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Newspaper
Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1895
Page
8
A collection of vintage recipe notes and kitchen guidance including anchovy paste method, spiced currants for meat pairings, gelatin icing steps, Creole cucumber catsup with cucumber flavor retention, muskmelon pickles with spice bundle, and canning directions.
The article discusses mourning attire with emphasis on crape use, laws of English mourning, and the shift toward crape dominance in America. It covers selecting good quality crape, trimming options, bonnet and veil styling, and humorous notes on widows’ bonnets, highlighting period fashion norms and practical tips for proper attire.
The piece notes electric rail cars extending from passenger to freight and mail service, linking cities like St. Louis and Pittsburgh. It highlights electric baggage and freight cars moving vegetables, mail, and even whisky handling in Frankfort and flour handling in Spokane, with California growers awaiting a Marysville to Auburn line to cut costs. It cites Me Electric Freight Car in Pittsburgh region and trolley lines from Lenape to West Chester, and from Rockland to Camden, as proofs of efficiency and expansion.
Fresh dairy notes advise WABELINE for two local applications and to keep clean water readily available for cows in hot weather. They endorse Asie and red clover, warn against rushing cows with full udders, note heifer milking starts at twenty months, suggest daily salt intake, and urge gentle udder washing and care.
Prof H G Conn has developed Bacillus No 14 to culture butter bacteria. Cream is pasteurized then inoculated to ripen before churning, yielding stronger cultures and improved flavor. After initial trials the flavor refined with fresh inoculations, aiming for nationwide use in large creameries.
T. E. Clarke in Farm and Home describes a specialized fodder corn wagon with four foot rear wheels and two foot front wheels. A platform extends beyond the rear axle for straight loading, with a rope along the platform for quick unloading. The design allows longer runs, faster offloading, and greater capacity than standard wagons.
An Ontario editor argues improved provincial roads would cut milk transport costs for 1,250 factories. He calculates current daily milk totals of about 4,000 pounds per factory and season totals around 750 million pounds, with trips costing about 375 dollars per plant. He estimates savings if loads increase to 1,200 pounds with same per-load costs, reducing overall expenditures by about 126 dollars per factory and 136,250 dollars province wide.
A Milwaukee road promotes a Golden Harvest with three Harvest Excursions on August 29 September 10 and 24. Round trip tickets from September 13 to October 11 will be about one fare. Details available from local agents or George H. Heafford, General Passenger Agent, Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway. A caller called me a donkey and she asked if I felt like kicking him.
West and Northwest harvests are reported as a favorable chance for home seekers and relocations through a series of low rate excursions by the North Western Line. Tickets valid August 29, September 10 and 24 cover Northern Wisconsin Michigan Northwestern Iowa Western Minnesota South Dakota Nebraska Colorado Wyoming Utah and other points.
A garbled Philadelphia Dispatch style note describes a daughter gifted in song and a furious father near collapse, seeking her with grief as the tale hints at a dramatic reunion or moment of sorrow. The fragmentary text mentions a father crying for his daughter and a scene of concealed emotion.
Knowledge emphasizes comfort and improvement from the pure liquid laxative, Syrup of Figs. It praises its taste, cleansing effect on kidneys liver and bowels, and claims widespread satisfaction and medical approval. The California Fig Syrup Co. manufactures it exclusively and cautions buyers against substitutes.
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