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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1908
Page
3
The article explains advantages of external silos versus inside buildings, noting air exclusion as key to preservation. It covers wall rigidity, airtight joints, smooth inner surfaces, and proper tramping to avoid air pockets and spoilage. It discusses silo orientation, feeding passage connections, and methods to minimize odor and freezing.
A column of simple home hacks covers making a reusable duster from worn garments, marking stockings, safeguarding handkerchiefs and linens, softening lace curtains, and practical tips for ice cracking, shoewear care, and a basic furniture polish recipe using benzine, linseed oil, and turpentine. It emphasizes frugal, durable methods and practical steps for weekly chores.
A description explains a Dutch tea stone device used to keep tea hot. Polished wood forms a nearly circular column six to seven inches tall, with a flat perforated brass top. An opening houses a glazed ceramic receptacle for charcoal, fueling heat under the teapot.
To four dozen oysters and three tablespoonfuls of vinegar, one of oil, with a little salt and pepper, set on ice. Stew oysters in their liquor until edges curl, then cool. Dice celery, mix with oysters, add a cupful of mayonnaise dressing for serving.
A large piece of cheese cloth soaked in turpentine and dried acts as a remarkable duster. It collects dust without scattering it and also brightens everything it touches, offering an efficient cleaning effect.
A ten cent small-sized scrubbing brush is praised as the nicest tool for washing out a bathtub. The article suggests it appeals to the men folk of the household as a sensible way to handle a dreaded household duty.
Three pounds of sugar and three pounds of flour mix with half a pound of butter one pound of almonds and lemon rind. Drop teaspoonfuls into pans and bake in a moderate oven.
Invert all hard cooking dishes over steam or hot water for a few minutes and every particle will wash off easily. This works particularly well for dishes used with syrup bread or pasty dough.
Annette Austin argues that a college course is essential for girls who will work or need broad preparation, and warns that bypassing liberal arts for a quick domestic science program results in a poor foundation. She suggests if a girl cannot endure college, a gentler path is preferred, but cautions against reducing education to mere surface tasks.
Willie Billfuzz returns from school hungry and finds a tempting apple pie in the pantry. A slip of paper shows the numbers 7227 and 319, which later prove to be a misunderstood reminder from his mother. The tale unfolds as the meaning behind the figures is explored.
A boy misreads a paper as test pie and tucks away a note with numbers 21,319 and 907,917. His mother discovers only the figures when she seeks the pie, leaving mystery over the intended meaning of the numbers.
A Pathfinder note explains how backlit figures formed by handwriting can mislead readers, with examples that read test pie and pie is tiptop when viewed from the opposite side. The piece urges caution in creating figures so meaning is not misinterpreted.
A naturalist in a Rio de la Plata lagoon area observed an orchid with a tubular root system that uncoils to drink water when needed. The stem reaches into the water and disgorges moisture into the roots, with several plants seen in drought areas, suggesting the plant appears to act with thirst and even rudimentary volition. Chicago News reports the astonishment at this seemingly intelligent botanical behavior.
The article extols Billiken statues as popular companions found on desks, bookcases, and travel bags. It notes prices from a quarter to ten dollars, loans at a penny per year for a hundred years with throne included, and warns not to grant Billiken to others or sell him. It calls Billiken the god of things as they should be and cites the motto Grin and begin to win.
A man and wife argued on a sidewalk one Saturday evening when a good Samaritan intervened. The passerby urged restraint and offered to help resolve the dispute, insisting the couple were not merely quarreling but facing a wage-related dispute he wished to aid in settling. The husband resisted, claiming no dispute existed.
A farmer, angered by cranes feasting in his corn, traps them with a net and catches a chatty stork that flew from a neighbor’s roof. The stork pleads innocence as the farmer accuses it of being among thieves and passes judgment.
A playful verse imagines polar bears, tigers, bats, sprats, and snakes visiting a house. Leopards bring a kangaroo while parrots settle in the bed and a cockatoo joins. The speaker ends by declaring love for the 200.
Practical kitchen guidance on using prunes and raisins, soaking dried fruits, and preparing rice macaroni and mint jelly. Includes soaking times, water temperatures, and steps to avoid breaking pasta, finish with cheese, and chill jelly ready for serving.
The text outlines several breakfast and early lunch dishes. Finnan Haddie and Eggs uses broiled haddie with poached eggs, butter and lemon. Baked Breakfast Dish layers cold mashed potatoes ham and eggs, with optional grated cheese. Bacon in Potatoes uses hollowed baked potatoes filled with broiled bacon and parsley for presentation.
Recipes describe barberry jelly by simmering berries with water, draining, and boiling juice with sugar until thickened, then sealing in jars. Another method uses apples with berries, boiling to soften, straining, then combining juice and sugar and boiling to jelly, sometimes taking minutes.
A cake to serve with ice at luncheon. Bake as a brick loaf with white boiled icing and a pink rose on each side. Hostess cuts and serves. Recipe includes creaming butter and sugar, corn starch with milk, rose flavoring, flour, baking powder, folded egg whites, and a moderate oven.
A cupful of boiled salted macaroni cut finely is mixed with a butter starch sauce of cornstarch cream salt cayenne and mustard. Fold in half a pound of grated mild American cheese until melted, then serve the creamy mixture over toasted bread triangles.
Recipe instructions describe cooking two gallons of ripe apricots for one hour, straining to remove pits and skins, adding one gallon cider vinegar, two pounds brown sugar, three tablespoons each of cinnamon, cloves, mace, allspice and ginger, plus one cup horseradish, then returning to heat for three hours before bottling when cool.
A dinner guest praised the host for skilled carving after half a duck per guest was served. It emerged that the birds had been split, stuffed, sewn together, and baked before cooking, with the host merely cutting the threads at the table.
Do not grease pans with butter as it is poor for this purpose. Lard or suet is better. To ensure the cake does not stick, grease the pan and then line with greased paper before baking.
A terse instruction advises adding one teaspoonful of powdered aluffi and ten drops of clove oil to smooth thick paste to keep it moist and prevent souring. The guidance targets food or craft paste preservation practices from an old note.
Stove pipes and boiler flues may be kept clean by occasionally dropping a scrap of zinc into the fire to burn away soot and prevent buildup. The tip emphasizes simple home maintenance to reduce soot clogging and improve efficiency.
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