Fireproof Theater Claim Sparks Insurance Gaffe
A theater manager boasts fireproof steel stage walls seats and curtain but an insurance agent notes the actors seem wooden. The exchange, relayed by Cleveland Leader, frames a comical risk assessment.
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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1906
Page
7
A theater manager boasts fireproof steel stage walls seats and curtain but an insurance agent notes the actors seem wooden. The exchange, relayed by Cleveland Leader, frames a comical risk assessment.
A Cleveland Methodist minister argues that real manhood appears when men resist bribery keep promises and perform duty. A Chicago Congregationalist suggests unions and employers eject infidels and socialistic humbugs and invite level headed preachers to learn in six months what they missed in ten years.
A dramatic newspaper ad touts Cascarets as a trusted daily health aid. It claims millions use the ten cent box, cites high sales figures, and warns against imitators and counterfeiters seeking unearned profits. The Sterling Remedy Company asserts genuine Cascarets are labeled CCC and sold only in ten cent West Pocket boxes.
Free to our friends a French designed gold plated bonbon box hard enameled in colors. Ten cents in stamps asked as good faith to cover Cascarets cost. 726 Serd today mentioning this paper. Address Sterling Remedy Company Chicago or New York.
Poem excerpt depicts a drill room scene as Danny Deever faces a firing squad for killing a comrade. The Color Sergeant and others react with grim humor and ritual, the marching regiment moves out, while Kipling threads themes of duty disgrace and memory.
Seven pounds ripe grapes with stems removed combine with three pounds white sugar one quart cider vinegar one ounce cinnamon and half an ounce cloves. Boil pour over fruit for two mornings then simmer fruit with brine in preserving kettle before jarning and cooling in a cool place.
Citizens oust party politics and elect Jerome, who vows to crack down on crime. Pillsbury's Vitos is praised as the preferred breakfast choice for its dainty, delicious, and nourishing quality.
A fragmented page shows a stale bread soup recipe with milk boost and cheese, plus drugstore cures for coughs feet and corns. It mentions Allen's Foot Ease free sample from LeRoy New York and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething, alongside stray dog quiz remarks.
After years of searching Wales has not selected a city to serve as its capital. Officials continue evaluating candidates across the region to designate an official seat of government.
An old advertisement claims permanent cure from nervous fits after first day of use. It invites readers to request two trial bottles and a treatise from HL Kline, Ltd at 931 Arch St, Philadelphia. The snippet ends with a quip about heroism and toothache.
One hundred dollar reward for catarrh cure case Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to cure internally by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Endorsers Est Truax Walden Kinnan Makvin wholesale druggists Toledo Ohio. Price seven and one half cents per bottle with testimonials available free.
Wash and fill two quart jars with freshly picked cucumbers of any size. Add two heaping tablespoons each of dry mustard and salt, then fill with cold cider vinegar. An airtight seal is not required. a cork with cloth or a crock works. Extra mustard or salt is harmless.
Fry one sliced onion in a quarter cup of melted butter until golden. Add a quarter cup of flour and cook until frothy. Stir in gradually one pint of brown stock and season. Cook three minutes. Do not stir in three cups of cold meat. mix well. Turn into a buttered dish, top with hot mashed potato, brush with egg, and brown in the oven.
To make a nice plain vanilla cream for a small family, whisk one quart of fresh cream with two cupfuls powdered sugar and two teaspoonfuls vanilla extract. Stir gently until sugar dissolves, then freeze the mixture in a freezer or with a cream whip.
Reverend J. M. Markley of Denver, a Congregationalist, warns that cynics and pessimists rob others of happiness and the music and sunshine of life. He stresses happiness as a precious possession and condemns those who make a business of gloom.
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