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Newspaper
Upper Des Moines Republican
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1906
Page
12
A column offers practical tips from a historic household manual. It covers ham roasting, baked potatoes, no stirring in batters, protecting tablecloths, simple baking methods, and silent fire strategies for sick rooms, emphasizing speed, cleanliness, and minimizing disturbance while cooking and heating. The piece preserves period voice with specific steps and cautions for home cooks.
A list of sandwich preparation ideas describes ways to make delicate ham sandwiches with lemon peel, cold halibut with mayonnaise and capers, onions with lettuce, a cream cheese walnut filling, stone olive with peppers, cucumber slices with chives or American cheese, and a pork celery mix with salt and diluted Worcestershire.
Recipe for home made fried cake dough using sugar butter milk water eggs baking powder flour salt and spices. Dough is dropped into hot fat shaped into rings or twists and fried until browned then drained on butcher paper and rolled in powdered sugar if desired.
A chocolate pudding recipe from Harper's Bazar uses sugar milk flour egg butter baking powder and melted chocolate. Steam in a bow l for one hour. Sauce combines two eggs and a cup of sugar with vanilla.
Cream one cup sugar and half cup butter then stir in sour milk soda cinnamon and spices. Fold in chopped raisins or dates and two cups flour. Mix well and bake in a moderate oven.
A raw potato serves as a surprising pen cleaner that must be rehanged periodically and effectively cleans scratchy, soiled nibs. It restores the nib toward a near-new condition, more than expected from simple wear.
A description highlights a warm red brown cloth paired with dark brown furs and a brown hat trimmed with brown feathers, noting its rising popularity among the season’s accessories.
A recipe for a tangy dressing using olive oil, yolks, mustard, sugar, paprika or white pepper, lemon juice or vinegar, and a mix of olives, pickles, parsley, capers, and optional nasturtium. Prepare in a chilled bowl with cooled utensils. whisk yolks gradually while adding oil, then thin with lemon juice or vinegar and finish with chopped aromatics. Keeps for days when refrigerated.
Instructions list stain removal methods for milk and cream, pitch and tar, grass, fruit tea and coffee, chocolate, vaseline, iodine, scorch marks, and ink. Methods include cold water rinses, soap, alcohol or ether washes, sun drying, starch pastes, and oxalic acid solutions, with emphasis on diverse ink types.
The Ohio State Journal defines cooking as negative neutral and positive. It describes three kinds of treatment: no cooking or spoiling, a bare swallow without sentiment, and a refined approach where mind and heart blend to elevate the material like a sculptor or painter.
The dado offers economical wall decorating by renewing the lower wall section to refresh a room without touching the upper walls. It provides a furnished look and helps visually break up large spaces, especially in halls or stairways with open areas.
A compact old fashion recipe describes Mock Chicken Salad using veal bought cheaply with minimal bone, steamed until tender, chopped with celery in equal parts, dressed with French dressing, then topped with a rich dressing and served on lettuce leaves. It notes cost savings versus real chicken.
The guide warns against scouring linoleum with a stiff brush or strong soap as it can damage patterns. Use a soft woolen cloth with warm water and a cupful of milk for cleaning.
A brief note on plaid gaining popularity across styles and regions, with cautions about polarizing looks and the danger of overdoing the pattern. The piece treats plaid as a passing fashion trend that should stay within tasteful limits to avoid early fatigue.
After nearly three years of effort Prof Waldstein resumes dig work at Herculaneum, aiming to uncover vast art treasures long hidden beneath Campania. Past attempts stalled by finances and politics, but hopes rise as excavations risk revived beneath Resina and Portici with royal backing and scientific plans.
Barnes, once a mechanic, becomes a traveling salesman with a novel farm engine wagon. He mounts a windmill like contraption to a farm wagon with a single shaft drive and pulley system, able to run at six miles per hour. He uses a pump jack and small pulleys to power churns and washing machines, drawing attention in each farm yard and boosting engine sales across his region.
A yarn recounts Captain Bealby of White Star Hiner Caltie describing colored ship lights. He recalls a Scottish boy at the wheel who, seeing red and green signals for the first time, cried to preserve them as a steamer loomed, shouting we’re going into the pothecary shop.
The article explains a ditch cleaner used with a road scraper to move ratthe from aide ditches to the grade. It compares the device to a Snow plough with a shorter left-hand slide and a vertical side, and notes an adjustable slide that lifts earth from the ditch.
A detailed plan for a drinking water cistern and underground filter system. It describes an arch shaped alternative, a large and small clarifying cistern, a bucket-based filtration approach, perforated bucket bottom, and methods to seal, pack, and wash the system for slow filtration and easy maintenance.
The article outlines methods for harvesting ice including sharpening tools, using an old crosscut bow as an ice saw, spreading sawdust in the ice house, wearing felt boots and rubber arctics, and using a four grain sack apron with a dry one. It advises freezing the block solid, baling into the house, gathering before ice thickens, and two strong men with short handled tonga loading ice faster than a derrick. It notes ice keeps best at 14 to 16 inches thickness, though six to eight inches can suffice if well packed.
Farmers neglecting road care pay high costs as water damages ditches and roads. D.W. King from Indiana described a cheap method using a drag and surplus dirt to improve dirt roads, steer water off the surface, and prevent ruts. Each farmer should keep a drag and work from house to house to maintain good roads all summer.
English travelers observed dust control on roads by sprinkling different substances on macadam. Liverpool tests used arsenic replaced by ad], creosote mixed with tallow, and Texas crude oil, with varying odor and wear results. Chicago Tribune notes quicker surface drying and fewer loose stones, with initial three week effectiveness and lingering effects after five weeks. Wood pavements in Liverpool reduced dust similarly, even with four daily waterings.
A Prairie Farmer correspondent describes a four Hilla over a wire fence used to cross a barrier without a gate. The fence stands four and a half feet high with seven-foot side stairs set slightly into the ground. A hand puppet built on one side, mittens from old leather gloves for handling ice, and notes on ventilation and drainage for an ice house.
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