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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1899
Page
7
A domestic hints column urges women to embrace small, practical helps for easier home life. From sharpened knives and a threeroom shelf system to top window openings and organized wrapping supplies, these frugal, common tools save time, effort, and wear on the caregiver amid everyday chores.
Farmers wives can find a ready market for pumpkin pies in cities during Thanksgiving. The article outlines several recipe variations including plain grated pumpkin with milk and eggs, baked pumpkin scraps strained, and eggless versions using hot milk and sugar. It emphasizes using steamer for pumpkin, deep pie plates, and avoiding shallow pies.
A clipped line from Kansas City Independent recalls social chatter about a hotel scene. The remark contrasts single versus married men, mentioning Tie Fatty and a humorous aside about preferences.
The text describes making a beef hash by frying sliced roast beef with onions in butter, simmering with stock, and serving hot. It then gives old fashioned guidance on cleaning new earthenware, teapots, and marble stains, including boiling water rinse, gradual cooling, and stain removal with tomato rubbed on washed cloth.
The wife of President Kruger is described as extremely domestic and adept at knitting. She is very religious, hates war, and prudently manages the household with strict economy. The paragraph contrasts wives kindness to husbands with male clerks and notes few failures on matrimonial calendars.
A nutrition oriented article argues salads are inexpensive and healthful, detailing dressing components such as peanut oil and lemon juice, advising cold ingredients, and offering recipe guidance for potato and tomato salads, with garnish ideas and service tips. It also discusses serving timing, suitability with meals, and practical preparation notes.
A terse advertisement seeks three music teachers or performers on piano or organ and twenty-five cents in silver or postage to receive popular full sheet musical arrangements. The offer touts songs such as The Flower That Won My Heart Mamla O Rourke and Manila Dewey March Two Step by the U.S. Marine Band, with a request for readers to send names and payments to Indianapolia.
Frightful blander causes burns cuts and bruises. Buckles Ar tion Salve claims to kill pain and heat the area. It cures aurea fever sores twi cera boila felons cora and skin eruptions, sold for 25¢ a box with a guarantee. available at Kingston.
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