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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1913
Page
7
Designers tout a lush array of tea table furnishings from Colonial silver replicas to Chelsea pattern china. Emphasis rests on hand crafted pieces, old cut glass, Sheffield plate, Dresden designs, and silvery keepsakes as ideal accents for a refined English style tea setting.
A historic recipe describes lemon bread pudding using bread crumbs soaked in boiling water, sugar, lemon rind, butter, salt, and egg yolks, baked slowly. After cooling, frost with beaten egg whites sugar and lemon juice, browned optionally. Milk version noted as acceptable though nearly indistinguishable.
A simple cushion cake recipe combines sugar butter eggs and milk with soda and cream of tartar. The batter is divided with the dark portion flavored with molasses cloves nutmeg cassia and raisins and baked in two stages totaling about forty minutes.
Beat four tablespoons of butter with half a cup of sugar then add two eggs four tablespoons of milk one cup flour one teaspoon baking powder one teaspoon lemon or vanilla essence and one cup finely chopped peanuts. Drop by teaspoon onto buttered paper space apart bake medium oven and top each with a split peanut.
A home pie recipe outlines baking a crust in a hot oven then layering with two bananas. The custard uses two cups milk two tablespoons flour two egg yolks and vanilla cooked over a double boiler until thick then poured over the bananas. Top with stiff egg whites and bake briefly to brown.
Cut a three pound filet into slices six and a half inches thick. Tie each with cord dust with salt and pepper. Sear five minutes per side in a hot earthen casserole remove twine then stir two tablespoons browned bread crumbs two of chopped pickles and parsley in the casserole. Add butter replace fillets for a minute and serve at once.
A nest of shredded lettuce supports a large raw tomato slice topped with four anchovy strips. The anchovies are draped over the tomato then finely chopped egg is added followed by a spoonful of French dressing. Serve on individual plates instead of oysters.
A vintage guide offers practical home methods for mending and maintaining fabrics. It suggests using hair for invisible darns, planting rusty needles in soil for cleaning, double threading when restitching buttons, court plaster for glove holes, whetstone for jagged scissors, and peat eyes on hooks for fasteners. It also advises silk seam binding on petticoats and soap lubricated drawn work to ease thread drawing.
A family of five can buy two pounds of corn on the cob or one pound shelled. After prepping, cook two cups of molasses with one half cup sugar until hard. Drop in cold water to test, then stir in butter and soda. Pour over corn, mix, butter hands, and form into warm corn balls. Yield about two to three dozen depending on size.
Heat sugar and milk with chocolate until boiling and hardening in cold water. Add butter and fold in marshmallows, stirring until a pound is incorporated. Roll cooled fudge into sheets three quarters of an inch thick and cut into cubes.
Two cupfuls of sugar one pint of milk four squares of chocolate four tablespoonfuls of butter one teaspoon of vanilla essence one cupful of chopped peanuts. Place in a saucepan and heat until liquefied then boil to a soft ball. Beat until creamy and spread between cakes.
One half cup butter one cup brown sugar one cup sour milk two cups flour one teaspoon soda sifted with dry flour one teaspoon cinnamon one half teaspoon cloves one egg beaten reserved white one teaspoon molasses one cup chopped raisins bake an hour.
The instructions describe shelling and blanching large chestnuts, boiling until tender, then cooling them in French dressing with added juice. They are to be drained and chilled, and served on a bed of watercress for a cold hors d oeuvre or salad accompaniment.
A recipe describes cutting tripe into squares and packing in a pot. Boiling vinegar with mace cloves and cinnamon is poured over to cover. The tripe will be ready for use in 12 hours.
Use a damp cloth and cooking soda to clean white iron bedsteads until they are clean and white. Soda also removes most stains from the sink.
Charles C Clarke recalls a story told by Thurlow Weed of a young soldier to whom Albany officials hanged for murdering a captain. The rope breaks, the condemned man helps secure a new rope, and after a second attempt he dies with calm resolve. The moral courage shown includes concealing his father’s identity to spare him public shame.
Hicks questions the status of Bildad's son after his London trip. Wattles jokes about his routine and brace, noting the boy rises at six each morning. The exchange ends with a quip about London time versus New York time.
Mr. Chuggins quips that his danger signal is louder than his neighbor’s car, even though his own vehicle may not be faster. The exchange highlights humorous pride in loud alarms over speed.
Recipe details a meat based dish using roast beef, bread crumbs and custard cups baked in a water bath. Step by step instructions cover mixing meat with bread, eggs and butter, filling cups, and serving over tomato sauce with onions. Boston Globe attribution noted.
Describes tapestry table covers for libraries and living rooms. Notes wool or wool and silk options with metal galleon edging and changeable color effects. Covers fit tops or as runners, square formats, or four sided drapes, with edge bands and strong wear. Mentions economical sampler lots.
A recipe for chocolate fritters uses 1/2 cup flour 1 tsp cream of tartar 2 tsp sugar 2 tbsp milk 1 egg 1 level tsp cocoa and salt. Deep fry and serve with vanilla sauce made from sugar cornstarch water egg yolk butter and vanilla.
Wash pare and core apples. Fill with currants cinnamon and butter. Bake until cooked then brown tops with icing. Top each apple with a candied cherry and serve with cream.
The article explains making durable stove lining from blue clay or brick clay with low sand content. Salt water marsh clay is among the best. Clay is kneaded to putty-like paste, bed brushed clean and moistened, then applied by hand and smoothed with a trowel or board.
Instructions describe making an asbestos pad by layering two pieces of asbestos paper and quilting them. The pad, placed under a silence cloth on a table, prevents marks from hot dishes on polished surfaces.
Tender celery is simmered in little water until soft then finished with cream or rich milk. Season with salt and cayenne, thicken with flour mixed in cold milk to a thick sauce. Spoon over buttered toast rounds and serve immediately.
Hotel and cafe managers reported hosting 30 000 guests on New Year Eve in San Francisco marking the largest crowd they have ever handled with patrons seated at tables throughout the venues.
Col S W Brookhart will travel to Washington for the National Rifle Association meeting on January 8. He is an NRA director ordered by Adjutant General Logan of the Iowa National Guard to attend. He captained the U S team that won the Palma trophy at Ottawa last fall and has led Iowa teams to national success.
W R Fox of Noblesville Indiana reports that Foley Kidney Pills helped his kidney trouble after other remedies failed. He notes family members also benefited and urges taking the product at the first sign of kidney trouble.
Washington announces new express rates align with parcels post prices. The Parcels Post Law spurs competition as rates drop and express delivery service expands nationwide starting today.
Winnebago Neb resident W H Chapman recounts using Poseys Honey and Tar Compound to treat his two children's coughs saving a doctor's bill. He claims the 25 cent bottle cured them without opiates and promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound as an inexpensive remedy.
The advertisement promotes Foley Kidney Pills as a health aid for backache rheumatism and weak or sore kidneys and bladder irregularities. It claims positive healing properties and branding them the best kidney and bladder medicine. A testimonial from Mrs J M Findley of Lyons Ga reports a full cure.
Mrs Arthur Hazen died last night at 9 20 in Ainsworth Iowa Funeral services set for tomorrow at 2 PM at United Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev J A Glendenning An obituary will follow later
W P Broyles reports a fifteen year struggle with kidney and bladder troubles ended by Foley Kidney Pills. He cites a severe backache and painful bladder irregularities as cured and urges others to use the product.
An advertisement urges prompt use of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for a mean cold that risks bronchitis or pneumonia. It claims quick, beneficial results, soothing inflamed air passages and stopping the hoarse coughing.
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