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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1914
Page
8
A concise reflection on knowledge noting that error stems from judgment rather than perception. It argues assent to falsehood arises from faulty judgment and emphasizes discernment of true statements from misleading ones. The quote anchors reasoning in Locke’s view of truth and error as cognitive outcomes.
An article extols onions as a valuable, odoriferous vegetable essential for appetite and health. It advises regular consumption, warns against overeating, and offers recipes like Onions With Cheese, Onions Stuffed With Sausage, and Stuffed Tomatoes, ending with inspirational quotes about character and courage.
A seventeenth century style guide outlines cake making with full prep advice and several recipes. Eggless Devil's Food uses sugar, shortening, sour milk and chocolate. Coffee Cake blends butter sugar lemon rind and milk. Snow Cake folds in egg whites. Pork Cake mixes fat pork, boiling water, raisins and spices for a textured loaf.
Packing boxes line with oilcloth preserves books on long journeys and damp storages. Cold starch restores crocheted buttons after laundering. Raffia ties keep Rosa bushes rice-waves intact through winter without cutting canes. Add vegetable coloring to glycerin water to strengthen bubbles for children. Wrapping cord around a swollen finger helps slip the ring off safely.
An old fashioned salt pork dish suited for cold weather. Slice pork, soak if salty, fry until brown, then make a creamy milk gravy with fat flour and milk to serve over the pork.
A historical cleaning method uses grated raw potatoes with water to create a starch liquor. After straining, the white starch settles, and the clear liquid is used to cleanse white silks and fabrics. Borax may be added for white silk, and a sponge dipped in the liquor removes dirt from dresses and waste.
A boiled rice ball is prepared by soaking two pounds of very loose rice in a pudding cloth, then boiling for one and a half to two hours. It is turned out and served with golden syrup jam or sweet sauce. When hot it must not be broken. when cold it can be sliced.
A brief recipe fragment describes Sponge Drops using six eggs three quarters cup powdered sugar one cup flour lemon rind a pinch of salt. Beat yolks with sugar, add lemon rind and beaten egg whites, fold in flour and salt. Drop four tablespoons portions, dust with sugar and bake in a moderately hot oven until done.
Instructions describe layering a leg of lamb with dressing wrapped in cloth, boiled together, then pressed and sliced once cold. Remaining cooking water is used for a carrot onion potato stew with a small amount of fat added and finished just before serving.
A colloquial recipe and home remedy extract describes mixing light brown sugar with milk until it threads, then adding butter vanilla and nut meats to form bars. It also notes using egg white in mustard plasters to reduce skin irritation and danger.
A fragment notes that carpet weaving in Persia is now performed exclusively by women. A prepared and prudent wife questions her husband about savings for hard times while a character named Happy Jack inquires about a Mackintosh raincoat for his dear.
Rev Edmund Heslop of Wigton Pennsylvania suffered dropsy with swollen limbs and exhaustion. After using five boxes of Dodds Kidney Pills swelling disappeared and he felt renewed. He and later correspondence affirmed continued faith in the remedy. Free household hints and recipes offered by Dodds Medicine Co. Buffalo New York. Also a comic anecdote about a farmer miscounting a roast.
A Supreme Court session features Justice Harlan waking from slumber to ask the defense why no more good chewing tobacco can be obtained. He inquires if the counsel for the American Tobacco Company has any role in the issue, prompting a brief exchange during the argument.
A playful exchange from the Manchester Guardian has a prisoner paying a constable to secure a sinecure. The bewildered magistrate quips about a cul de sac while the witness mutters that the old chap is getting worse, highlighting comic misinterpretation in court.
The passage urges full commitment in any major endeavor, stating that dedicating one’s time and effort with heart and mind yields true progress. It emphasizes that half measures waste both personal time and others’, and implies a push to pursue meaningful work wholeheartedly or seek another path.
A historical notice promotes Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children, urging caregivers to choose Castoria and noting its use for many years as a trusted pediatric relief, emphasizing its gentle, reliable benefits for young patients.
A casual exchange reflects a spectator’s surprise at Alpha’s win while a jokey remark about education hints at the winner being named Alpha. The dialogue underscores a playful take on expectation and naming conventions in racing events.
The transcript shows a wife asking for double windows to muffle her vocal practice and a husband responding that neighbors should adapt. The exchange reveals a domestic dispute over sound disturbance and neighborly courtesy, reflecting broader social attitudes of the period.
An assembled ad strip lists promo lines about Putnam Fadeless Dyes that claim not to stain kettles, mentions housewives buying $225 million in food yearly, and pitches Dean's Mentholated Cough Drapefe. It also includes a playful line about jokes and an accident insurance offer of 500 dollars for loss of limb or eye.
A noted pastor, visiting a city, stays at a summer home with his hostess and children. The boy arrives with a rat by the tail and proclaims, We beat him and beat him, then solemnly adds, Yes, we beat him and beat him until God called him home.
F J Busher of Elyria Ohio describes ten year scalp ailment worsened to hair loss and shame until using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. He washed twice daily and applied the ointment, reporting improvement in weeks and cure in two months. Ad it cites sample offer and address in Boston.
A young reporter, asked to file about 400 words on a public library board meeting, returns with a joke of the night. The board met, called the roll, and adjourned until Tuesday evening, leaving the story unfinished at 300 words.
European agronomic experiments mix radioactive substances with fertilizers showing radium stimulates both grass and flower growth, improves yield and color, and enhances resistance to diseases from cryptogamia such as wheel rust rot and grapevine mildew, aiding crops overall.
A playful dialogue contrasts maximum and minimum with a joke about Minnie Mumm and Maxie Mumm. The exchange features a visitor named Tommy and a speaker nicknamed Minnie discussing math concepts in a light tone.
Rev Father OLeary hurries for the Dublin express and meets his bishop who opts to walk together to catch it. In Cambridge England the ancient town is to have a women police.
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