip the fabric in water, do not wring dry, place it in the bag, and tie. Damp clothes inside the bag iron more easily and stay damp longer than when left in a basket and covered as usual.
A garbled note discusses counting two hats for a washerwoman and the reader. It mentions a book with carbon paper used in stores and tracing activities, implying a clerical or purchase context, with unclear sequence and readable fragments suggesting practical instructions rather than narrative.
A simple bake method for pork chops instructs to trim as needed for the meal place in a pan with a small amount of water lay a thin onion slice on each chop and season with salt and pepper bake until fully cooked.
A vintage tip describes making a cheap linoleum cleaner by melting candin and mixing in common turpentine. The solution is applied with a soft rag and polished with a clean cloth to restore and shine surfaces.
A simple recipe lists one pineapple sliced and chopped two oranges peeled and cut three bananas sliced juice of half lemon two tablespoonfuls grape juice one percent cup sugar. Stir and blend prepare one percent hours before using.
In a fragmentary exchange the Sage urges detachment from others troubles while the Visitor argues such apathy leads to ruin, highlighting a dispute over moral duty and involvement in people’s affairs.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention brewing trouble and beer famine themes with references to Baltimore American. An ad touts Putnam Padeleas Dyes claiming dyeing success and a comment on a man judged by superficial qualities. The text is garbled and incomplete.
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