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Newspaper
Ames Times
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1895
Page
4
A recipe details draining and stewing with gravy onions lemon mushrooms and forcemeat balls then serving with lemon garnish. A Chicago Times piece on matrons and maids argues middle aged women should avoid black and embrace deep greens browns and delicate hues with trim hair and a modern coiffure.
Patrolman Perry Phipps and dogs Joe and Jim trailed a fugitive for twenty three miles along a railroad and through woods and fields before cornering him near a cornfield. After a dramatic chase the suspect surrendered when faced with Phipps and the barking hounds.
A long read describes kids games Captive Flowers and Bluff with flower names and rhymes, led by two older girls. Rules cover captives, forfeits, and scoring and mention Civil War campfire tales and a Piedmont anecdote for contrast.
A long ago voyageur recalls Ireland inns described as wretched yet courteous. In a dinner exchange a guest presses for options, the waiter offers only a pair of ducks and finally bacon and eggs after a chain of refusals.
The passage notes a shift from wood coal and oil to electricity for cooking. It argues experts warned of resource exhaustion, yet electricity proves ubiquitous and efficient, cooling rooms and eliminating overheated stoves as a lasting solution.
A quoted English paper claims American women could enroll in a beauty course and, as a test, spend two hours daily pronouncing the word potato to fashion a bewitching expression. The text notes that though foolish, American belles have not reached such imbecility.
The revival trend features an organ-pipe skirt as the season’s front runner. The very full garment, lined with haircloth, forms four or two back box plaits that extend ten inches from the waist and flare smoothly over the hips to the hem.
A fragment describes cutting five or six pigeons into quarters, seasoning with mace pepper and salt, then frying in butter until light brown. The text ends without completing the method steps.
Mme Nor dica in the Ladies Home Journal urges aspiring opera artists to work hard and study every detail of the stage. She cautions against critics and overenthusiastic friends, urges knowledge of music history, and to imitate the best prima donnas while maintaining ambition and discipline.
A mother laments losing her son Chester from a house to an uncertain path between schoolhouse and college. She recalls a boy once held close, now grown and longing for the child’s familiar kiss. The piece blends domestic memory with questions of motherhood and aimless searching.
A historical recipe instructs soaking veal neck, boiling with water onions celery mace pepper and salt for five hours, skimming and cooling. It then thickens with ground rice and cream, with optional two eggs whisked in at serving for a rich tureen.
Dr Franz Stuhlman who joined Emin Pasha in Africa describes Pygmies as remnants of a primeval race once spanning tropical Africa and Southern Asia. He notes loss of language and encroachment by neighbors, yet finds no trace of degeneracy among them.
A New England fisherman on an old dam encounters a tame chipmunk that approaches his leg to grab luncheon crumbs. The creature remains curious about the human, chattering briefly before slipping back into the woods, illustrating surprising calm in sparsely settled areas.
Instructions describe cutting slices lengthwise, broiling slowly on a gridiron, brushing with melted butter, turning to cook both sides, then serving hot with salt. A small amount of butter may be added at serving according to taste.
A consul in Germany reports a strong market for American factory-made furniture. He notes German products are pricier due to less efficient machinery and argues U.S. furniture is more beautiful, convenient and durable.
Instructional note explains layering three fourths of a pound of sugar per pound of fruit with water and flour, filling the dish, covering with puff paste and baking. It then mentions a Turkish penalty for photographing Mohammedan women as a great offense.
Spectacles were costly in the sixteenth century, with prices around five dollars. Heavier rims and larger lenses were believed to enhance the wearer's dignity and status.
A guide to burglar proof safes notes that alternating layers of hard and soft metal welded together resist both drilling and sledgehammer attacks. The design aims to prevent yield under force and deter break in attempts.
Paris reports Francois Felix Faure elected president to succeed Casimir-Perier after the cabinet’s resignation. Faure, born January 3 1841 in Paris, has served fourteen years as a republican deputy and focused on merchant marine and foreign trade questions.
A blaze at the Royal Milling Co. warehouse spread to the Kenyon Cornell warehouse where a carload of giant powder exploded killing most Central station firemen. About 75 dead with 100 or more injured and property losses exceed 1 million dollars.
Washington proposes immediate issue of 100 million dollars in treasury notes redeemable in coin and re issued. Seigniorage coinage and silver bullion deposits from U S mints are directed. Sherman bill allows bond sales under the resumption act to cover treasury deficiencies with five year terms at up to 3 percent, or issue coin certificates of 25 50 and 100 dollars bearing 3 percent interest through sub treasuries and post offices, plus deposits of bonds in National banks.
The Spring Valley Illinois mine shaft is on fire again forcing miners to abandon the shaft. The fire, previously burning last November causing about 50000 dollars in losses, is believed to have rekindled. Miners face an estimated three months of idle work.
Wasutinoton Jan 19. German Hamburg authorities forbid import of cattle and hogs from England and Ireland. Since much American cattle entering Germany passes through England, this act hurts U S cattle interests.
Masstion Ohio January 20 A miners' organization led by its president issues a public appeal. Workers have lived on light rations for months and face unpaid wages as stores strain to sustain them. Men cannot work with empty stomachs and fear impending bankruptcy of suppliers.
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