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Newspaper
Fairfield Tribune
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1905
Page
3
Risk Hupst edler cuts prices on the entire stock with 15c 18c and 20c wash goods offered at 10c per yard. 20c wash cotton mohair reduced to 15c per yard. 23c voiles now 15c. Ladies fast black hose 6c each or 3 for 25c. Lace hose 21c per pair. Children's black hose 9c or 3 for 25c. Children heavy ribbed hose 13c or 2 for 25c.
An advertisement notes extra heavy hemmed linen Huck towels 18x38 at 13 cents each or 25 cents a pair. Pure linen fancy hemstitched towels 20x40 priced 23 cents each or 45 cents per pair, regularly 35 cents each.
Local store slashes prices on umbrellas this season with items formerly 50c to 1.25 dollars now reduced. Sold umbrellas priced at 38c for lowest tier, 84c for mid tier, and 1.24 dollars for higher tier.
Women’s Egyptian Cotton Vests 8c each with or without half sleeve. Ladies’ 18c vests now 13c or 2 for 25c. Union suits and pants also discounted.
The store offers July prices on Silkoline 36 inch at 8 cents per yard and White Shrunk Cotton at 12 and a half cents per yard, reflecting a 124 percent grade. The sale applies to the entire stock through July.
The Rowntree home on West Burlington street was sold to the Turneys. The C. S. Shafer residence was purchased by A. Messenger for 2250 dollars. The issue notes local business changes and property transfers alongside social and church notices.
A vintage recipe outlines Queen Fritters made with hot water butter sugar lemon and flour, then eggs folded in after cooling. Cook scooped portions in hot lard until brown, yielding puffed, maple syrup delicious treats.
About 300 employees are discharged across Rock Island arsenal shops and departments. The Civil Service driven dismissals follow the year's end in June and the message to each worker cites completion of this year's work and expectation of smaller orders ahead.
Wash and soak sliced peaches for six hours in cold water. Boil fruit with the soaking liquid until tender. Add a little sugar and cook to a syrup. Remove peaches with a split spoon and boil the liquor with one cup of granulated sugar until thick, then pour over the peaches.
A Chicago Trib column poem recounts a reckless boy’s Fourth of July antics ending in disaster. He lights dynamite crackers and taunts dogs, burns clothes, fires Roman candles, and causes a fatal accident. Firemen, ambulance, and a somber grave marker conclude the somber tale.
A historic recipe describes blending sour milk with molasses and ginger, warming butter with the ginger, then adding milk flour eggs and soda. The batter is to be thick like pound cake and baked promptly for a quick sponge gingerbread treat.
A historical cookbook snippet outlines Calves Brains Croquettes with blanched brains sage pepper salt crumbs milk and egg, formed into balls and fried. Calves Feet and Ears are boiled three hours then served with parsley butter or breaded and fried in brown gravy. Hickory Nut Cake uses eggs sugar flour milk butter nut kernels and baking powder.
A social couple on a hotel porch discuss the age as miraculous with talk of a striking woman seen nearby. The Chicago Record-Herald note hints at gossip about a wife living in the city while her husband works in Mexico during the six months she has stayed without scandal. Also features a classified-style ad for a threshing outfit offered by J. Harvey & Co. in Pleasant Plain Iowa with a rebuilt 10-horse engine and 32x52 separator.
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