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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1910
Page
3
Hudson Ohio readers report gratitude from mothers for Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad touts relief for painful or irregular periods and related symptoms and invites letters to Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free confidential advice.
Canadian farm land rose in spring value by about twenty percent, boosting returns for recent settlers. Rail access and government rail rates help farmers move grain to markets, with opportunities for free homesteads or purchases. Demand is rising as U S buyers flood in, yet ample land remains near rail lines for future buyers. Government literature and state agents can help locate suitable homesteads or purchases.
Court doctors declare Emperor William an intractable patient due to a poisoned hand from an insect bite. The emperor, famed for willpower, insisted on dressing in his uniform and greeting the Belgian royals, causing a relapse after doctors warned him to stay quiet and skip the military review.
A mother cured eczema on the head with Cuticura Soap and Ointment after two doctors failed. Six months of itching and hair loss reversed with new growth and gratitude from an elderly patient. The narrator also reports foot eczema relief after using Cuticura for several winters, leaving feet smooth. Great Britain ranks second in patent totals.
A Texas woman patents a folding rocking chair that converts into a full ironing surface. The seat and back hinge to form a long board, supported to become a firm ironing surface, with the board ending in a tapered chair back.
A traditional recipe lists four pounds apples pared and minced, one and a half pounds raisins, four pounds currants, two pounds beef suet, one pound sugar, quarter ounce mixed spice, quarter ounce salt, minced lemon rinds and juice of two, one third pint sweet wine and one third pint brandy.
Cut carrots finely and simmer with a small piece of raw beef or mutton bone, two or three onions, one turnip, pepper and salt for three hours. Strain and rewarm next day. Potato soup uses potatoes with an extra carrot in the same method.
Instructions describe cooling butter in a saucer or plate inside a larger dish, using an inverted coarse flower pot as a lid, and moist cloths soaked in ice water or salted water. Ends dip into the outer liquid. renew as evaporation occurs. Borax solution wrung cloths wrap butter rolls to keep them fairly hard.
Peel and cut rhubarb into small pieces then place in a preserving kettle or agate saucepan. Cover with sugar and add about half a cup of water to prevent burning. Cook slowly until tender. rapid cooking causes loss of form. Use just enough water due to rhubarb's high water content.
Cut off tops and remove seeds from peppers. Make forcemeat from minced chicken and rice seasoned with salt and onion juice, moistened with melted butter. Stuff peppers, place in a baking dish, add a little gravy or stock, cover and bake in a moderate oven for one hour, then uncover to brown.
The instructions describe preparing batter for quick breakfast cakes the night before by keeping it thin and heating thoroughly in the morning after adding soda. A lemon raisin mixture is boiled and finished with crumbs and optional whipped cream or meringue. Also included is cooking corn on the cob by boiling with husks on and stripping leaves before serving.
A cooking tip suggests serving with roast veal or pork or with baked beans using a tomato onion sauce. Simmer six to eight tomatoes with a chopped onion, rub through a coarse sieve to remove seeds, then add to plain white sauce. Canned tomatoes may be used.
Instructions describe boiling four potatoes until tender, mashing them and mixing into a quart of hot milk with a touch of butter and white pepper. The mixture is served hot with crackers.
A recipe lists one cup rye meal one cup Indian meal two cups flour one cup molasses one cup raisins one teaspoon soda mixed with sour milk and steamed three hours. This reads as a traditional humid baked or steamed pudding method likely from a 19th or early 20th century domestic reference. It emphasizes simple pantry ingredients and long steaming to finish.
A home canning note suggests packing one pound of butter into a pint jar to reduce expense and maintain taste. It provides a method using raisins sugar and water, then cooking until thick and adding nutmeg if desired.
An advertisement for Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills claims the product cures constipation indigestion jaundice biliousness sour stomach headaches and other stomach or liver disorders. It invites readers to request a free package from Munyon's Homeopathic Co at 63d and Jefferson Streets Philadelphia.
A courtroom exchange centers on a witness who denies going to Chicago from Huntersville. The judge presses for precision as the witness admits traveling on the same train as Snyder but claims he did not go to Chicago, instead backing away from Huntersville while Snyder faced the engine.
The government plans to settle Indians on public lands and equip them with farming implements. The move would relocate Indigenous communities to designated parcels and promote agricultural livelihoods under state supervision.
A physician describes coffee as a insidious poison to some bodies and presents a testimonial from a coffee drinker who switched to Postum. The letter claims better sleep, weight gain, and increased energy after two months, with the family noting improved health. It ends by inviting readers to try Postum and read The Road to Wellville.
A survey of varied topics notes Nuremberg as a center for pocket watches, lists global economic trends including French and German output, shipping, and energy developments, and reports on aviation misadventure, lunar farming beliefs, dock construction in Singapore, and trade shifts in China and Switzerland. It also mentions an Alpine skating trend, torpedo crew headgear, and a police response to a sleeping passenger on a Kansas City line.
The florin arose in Florence and may have named the city or named for the flower emblem. Austria and Holland kept the florin as a monetary unit as Europe moved toward a universal coinage system under Italian financial influence.
Margaret Pryor, reputedly the wealthiest Black woman in Kentucky, died in the Hiravila stud mansion left to her by Maj. B. G. Thomas. The will wealth, amassed by Thomas, remains not to be shared with colored relatives. A burial clause names Pryor to be interred beside the master in Lexington Cemetery.
Strong winds and sand storms cause granulation of the eyelids. PET TIT S EYE SALVE quickly relieves. 25c. All druggists of Howard Bros., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Nashville American cites Longfellow on unequal labor but argues modern times demand learning the bullfrog grasshopper shiftiness so the other half may disregard the speed limit. The Courier-Journal notes this as a notable illustration of our newer accomplishments.
The Pope welcomed Reverend Kennedy and a detachment of American sailors from the cruiser New York in a private audience in Rome. He urged discipline and loyal service to country, stressing bravery and religious faith.
An old advertising snippet touts Murine Eye Remedy Co Chicago selling Murine Eye Remedy for eye troubles. It claims soothing relief and offers eye books free with purchase at drugstores priced 50 cents.
A rare half mile square section of primeval yew forest in the Bavarian highlands is carefully preserved, noting the tree's historical range but near extinction in Europe. The fragment highlights limited distribution and conservation priority amid fertile regional climate.
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