Local merchant urged to curb mail order use and boost town trade
A drummer from an eastern town visits Brown the merchant and urges strong local advertising and stock tailored to community demand. He argues residents shop mail order, draining funds away and harming town prosperity, urging a persistent local catalogue and price-focused campaigns.
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Brown
Busimaak
Barnum
Glen
Sieg
Bowrn
Wen
Marie
Maumey
Ste
Result of Some Recent Experiments In Chicken Raising
A report by James Dryden surveys artificial incubation for poultry, citing large capital in incubators and wide variation in hatch rates. It compares incubator versus hen hatching from Oregon Agriculture College tests, noting higher hatch success and lower mortality for hens, plus heavier, more viable chicks when brooded by hens.
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James Dryden
Oregon Agriculture College
Methods of Cooking Meats
Water should not be added to the pan when roasting lamb. Rub with salt and pepper, dust with flour, top with fat, cover with a second pan and baste with meat juices. For hamburger steak select fresh rump, have it ground, add onion. For chicken stewing, disjoint pieces, boil briefly, simmer gently, add salt later, then milk and flour to thicken, serve on toast. For cold ham, parboil then bake after soaking, skin removed, lay with water sherry crumbs and bake golden.
Sowing cover crops for soil improvement and winter survival
The text recommends sowing crimson clover as a winter cover among garden crops and suggests rye for cover cropping or green manure. It notes turning under in spring adds humus and nitrogen, and mentions rape or turnips as possible sowing options for soil health.
Practical Hints for Household Use in Old Newspapers
Practical tips cover frying, stain removal, polishing, kerosene cleaning, and quick laundry fixes. Instructions include using flour to curb sputtering fat, raw potato to lift mud on tan leather, kerosene cloth to remove finger marks, and quick curtain handling without ironing.
Fish Roe Custard with Cream and Beef Stock
Parboil half a pound of fish roe ten minutes then chill in ice water. Drain dry and bake with butter salt and pepper. Add boiling water with beef extract bake twenty minutes. Break roe onto hot platter. Stir cream and egg yolks into stock until thickened pour over roe and serve with cereal crisps.
A Cure for Stained Walls with Tin Foil
A chimney stained wallpaper after multiple coatings was cured by paper hangers who pasted sheets of tin foil over the spot. After drying the chimney was repapered and has remained stain free. The foil is thin enough to be used under any paper without showing through.
Simple Pickled Veggie Canning Batch
A dated kitchen recipe describes preserving vegetables using half bushel green tomatoes two heads of cabbage or cauliflower chopped cucumbers two dozen small onions cooked white mustard seed celery seed turmeric celery chopped sugar ten cent can of prepared mustard. Sprinkle salt on cabbage pickles and tomatoes let stand overnight. Drain scald in vinegar until tender drain mix and can.
To Keep Meat Warm Says Home Notes
Instructions advise placing the meat dish over a pan of boiling water then covering with a metal lid and a cloth to prevent gravy from drying, preserving moisture and juiciness.
Don't Brown the Recast Meat Roasting Tip
Guide advises placing a basin of water in the oven while roasting to prevent scorching as steam keeps meat from browning too much and helps it cook more evenly.
Young Folks Corn and Beans Game Rules
A classroom game where a chosen professor reads forty questions from cards while players hold corresponding answer cards. Players use corn and beans as counters, shout Corn or Beans on answers, and manage transfers for mistakes. The professor aims to collect all answers. the model scholar and bankrupt figures appear, with a millionaire at game end.
Shouting Proverbs Game Described For Classroom Fun
A party word game where players shout assigned proverb words simultaneously at a signal. Repeats are allowed. The guesser struggles to hear all at once, so he may move to hear one player at a time or stand at equal distance. Players sit in a circle around the central guesser.
Understanding Convective Currents in Air Heating
The Chicago News explains convective currents as heated air rising and cooling air taking its place. This rising and falling cycle transfers heat, warming the earth's atmosphere and driven by heat from the earth's surface rather than the sun directly.
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Chicago News
The Household Fairy as Told by St Nicholas
A poem praising a household fairy who keeps home bright and neat. It describes a comforting figure who finds lost marbles, mends clothes, and smooths curls. The fairy is a mental image rather than a literal maiden, with silver gray hair and soothing touch that banishes care. The piece invites readers to recognize this unseen helper in their own homes.
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Sweet
Artist Ad Promotes High Grade Portraits by EARP
An advertising notice urges readers to order high grade photography and portraits from EARP the Artist to avoid holiday rush. It emphasizes quality and timely gifts.
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Earp
To Transfer Newspaper Cuts
A familiar solution for moving newspaper cuts uses a lump of soap the size of a hickory nut a pint of toiling water and four tablespoonfuls of turpentine to transfer the images to another sheet or to elvid.
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Elvid
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Arden
Housewier
People’s State Bank
Tally
J. M
J. L. Brooch
Igkin
L. B. Cockrell
Baldwin Bros
Jewelers
Optician
St. Nicholas
Brown - Proctoria Hotel
Woodson Moss
Nelson
Henry George
Capital
Winchester Bank
Winchester
N. H. Witherspoon
W. R. Sphar
Hagan
D.B. Hampton
Pres
B. F. Curtis
Cashier
Mpbin Street
Kentucky
Creapesy
BES
Jouett’s Insurance Agency
Gilbert & Botto
Conkwright
North Main Stree
Winchester Tailoring
Mpani M &Ch
McKinney
Ailan & Murphy’s
Repai
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