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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
9
A fragmented kitchen guide offers varied recipes and tips on cooking, lamps, and household care. It covers roasts with Yorkshire pudding, tomato sauce, fried fritters, rice, and egg batter breads, plus lamp safety and iron care. Numerous stray phrases and ingredients appear, preserving a frontier-era domestic voice.
A Washington correspondent reports rising global prices, not just in the United States. Consular figures show sharp increases in cities like Tsingtao, China, with wages, rents, and food costs climbing over recent years. Calcutta and other regions see declines in some goods while overall costs rise, affecting daily life internationally.
A storm tale report describes multiple tornado like incidents. Alo Turvis and a Miss were found dead bodies. A black baby was carried into a swamp. An axed worker was nearly severed by falling timber. A child survived unharmed near a post office. A little Negro boxy was found in a field. Houses lifted into the air at Marvis Mississippi. Wreckage dropped near Autry. a man survived while his wife was injured. In Concordia Parish Louisiana a man nearly died. mother and two daughters killed. Father injured. several brothers hurt. The freaks were said to be caused by the storm.
The fragment notes prices for various goods offered by Gunsul Cahpaming Colonisti, listing items like beer, pork, cheese, pastry, and other foods with unclear unit prices and dates. The garbled text suggests a shop or market price advertisement with multiple items and approximate costs.
About 200 New York police officers, some in sunning attire and others in plain clothes, attended a Socialist protest meeting opposing a recent rally. Abernother, editor of New York Socialist, presided and said police could hear the public response. Marvin Tuyuit warned reformers of a campaign to smear the Socialist movement noting police clubbing drew recruits for the cause.
Fragmented text references a New York grand jury probing the Metropolitana Street Hallway Company and its agents over alleged actions related to a railway purchase from Anthony Trady. The report notes investigations into related acts and threats, with unclear specifics remaining.
Inattention and chaos described as prisoners crowded the tow. A roof collapsed, workers and guard brace the wreckage amid splinters and debris. The scene near Lover is reported with warning details and scattered survivors.
The report notes Henning track events with multiple winners including Ariline Brown of St. Jowls Aurienos who sold to Mil Waliker and others. It mentions a senate bill on wagering and lists several unnamed winners in a racing program with brief, fragmented descriptions.
R G Dun and Co notes a modest uptick in money markets and broader distribution of general merchandise grain provisions and live stock with weaker iron and steel markets. Ore surpluses suggest reduced furnace output while pig iron prices weaken and melters limit purchases to actual needs.
Weather conditions hamper distributive trade across the country with minimal orders and slow collections. Textile curtailment persists, iron and steel show little change though crude prices ease. railway tonnage, idle cars, and coal cuts signal weak activity. Business failures rise to 282 in the US for the week ending April 20, up from prior weeks.
The page lists livestock and grain prices by city including Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York Poledo and Poledo. Prices cover cattle hogs sheep lambs wheat corn oats rye and barley with ranges like cattle 4.00 to 7.00 hogs 4.00 to 5.95 wheat 1.01 to 1.04 corn 0.73 to 0.87 and oats 0.50 to 0.60.
Alexander Orr and Clarence Mackay resign as directors of the New York Life Insurance Company, ending their terms amid leadership changes in the trust. The move marks a shift in governance of the insurer.
The Atlantic and Pacific fleets arrive in San Francisco harbor with numerous ships in review led by the Minnesota and the Atlantic fleet flag, while crowds fill the bay and bells toll amid a grand salute. Secretary Metcalf observes as ships parade, and a lengthy naval flotilla grounds the festivities. A dramatic dream-like interlude intrudes with unrelated memories of poetry and hunger.
Agricultural appropriation bill carries 431 378 500 Uoy Sheldon of Nebraska received a government warrant for 5 297 for Third Nebraska Gok Wood. A May 3 presen poem death by own action in Brooklyn. Ex-treasurer of St palcharel Boston Maga faces 15 to 20 years in Massa chumetts Site prison on a 215 000 bond. Minnesota Automobile Association proposes a 10 to 20 tax on each machine to fund good roads.
A garbled, OCR like field of notes mentions varied topics from labor, forests, and fuel to medical cases and social scenes. It references workers in France, a twenty second child, preservation efforts, and a girl named Cardon in Belfast with a hospital visit.
Garbled speech and broken exchanges show a character muttering about cleverness and a female expression. The text hints at a forthcoming insight or advantage but remains unclear and incomplete.
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