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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1913
Page
6
The text collections cover animal remedies and behavior, old terms origins like father and papa, playful games such as guma and sand sum a, conundrums about wedding rings and birthdays, weather and fish notes, and classroom rhymes. It notes cultural phrases and a mix of riddle style questions.
The description details crude oil processing with heating in furnaces and condensation in water cooled pipes. Vapors yield naphtha and other products, while tar is converted to paraffin and coke. Crude oil becomes clear yet requires washing with acids and salt water, then bleaching before market.
The article compares elephant loads in Malay peninsula tin districts to long Lao journeys. Elephants carry up to 900 to 1,000 pounds plus a mahout and howdah. A strong tusker can bear 900 pounds and a female about 800 pounds, fetching around 280 dollars.
A fragment from a long anecdote recalls Whistler’s vanity over a white plume. At a social gathering a hostess mocks him by placing white feathers on rival guests, provoking a sharp retort and his exit. The tale is paired with brief comic snippets from period newspapers.
A cluttered excerpt offers a recipe for scalloped apples with sugar, cinnamon, lemon rind, butter, and crumbs, plus a bread crumb crust method and optional substitutions. It includes a separate veal cutlet frying method, and a string of humorous quips from period magazines about travel, elopement, and social quirks.
International peace conference delegates from Britain Australia Canada the United States and Ghent city propose celebrations for the Ghent treaty centenary in New York marked by a memorial bridge on the Niagara river arches at cross border highways and granite tablets at historic sites.
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