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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1908
Page
3
A historic recipe outlines steaming pumpkin then mashing, adding brown sugar, eggs, spices, milk, and cream before baking in rich pastry. Tiny pies using oyster chicken or mushrooms are suggested, with pimento for spice and puff paste cases filled with a cream sauce mix and whipped cream topping.
Water kept in bottles on the ice reduces ice bills. Parsley sage and herbs grown in a kitchen window garden cut costs and boost flavor. To bake pancakes without greasing the griddle add butter or cream to the Sines. If soup is too salty raw potatoes absorb excess salt. Paraffin kept on top of glassware saves season after washing. Boiling citrus before cutting yields more juice. Japanned trays resist hot water to prevent varnish damage. Clean trays with coal then polish. Broiler steaks bake in gas to trap grease for easy removal.
A historical recipe describes mixing one quart flour with half a teaspoon salt, forming a well for four eggs, adding lukewarm milk with yeast and butter, mixing and allowing to rise 14% hours, then shaping with sugar and almonds, rising ten minutes, and baking two dozen buns in a hot oven.
Coarsely chop one large or two small onions and fry slowly in butter until colored. Add curry powder and cook three minutes. Stir in one pound lean beef until brown. Sprinkle flour and brown. Gradually add stock. Boil, add sour orange juice and two tablespoons apple sauce or chopped tart apple. Simmer until tender and serve with plain boiled rice.
A recipe for gingered pears notes serving suggestions with ice cream or muskmelon. It combines eight pounds pears with four pounds sugar or less, one cup water, lemon juice and rind from four non bitter lemons, and green ginger root. Simmer thirty minutes to achieve marmalade consistency.
A recipe describes preparing amber drips by peeling and coring melon, steaming until tender, then making a lemon syrup with one and a half pounds of sugar per pint of juice. Combine one lemon per pint of melon juice, cook until thick like marmalade and clear as amber.
To keep grape juice after bottling lay each bottle on its side in a drawer or box. This keeps corks moist with juice to block air entry. Corks stay expanded and the juice will not spoil.
The passage suggests that men who deliver household goods would sleep soundly if window ledges and locks were kept dust free with a damp cloth, implying cleanliness enhances security and peace of mind.
On Scarboro beach a trained seal delighted a crowd with tricks then bonded with its keeper. The animal followed instructions, showed affection, and the man spoke of mutual attachment as the seal stayed close, resembling a pet more than a wild creature.
Richmond Evening Journal previews Charley Grapewin in Mr Pipp at the Opera House with a temperance lesson and humor. Miss Anna Chance, sister of Frank Chance, supports the cast alongside Grapewin and a chorus of dancers.
A half-unrolled spool on a table pulled from its under side rolls toward the hand, contrary to expectation. If the winding diameter exceeds the rolling diameter the spool can roll away from the hand. A pencil through a spool on books demonstrates the setup. A full spool on a flat surface does not move when the thread is drawn from the under side.
The Presbyterian city mission board of Dallas Texas plans a large night school this winter offering extended evening classes to residents.
Campton Kentucky December William May deputy marshal arrested Faank Roach of Lee county on counterfeiting charges and held him on $500 bond for trial at the next term of the U S Court in Richmond.
The article credits Lord Kelvin later known as William Thomson with the key calculations and experiments that enabled long cable telegraphy. It notes his discovery that current arrives gradually and his mirror galvanometer translating signals, saving the first 1858 Atlantic cable after initial failures due to strong currents.
A method for repairing wood involves soaking white tissue paper in water, kneading with glue to form a paste, coloring with ochers to match the wood, then adding calcined magnesia. The paste is packed into cracks or dents until firm, dries, and leaves a smooth surface.
A dramatic exchange ends with the editor admitting the death paragraph was unfounded. The military man demands an apology and the paper issues a correction stating Major Blazer was not dead. The note reflects a false death notice and the editorial response.
An actor named Bob Footlite reports a failed performance as a steam pipe burst at the end of the last act, blowing hiss and ruining the show. The audience and cast are left reacting to the disruption and unclear salvage.
A playful note wonders if an egg could fall from a chimney turning into a lark’s egg if hatched. The quip pivots on wordplay with egg and lark, ending in a pun about an unlikely event.
A reflection notes that the head and stomach are most susceptible to poison when empty, attributed to Jean Paul Richter. The saying emphasizes vulnerability of the human body to toxic exposure during hunger.
A Dublin gentleman recalls a four year old boy named Willie accompanying his parents to Glasnevin Cemetery. The child fears death yet offers to go if his father wishes, then questions returning home, revealing quiet courage at the prospect of being left behind. The account highlights the boy's poise before mortality.
A ten year old girl who faced a burglar with a broomstick is praised for bravery. The piece notes that when she grows older, a single un married man might worry whether her energy could affect future married life.
A brief note warns a singer to resist a suitor prompting life commitment to avoid heart trouble. The tone suggests urgent caution from a local observer reflecting on romance and health.
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