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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1907
Page
3
Practical tips on flavoring cakes with citrus zest, keeping pie crusts crisp, and avoiding cake collapse in hot ovens. Also guidance on making baking powder substitutes, crisp cookies, and soaplike starch uses for laundry, ironing on the wrong side, and treating oilcloth floors.
The passage lists kitchen measurements and conversions. It defines quart and pound equivalencies for wheat flour and various sugars, explains soft putter and brown sugar amounts, and provides unit relations such as ten eyes to a pound and forty drops to a teaspoon. It also equates tablespoonful to half an ounce and links larger measures like gill and wine glass to ounces.
Mrs J E Streit and Mrs J Callahan report producing many gallons of dandelion wine this season. The beverage is described as pleasant to taste light and containing little alcohol though fermentation occurs. The recipe calls for one peck of dandelion flowers two gallons water two pounds sugar and two lemons with one yeast cake and six weeks of standing before bottling.
The article advises that tight gloves bulge the hand and large gloves look sloppy. It stresses proper placement when first putting on gloves, avoiding crooked fits, and regular maintenance. A reader describes stain removal with benzine and storage in tissue, plus basic cleaning using gasoline, a toothbrush, and a covered ironing board.
Joseph Flanney, accused of fatally shooting his wife on May 10 at Andrew Riddle’s home near Toppenish, was bound over to the superior court on a first degree murder charge after waiving examination with counsel. The court entered a not guilty plea for him. Also noted: Lillian B. Tibbits and Clarence C. Martin wed last Thursday, and the Baptist church Ladies' Aid held a birthday social Friday at Mrs. Dingle’s residence.
Four strong road associations plan a central body to lead a good roads campaign in North Yakima with subdivisions Nob Hill Fairview Fruitvale and School Section. Yakima County will receive about 4200 for road work plus matching funds to total 8400. Committees led by E Remy and J M Brown will push improvements on Naches Selah Wide Hollow Ahtanum and other main routes. The effort aims to create finest country thoroughfares in the northwest though it will take time.
A Missouri based Water-Pierce Oil company was found guilty of violating Texas anti trust laws and of entering the state by fraud. It was fined 1 623 000 dollars and an ouster suit was approved. A new trial motion was filed and a receivership hearing set for June 8.
A park likely to open soon in the Selah valley about six miles from North Yakima is being promoted by R. N. Harrison. The site is being prepared with swings and picnic tables for public use.
H R Mitchell of Yakima Garage visits Ellensburg with a 65 horsepower Lambert machine owned by Mayor Fechter of North Yakima. The firm serves Kittitas Yakima and Benton counties and offers test spins to residents. Harry Elwood and Jas Stevenson have ordered Lambert cars now en route from the east.
The horticultural department sprays the college orchard and Mr. Aten's orchard near Pullman to kill codling moth and apple scab in a single treatment. The experiment blends ingredients to target both pests at once and will be watched by orchardists.
A simple home remedy to kill weeds between cracks. Boil water with a cupful of salt, pour between the cracks avoiding grass and flowers, and the weed life will shrivel and die.
A silver social was given last Friday evening by the Epworth League in the church parlors. A large number were present and the evening was enjoyably spent.
Lillian Margaret White and Benjamin Lee Chenney married at sunrise Sunday at 510 North Second Street. Rev. Whitmore officiated before immediate relatives. The bride, popular in North Yakima, and the groom, a Naches City farmer, plan to visit Sound cities and Portland before home after July 15.
Thomas Borthwick forms a partnership with John Ditter to run the grocery business. The firm will incorporate soon with capital stock of $10,000.
Mr. Frazer of Portland is in the city reviewing conditions for a proposed spraying material plant. The project, if built, would save farmers about $5,000 annually.
F. E. Junean, night clerk at the Bartholet hotel, accepts a new role with Herman Fredell the jeweler. He will work afternoons while keeping his hotel job.
Readable fragments describe a tense exchange between Willie and a guardian or elder over punishment. Willie cries after a shin injury and is urged to show resolve, with a taunt about obedience and consequences.
In Butte Butte 1 Spokane 11. San Francisco Los Angeles 3 with San Francisco 4. Portland Portland 6 Oakland Chinese Matting Rugs 50 cents each. Coffin Bros. tf
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