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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1912
Page
16
Denver reports a federal case where fines total $270,000 for violating the Interstate law on free passes. Engineers and other workers question the 16 hour cap, claiming duty on main lines makes compliance impossible, and say management blames staff while seeking repeal.
A testimonial claims Chamberlain's Tablets cured heartburn indigestion and liver complaint for John R. Baker of Battle Creek Michigan. The ad asserts many have been permanently cured and urges readers to try the remedy available from all dealers.
A new law in Lower Austria replaces old rules for servants with tighter terms. It bans the term servant as chatter about private family affairs and dictates feeding duties. it also allows seven hours of outings per fortnight for girls and removes the obligation to file a truthful character in the dismissal book. It remains unclear how enforcement will occur.
Cut a French roll into thin ashes and pare off the crusts to form a round shape. Spread raspberry or currant jam on each slice and layer in a dish. Soak with sherry. Garnish with blanched almonds cut into fine strips. Pour custard around and serve. SuMolent for four or five persons.
A collection of kitchen instructions includes making noodles with egg and nutmeg, calf brain dishes with butter and eggs, orange cream pudding with gelatin and orange juice, and a mushroom macaroni bake. Provides steps for dough, blanching, frying, and serving with bread and fruit.
A historic boiling method uses knuckle of veal or fowl with honeycomb and tripe. The recipe boils meat and tripe, makes stock, then shapes potato blocks and suet balls before simmering with chilies onions thyme celery and salt. Serve hot with potatoes.
A basic recipe lines a tart apple pie baked in a two quart pan. Fill two thirds with quartered apples, add water, top with a crust from flour baking powder salt milk, cook stove top half hour, bake until brown, invert onto plate, slice and serve with lemon sauce.
A recipe instructs to put a meat bone on at 6, boil in three quarts of water, skim impurities, then add half a dozen tomatoes, three carrots, one onion and four Irish potatoes chopped fine. Season with Benson salt and pepper, boil vegetables, thicken with a little flour, and finish by adding parsley leaves before serving.
Frogs legs, once ridiculed, now a popular diet in Minnesota. About 6,000,000 frogs are killed there to meet demand. Northwestern frogs remain delicate while southern bullfrogs are large, but both are eaten.
The Manufactures Record notes the U S total rail miles reached 242 107 by end of 1910, about 38 percent of world mileage. North America held over 44 percent of global rails, with U S surpassing Europe and Asia combined. The era 1880 1890 and 1900 1910 show the greatest gains in world rail construction.
Washington December 18 The Dancing Fifty exclusive Playhouse club set will meet at the stage after midnight December 23 to watch a society Santa Claus deliver gifts. A Christmas tree lighting will follow a holiday dance and members face loss of gifts for dancing the Turkey Trot Bunny Hug or Chicken Flip. The report notes a puzzling urge to change the color of an meerschaum pipe.
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Department of the Interior Cheyenne office notifies Lowell N. King that Dora King filed a contest to cancel King’s homestead entry Serial No 06722 for NEW Section 22 Township 15 N Range 62 W 6th P Meridian. She alleges abandonment since April 15, 1912 and requires answer within twenty days after the fourth publication or risk cancellation without hearing.
A Virginia railroad notes its locomotives weigh 752000 pounds and can pull 5 loaded 60 ton cars at ten miles per hour. The claim positions them as the world’s most powerful in its description.
A new rose bred by Mr Mec Gredy of Portadown Ireland debuts at the National Rose Society autumn show in London. The flaming terra cotta to prawn pink blooms required four years of persistent cross fertilizing. Only about a dozen blooms exist, selling at 5.20 each, with a stock of forty plants valued at 15000, and none sold before 1913.
Among the bequests in the will of Henry Seymour Trower of Burrey England with a gross estate of 1 541005 a 60 000 gift forms a Women’s Aid Fund to aid married or unmarried women with medical care and nursing to help rear their offspring. The fund will be administered by Mrs Caroline Huth Mrs Margaret Sameon Mrs Edith Weathered Mrs Sophia Allen and Frederick Morris the secretary of the Marylebone branch of the Charity Organisation Society.
The document outlines proof of service for a contestant by in person delivery or by registered mail. It requires the contestant’s written acknowledgement with receipt date or an affidavit from the delivery person stating when and where delivered, plus the postmaster’s receipt. It lists dates of first through fourth publications in December 1912 and January 31 1917.
A fragment hints at fashion trends and the unveiling of a girl's appearance, suggesting debate over style and public perception. The text mentions bans and scrutiny, implying society weighs identity against fashion norms.
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