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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1906
Page
6
North Yakima hears advice on matting care using salt water to refresh and a newspaper underlay. Tips cover polishing walnut rosewood and mahogany daily, leather chair upkeep with linseed oil vinegar mix, and linoleum restoration with glue water.
The article describes polishing glass with damp linen and fuller's earth, and gilt frames with a cleaning mix of soft soap, boiling water, and spirits of hartshorn. It also suggests rinsing, drying in sun or draft, and an alternative using white of egg and washing soda.
An old homemaking note explains washing gas globes with soap water and lemon salts, addressing grease in rough surfaces. It advises draining, drying in sawdust or woolen cloth, dismantling beds, airing comforters, using fuller’s earth paste with ammonia for mattress stains, and parrafin polishing black iron bedframes.
Advice outlines a tidy routine for beds. Start by airing each blanket and sheet over a chair for an hour, turn the mattress, then place the undersheet. Smooth wrinkles with hands, then tuck in tightly at the head, sides, and foot for a neat finish.
Slice two large pared apples and layer thinly. Scald two cups milk and pour over two tablespoons cornmeal and one tablespoon flour. Add half cup molasses one teaspoon ginger a pinch of salt one egg and one tablespoon butter. Pour into a buttered dish add two cups milk without stirring and bake three hours in a moderate oven.
A simple gingerbread style recipe describes mixing two quarts of flour with a hollow center, adding ginger or cinnamon, two cups molasses, beef drippings or butter, and two teaspoons soda. Hot water and flour are mixed to form a stiff dough for kneading, with options to bake fresh or store for later use.
A collection of vintage baking instructions detailing ingredients and methods for bread and cake. It lists molasses, sugar, milk, soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, allspice, pastry and graham flour, currants, and raisins with steps for boiling water, mixing grains, and steaming for hours, plus oven finishing.
Mix four cups of milk with a rounding tablespoon of corn starch and simmer ten minutes. Stir in four rounding tablespoons of butter, a level teaspoon of sugar, and a salt spoon of salt. Pour over evenly toasted corn bread or brown bread and serve at once before it softens.
A simple batter blends one egg, half cup sugar, one cup milk, cornmeal, flour, and four teaspoons baking powder. Bake in a thin sheet and cut into squares for serving.
Scald seven slightly rounded tablespoons of cornmeal with two cups of hot skim milk. When nearly cool add two more cups of skim milk, half a cup of molasses, half a teaspoon each of cinnamon and ginger, and a pinch of salt. Stir well and bake three hours. Stir from the bottom halfway through. Two tablespoons of finely chopped suet can be added.
An article argues against heavy reliance on wheat and white flour, urging appreciation of corn, rye, and oats. It stresses that the nutritional value of cornmeal bread depends on cooking skill and suggests improving preparation methods.
The article discusses traditional baking methods using brick ovens to produce rye bread Indian loaves hominy and sweet pone. It argues long slow cooking with cornmeal yields better flavor and healthful bread even when compared with tin pan methods. It notes the pearl of using an iron kettle for slow bakes and cautions against rushing cornmeal to avoid raw taste.
Mix three cups of cornmeal three cups of rye meal one half cup of sour milk one half cup of molasses three and one half cups of warm water with one level teaspoon of soda closely in a moderate oven. Mix three cups of rye meal two cups of cornmeal one half cup of flour one half cup of molasses and one level teaspoon of soda. Mix with hot water to make a dough that will retain the mark of a knife when a gash is made in it. Bake in a covered two quart tin for two hours.
Extra Corn Bread instructs to mix one cup flour two cups cornmeal quarter cup sugar five teaspoons baking powder with two and a half cups milk three eggs and two tablespoons melted lard. Beat well and bake in a hot oven.
Mrs S from Columbia Tenn praises Herbine as a cure for constipation and liver complaints saying it gives relief and keeps her supplied. Colton Fry Drug Co. markets the remedy with a positive testimony about its benefits and effects.
Mrs Dr Owen Adair, long a Yakima valley practitioner, has retired to Clatsop county Oregon. She has published her first book titled Dr Owen Adair Some of Her Life Experiences. The volume comprises reminiscences from her early observations to the present in readable entertaining prose.
The narrative chronicles the life of a resilient Oregon woman who balanced early marriage hardship with self education. She taught, funded medical study in the East, earned honors, and returned to practice in Oregon, later pursuing post graduate work and European study. Her life inspires readers familiar with Mrs. Owen Adair and her son Dr. G. J. Hill of this city.
In Salem Oregon on December 14, crowds attend revival sessions led by a Ryan and a negro evangelist of the Tongue of Fire faith. Converts testify in unknown tongues, claim mutual understanding, and some speakers describe speaking in Chinese dialects. A Los Angeles group reportedly spreads the movement with members arrested for talking loudly, later released after tongues confound officials.
Paris reports Emperor Francis Joseph sent a trusted emissary to Corfu to find a precious necklace once owned by Empress Elizabeth. A romantic tale surrounds the famed "tears of the Madonna" pearl necklace sunk in the sea, a chain bound to a rock, and a mystery over who cut the chain before its recovery.
Joe Daniel of Surmac Tennessee claims one dose eliminated 73 worms from his child after a physician suspected colic. The ad endorses White's Cream Vermifuge as a tonic that also clears mucus in which worms nest. Colton-Fry Drug Co.
The steamship Enterprise cargoed with 200 barrels of flour and wheat for the Sound market sank at 8:30 am in the Columbia River near the wreck of the Pringle. The total loss is about 4,000 dollars with cargo value 3,000 dollars. All twelve crew members reached shore safely. Captain McDermott, formerly a Waterville newspaper man, commanded the vessel.
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