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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1914
Page
8
Numerous brief notices from across the state recount land deals near Mason City and farming interests in Ames, Boone, Shenandoah, and Des Moines. The items note accidents, thefts, fires, marriages, deaths, public notices, and local politics, with emphasis on notable individuals, institutions, and mass events.
Western rail rate men report the first upward moves as tariff filings exceed 1,000. Eastern rate gains, backed by ICC rulings, spur western roads to seek higher charges on hundreds of commodities. Shippers warn of substantial added freight costs while commissions in Nebraska and Iowa discuss hearings, state plant options, and legal challenges to laws governing interstate commerce and taxation.
A collection of kitchen tips features gelatin desserts with chocolate, fruit creams, and lemon focused remedies and recipes. It covers lemon uses from juice for cough relief to hair care, plus salmon recipes including salmon loaf, croquettes, and a Cape style bake. It ends with a quotation from Margaret Preston about words of cheer.
Cabbage can be transformed by cooking with seasonings or enjoyed raw. Creamed cabbage uses a fine shred in a rich white sauce with celery and onion. Buttered cabbage cooks until tender then blends back into sauce with vinegar for tang. Raw cabbage makes a crisp salad with egg, sugar, cream, and a touch of vinegar. German salad combines chopped cabbage and onion with fat from fried salt pork, seasoned and vinegar dressed, optional pork cubes as garnish.
A simple inexpensive paste is made from one small potato grated fine. Mix with boiling water just enough to form a clear mixture and boil five minutes. The result is suggested to be more satisfactory than other flour or cornstarch pastes.
A German recording method uses a lead pencil line of varying thickness drawn on paper by an electric current influenced by vibrations to capture sound wave variations.
The herb rosemary originally comes from southern Europe especially Italy where it grows to about six or eight feet when trained from the ground to root in an old wall. It exists in three varieties gold, silver, and green.
A brief aphorism asserts that times of general calamity and confusion spur the greatest minds, attributed to Bolton. The remark frames turmoil as a catalyst for intellectual achievement and creative insight.
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