Best of shortcakes sour cream and soda legend
The piece praises the strawberry shortcake as the finest dessert, tracing its origins to cream biscuit dough and soda or baking powder methods. It explains preferred ratios for flour, shortening, sugar, eggs, and milk, and notes techniques for a tender, flavorful cake and accompanying whipped cream. It blends culinary guidance with a brief political notice about Senator Echols and his bid for congress.
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Washington Star
Mock Sausage From Bread and Cold Meat
Soak dry bread in cold water then squeeze out excess. Mix with finely chopped fat meat, season with salt pepper and sage, bind with one raw egg, form small cakes and fry. Roll in flour for better fry. Prepare ahead by soaking and mixing the night before. Use fat trimmings or fatty meats as available.
Renovating Ostrich Feathers by a Professional Dyer
The easiest plan for renewing white ostrich feathers is to place them with a professional dyer for cleaning recoloring and recurling as needed. Dye chemicals are hard for amateurs to handle and costly feathers can be ruined without expert care. The dyer will ensure satisfactory results.
TwoEgg Cake Recipe Prompt for Better Results
A brief home baking note suggests a cake recipe with two eggs yolks one cup sugar one tablespoon butter half cup milk two teaspoons baking powder a pinch salt and nearly two cups flour. It claims improving cake outcomes if prior attempts failed.
Sliver Polish Recipe From Historical Advertisement
Cream of tartar two ounces prepared chalk two ounces pulverized alum one ounce water enough to form a paste. Apply with a soft cloth. Allow to dry and polish with a dry cloth.
SAYS T. R. PLANS FOR 1916
Ex governor Folk of Missouri predicts Taft carries only New Hampshire Vermont and Maine in 1916 electoral college. He says Roosevelt wins California Idaho Washington Oregon North and South Dakota Minnesota and possibly Kansas. Wilson would carry the remaining states as Roosevelt plans to lead a progressive bid against the Democrats in 1916.
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Great Bend
Kans
Folk
Missouri
Taft
New Hampshire
Vermont
Maine
Roosevelt
California
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
North
South Dakota
Minnesota
Kansas
Wilson
Progressive Party
Notice of Sale of Real Estate in Prather Guardianship
In the Delaware County Court Oklahoma a private sale of Maggie Prather minor's real estate is ordered after July 19 1912. The guardian Lenora Prather will offer the NE quarter of the NE quarter Section 12 Township 27 N Range 19 E Craig County for cash with court confirmation. Bids in writing with 10 percent bid accompany and delivered to Marshall and Stivers Jay Oklahoma. Sale set for after July 12 1912 at 10 am at County Judge's office.
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Chieftain
Maggie Prather
Delaware
Oklahoma
Lonmust
A. D
Craig County
State of
Merdian
Marshall & Stivers
Jay, Okla
Woodrow Wilson Governor speech prep sparks board turmoil
Seagirt New Jersey July 27 Governor Wilson is hidden aboard a private yacht off the Jersey coast writing his acceptance speech. Eleanor Wilson says all is well aboard and he will spend tomorrow there. In Oklahoma City four state education board members are asked to resign over delays in text book contracts with Gov Cruce asserting the need to act. The board split, with others opposing the postponement, and rumors of firings persist as the governor presses for changes.
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Echols
Elk City
Bob
State Senate
Judiciary Committee
Kehols
Congress
Bob Echols
National Congress
Oklahoma
Seagirt
N. J
Humalty
Jersey
Oklahoma City
Cruce
State Board of Educaton
Robert Dunlop
W. A. Brandenburg
Scott Glen
Shawnee
Frank Hayes
Chandler
Ri. H. Wilsor
J. F. Warren
W. &. Rowsey
Muskogee
Dunlop
Kay County
Tt la
Craig County Assessor Declares Fair 1912 Valuation
Letter from C. S. Shelton to Craig County taxpayers states he pledged fair cash valuation, met with the state board of equalization, and secured no raise for 1912 after presenting his case July 11-12. He asks for Democratic nomination for county assessor, citing duty and fair work as reasons.
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Craig County
State Board of Equalization
State Board
State ‘Board
Leo Meyer
Democratic Party
Shelton
Wealthy Girl In Box Car Found In Kansas City
A 24 year old woman named Juanita Woods, daughter of Boston contractor Frank Woods, was found unconscious in a box car in Kansas City Missouri on July 25. She said she ran away from a college in the east and had ridden from St Louis with a man who befriended her the day before.
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Kansas City
Juanita Woods
Frank Woods
Boston
St. Louis
Woman shoots husband in home killed by gunfire
In Mecklenburg County North Carolina Mrs V J Hartzell enraged by her husband and a former marriage fatally wounds him at their door after he fails to fire a shot. The 60 year old Hartzell dies from his injuries as the couple’s long 25 year marriage ends in tragedy.
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Charlotte
V. J. Hartzell
Mecklinburg County
North Carolina
Hartzell
Three Companies Chartered in Oklahoma City July 28
Oklahoma City July 28 reports state charters issued for Champion Iron Manufacturing of Checotah with $25,000 capital. Incorporators include A Rosenbraugh J M Lamning and RO Swith from Muskogee and Checotah. Meyers Oil and Gas of Tulka lists $8,000 capital with incorporators W R Meighen L B Meyers A F Mortimer Tulsa W A Thompson and C L Burgwin at Haskell. Forest Hill Cemetery Association of Tecumseh has no capital stock with incorporators William Meyer A C Carroll Sarah A Higbee and J Higbee Betile Dayia Tocumpoh.
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Oklahoma City
Champion Iron
Manufacturing Company
Checotah
Capital
A. Rosenbraugh
J. Mlamning
Muskogee
RO. Swith
Meyers Ol and Gas Company
Tulka
W. R. Meighen
LB. Meyers
L. Burgwin
Haskell
Forest Hil
Not a Suffragette Says She Supports Education Over Rights
Mrs H W Shelton states she is not a suffragette and does not seek women's rights or voting power. She advocates right education and economic access, arguing women should lead in children’s education, with women as county superintendents who understand and care for girls and boys.
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