08 Jun 1911
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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1911
Page
1
A compact guide explains simmering versus boiling, steaming for large joints, and braising. It covers temperatures, timing per pound, and methods for beef, mutton, veal, and fowl. It notes that fried meats are inferior, while steamed and braised dishes yield tender, palatable results.
The Brooklands automobile racecourse in London has experimented for years to become self-supporting. It now attracts upper‑class crowds for car, motorcycle, and aviation events, while popular attendance remains limited by cost and distance from Waterloo. Aviation draws the largest crowds with ongoing passenger flights and flight bookings.
Scandinavian notes report Danish tobacco growers on Fyen quitting due to a new domestic tax. Langeland farmers form a co operative creamery company in Kiel Germany. A Danish road for auto traffic is completed. Moen store ACTORS is cited. Fishermen off Denmark’s coast discard abundant herring. Danish education minister asks ministers to report Mormon activity. Red and white flowers at Sonderborg rally trigger fines from German police. Helsinger council bans sea bottom sand removal, shoreline erosion noted. A church wine mix up with rum at Bogense prompts apology and donation. German telegrams alter a toast about Rome and King Gustaf’s proclamation. King Victor Emmanuel speech omits Sweden’s role in Thirty Years War.
Harvard professor Dudley A. Sargent and Amherst’s John M. Tyler debated whether women are constitutionally tougher than men. Sargent said toughness is hard to define, but suggested women may be more enduring, with biology placing them nearer the savage state and capable of withstanding strains men cannot endure. He noted women accumulate energy while men expend it and that women have developed muscles while men have developed brains.
Walter Jackson a venerable resident of Manchester town house is to receive a long deferred bath at town expense. He has not bathed in six years and is now to be allowed at least one more bath before he dies after a petition from him prompted local officials to arrange facilities.
The nation hopes Congress will pursue a real investigation into the steel trust and the woolen monopoly. If Congress keeps pressing, it may eventually assemble a committee that truly probes the subject.
In Trenton New Jersey the will of the late Henry Sked may tie up seventeen thousand dollars from the sale of Sked farms at Hokewell and Pennington for sixty years in chancery. A life interest was given to Mrs Sked and the children with remaining funds to pass to grandchildren after the deaths of the life beneficiaries. The sale was under a statute enabling conversion of real estate into cash and reinvestment for legatees. Proceeds are invested and the interest to widow and children, delaying transfer to grandchildren due to the youths of the Sked offspring.
Albany report states abandoned New York farms held as security during the Civil War would be used as farm colonies for vagrants. A bill will be introduced to convert unused lands into work colonies, arguing the state now spends thousands yearly to house tramps in penitentiaries.
A certified check for 55000 dollars blew along lower Broadway unseen until James McCarthy, nineteen, a messenger, noticed its value and turned it into his office. He received two dollars as a reward for his honesty.
Beat one egg with sugar and salt, stir in milk and four cups of flour sifted with four teaspoons baking powder. Add one cup chopped nuts. Mix until smooth, rise in pans twenty minutes, bake twenty minutes in a hot oven. Recipe excerpt from Harper's Bazar.
A second serving uses cold beef laid in a dressing of white pepper salt vinegar and olive oil. After soaking an hour the slices are drained dipped in fritter batter and fried until golden brown then served very hot.
Advice urges saving on small items by repurposing pillowcases made from tubing. When the fabric thins at the center, rip the closed end and resew so the crease becomes the center of the flat side. Worn areas are moved outward to the edge where wear is minimal.
A simple method to starch fabrics uses flour mixed with cold water, then added gradually to boiling water and boiled until clear. Strain, add bluing, and use in rinse water to keep linens stiff. Clothes stay stiffer longer than with regular starch.
A brief recipe lists ingredients for snicker doodles: sugar, eggs, milk, melted lard, chopped raisins, flour, cream of tartar, and soda. It instructs dropping spoonfuls onto a greased pan and baking in a hot oven.
A brief note describes how to cut brick butter for table use by tearing a strip of piled paper wrapping, placing it on the butter to the desired thickness, and cutting through. It states that butter in squared form does not break or stick to the knife.
Reports from Sweden note no boxing at the upcoming Olympics, a six and a half pound perch caught near Finspång, a Malmo wood-yard fire causing 165000 dollars in damage, and rising Lake Mälar seeds-locked land along its shores. A Sweden Japan trade accord with MFN treatment was signed, while General Booth plans a Stockholm July address. Anders Zorn painted Taft in eight sittings for the White House. Automobiles replace horses for Stockholm mail, and Trelleborg’s war-ordered bridge to span the Lule river will be 375 feet wide. A Rosenback boy, Hildebrand Karlsson, died after a knife accident in a birch tree fall. A mistaken claim about Sweden’s largest flag was corrected, noting Mount Statsrädet flag 40 by 65 feet. May Day parades were down sharply in Stockholm and Malmö. The Diana ship collision led to damages of about 7500 dollars. A sparrow hawk was captured in nets at Hittarp. Swedish engineer Milen s alias H Menander claims Arc of the Covenant secrets from Jerusalem excavations.
Reports from Norway note fine hauls around Hauge sund and strong Winmarken activity despite poor weather. Legislators debate granting women the right to hold office while a labor agreement boosts domestic orders. Cod catch totals 19,500,000 fish in Loften, with $156,500 distributed to fishermen. A new Vestnes tuberculosis hospital serves Molde and Romsdal. A proposed Christ statue on the Kjolen boundary sparks peace talk. A Berlin Norwegian debtor scheme collapses, affecting the Norwegian-Bergen art circle. A will stirs dispute over Ole Bull’s grave preservation. A July 1 sick insurance law sets four wage-based classes with shared premiums and 60 percent wage-loss benefits for 26 weeks. May Day in Kristiania draws 7,000, with 121 organizations and a “Take away the Sunday newspaper” banner. Local Christian associations list active youth groups.
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