09 Aug 1909
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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1909
Page
1
A cheerful woman dismisses the proverb that procrastination robs time arguing that delaying tasks prevents daily duties from being done. She praises large feats but admits small chores trap effort, insisting women can do big things if given a chance while preferring to escape work through postponement.
A poem depicts storm and divine majesty with a call to humility before mighty forces. It then surveys infant mortality in summer, citing a Westminster physician who links deaths tosummer diarrhoea and stresses milk safety, cleanliness, bottle design, and avoiding contamination by flies. The London Lancet is cited on fly-borne infection and a formaldehyde solution method to kill flies and disinfect rooms.
In Elizabethan days the London cookshops began as stalls where customers supplied their own wine, provisions, and baked goods. They evolved to prepare and serve meals, giving rise to the modern restaurant and ending the era of arriving with baskets of provender along East Cheap.
A brief note suggests toasted bread improves sandwich flavor over plain bread. It recommends to toast in large slices and cut into the desired shape afterward, and to avoid buttering. The tip emphasizes a simple preparation method for a better-tasting sandwich.
A humorous reminiscence quotes Laura describing her meat pie method. She says she tosses ingredients together without a strict receipt, using two pounds raw or one pound cooked meat, three hard boiled eggs, quarter onion, large potato, salt and pepper, wrapped in pastry and baked. She notes adding bitter if meat is lean.
The text mixes verse on Fortune and a comic note about Por Lun Ch with household cookery tips. It discusses using meat with vegetables for a light diet, stuffing cucumbers squash and tomatoes with a minced meat mix, frying then baking them, and a quick mayonnaise for two made by beating egg yolk with olive oil and lemon juice.
Three AL hurlers mirror Ed Walsh by carrying their clubs in pennant races Krause Mul(l)in and Joss dominate wins and losses Krause from St Marys College is hailed as a rising star who credits Ha! Chase and Connie Mack for polishing his craft
The National and American leagues discuss a 105 game schedule for eight clubs in each league to play every other team. They expect a grand championship series between the two leagues to replace the traditional world's championship and shorten the season. Club owners express cautious, guarded approval while seeking to protect baseball's integrity amid pennant races.
Mike Donlin will play at the Polo Grounds in New York City again this year but wears a Philadelphia uniform as playing manager of the NL team. Felix Isman has bought into the club after acquiring stock from Israel W. Durham’s estate and dismissed Billy Murray. Trade rumors link Sherwood Magee and Wart Moore to finish the season in New York, while Murray’s three year contract and possible legal action loom over ownership talks.
Pitcher Jack Chesbro of the New York Highlanders holds the American league record for consecutive victories. In 1904 he posted 14 straight wins as New York battled to the pennant. The list of Chesbro’s decisions spans May to July with opponents including Cleveland Detroit St Louis Chicago Philadelphia Boston and Washington.
Pitcher Burchell, described as a fair twirler, is sold by Boston Americans manager Fred Lake to Buffalo in the Eastern League for $1,000. The report notes Lake's roster has too many box artists.
Rev John Taggart a former Glen Lyon pastor reappears after twenty years as an unseen wanderer to aid Etiza Ivey Van Horn and her children, whose second husband is jailed for a crime. Taggart offers to take them west to start anew, after learning of her precarious situation.
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