Obituary notices for A L Jeffers and Dr J W Manker
Obituary items note A L Jeffers of Taylor county Iowa born Nodaway county Missouri November 28 1861 died May 17 1909 at 47 years 6 months 24 days leaving a wife Marie Beout and three children Vern 21 Clem 19 Thelma 6 with services held May 19 at Gravity Christian church. Dr J W Manker age 65 died in Chicago Brights disease. funeral in Red Oak with Masonic honor guard and extensive relatives. Dr Manker was born August 20 1854 in Darlington Indiana practiced dentistry in Red Oak then Omaha and Los Angeles. bank president at Elliott.
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A. L. Jeffers
Nodaways County
Taylor County
Iowa
Dennins Jeffers
Taylor and
Nodaway Counties
Mr. Jeffera
Polk Township
Kirk
Hopkins
Powers
Clarinda
Wallace
Maryville
Jeffers
Marie Bebout
A. Beout
Vern
Clem
Thelma
W. L. Dunlavy
Christian Church
Gravity
Shearer
John W. Mank
Chicago
Georgia Nker Thompson
Omaha
Wesley Templeton
Am, Manker
George Manker
EF. L. Boilenu Ru Bedford
Ma Ather
J. W. Manker
A. H. E. Manker
Manker Ther
R. E. Humrey
C. F. Cadwell
C. E. DeWitt
W. L. DeWitt
Rge W. Pogue
George T. Cooper
Aa Murray
John Gilchrist
Elliott and Vicinity
Wm. Bennett
James Cameron
Kahn
D. Manker
IW McDade
Boliea & Thomas
McDade
R. Bennett
Jovert Lodge
A. FL
A. M
Maha
W. W. Mont‘ery
Red Oak Lodge
Dr. Manker
Bright
Darlington
Ind
Shenandoah
Red Oak
Los Angeles
Cal
Manker
First National Bank of Elliott
Red Oak Sun
Hart Dies After Sudden Illness in St. Joseph
Michael N. Hart of Ringgold county Iowa died May 18 1909 after a sudden illness while abroad. Born February 22 1847 in Bombay New York he moved with his family across Iowa and Illinois before settling in Maloy Ringgold county. He leaves a wife Margaret E. Shay and ten children, and was revered for his honesty duty to God and community. Requiescat in pace.
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Michael N. Hart
Bombay
Franklin County
New York
Richard and
Mery (O'Connell) Hart
Cork
Ireland
Lake County
Illinoia
Lake Forest
Louisa County
Iowa
Grant Township
Taylor County
Conway
Clearfield
Margaret E. Shay
Sue
Julia Shay
Ringgold County
Benton Township
Maloy
Bazil Turner
Bonela
King
St. Josepha’ Hospial
St. Joseph
Julia M. Nolan
Malay
Mary M. Shiel
Enid
Okla
Luke E
Richard C
St. Louis
Leona
J. C. White
Princess Nila’s Fan and the First French Coquetry Tale
Jules Clarette recounts a legend from prehistoric France where Princess Nila, daughter of a Parian king, tends a sacred fire. Forgetting her fan she blows on the embers, the fire flares and never brightens unless she blows. She uses the fan to hide her blushes while the fire remains enamored of her charm.
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Nila
Jules Clarette
France
Paria
Acoustele Aims To Hear Distant Movements Through Earth
The article notes magazine rifles ending the rifle as a ground telephony tool and introduces M. Martel's acoustele. This device is a trumpet shaped tube over a yard tall with a central cone, claimed to pick up sound like a watch tick from several hundred yards away. It is suggested to place it in a special hole for listening.
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M. Martel
Sour Grapes
Clara recalls refusing Tom three weeks ago and him declaring it would be the death of him. Maude says he proposed last week and she accepted. Clara quips that he must have a living death.
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Clara
Tom
Maude
Bose
Rich Puff Pastry Method from Historic Cookbook
Instructions for making rich puff pastry with Vienna flour and butter. Mix dry ingredients, chill flour briefly, form a dough with cold water, roll into a quarter inch slab, chill butter, layer butter within dough by folding in three, roll and fold seven times to ensure even rise. The process emphasizes rolling direction and moisture control for flakiness.
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Vienna
Mock Chicken Patties For Luncheon Use Leftover Stew
A luncheon dish made from leftover stewed chicken and cold biscuits. Bake filled biscuits with a chicken mixture and gravy. Trim biscuits to form lids, bake until heated through, producing a fresh tasting chicken and biscuit treat.
Frugal Compressed Meat Recipe Card
A concise method for preparing compressed meat using a plump fowl and cooked sausage. The process includes jointing the fowl, seasoning, stewing until tender, removing bones, mixing with herbs and parsley, pressing in a tin with fowl liquor, weighing overnight, and chilling to form a gelatine like loaf ready to garnish.
Bookkeeper's reputation sparks light humor
An exchange from the Philadelphia Press quips that the new bookkeeper is a regular Snecyclopedia, prompting a wry reply that he is “very thick” rather than smart, illustrating a joking editorial tone about staff.
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Philadelphia Press
Savory Eggs and Salad Molded Ham Cups
A recipe for savory eggs and salad uses two ounces of chopped ham or tongue with eggs and butter. Mix in parsley, beetroot salad, and cream dressing. Butter small molds, line with ham, add pepper and salt, crack an egg per cup and bake until set. Arrange on salad, pour dressing, circle of eggs, garnish with beetroot.
Snow Pudding and Sauce Recipe
A recipe describes making Snow Pudding by combining 1% pints boiling water with 44 tablespoons cornstarch wetted in milk, salt, then folding in stiffly beaten egg whites and cooking briefly. Flavor with lemon or vanilla and set in a dish to cool. Sauce uses boiling milk, beaten egg yolks, two thirds cup sugar, salt, then tempering and cooking until creamy, flavored with lemon or vanilla.
Mustard Pickles From Half Peck Cucumber Batch
Instructions describe making pickles from half pecks of small cucumbers cut as needed. To jars, add a brine of one gallon vinegar, one cup salt, one cup sugar, and one cup dry mustard. Mix thoroughly, pour over cucumbers, and seal. This recipe yields about six quarts.
Fruited Rice and Wall Paper Stain Removal Tips
Instructions describe making a fruit topped rice dish with a sugared fruit mash, then a wallpaper cleaning method using pipe clay to remove grease. The text offers simple, practical kitchen and household tips, including a note about a remaining grease that may not fully disappear.
Biblical Roots Of Coal Across Ancient Civilizations
The text traces coal's early mentions from Proverbs 26:21 around 1016 B C to later records in Syria and Britain. It notes Roman-era finds near Hadrian's Wall, an 852 A D receipt from Petersborough, widespread use in ancient China, Marco Polo's 1275 remark, and early American notes by Father La Hennepin about coal on the James River and Wyomin g Valley discovery in 1766.
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Solomon
Syria
Petersborough
China
Marco Polo
Cathay
United States
Hennepin
The Rich and the Poor Rich in Fashion
In New York the automobile show sparks a critique of affluent spending trends. When the rich lead fashion, many follow, pushing housing costs, servants, dining, and clothing beyond means, inflating city living and taxes, and making simple living harder. The piece warns of a corrupting economic atmosphere and social pressure to emulate wealth.
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New York
Dogs Guard Hunter's Gun On Mountain Road
Three hunting dogs belonging to Harry Smith of Herlin Pa spent the night on a mountain road guarding Smiths gun after it fell from a wagon during a dag hunt. The dogs found the gun and stayed by it until the master returned, keeping watch while he and the foxhounds were away. The incident was reported by Cumberland correspondence Pittsburg Dispatch.
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Hunter
Harry Smith
Herlin
Smith
Lont
Cumberland
Pittsburg
Fireless cooker aids poor women in New York slums
Miss Winifred Gibbs of the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor reports success introducing the fireless cooker to east side women. She builds cookers for a few cents using a butter tub, sawdust, a tin pan with tight lid, and denim. More than a dozen are in use among tenement families she teaches.
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Winifred Gibbs
The
Association For Improving the Condition of the Poor of
New York
East Side
Miss Gibbs
Hairless Dog Salome Named by Tetrazzini
Mme Tetrazzini owns a Mexican hairless dog named Salome, weighing six ounces and costing $33 an ounce. The name has two origins, one for its naked appearance and a remark about swallowing Mary Garden’s Salome costume possibly causing indigestion.
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Mme
Tetrazzini
Salome
Someon
Mary Garden
Timely guess and a New York beer famine remark
A Timely Guess quip notes trouble brewing in New York with a remark about the beer famine being talked about. The line reflects urban chatter and suggests scarcity concerns during the period.
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New York
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John W. Manker
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