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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1909
Page
10
A reflective poem contrasts fortunes of life with a See-Saw metaphor and honors a steady hand that sustains the world through shifting luck. The piece interlaces musings on luck, fate, and resilience with a brief aside on everyday Cuisine Queries and glossary notes from a bygone era.
A quirky summer idyl laments the chores beneath a refrigerator and the boastful summer narrator, while a separate section extols cranberries for health and culinary uses. It offers recipes and storage tips, urging careful preparation and preservation.
A quirky verse lists blessings for kitchen items or practices. It mentions slightly concaved vegetable cans, a teaspoon of common salt in lamp oil to curb lamp smoke, and a charcoal bit on a shelf to absorb odors and sweeten the air.
The article advises washing rice in hot water before cooking for better flavor. It also gives a home made baking powder recipe using equal parts cream of tartar and baking soda, sieved and stored airtight. Use three teaspoonfuls of the mixture per one part flour.
Instructions advise rubbing the fowl with cornmeal before singeing to remove fuzz and feathers. After singeing, hang the bird to drain for at least an hour prior to cooking, ensuring cleaner prep and better results.
Prof Charles F Curtiss of Iowa State College is rumored for Colorado State College Fort Collins presidency. He has led Ames agricultural department and the experiment station, famed for livestock and horse expertise, head of horse department, horse parade leader. Concerns arise about changes under new college management system.
Maj. Montgomery Meigs commanded a government steam launch Hornet on a Des Moines to Keokuk voyage to assess navigability. The 167 mile journey gathered depth, slope, width data, and bridge measurements while noting towns along the river watched eagerly for potential light draught boat traffic. Congress had funded a 600000 survey of Des Moines Cedar and Towa rivers with Cedar and Towa to follow.
Wade Drennen of Des Moines, a blind boy violinist, reads music by raised characters and memorizes it by touch. He spends hours daily drawing the bow, works from a Bible in raised print, and favors composers Vieuxtemps Wieniawski and Bach. He lost sight at age six after caps exploded near his stove. He studied violin and piano at the State College for the Blind in Vinton from age 11.
Father Barbellay in Wide World Magazine recounts St Bernard rescue dogs that trek 15 to 24 hours through blizzards to find buried travelers. In one hunt they saved a man from a precipice and aided eight people including a woman and a child, who was sheltered then carried to the hospice.
In Yonkers an artwork labeled as a spurious painting draws attention at the local gallery. A dialogue highlights differing views on its medium with references to watercolor impressions and a cautious appraisal by observers.
In Cedar Rapids May 25 Mayor J T Carmody was shot in the groin during a struggle with a burglar in his residence at 1 oclock. The escaped robber had just looted Father Toomey’s house nearby taking a gold watch and $25. The city council has posted a $500 reward for the capture. Carmody was hospitalized with non fatal injuries and is expected to recover.
The Dodd B Strathers lightning factory burned early today causing extensive damage. Night watchman W. C. Allen died in the blaze and his charred body was recovered amid the wreckage. This marks the third major Des Moines fire in six weeks, all occurring on Monday nights two weeks apart.
Huntsville Missouri May 25 Irving Carter aged 23 killed himself at his home on the eve of his murder trial. A year earlier he shot Thomas R K Bagby accusing him of wronging his sister. At a preliminary hearing he pleaded the unwritten law.
A head on collision between a passenger train and a freight train on the St. Louis and San Francisco line near Wister Junction Oklahoma in a heavy rainstorm injured nine people none severely. The passenger engine tank and eight freight cars derailed.
Fond du Lac Wisconsin May 26 The Homeopathic Medical Society of Wisconsin holds its forty fifth annual meeting with headquarters at the Palmer house Dr F A Walters of Stevens Point presiding over the general sessions Physicians from this and adjoining states attend the gathering which will close tomorrow evening.
Indianapolis hosts the eighty eighth annual Grand Lodge meeting of Indiana Masons with Grand Master Charles N. Mikels presiding. The sessions proceed through tomorrow in the new Masonic Temple, dedicated with ceremony yesterday.
In Boston on May 25 the Order of Railway Conductors closed their convention naming Jacksonville Fla as the site for the next biennial gathering. Elected officers include F. J. Bradford of Somerville as grand inside sentinel and Harbin of Monterey, Mex as grand outside sentinel.
Muskogee Oklahoma May 20. The negro who assaulted Mrs Cole a 217 year old bride at her home near Sharp Oklahoma was captured at We Lettka Oklahoma and placed in jail. Excitement is intense and it is feared the negro will be lynched.
The State Center Chautauqua association schedules its third annual assembly from June 24 to 30. James E. Watson former Indiana congressman will open with an address and Dr A D Kepford of Des Moines will lecture on tuberculosis on closing day. In Paris, Francois Emile Nichel, French artist and art critic, dies at age 80.
A reflective speaker recalls warnings to investors about mining stocks and bold schemes by Gubbin, Tompkins, and Johnson. Despite urging caution, the speaker himself passes up chances, while opportunities slip by as the speaker notes his own hesitation and missed fortunes.
A string of sharp witticisms on manners, apologies, and human foibles. A man’s boasting, patience as a weapon, and quirks of family life appear through quirky observations about spouses and children. Also notes on punctuality, responsibility, and the foolishness of flashy toys.
A young man addresses a fair girl by many names within an hour. She confronts him, accusing him of trifling with her affections. He insists the variety proves his deep regard, calling her all the world to him.
The Palmist claims a tall dark woman who visits the patron during great worry caused the loss of something dear. The patron reveals the supposed thief is the “colored washerwoman” who has long bothered him, admitting she stole the long black kid gloves he never wore.
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