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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1909
Page
12
A train ride leads Bob to swap baskets with a kidnapped baby. A pursuing kidnapper, a ferry escape, and a police pursuit end with Bob rescuing the infant, impressing Mr. Ray who hires him as a trusted salesman and promises future turkey dinners.
A western New York native recalls the old practice of intoxicated turkey preparation for Thanksgiving. Families would feed brandy to the birds before slaughter, producing a drunken procession and comical antics, followed by killing the turkey while still intoxicated. The practice is labeled as fortunately obsolete and cruel by modern standards.
A reflective poem by Minna Irving celebrates Thanksgiving with family gathered at home to prepare a feast of turkey currant cakes ginger snaps and tarts. It recalls aging and the joy of loved ones returning and ends with a playful Thanksgiving conundrums segment about turkey puns and jokes.
Along the southern border of Mexico natives prepare their Thanksgiving feast using primitive tools. Beans and corn are ground into meat by theaborious Aboriginal method to make bread and frijoles for the Thanksgiving dinner.
A playful verse contrasts the fate of turkeys with humans during Thanksgiving. It notes people in a humorous, satirical frame about being collared, cuffed, and stuffed alongside the holiday bird.
The speaker prays in a meeting house on Thanksgiving praising Clorinda in satin dress while noting his heartbreak and desire for a hopeful greeting from the beloved. He contrasts his despair with the town’s merriment and asks for a real Thanksgiving day for a lonely swain.
A grandmother consoles her grandson Abe Lincoln with a cherished pudding recipe amid poverty. The tale recounts a warm Thanksgiving moment where a dish once imagined becomes a shared feast, tying memory and gratitude to the holiday.
A playful verse praises a pumpkin on the vine while foretelling its fate in a Thanksgiving pie. The speaker mocks vanity and ends with a lighthearted twist attributing the poem to Elsie Parrish.
Mrs John Vincent Harris visits a butcher with humorous anxiety about Thanksgiving. She frets over turkey or birds in bottles, counts relatives, and requests geese with eyes closed, giblets for gravy, and salt pork while revealing her recent Niagara trip and a failed romance.
This historical guide gives methods for preparing cold roast turkey leftovers. It describes ragout with bones simmered for stock, flavored with nutmeg parsley and cream, plus butter and egg yolk. It also covers a breadcrumb topped bake and a curry sauce served over rice with butter onion and curry powder.
A family of four or five uses seven medium onions peeled and cut. Rinse onions in cold water, boil briefly, rinse again, then stew in minimal water for 45 minutes until tender. Prepare white sauce with milk flour butter sugar salt and pepper, then mix into onions ten minutes before removing from heat. The result is milder onions with a gentle flavor.
A simple guide to hand lettered writing paper as a thoughtful Christmas gift. Start with plain white or cream paper, prefer kid finish, design initials and trace in the upper left corner, then outline with fine gold watercolor paint for a quick, appreciated finish.
Make beauty bags from cheesecloth strips two and a half inches by five inches sewn on one side. Fill with oatmeal and close the top. Use wet in warm water as a skin cleanser. Package as a delicate gift with wash silk accents in soft colors.
Do not use soap and water on a waxed floor. Wipe with a perfectly dry cloth and apply wax with a woolen cloth or polishing brush. Do not add more wax than the floor can absorb, especially in corners. Wash with turpentine and dry completely before applying more wax.
Moisten bread slices with hot water and avoid sogginess. Mix in grated onion, chopped celery, salt and pepper, and ground peanuts. Stuff and truss the preparation.
Benzoin is usually beneficial for laryngeal catarrh. Take one teaspoon of compound tincture to a pint of boiling water and inhale the vapor. Repeat every half hour or hour as needed.
Instructions describe softening hard water by adding one ounce of quicklime to four gallons and a half of water. After stirring and settling, pour off the clear solution and mix it with four barrels of hard water for use.
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