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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1897
Page
7
The British cruiser Terrible sped 22.5 knots on a 23 mile trial off the Cornish coast setting a record for vessels of her size. Built under the 1889 naval defense act, she joins sister ship Powerful and is part of a seven-vessel program costing $107.5 million.
A Chicago inventor developed a process to make white powdered sugar from corn. The Chicago Sugar Refining Company now sells corn sugar equal in quality to market standard. It aims to lower prices by about five-eighths of a cent and claims the product resists caking, offering 97 percent saccharine strength. plans include use in breweries and broader food uses.
A compact dairy manual discusses keeping clean water and vents, rinsing milk, and sanitizing strainer and cans to avoid scalding. It covers creamery water tanks, quick cleaning after use, and avoiding dust in ice. It also surveys poultry feeding, egg production, and the challenge of rationing hundreds of hens.
Andrew F. Fay, consul at Denia, notes the Spanish onion excels in flavor and is less offensive in odor. Ground is deeply worked, seed sown in November, winter weeded and watered to March, sets culled and reset in ridges, six inches between, regular irrigation and hoeing, clay soil favored, with best growth in warm Southern climates.
The New York Tribune recommends heat a freestone with peppermint for neuralgia relief and wrapping the head in flame. It describes matting care using a damp newspaper to trap dust, drying towels before hampers, making ingrains into rugs, finishing fringing, and crafting tassels from ravelings. The fragment ends with preparing orange marmalade rinds for boiling.
A note highlights that the onion crop faced cultivation failures despite having favorable climate and many areas with similar soil. It implies challenges in growing onions under the stated conditions and hints at broader agricultural issues affecting yields.
A brief guide notes many Pekin ducks can be raised without swimming and at less waste. Ducks are easier to raise than other fowls and can yield good profits with simple bedding of straw or dry leaves. Young ducklings benefit from ranging over meadows and orchards where they feed on grass and insects.
The fragment recalls Li Heng Chang’s fall from viceroyalty and summons to Pekin, a seasoned diplomat known for sharp dealings. It notes his wealth and his role as a leading newspaper proprietor in Vienna, with ties to the Presse and Neue Freie Presse in the mid 19th century.
A narrator recalls a husband who lights his pipe, fills the room with blue smoke, and shares quiet moments of companionship. The speaker, identified as a woman named Sarah S Pratt im Judge, laments her own horizon lacking such comfort and cheer found in the husband’s pipe lighting ritual.
In a ballroom bright with palms, Eric Trevelyn frets over Gladys Valentine and Miss Montier. A diamond pin marked as his Valentine gift reveals a deeper confession as Gladys fears gaslight scrutiny and Cupid’s mischief spurs a forthcoming pledge of love.
Lyman J. Gage born June 28 1836 in De Ruiter New York rose from Rome academy clerk to banker in Chicago. He served as cashier at Merchants Savings later joined First National Bank and became its leader while aiding the World’s Fair effort. He married Sarah Etheridge in 1864, then Cornelia in 1887.
A historic recipe describes a dish called cooked celery. Cut tender celery into fine bits about a cup to a pint of milk. Simmer in barely enough water until nearly dry, heat the milk, stir in butter with flour until cooked, add salt, and serve hot.
A fragmented clipping mentions a Boston museum exhibit about Washington a joke line, a Boston hell distance claim by Sam Jones, and a burglars tale in Indianapolis with gas and a frozen house. It reflects a collage of jokes and crime chatter from city papers.
Detroit Free Press quote portrays Bobby unhappy despite new ice skates. The dialogue humorously highlights a child’s indecision about weather favoring freezing conditions or snow, reflecting light local whimsy.
Lady Henry Somerset employs two secretaries who work ten hours daily replying to her correspondence. The article notes their duties and the effort to keep correspondence within bounds.
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