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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1908
Page
3
Giles Dudley travels to San Francisco to aid Henry Wilton in a secret mission. A mysterious assignment unfolds amid disguises, betrayals, and a deadly power struggle at the stock exchange and in social circles led by Knapp. Dudley navigates threats, searches a map, and witnesses Wilton’s death as he assumes a dangerous alias.
Henry Wilton, posing as the missing Henry Wilton, faces suspicion from Luella Knapp who accuses him of using another man’s voice and clothes. After a tense exchange, she orders him away, and he contemplates the danger and mystery surrounding the house of mystery. He returns to his room only to fear discovery and encounters a quiet night of uneasy sleep.
The narrator, torn by resolve and despair, moves past bronze lions and down a dim street. Two ominous figures watch from across the way as he tightens his revolver, pausing under a lamp to assess danger and the unseen gaps between street lamps.
Mrs. Arthur P. Mason of Larchmont says a tin box with 196 $1,000 bills and $40,000 in jewelry disappeared on a New Haven train to New York. Lawyer Benjamin F. Norris advised secrecy, but Mason disclosed the loss. She left the box on a seat and the suitcase at her feet, suggesting possible follow by a thief after the Grand Central stop.
John Kendrick Bangs recounts a vision of Washington and General Howe ghostly conversing. Howe jokes about weight and offers a mile for a shilling. Washington declines with a sly smile saying he was always behind Howe in running.
Ten or fifteen years ago authorities argued that engines weighing ten pounds per horsepower could enable flight. A few years later petrol engines reached that weight, and today engines weigh about two and a half pounds per horsepower on the market.
An annual rise of 40000 in Vladivostok's Chinese population, all from Shantung, suggests a highly attractive business climate drawing sharp regional merchants to the area.
In a mother's kitchen a wooden horse with three large sides stands tall while a pair of carved dogs sit beside the logs in the fireplace. A peculiar spider creature, unable to spin, adds to the odd display. The speaker asks not to be called a faker and claims the trio are museum-worthy monstrosities.
Timely tips discuss roasting with hot oven heat for quick bottom heat when starting a fire. Home made paste from common starch is proposed for labels on preserves. Cottage cheese can be lightened by running curds through a meat chopper. A garlic or onion pulp with curry powder plus canned salmon creates a tangy cold fish sauce for a Sunday tea.
A poem expresses the speaker's inability to work as autumnal imagery dominates. Indian summer feelings surge through the veins, bringing frost hints, farewell birds, fading leaves, and a restless, rebellious mood that halts daily toil.
A list of practical culinary tips praised as blessings. It covers tenderizing fowls and meats with vinegar, preheating potatoes to speed baking, using well mixed corn meal with milk to avoid raw taste, grinding and roasting coffee at home, and the value of washing and quick use of frozen potatoes and onions for frying.
A brief kitchen note describes a novelty dish using peeled tomatoes and corn. It explains measuring tomato pulp at twice the corn, scraping freshly boiled corn from the cob, combining with tomatoes, cooking briefly, seasoning well, and sealing while hot.
A quirky list praising practical kitchen tricks. It extols frying cold boiled potatoes cut lengthwise for neater texture. It recommends apple pie with a few tea drops under the top crust to boost flavor and sugar added after cooking to save sweetness. Also touts celery and onion dieting for nerves honey on bread for children, and using a fork to mix flour and water to avoid lumps.
A hap py groom and bride at 4 Wrench cafe argue over a menu item misheard as es cargots. The groom exclaims in disbelief after the waiter brings the dish, revealing they received snails instead of the intended item.
Dr. Andrew Draper, New York education commissioner, urged industrial training as essential in public schools at a National Educational Association meeting in Cleveland. He warned that home and domestic affairs are undervalued, stressing that improving home skills among growing girls is as vital as industrial education for the nation’s strength.
Poem fragment in Scots verse recalls Robert Burns and the refrain of gratitude. It contrasts a proper prayer for daily bread with a missing line that thanks God for no vacant chair at the table. The piece emphasizes communal wellbeing and the relief of having family and friends present.
A collection of practical household shortcuts from an old newspaper page. It covers preserving cream with vanilla and sugar, safely preparing nut meats by hot water and cracking, drying Flannely nuts, and clarifying coffee with a pinch of salt.
Reader ponderings on who may say grace at meals yield two traditional lines. The piece cites Burns and Phillips Brooks as ready made options for guests to use if no one else steps forward. The tone reflects a gentle, old fashioned social custom.
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