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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1894
Page
5
A New York Sun piece explains why only a true diplomat can handle sleeping car conductor duties. It details strict hiring tests, bonding, wages, and duties from ticket control to passenger arbitration, plus the varied night passenger behaviors and the humorously quoted remark on rare inmates who never sleep.
The Detroit Free Press quips on quirky wordplay linking manias to everyday actions from lips to tips and ships to slips. It catalogs playful terms like lipsomania and chipsomania with humorous contrasts among professions and habits.
A brief quoted exchange highlights the value of education as a mother asserts her literacy pride while a servant admires the achievement. The line appears in the American Hebrew noting education’s lasting importance.
American engineers near the Mexico border chase thieves in Geronimo country. A Mexican mob attempts to steal a pile driver, but misplaces the team and ropes, leaving the heavy machine toppled across burros and-smashed.
In Alexandria a man sought lawn seed from the agricultural department and received turnip seed instead. He planted it hoping for a green lawn, but sprouts grew into a vegetable patch revealing the error by Secretary Morton. The incident, noted by Washington News, ends with the mistaken seed swap exposed.
A Detroit Free Press tale shows a boy facing a stern boss who says he dislikes lazy workers. The boy insists he is different, arguing he is not a liar, and proves his honesty by taking the job despite others claiming they are fit for work.
An old doctor agrees to consent to a young doctor marrying his daughter on one condition. The young man vows to avoid treating his wife when she is ill, a pledge the doctor accepts. A LondonAnswers style exchange highlights a cautious nod to patient care within marriage.
Springfield Illinois adopts a self financed plan to stop paying rent and erect a $50,000 city hall via a local building and loan syndicate. The scheme, proposed by Edward W Payne in February 1898, uses syndicate subscriptions and city funds repaid over ten years, with land already deeded to the city. The program also contemplates a municipal electric plant and waterworks control to fund public works and reduce taxes.
Fresh mushrooms should be salted and soaked an hour then simmered in water for two hours. Dress with cream batter and flour, season, and serve on buttered toast. For frying, peel and heat through in hot butter. Baking uses large flat mushrooms on buttered toast with butter, pepper, and salt, then 15 to 20 minutes in hot ashes. Broil large mushrooms on a gridiron and serve with butter, pepper, and salt.
The article advises using cotton thread for mending kid gloves rather than silk. Silk can cut the material and show the mend. use assorted cotton thread in matching colors. For large tears, insert a small silk patch underneath and baste, then draw the rip tightly with minimal kid removal.
Recipe notes for forming four luncheon sandwiches with gold fried oysters on thinly buttered rye. Flatten oysters with a bread knife, add a dash of mustard, and wrap each assembled sandwich in waxed paper for a dainty presentation.
A historical kitchen note describes peeling and boiling green peas, pressing through a colander, and cooking a milk based puree with bay leaf onion cloves parsley butter and flour until thickened. It also gives a strawberry cream dessert with whipped cream sugar mashed berries and freezing in a mold.
A hairdresser offers step by step instructions to shape bangs. It describes washing the fringe with alcohol and soft water, sectioning the hair into three parts, curling each segment, and using a hot iron to form a centered brow curl. Recommendations echo a playful moral about proper grooming.
Beat four egg whites to a stiff froth and fold into boiling milk until set then remove. Beat four yolks with sugar until light, blend with sweet milk, stir into the warm milk without boiling until thick. Serve over cake with whites and jelly. To prevent burning in the oven keep a pan of water in the oven and refill as needed.
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