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Newspaper
Wauwatosa News
Location
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1908
Page
6
Montreal Star surveys daring workers from circus performers to steeplejacks and ironworkers, logging camp lifters and divers, noting nerve, skill, and risk. It recounts near misses and heroic rescues as it contrasts peril with pride in dangerous lines of business.
Fannie Mer ritt' Farmer explains a chicken based chop suey with butter onion celery and mushrooms. Cook strips of uncooked breast meat, add stock sugar Shoya sauce and green pepper then thicken with cornstarch, simmer five minutes and season.
A Womans home Companion note advises using sulphur and alcohol to lift fresh fruit stains from linen. Place sulphur on a plate, cover with drops of alcohol, funnel fumes onto the stain, and repeat if needed. Rinse and wash promptly to prevent rotting.
A lighthearted survey notes how easy it is to borrow money when one has no pressing use for it. It highlights consumer attitudes toward credit access and potential impulse borrowing.
The piece notes a century of rising demand for skilled agricultural workers, with training outpacing supply. It cites shifts from untrained college staff to highly trained leaders and reflects on past underqualification in dairy instruction while highlighting progress from 20 years of school-based training. It also reports a method to accelerate cantaloupe harvest using muslin canopies and lightweight supports, costing about 8 cents per plant, yielding warmer, wind-protected fruit.
A French naturalist argues that without birds the world cannot sustain human life after nine years. He cites ecological roles of birds in seed dispersal and pest control, warning of cascading impacts on agriculture and ecosystems.
The Agricultural Epitomist notes that twenty years of schooling have produced graduates who know their instructors' knowledge plus new global facts. More and larger schools exist, yet private enterprises toll the young graduates leaving agricultural schools and experiment stations.
Guidance advises cleaning out dead wood from cherry trunks, applying whitewash or Bordeaux mixture, then sealing with grafting wax or clay. This can halt further decay and extend tree life, even if some wounds cannot fully heal. Remove rotten wood as it weakens the tree and promotes new rot, likely starting from borer tunnels.
Resting the land for two to three years allows native grasses and forage plants to regain vigor and seed. Many stock men advocate keeping all stock off for three or four years, and numerous instances prove this remedy works.
Wheat in a high state of preservation was found at the reservoir excavation on the lot where the Eisenmayer mills stood. The mill burned about twenty two years ago, with many bushels burned or scorched. It is noted as remarkable to find wheat so well preserved after more than two decades.
The article compares clover varieties for growing conditions in green manure crops. It states medium red clover is typically best for ordinary growth, while mammoth clover excels for green manure. Sowing with timothy is advised on thin land to keep stems from becoming too coarse and to ensure ripening occurs concurrently with the medium variety.
The author argues that despite sprays and poisons for pest control, insects will still damage orchards and crops. The more we study nature's adjustments, the more we should doubt our ability to improve the planet's executive management.
A novelty drag crafted from four old wagon tire irons shows a front pair heavier than the rear. The illustration explains wiring a log to the front tires for rough ground. The drag is inexpensive and useful under certain conditions.
A historical note describes a government formula for poisoning catworms in India. It uses 4 pounds of white arsenic and 8 pounds of sugar dissolved in 6 gallons of water to moisten 80 pounds of fine chopped straw. Small amounts were dropped at plant bases.
News of the Grange reports a new $4,000 hall in Bristol New Hampshire dedicated by the Newfoundland grange and notes 418 subordinate granges in Maine with 56,000 to 57,000 members. Ten new halls were dedicated last year, totaling eighty nine owned by granges in the state. Total receipts of the secretary's office reached $11,274 as the National Grange plans broader cooperation and study of issues to avoid past missteps.
An early design describes a garbage can where the lid remains attached and opens by foot pressure. Extensions of the handle act as levers engaging pins in a stool trap on top, lifting the hinged lid. A rear loop acts as a stop to hold the lid upright until released to close by gravity.
Peel halve and stone a dozen ripe dies, boil them and the bruised ker pels for fifteen minutes in a thin syrup made of ten ounces of sugar and a half pint of water. Flavor juice with grated rind and strained juice of four lemons and strain through jelly bag. Add one ounce dissolved gelatin. Pour this into mould and set away to cov
Mix one cup each of molasses suray water and one teaspoonful each of soda ginger salt cloves and cinnamon. Add sifted flour to make a dough not quite stiff enough to roll. Turn onto a well floured board and pat until half an inch thick. Cut in rounds and bake in a quick oven.
A recipe lists ingredients including one egg two and one half cups flour one cup milk one cup cooked rice one quarter cup melted butter and one half teaspoon salt. Salt is added to flour then rice is worked in with fingertips. Egg milk and butter are folded in and the batter is baked in buttered gem pans.
The text describes boiling scraps of vegetables including cabbage tomatoes celery parsley carrots onions and potatoes until tender. It then instructs pressing the mixture through a coarse sieve and adding gravy if available. It also covers rinsing peas, cooking them with water salt sugar and butter in a hot water bath for about thirty minutes.
A colonial style recipe outlines Apple Johnny Cake. It lists ingredients: one pint white meal, two tablespoons sugar, half teaspoon salt, half teaspoon soda, one teaspoon cream of tartar. Add enough milk for a soft batter and three apples peeled and sliced. Mix in order and bake thirty minutes in a shallow pan.
Remove bones from canned salmon and chill. Flake salmon and mix with minced celery and pickles. If liked, add thin cucumber slices. Season with paprika and pour French dressing. Serve on crisp lettuce leaves.
Instructions describe removing stems from six quarts of grapes, placing them with a quart of water over heat, heating to a boil and straining. Return juice to boil, then bottle and seal while hot.
The instruction details washing leafy vegetables, trimming into quarters, boiling in salted water for twenty minutes, then draining. Finish by sprinkling with salt and pepper and pouring melted butter over the greens for serving.
Fragmented recipe notes advise proportions for custards soups and dressings. It mentions four eggs per quart milk one teaspoon extract per quart one teaspoon salt per quart and one tablespoon extract per quart of mixture. It also covers baking powder per cup flour and general ratios for rice sugar butter and dressings with vague phrasing and missing details.
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