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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1913
Page
4
Fragmented notice advertises a December 11 free horse lay with a minimal cent purchase and a chance to obtain an ornament. It references trading stamps and a Winchester route schedule with odd timings and unclear names.
Fragmented timetable notes daily trains from Harrison to Alexandria and Washington with local stops. Mentioned are passenger timings, buffet car service, and arrival windows around morning and evening travel times.
A letter claims Foley's Honey and Tar Compound rapidly cures croup and colds in children. The writer praises its effectiveness and notes availability at all druggists, urging guardians to keep it on hand to prevent croup.
A lively report notes a Greek setter at a Pennsylvania campus wearing an upturned bright hat and receiving cheers. The scene highlights campus sports flair and student enthusiasm around a quirky, cheerful participant.
A short note on grippe prevention and treatment suggests maintaining blood health and using Vinci cod liver oil tonic during weakness. A Long Branch reader credits Vinci with full recovery after three bottles and recommends it to others. Keller Drug Co. of Winchester Va endorses Minol as a strength restorer with a money back guarantee. Gaxo Salve offered for skin trouble.
Local buyers and shippers report current quotations from Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington wholesale markets for items such as Timothy hay straw mixed hay eggs and potatoes with retail and base prices noted for some items and regions. Prices reflect wholesale to retail gaps and cross city variations with specific figures listed for hay middlings and potatoes among others.
The Star reports Baltimore wholesale market prices for December 15. Wheat spot prices for No 2 red and December were 96. Corn nearby prime yellow quoted at 3.45 per barrel carloads. Hay prices ranged from 17 to 20 for various timothy and clover grades. Butter and eggs show mixed values with creamery butter at 35, Virginia prints 21, eggs 34 cents per dozen. Live poultry lists old hens 14 cents, roosters 10, young 15, ducks 15, pigeons 25 per pair, turkeys 18 for large, geese 16.
A West Virginia schoolteacher describes inventing a compact electric heating plant called a spanker. The device runs briefly, delivering five eighths of a blow per second, claimed to improve efficiency and serve as a small power source for central stations to meet daytime load.
A concise reflection on using historical knowledge prudently to regulate and improve our own behavior, urging self discipline and emendation in conduct as taught by Thomas Zouch.
A devotional note speaks of divine power transforming weakness into strength. It asserts that God’s eternal power works through the believer, making old things new and affirming faith as the source of renewal.
A collection of simple party dishes and cake ideas includes baked cup cakes with boiled frosting filled with preserves, Lemon Snow Pudding with gelatin and lemon, Cheese Fingers with grated cheese and paprika, a light apple pepper salad, cucumber salad with sour cream and chives, sardines on watercress, celery and nut filling for sandwiches, and a tip to sweeten baking powder biscuits.
A compact note appears to be a fragmentary humorous or nonsensical line urging restraint in behavior and kindness when ambitions rise, with repeated phrases suggesting a stylized or encrypted message. The piece lacks clear events or identifiable people.
The piece explains saving heat by oven cooking, using small ovens and stone dishes for individual servings. It suggests tongue with raisins and beef stock, browned steak with onions tomatoes or mushrooms, veal layers with vegetables, and baked bananas with lemon butter and currant jelly as a dessert option.
Fragmentary line quote from Trancis Mario asserting happiness in fighting for freedom. No clear event, date, or context provided.
Public sale to begin at 1 o clock on Saturday December 20 1913 on the premises of the Jacob Zeller estate in Frederick County about one mile from Nolds Store adjoining the lands of Josiah Shade Walter Moore and others 190 acres more or less with improvements and fruit potential. Timber tract of about 16 acres offered at the same time near Joshua Place. terms one third cash and balance in two equal annual installments with interest and deed of trust. possession April 1914. wheat and rye crops reserved.
A simple kitchen device prevents spoons from slipping into stewpsans. Made from tin cut to three and a half by two and a half inches with two short slits forming a clamp that slips over the pan rim to hold the spoon handle in place.
Public sale to settle the Geiser Manufacturing Company mortgage features a Peerless Tractions Engine TT15638 with long cab and a Peerless saw mill No 6925 with headblocks belt and tools. The property in Charles Meliwee land near Rosenberger Frederick County moves from Opequon on December 20 1918 at eleven o clock cash via trustee A H Deardorff and J C Recher attorney.
The article explains home methods to repair broken china using a cement paste of whey vinegar quicklime and egg white. Heat edges before applying, hold joint till dry, or seal cracks with white paint or tape. For fragile pieces a plaster and glue mix can bind shards, with minimal application and drying time.
A recipe describes beating powdered sugar with blanched almonds and flour to form a paste. Egg whites are whipped to a meringue with sugar, then combined with the yolks. The batter is folded with flour, baked in small tins, and cooled on a pan to dry.
Recipe for sponge pudding with milk sugar flour and eggs. Instructions mix milk sugar flour add butter and egg yolks then fold in stiff egg whites. Bake in buttered dish set in hot water for about twenty to thirty minutes. Serves as a light dessert.
This excerpt offers simple kitchen tips and a humor line. It advises roasting potatoes for a golden brown finish and sweet flavor. It also explains removing hot water marks from polished tables with a salad oil and salt paste, then rubbing with a soft duster.
A dialogue contrasts coercion versus freedom in daily commerce. An off-hand economist argues the middleman creates confusion in supply and demand while a second speaker suggests direct dealings with cooks rather than waiters.
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