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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1916
Page
6
In Washington near the zoo, two alligators appeared in Rock Creek causing a stir. A large four foot specimen named Bessie was captured and placed with the district’s alligator collection. A second gator was shot after a chase along the creek.
A large government estate on the southern outskirts of Washington houses 3200 residents in a self-sufficient colony. Facilities include a dairy herd of 201 cows, an ice plant, bakery, blacksmith and carpentry shops, and a theater. Since 1855 the asylum, led by Dr. William A. White, functions as a psychological and medical center for federal and military insane, with residents producing many necessities on site.
Sergt John Kirk, a Civil War veteran living at the Soldiers' Home, wore a faded blue uniform and carried his musket as he moved from the Peace Monument to the White House along Pennsylvanian avenue. Onlookers cheered as he retraced the 56 year old route once reviewed by President Lincoln before dispatch to battle. Major Pullman noted no permit was needed and Kirk said the march was to honor days gone by.
Berwick of the Library of Congress restored George and Martha Washington wills kept in Fairfax County Virginia. The documents were nearly ruined by exposure and handling but now resemble freshly written manuscripts. A fireproof hermetically sealed glass case protects them from air and vandalism.
The article compares how Germany uses U-numbers like U-16 for U boats, Austria-Hungary follows the same, Britain uses letter and number codes such as A3 and C-91, the United States similar, France Russia and Italy use ship names, while Japan uses simple numbers like 2 3 6.
An Ita era kitchen guide extols enthusiasm for cooking and warm hearts. It details salmon salad with hard cooked eggs and cucumber pickles, a rice salad with onion and French dressing, sardine garnish, and beet picks. It suggests cabbage bowls, celery, velon, and bolted dressing, ripe quinces, and fruit and nut combos. It also offers baked bean salad with onion, olive oil, vinegar, and fresh peppers.
A humorous essay extols thrift and clever cooking tips from peeling potatoes to using leftover scraps. It urges frugality, cites anecdotes about inventors and princes, and offers practical ideas such as saving vegetable trimmings, repurposing rice water, and dressing dishes with colored sauces.
A collection of kitchen notes describing festive fruit recipes and serving ideas. Pink watermelon balls with orange juice, cantaloupe sherbet in shells, spiced muskmelons, fruit salads with lettuce and French dressing, and Duchess apples with onions fried with pork fat. Also notes on cantaloupes, custard, nutmeg, and sugared touches to enhance winter fare.
A mixed page offers verses on living with joy and community followed by practical fruit recipes. Peach ice cream, peach salad, peach roly poly, pear salad, and pears baked or prepared with simple dressings are described with steps, ingredients, and serving ideas suitable for a period kitchen.
The Woman's Home Companion notes a vast water lily garden at Sarge near Washington run by Mrs Helen Fowler. She ships 250 water pies each morning and tidily handles blooms. Fowler, an expert hybridizer, touts a new variety named Suffragette and ensures only fresh, top quality flowers go out.
A fragment quotes the Louisville Courier Journal debating perceptions of women and the men they know, pairing witty phrases about painting and public thoroughfares with a remark on judging character by associations.
A veteran officer cites trials where officers at the post serve as attorneys without legal training or skill. A young surgeon appointed defense counsel, lacking law knowledge, objected loudly during cross examination shouting Sobject. The prosecuting attorney asks for grounds while the surgeon cites risking his own senses and judgment.
The fragment suggests a humorous query about a husband’s residence in a directory. It mentions a character named John Smith and a remark about being the handsomest man in Bingtown, indicating a playful social interaction rather than a formal news item.
A local quarrel unfolds as one neighbor demands action about a neighbor's dog that digs up flower beds daily. The reply: the other refuses, joking about planting more flowers to exhaust the canine. The report notes toy molds enabling children to make snow blocks have been invented by a German.
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