Dumas Praised For Cooking Turkeys Not His Letters
The London News recounts Dumas as an unschooled writer who excelled as a cook. He prepared three Devonshire turkeys and other delicacies for a lunch at Gudin’s with guests including Albani. The party hailed Alexandre le Grand’s culinary skill, joking his literary genius kept him from being Italy’s premier chef.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dumas
Bohemia
Rossini
Gudin
Devonshire
Gatlin
Perbars
Albani
Brindisi
le Grand Alexandre
Alexandre le Grand
Mme. Rattazzi
Florence
Italy
London News
Primitive rescue scene on a snowy morning at the farm
A harsh incident describes a rope tied to a wheel with men, women, and children dragged toward a bench as wagons move. A life crew member in old clothing used the rope, while frightened passengers scrubbed against the line and shouted during a grim Saturday tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicedern
Strangest Use Found for Insect Fore Legs in Crickets
A fragment notes an odd function of cricket fore legs as a hearing aid. It mentions a small oval space on the tar side of the tibia, a thin membranous region, and a window like drainhead. The text suggests these parts form an auditory organ.
Fragmented Paraphrase from Chesterton Era Column
A garbled OCR fragment reflects a gossip style query about marriage, mentioning a model wife and multiple husbands as a social tension. The line hints at domestic roles and public perception within a historical gossip column.
Artificial Pigmaking Trade Sparks Delicate Fly Tying Skill
The text describes artificial flymaking as a light fingered, delicate trade, noting that only a few people among thousands can learn to tie flies. It highlights the fine knotting of hair and the exceptional skill required in this precise craft.
Bee anatomy described in early microscope observation
A fragment from a historical note explains how a bee’s hind legs carry a specialized fringe of hairs forming a cage like basket. The observation details how these hairs meet at tips to create a functional structure used by bees for carrying pollen and related tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery Bee
Old Fashioned Figures in a Curtain of Memory
A column recalling bygone types and quirks from a rural community. It reflects on an aging jury member, a woman who warned against circuses, a disciplined child, a braiding schoolgirl, a frazzled mother, a fast neighbor, a town traveler in a soldier coat with a buffalo robe, and a woman who claimed a bird told her gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchisun Giobe
Onion Sauce for Breaded Lamb Chops From New York Post
A recipe from the New York Post describes making an onion sauce to accompany breaded lamb chops. It instructs boiling onions, straining, and creating a creamy stock with flour butter, stock, cream, salt sugar and a dash of engenne, then thinning with the onion cooking water for serving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Post
The Small Brother and Sister Exchange Barbed Tales
A short exchange from the Chicago Post depicts a younger brother teasing his sister about her walk and a nickname Deackie. The sister resists, defending herself while the boy offers a dismissive remark about the cause of the nickname. The fragment highlights sibling friction in casual dialogue.
Local brief mentions from town society and sales
Mrs G M Kelsey leaves for Crookston to reside Mr Kelsey works for Great Northern RRB. Go to Gibson Hotel for Sunday dinner while Charlie and Sid Ellis head to North Dakota for hunting Mrs R H Stockman returns from guest visit to Spring Valley A quote on health promotes Rocky Mountain Tea Malloy Bros Gibson Hotel shifts to noon Sunday dinners Ed Barr ads Second Hand Lumber John Robinson returns to North Dakota Wests offers half price waisted and hot weather skirts Maple Walnut ice Cream Soda at Guillemins Furlong reports 100 acres thrashed 4000 bushels Oak Mary Laurie returns from Flandrea St Winifred Hart Merrick family drives to Albert Lea
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. Kelsey
Crookston
Kelsey
Great Northern R. RB
Gibson Hotel
Priestley
West’s
Charlie
Sid Ellis
Evergreen Farm
North Dakota
R. H. Stockman
Henry Bennett
Spring Valley
Rocky Mountain
Malloy Bros
John J. Furlong
Mary Laurie
Flandreau St. Oak
Winifred Hart
Shepherd and Catherwoods
S. Sweningsen
Durand, Ill
Mr. Sweningsen
Frank Callahan
Cudahy Packing Company
G. H. Gleason
The
Armour Company
Nathan Gendler
Blue Earth
Waterman
Eichhartz
Albert Lea
A. C. Hansen
Mill St
Verna Solon
H. F. Pierson
West Superior
John Cotter
Oakland
Gene Fogarty
Mapleton
Frank Wengert
O.J. Nordland
Moscow
Austin
East Side News Social Roundup for Austin Area
Austin and nearby towns see a busy travel and visit season with Genevieve Gillesee in Minneapolis and Northfield. Mrs Chestnut visits Prairie du Chien. Thomas Keating escorts the Milwaukee Road president’s special car to Minneapolis. Notables include many local visitors to Calmar Mankato and Albert Lea, plus shop items from West’s. Clean health, theater plans, and wedding updates appear amid photos and local business notes.
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Thomas Keating
The
Milwaukee Road
Minneapolis
Clocks of the Past and Ancient Time Measuring Devices
The Jewelers' Review outlines early timekeeping methods from sundials and obelisks to water and sand clocks. It notes candle clocks attributed to Alfred the Great and explains how each device measured time with varying accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred the Great
Jewelers’ Review
Proclamation Establishes Labor Day Observance in Minnesota
Governor Van Sant proclaims Monday September 1 1902 as Labor Day urging halt of work statewide. He calls for cooperation between labor and employers, peaceful observance, and meetings to discuss rights and relations between labor and capital.
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van Sant
Minnesota
Enjoyable Dance At Music Hall Opens Series
Tichys orchestra led a Friday night dance in Music Hall to a large crowd. It was the first of a series of dances scheduled every two weeks, and attendees reported a very pleasant time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tichy
Music Hall
Noted Austin Resident Gripped by Severe Appendicitis
George Brebach of Austin is seriously ill in the hospital with appendicitis. He was admitted yesterday and today’s report says his condition is very low. A Monday operation is under consideration as his fever reached 104 and pulse 140.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. Griffin
Dunlap
Mason City
Jeanette Gibbons
Austin
The
Baptist Church
George Brebach
Crane invites Mary Louise Crane to wed Menno Detweiler
Mr and Mrs E B Crane announce the marriage of their daughter Mary Louise to Menno Detweiler. The ceremony is set for Tuesday afternoon September 2 at 4 o clock at the Crane home on Kenwood Avenue.
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May Kenevan
Minneapolis
Snyder
Alleghany St
Tom Rochford
J. Hagen
Helen Solt
Kempfert
E. B. Crane
Mary Louise
Menno Detweiler
Crane
Kenwood Avenue
Dr Kendrick Files Nomination for County Coroner
Dr Kendrick filed his nomination papers as a Republican candidate for coroner, seeking the party's nomination for the county office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kendrick
The Leg Ailments Of Professions And Exercises
The article lists leg related issues tied to habits and jobs. Grooms and cavalry officers show bowlegs and toe in while dancers develop ion foot alignment. Priests magistrates wear skirts and drag their legs. Scrubwomen knee swelling from kneeling. Dentists leg from overwork. File cutters overwork the right hand and thumb growth is stunted by chiseling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
The Clock Heist at Singapore Courthouse
A meek Chinaman enters the Singapore Supreme Court with a ladder, steals the clock from the wall opposite the bench, and exits unchallenged. Days pass without the clock or thief being found, and the public works department remains unaware of the missing timepiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singapore
Supreme Court
Public Works Department
Chess and civilization linked by Scottish scientist
A Scottish scientist argues that nations with frequent chess play are more civilized than those with little interest. He notes Spain in its Renaissance and Italy then produced top players, while today both countries show reduced chess engagement.
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Spain
Italy
Fish that Sing: Seacock, Piper and Drumming Maigre
Various fish species produce sounds. The red gurnard is nicknamed seacock for its crowing noise, another species called the piper, two ophidium species have bones for a sharp rattle, and the Maigre drums from depths of thirty fathoms in the Mediterranean.
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Mec Iide
Wards, Wood & CO Chamber OF Commerce
Board OF Trade
Duluth
Chicago
Chamber OF Commerce
Pivate Telegraph Cinera Fe
Warket
Hes
Eee
Paneer
Karl J. Genes
Iat
Iekes
Teerewae
Teen Eee
Tps, Woop & Co
Wrhitigg
Thand
ONG
Ali Lis
Alvine Rehmann
Fiano and Harmony
John Robinson
West
Guillemin’s
Merrick
East Side News
Genevieve Gillesee
Northfield
Mrs. Chestnut
Son Karl
Prairie du Chien
E. Myer
Wim. Pettingill
Geneva
Ohio
New York
Hulbert
Calmar
Talmadge
Marjorie Simms
Albert Hale
John Dovenberg
May Johnson
la Crosse
James McCarthy
Jo Opie
Opie
James Jenks
St. Cloud
O. W. Shaw
John Murphy
Mamie Danburg
Wells
Effie Kinney
West's
Abbie Webb
Napoleon N. Dakota
R. R. Murphy
M. Mattewick
Fairmont
Waldron
Nellie Crandall
Corneveaux
Vosburgh’s
Alex Campbell
Dodge Center
George Bartlett
Place West
N. F. Earl
Dennison
Lake Minnetonka
Baptist Assembly
Hazel Main
Milwaukee
Alice McBride
Vosburgh
O. A. Wyman
Vannie Mills
Illinois
Will Crane
Haussamen Maud Morgan
John Anderson
Charles Phillips
Grand Meadow
Lockwood
Harry Gendler
Mable Sargeant
Lansing
G. A. Metcalf
Janesville
Photograh
E. H. Austin
Cross
Kansas City
Charles Nathan
A. C. Brodie
the Fox
E. D. Cragum
Mankato
E. W. Bucklin
Medical Journal
East
New York City
Wm. Carter
Sarah Hawkins
Polk County
Iowa
Auditor’s Office
Rev. Briggs
Wm. E. Metzger
Beiseker
Edith Jackson
Linna Noble
Nashua Lowa
William Wayne
W.S. Wood
Hilda Olson
John Ober
San Francisco
Honolulu
Wood
Alex S. Campbell
Blooming Prairie
MALL
Austin Furniture CO
R.scovilli
J. S.R. Scovill, Jr
Main Street
King’s Palace
Ostermore
Macey
Charles Cressey
the Furniture King
Austin, Minn
Andrew
Andrew’s Music Store
East Mill Street
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