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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1910
Page
3
Kansas households savor blackberry jam as season peaks. The article shares Mrs. John J. Ingalls widow of the senator’s method, instructing to wash two gallons of berries, simmer with water, press through a sieve, reboil with sugar, test in cold water, then jar and seal for storage.
Odd replies from Washington public school third and six grade students reveal gaps in schooling and instruction. Children misname races and organs, suggest odd remedies for poison, and produce a quirky biographical sketch of Longfellow reflecting humor and confusion in the classroom.
Rural Free Delivery expands across the United States with 41,000 carriers handling roughly millions of letters annually. The operation costs about 26 million dollars yearly in salaries and expenses, while Washington uses 116 staff to manage routes and data. The service processes over a million letters yearly, with a private post office for routing and a mechanical copying system reducing labor. The esprit de corps is highlighted by a 164 dismissals for incompetence or disobedience, with no theft dismissals.
The national capital keeps its safe and sane Fourth of July as Washington begins with the Declaration reading on the plaza front and a morning parade. A 1,000 strong crowd gathered near the city buildings while the Boston Red Sox and the Nationals played at the same hour nearby.
A crowd on Newspaper Row listens as a baldheaded reader begins the reading of a public document while a megaphone man interrupts with baseball scores. The audience disperses in a playful protest as Lelivelt Milan and Boston's team clash, ending with a Boston victory.
An Ohioan at a hotel recounts a guide who offered extensive but impractical advice during a climb. The narrator notes the guide's busyness and overbearing instruction as they attempted a lesser Alpine peak, reflecting on the difficulties of the ascent.
The article outlines mint lemonade using fresh mint leaves for two lemons with two cupfuls of sugar and water, plus a tea flavored version and fruit additions. It suggests strawberry juice, raspberry blend, and a fruit punch recipe with orange juice, lemon juice, water, sugar, strawberries, and banana slices.
A recipe instructs boiling a potato, mashing it, and mixing with water to make a pint. Melt lard and butter, stir in sugar and eggs, dissolve yeast, add flour until stiff. Rise once, spread in shallow pans, rise again, then bake with melted butter, sugar, and cinnamon on top.
A dated kitchen note describes a pickle method using green and ripe tomatoes cabbage and onions peppers celery horseradish salt drained overnight. Morning vinegar sugar and white mustard seed are added and mixture cooked thirty minutes with cinnamon and cloves stirred in near the end.
A simple dish uses one dozen medium onions and one pint of milk with one pound cheese. Onions are cut in strips and simmered in water with salt and pepper until tender, then milk and cheese are added and cooked until cheese melts. Serve with toasted bread or crackers.
A fragment notes that brushing rugs in a saltwater rinse removes moisture, leaving fibers brighter than a dry sweep. It implies a method where rugs are shook, rinsed in salt solution, and air dried to achieve fresh appearance. This brief item highlights an old cleaning tip.
A letter from Mia I E Cameron of Augusta Maine praises Resinol Ointment for healing a six month ulcerated leg after four weeks of twice daily use. She reports no recurrence six months later and mentions success on children's eruptions. Other testimonial from Mia F Cox of Chicago cites cure of a baby boy’s eczema with Resinol products.
In a classroom exchange an eight year old correctly identifies Pat O Rourke as the president of the Hodcarriers union after a teacher asks who climbed the ladder of success, carrying his burden and looking down on others.
A Dowlais Wales outbreak of the itch afflicted numerous families about fifteen years ago. Doctors failed to help, a famed cure worsened matters, until the Cuticura line of remedies was used. After several days, all cases healed. Thomas Hugh of Chicago reports long term satisfaction with Cuticura products.
A reminiscence notes a self conscious young clergyman delivering a country pulpit and a deacon’s blunt critique in a parable. It recalls Tank Weatherbee’s deer hunt misdirection and a theater manager’s request to a playwright to craft vaudeville around rattling vaudeville spec.
A collage of light anecdotes about authors Mr and Mrs Glapping arguing over phrasing. A humorous exchange on self evident and well known facts. Then an advertising plea for Coca Cola inviting readers to visit soda fountains or buy bottles and request a free booklet. It touts Coca Cola as cooling refreshing wholesome and thirst quenching. The notice promotes a 1910 baseball record book and Casey at the Bat poem.
A four year old raises a high chair with one hand while a four month old in an apartment can raise the roof with no hands. A moral quip notes that happiness comes at another's expense. An ad promotes Marine Eye Remedy with eye care appeals and free eye books. A Marcus Aurelius quote urges living up to one’s best nature. A final line ponders why people at the top still fall off.
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