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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1915
Page
8
A fragment from the Osborne Farmer describes Old Bill Shittleas visiting a town and balking at paying ten cents for colored crapa tastie paper. He buys tobacco and chewing and contemplates a Kansas City jug house booze consignment while planning a San Francisco exposition trip.
An Ohio woman details four years of misery from coffee use and nervous prostration. She describes energy loss, pain around the heart, chills, and insomnia until switching to Postum. She praises a full recovery and urges others to quit coffee for Postum’s benefit.
A Victorian style compilation outlines scalloped fish with celery and peppers, olive oil, lemon, and parsley baked over split fish or cod. scalloped fish with cream, eggs, and minced fish baked in ramekins. pickled salmon with vinegar and spices. baked bass or pickerel stuffed with onion breadcrumbs and salt pork. jellied trout prepared with vinegar, onion, and aspic forming multiple jelly layers.
Oatmeal forms a bread substitute with salt molasses and shortening in a bowl. Pour boiling water over two cups oatmeal and stand until lukewarm. Dissolve yeast in warm water, add flour, then mix in optional nuts and seeded raisins for a heartier luncheon bread.
Broil steak and season on a platter as usual. Prepare a dressing of bread crumbs with onion, and shape stuffed fowl into small cakes bound with egg, browning in butter. Place on steak with parsley. For Orange Pudding, slice five oranges, sugar, boil milk, whisk yolks with cornstarch, combine, pour over fruit, whip egg whites with sugar, spread, and bake briefly.
A historic kitchen note describes making tomato soup from one quart canned or fresh tomatoes with four cloves a hay leaf celery salt and pepper. Simmer twenty minutes. Stir in onion fried in butter then thicken with cornstarch. Serve strained with crackers and beet broth as an optional addition.
Cleveland Ohio and Hanover Pennsylvania letters praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles Citing relief from long standing pain and avoidance of surgery The ad invites letters to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for confidential answers by a woman and promises strict privacy
A law examiner quips about a case where an arrest followed an assault, the magistrate held the accused for the grand jury, an indictment and conviction occurred, an appeal is set for next fall, and the defendant currently is free on habeas corpus with an alibi. Billy Patterson’s damages odds are absurdly 1 to 193,427.
An advertisement extols a soap and ointment pair for relief of eczema and rashes, promising cleansing, soothing healing, and quicker rest. It cites mail offers from Cuticura and Marina Eye Remedy Co. with quips about remedies, money, and beauty sleep, using humorous asides and local product mentions.
A New York Sun correspondent recalls the Rev James Johnson case from New Jersey once accused of leading a chicken stealing gang near New Brunswick. The testimony shows Johnson buying and selling stolen fowl, sharing profits with friends, and denying ownership. A separate New York Times piece notes a comic exchange about a wife paying rent with a kiss.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a universal general tonic with quinine, promising liver effects malaria relief blood enrichment and system building at 50 cents, followed by a courtroom quip about a home breach of the peace.
A fragmented column jokes about gas and color metaphors, asks why Miss Wasp looks happy, notes small waists returning to fashion and the Princeton dance, and offers wry lines on politics and personal conduct. The piece weaves humor with social mores, reflecting era manners and public persona.
A timid girl at the window calls to her mother that a dog is wild. The mother explains the dog belongs to the man across the street and is friendly. The child concedes that the dog’s head may not be wild but its tall look remains wild in charm.
A bibliophile flaunts a battered first edition of Dante's Inferno, bought for three dollars and fifty cents at a second-hand shop. His friend jokes about the germs accompanying the rare find, while the owner boasts the bargain.
Mrs. Youngwed-Well shares finding a flat while cats pass the door. Mr. Youngwed-Worried about electrical noise disturbing sleep. She notes the landlord promises adjustment after two nights and suggests sleeping at mother's first.
A brisk exchange notes a shift in behavior as earlier generations sought the Europa scene for swimming while modern crowds stay home to avoid the scene. The remark contrasts past sea change with present reluctance to join.
A wry quip about Jinks marrying a Robinson twin and the difficulty of telling them apart. It notes his woebegone look since marriage and jokes about social dismissals, self law, and brains versus collar emphasis in a concise column style.
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