NEWS FROM LONG AGO JULY 21, 1900 FROM THE ACKERMAN RECORD, VOL. 2, NUMBER 18 (CONTINUED) At the residence of Mr. Steve A. Gayarre this week while his little nine years old daughter, May Eddie, was sitting on the banister nursing Mr. F. D. Seward’s little three years old boy, Felix, the little girl lost her balance and fell out backwards carrying with her the little boy. The little girl sustained a severe shock and for a time her life was despaired of, the little boy being slightly injured. Both soon came around all right. July 27, 1900 FROM THE ACKERMAN RECORD, VOL. 2, NUMBER 19 HOUSEHOLD HINTS: A Test for the Oven – It is the wise cook who set herself to master all the moods and tenses of her oven, since on the proper degree of heat depends the success of more than one dish. The paper test is old but dependable. If a sheet of thin white paper, put into the oven, turns black and blazes up, the oven is too hot. To reduce its temperature, place a basin of cold water inside. If, on the other hand, the sheet of paper quickly turns yellow and burns in a few minutes, the heat is right for roast meats. Puff paste comes in for this sort of an oven also. When the paper colors a trifle more slowly, the heat is right for bread and all yeast mixtures. Pound cakes and all rich cakes containing much butter take a moderate oven while rich fruit cake requires still a degree less heat. Never on any account slam the oven door while baking, for you are only too liable to ruin the most carefully made dishes by doing so. – The Best Disinfectants: The best disinfectants are pure air and sunshine. Without the aid of these disinfectants the most powerful chemicals used to purify a pest place may prove of no avail. It is more necessary that a house should be ventilated than that the waste pipes that lead into it be trapped. A strong solution of potash and boiling water poured down the sink and into waste pipes will disinfect them sufficiently for the season. LOCALS AND PERSONALS: Miss Bessie Paslay of Como, who has been visiting Mr. B. H. Paslay, returned home last Sunday. - Miss Bessie Vaughan of Columbus was a recent visitor to Ackerman, the guest of Mrs. E. E. Quinn. - Major William Gillis has been helping Col. Plumer Johnson since Mr. J. W. Harmon has been gone. - Genial and jovial Geo. Eddleman, a prominent citizen of Beat Four, was a visitor to Ackerman last Friday. - Miss Bettie Watson, a beautiful and accomplished young lady of Louisville, is visiting Misses Ethel and Ida Cole this week. - Married, at the Tomlinson Hotel on Thursday night, Mayor G. F. Black officiating, Mr. M. B. Dempsey and Miss Nonie Bedwell. - Quite an interesting game of base-ball was played between Ackerman and Chester last Monday evening, Ackerman won the game.
