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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1913
Page
5
Recipe fragment describes baking six large apples as puffs. Fill with lemon pulp made from one pint of pulp, grated lemon rind, and lemon juice. Whip egg yolks, fold in whites, bake in pudding dish with butter and brown crumbs, finish with sugared cream.
A letter argues Frederick County Supervisors replace “poorhouse” with The County Home name for the parish farm. The piece praises the facility run by Mr and Mrs James Rfer as a true home offering comfort and kindness to inmates, invoking poems about home and rest for weary souls.
Two women recently drew attention with bold remarks about their husbands. One testified of forty years of weekly abuse and sought only a brief court-ordered workhouse respite for a vacation. The other confessed love for a crude lover, describing her husband as cruel yet claiming a stronger bond with her abusive partner. The cases label one as a drudge and the other as neurotic.
A Washington Post article quotes observers arguing that unusual female conduct challenges social norms and triggers mixed pity and disgust. Critics insist sensible women examine such cases with caution while labeling some women as hysterical.
A damaged Chicago Journal wartime society snippet advertises a unique match seeking marriage. It describes a young woman with refined lineage and artistic charm, inviting correspondence for matrimony.
A letter-like tale accuses a grocer, Old Grocer Grizzs, of selling unfit figs. The account traces rumors spreading through the town from Mr. Brown to Box and White and beyond, ending with calls for accountability and critique of deceit in trade.
A tender poetic dedication urges a man to be kind to his partner. The speaker stresses daily acts of care and tenderness to brighten her life, noting simple devotion as manhood’s duty and that such kindness will be valued in moonlit hours and everyday life.
Dr P H Gian of Atlanta Georgia reports that Foley's Honey and Tar Compound gives prompt relief for children with croup and colds. He says families keep it on hand to prevent croup and that his children are quickly cured. Sold by all druggists.
Miss Fema Striker leaves Memorial Hospital in Winchester after eight months of nursing study and returns to her home in Front Royal Virginia.
A birthday party was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. SH Pickeral for their daughter Mira Ethel Pickeral on her eighteenth birthday at their home near Middletown. Guests included numerous local residents and relatives with refreshments of ice cream, cakes, fruits, and confections.
The Bartonville brief notes Mr Ash ay Price and family moving to a farm bought from P H Strode, while Strode and family relocate to the Parkers’ home. Thanksgiving visits occur among Sager Funk and Reid families, with several locals visiting Winchester and Middletown. A mill affair and local recoveries are mentioned along with travel to Kernstown and remarks on Mrs Campfell’s Baltimore visit.
Readable notes advise storing potatoes and roots in bins or barrels, with feet of space above the floor to prevent damp. Keep roots raised for winter use and check for damage, with guidance on handling horseradish and beets during freezing conditions.
Garden work continues through winter with a method called sweating. Cuttings of hydrangea weigela privet dogwood and forsythia can be saved by trenching burying covered with leaves and snow then prying apart in spring to plant. Use a sharp knife make long cuttings plant them in a trench and recover with earth to encourage swelling rings and root growth for ready plants.
A home canning note describes converting a tin clothes boiler into a sterilizing vat with a bottom support and cover. It also suggests using salt straw as a winter feed substitute for horses and mentions a visit by Mrs William Miles and her daughter in Baltimore.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as the leading stomach regulator. It claims rapid relief from dyspepsia sour stomach gas heartburn and indigestion with a harmless formula. A fifty cent case is said to provide substantial value and a money back guarantee.
Paris reports a large rural protest against a rabbit pest with several thousand farmers and peasants marching through Conde-en Brie led by a mounted guard and a child standard bearer. A peasant carried a shield displaying a dead rabbit as a brass band played The anti-Rabbit March while sloganscalled for stringent action against the pests. Local deputy M. Ouèsnon pledged to advocate the cause before the chamber.
Mrs Richard Wernton Thyrd Tet lit morning to whelt, friends in Bal timore, Read The Evening Star.
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