Evarts to Mobridge: Rise and Ruin of a Western Boom Town
Evarts South Dakota, once the United States’ leading cattle shipping center, vanished as the railroad chose a site north of town for a Missouri River bridge, spawning Mobridge and leaving Evarts a barren memory. The exodus emptied the depot, tore tracks, and sent cattle east to Chicago and New York, as Mobridge grew from scratch with western hospitality and vigilant cattle protection.
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Evarts
Missouri River
South Dakota
Missouri
Moreau
Auch
United States
Byatta
Evarta
Mobridge
Glenham
Aberdeen
Ole Jess Atkins
Jess
Hull
Darters
My Bridge
Money In Apple Orchards In Tasmania’s Island Apple Trade
Tasmania is famed for apples and its growers report strong profits. A four acre owner sold over 4 000 bushels at four shillings each, netting about £800 with modest costs. Orchards of twenty acres or more averaged 600 bushels per acre and netted roughly £1 500 each, while 20 000 acres were planted and over half a million cases were exported last year.
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Tasmania
Hong Kong Harbor Noted for Water Area and Quality
The Hong Kong harbor covers about ten miles of water area and is acclaimed as one of the finest harbors globally for its beauty and utility. The description highlights its extensive water space and high standing among world harbors.
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Hong Kong
Hired Man Devours Corn In House Admiring Feast
A household comic reads of a Pa and Ma’s hired man who eats endlessly. Ma tests a plan by boiling corn in stock, and the man praises the flavor, claiming he has eaten four or five ears while the family jokes about his appetite.
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Hie
Tilden Cake And Hints For Baking Day
A humorous verse contrasts a Republican and a Democrat over a Tilden cake recipe. The piece includes baking tips such as proportions for cake and pie crust, the use of hot water in pastry, and methods to prevent burns, plus a recipe for a Tilden cake and a mitten pattern from white flannel for protection.
Currants Promoted For Health In Simple Life Message
The piece urges temperance and simple eating, discouraging heavy meals and cold-water cooking. It warns against adding eggs directly to dishes and warns of typhoid germs in damp dishcloths. Dr Ott promotes moderation with currants as wholesome, commending currant bread jam and cake.
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Dr. Ott
Marienbad
Francis Laking
Edward VII
The Fern Dish: A Handy Plant Centerpiece
A senside substitute for the fern dish uses a pretty bowl or vegetable dish lined with moss and filled with rich earth. A loosely woven wire basket forms the rim, plant ivy or fern in the center, and trailing plants are kept low to avoid obstructing sightlines. the basket lifts out for watering and sunning.
For a Child's Party
Instructions propose child friendly uses for flowers in finger bowls and glasses. Suggestions include placing flowers in bowls or frappe glasses, serving homemade soda water with lemon juice sugar and baking soda, and drying celery leaves for later use. The tone is practical, aimed at entertaining children with simple floral touches and drinks.
The Man and the Menu at Chevalier’s Restaurant
A farmer’s boy enters a city restaurant and scrutinizes the menu with growing disbelief. The waiter, Chevalier, offers a refined menu with dishes like Tenderloins en casserole and Chicken a la Russe. The diner questions the exotic fare and asks for simple ham and eggs, preferring plain comfort over sea stunts.
A Dainty Pudding For Hot Weather
A delicate pudding recipe uses four tablespoons cornstarch cooked in three cups water for twenty minutes with constant stirring. Add cup sugar lemon juice and rind, cover to prevent oil escape, cool, then fold in two stiffly beaten egg whites. Serve cold with custard from the yolks.
Army of the West celebrates harvest through sandwiches
The piece contrasts a lyrical Army of the West imagery with a whimsical note on sandwiches season. It suggests lunches in the park and porch tea as a lighter harvest parallel. It offers two meat filling ideas using leftover meat or hamburger steak with bread crumbs and seasonings
The Value of Salt Pork in Cooking
The cheaper cuts of beef are improved by salt pork. Chop it with hamburger steak for grease and flavor, roast with it for baste, or fry sliced pork in egg and breadcrumbs for breakfast as bacon. Frying before pot roast enriches gravy and browns it.
Prune Dessert Note Offers Quick Stuffed Prunes
A clipped cooking tip describes making stuffed prunes with any nut kernel. Prunes are de-stoned and wrapped, then simmered in a syrup of brown sugar and boiling water with vanilla. The hot prune is moistened in the syrup and cooled on a plate.
Fruit Frappe Freezer Method for Dew Cold Desserts
A simple frozen dessert method suggests packing a can of fruit juice and salt for three to four hours, then opening and serving. The plain fruit with a cherry or currants on top needs no garnish.
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Farrisow
BoLawaner
Asel
Man and
Reataurant
Chevalier
Cbs Ear
Army OF the West
West
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