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Newspaper
Baraboo Weekly News
Location
Baraboo, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1913
Page
9
A jumbled collection of sharp lines notes political struggles and social change. The piece mocks Huerta and Mexico while lampooning business shifts and Harvard’s new degree. It also hints at Columbus style satire about public health and social pretension with a satirical edge.
A reader suggests bestowing an honorary title on Col. Goethal in recognition of his canal building work, proposing the name King of Spades as a playful honor. The remark reflects informal public imagination regarding his achievements.
The Equal Suffrage League complains that school histories ignore women's roles in world history citing Eve Xantippe Lucrezia Borgia and other notable figures to illustrate their point.
Recent statistics show Pittsburg beating New York 5 to 1 in an intrepidness survey implying the village hosted a millionaire's homecoming in the near past.
A humorous note questions the idea that the moon is moving seven feet closer to Earth every century and quips it will be a while before we can trade compliments with the man in the moon.
An Oklahoma contributor reflects on a New Year theme urging fewer self excuses and more consideration for others. She describes adopting a higher personal standard and drawing closer to people through this resolve.
A London publisher released many new novels last spring but only a few remained in print by fall. Writers spend months on a book yet it often lasts only a month or so. Of every 100 novels written, only one gets printed. The enduring works are those that pass the test of time.
Drain fifty oysters and mix with two eggs and oyster liquor. Coat in bread crumbs, layer in a baking dish with parsley celery and seasonings, dot with butter, and bake fifteen minutes in a hot oven. Serve from the baking dish. Any flavor may be used.
Thursday birth news reports Mr. and Mrs James S. Archer welcoming a nine pound daughter. Dora Crawford of Norway Ridge visits Arthur and Robert Attridge, while F A Meyers and wife visit Mrs Edward Gattwinkle in Merrimack, who is ill. Ladies' Aid attendees H Alexander and W Stackhouse join Mrs Brown's event in Westfield. Herman Schlag of Merrimack visits Baraboo homes of Robert Aton and Mrs Herman Mathews.
Friday visitors include Miss Eschenbach and Miss Paulina Eschenbach from Ableman but also Baraboo and Madison residents. Trips span Denver Utah Minnesota Montana and Michigan with medical updates and a hospital appendectomy in Baraboo amid holiday plans.
A recipe outlines making divinity fudge with sugar milk corn syrup eggs nuts and crystallized pineapple. Boil milk and sugar two minutes then add corn syrup and boil to a soft ball stage. Fold into whipped egg whites then return to stove boil to a firm ball. Combine, heat until stiff, add nuts and fruit, spread in pan and cut into squares.
A simple candy recipe lists one cup sugar one cup New Orleans molasses one tablespoon vinegar one tablespoon butter two tablespoons water half teaspoon soda and directions to boil test in cold water until hard. Stir in butter remove heat add soda pull and roll into sticks dust with corn starch and let harden into candy.
A vintage pastry filling describes cooking corn starch with milk thin cream and half the sugar in a double boiler for ten minutes. Eggs are beaten with remaining sugar then added and cooked until thickened. Nuts and almond extract are folded in, poured into a pastry shell, cooled, and topped with whipped thick cream.
Miss Viva Mulcahy captivated readers with A Christmas Eve Adventure followed by Roy Tschumpert’s Tyrolean piece performed with Miss Hoadrey at the piano. Maude Frazier delivered The Christmas Lady and the boys’ quartet sang a winter song.
A Friday assembly at the Al Hoy High School featured fourteen numbers to a large audience. Proceeds totaling about 3500 will go to the Athletic association. Highlights included Marjorie Fisher and Katherine Donovan in Dream land of Love, Eithel Clark reading Fourth of July Celebration, the boys Glee club performing The Clang of the Forge with Hsien Hoadley at the piano, Vida Peck reading a Christmas story by Ellen Howard, Olive White singing Barcarolle with Clarissa Tyler on piano.
The state collected 924 736 66 in inheritance taxes for the year ending June 30 1913, up from 783 528 90 the previous year. Since 1907 the total accrued from this source reached 4 175 587 63, with 73 percent allotted to counties.
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