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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1907
Page
5
A city housekeeper uses an alarm clock to time dinner components. She sets 20 minutes for rice, 25 for peas, then 15 for turkey, coordinating when to start and finish each item so all are ready together. The St Louis Globe Democrat cites it as a practical new idea.
A town hall audience reacts as a lecturer exposes fraud by displaying the Cardiff Giant. He pitches a vegetable cough remedy with samples for five cents and bottles at 25 cents, promising refunds if not cured, before plans to show San Francisco earthquake moving pictures after $25 in sales.
Michael Kobevitch, roadhouse owner on Pilgrim river, was reunited with his wife after more than 22 years apart. They last met in Prussia and have kept in touch through correspondence. He had sent for her with a portion of proceeds from Kongarok district property, and she had changed so much they needed introduction.
The passage extols work as the life principle and warns idleness harms health. Carlyle urges activity, saying one act or word grows into lasting impact like a seed that becomes a banyan grove after years. It notes most people are compelled to do what they must, not necessarily what they wish.
The obituary notes a famed English diner who valued port as a sacrament. He prepared each evening with a day of palate cleansing, starting with porridge and milk for breakfast, a lean chop for lunch, one cup of tea in the afternoon, and total tobacco abstention to savor his port at night.
Mrs Wattieson won a prize of 2650 for a magazine piece on living comfortably on 1000 a year. She told me a few days ago she needed extra money as it had become impossible for her and her husband to get by on his 875 a year.
A New England bride with little market experience visits an Eighth Avenue fish market. The clerk lists a long range of regional fish, then the bride asks for ten cents worth of the freshest salt cod. The humorous exchange highlights unfamiliarity with diverse seafood names.
A renowned ancient carving on rocks at Bellows Falls in the Connecticut River has vanished. Originally a group of heads with rays and an elaborately decorated panel, the markers likely commemorated a regional victory by four bands under a principal chief, now erased by water.
The London Lancet defends the Christmas pudding noting it should not be blamed for indigestion. It argues the pudding is a complete food with protein from eggs, fats bread crumbs fruit and sugars, and provides minerals, especially when eaten after a large meal.
A Turkish restaurant in New York serves pitaffs sherbets and saffron goat stew with a spectacle called whirled eggs. A cook uses a leather sling to whirl a pot of eggs, heating them by motion before serving them scrambled hot. The host cites the shepherds and a biblical reference to Goliath.
The longtime Provincetown resident known as Deacon Snow passed away at over eighty. A horse jockey by trade he ran the town’s principal livery stable. A remembered tale depicts him driving a group to Truro and declining fruit saying his swaller is as good as ever.
The Perle from Cancale near St Malo encounters a massive octopus haul while nets were being pulled in. Octopuses with tentacles over six feet climb the boat, forcing the crew to cut the net and free the vessel from the gripping creatures.
The phrase Ich dien is the prince of Wales motto and was used by Edward the Black Prince as heir to the throne. It appeared on the king of Bohemia’s helmet plume at the Battle of Crécy, August 26, 1346, where Edward III led English forces.
A bystander consoles a boy who cried out that the man who fell is his grandfather. The crowd reassures him that the incident is not serious as onlookers react with sympathy and concern.
A guest praises a breakfast host for a bed that evades horse hair with dried mosses ferns and herbs. The vegetarian invention promises equal comfort with a pine and lavender aroma, claimed to ease sleep like morphine and induce healthful rest.
The aged librarian notes a wealthy 73 year old woman has read over 15 000 volumes since 1854 and averages 300 volumes per year. Subscribers typically read 75 to 100 volumes annually, while many readers reach 200. Book buyers average 25 to 30 books, with 100 yearly readers being rare.
A doctor recalls a patient in his office when the telephone rang and he spoke with someone in German. The patient, astonished, exclaimed that speaking German over the telephone was wonderful and news to him.
Markley presents a bill and Nervey responds with a suggestion to double it. Markley confirms the double, explains its return to his pocketbook, and bids Nervey goodbye.
A young doctor tells his wife he called at Roxley's house and fears he will recover quickly, predicting he may be well before he completes half a dozen visits. The exchange underlines Roxley's mild illness and the doctor's brisk prognosis.
A distressed man cared for a patient with The DTs. The doctor’s directions mixed medicine and whisky. The patient, misled by the bottles, drank all, waking at 3 am and alarming witnesses with visions of pink monkeys with green tails. Only one observer confirms seeing them.
An old woman at Bellevue Hospital visits the reception room claiming stomach pain in a mock gastritis claim. A doctor finds no illness and prescribes medicine with a promise to perform an amputation if symptoms persist in a week, highlighting comic mischief among patients.
Professor Osler compared the human body to a steam engine with many tiny furnaces, asserting milk as the original food containing fat curd sugar and salt. He recalled a patient thriving on a five year milk diet and condemned excessive vegetarianism and alcohol. He also joked about dumping beer tobacco and seas.
In Sweden near the Arctic circle Charles J. Glidden encountered a Finnish woman walking toward her daughter's home at half a mile per hour. She said the distance was fifteen miles and she expected to arrive tomorrow morning. Glidden gave her a ride and dropped her at her daughter's place after forty minutes.
A London Globe anecdote recalls Charles Gounod visiting a grieving widow with his wife. The composer wept openly at a friend’s loss, but the widow bore her sorrow with admirable strength, prompting his wife to advise not to outweep the widow.
Investigators shelter in a mouldy house with a flickering candle as fear grows. A sharp tick from the candle holder raises alarm while a rat gnaws unseen. The pair brace for the unseen presence as a spectral laugh answers the tolling bell at midnight.
Miss Elizabeth Magie of Chicago urged women to embrace the new woman image and ignore male jibes. She recounted a county jail story where a prisoner blamed the old woman for his fate, illustrating the debate over changing gender roles.
Dews bury Debating club hears Bob Rogers recount a dog hero story during a house fire. The dog supposedly saved a child and returned with a secured bundle. He later reveals the twist that the fire insurance policy saved in a towel was the key.
Subbubs says Tye weathered labor trouble costing seventy-five per week. Cillman balks at the figure, learning the cook Struck for a raise from 4.25 to 5 dollars, a fifty-cent difference causing tension.
A tale from Ellis Post comrade circles describes Bradey recovering after his wife gave him a physician prescribed remedy. The doctor suggested the dose, Mrs Bradey hid it in jam and William swallowed it, improving by night.
In New York Oscar S Straus secretary of commerce and labor praises pottery porcelain and other hand made arts while lamenting machine made goods lack artistic quality. He argues in hand made items even humble pieces allow art to express itself. The piece ends with a street sweeper quip about ornamental sweeping around a trolley pole.
A humorous exchange contrasts two stenographers. One speaker complains of wasted time gossiping about boys, while the other touts a model stenographer who never indulges in personal distractions. The twist reveals the ideal worker is a man.
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