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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1895
Page
6
A fragmentary Chinese news verse describes a crowded scene around a mysterious box of sand. A workingman bakes pies and cakes while sifting and selling from a hole in his stomach, as children crowd in to view the sand’s wonders and the imagined tragedies it holds.
Jack Hinkston and Cissie, two lovers divided by pride and dress, meet on a country road where a punctured tire and a broken ego lead to a heated exchange. After a quarrel over appearances, Jack repairs the tire, and a softened Cissie forgives. The pair acknowledge their bond as a two person ride toward reconciliation.
In Harper's Magazine Julian Ralph describes China's vast verdant fields of rice and cotton, water routes, and distant pagodas as parallel to familiar landscapes like Long Island and Dutch-like flat horizons. He notes resting huts, irrigation wheels driven by water buffalo, and villages of rice and cotton farmers sharing one blood and surname, blending Chinese and familiar rural imagery.
A Twenty fourth regiment soldier at Port Arthur raised his rifle to fire on a conspicuous Chinaman during a storming action. An enemy bullet entered the barrel of his gun instead, shattering the stock but leaving him unharmed. The weapon, now dented, was kept as a memento after the colonel allowed it.
A collage of antique domestic recipes and tips from Harper's Bazaar, Farm and Fireside, Chicago Record, Boston Budget, Ladies Home Journal, and Leeds Mercury. Dishes include Bisque Bouillon style tomato soup, collared mackerel pickles, orangeade, meat jelly, Swiss soup, cold tomato ketchup, and wash methods for pale yellow dresses. Contains instruction snippets and ingredient lists with historical seasoning and preparation notes.
The piece advises tight daytime window closure to keep cellars dry and mold free, favors small stoves or gas for efficiency, and notes gas stoves are widely used and economical. For rural areas oil stoves are acceptable with safety emphasis, while cautioning that accidents come from carelessness. gas and oil stove dangers are discussed with emphasis on heating and roasting efficiency.
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