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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
2
A mosaic of quirky captions and opinions contrasts fashion trends with social issues. Entries discuss fog weights, beef prices, beggars in Madrid, and a nursemaid’s view of hell next door, ending with an odd reference to Ichabod and old square pianos losing status.
Mr Tournay, a Belgian engineer, is commissioned by the committee for the International Exhibition at Brussels 1910 to erect a tower at Trelles. The tower will be much higher than the Eiffel Tower, with an estimated cost of 240000 dollars.
Visitors at a Parish hotel woke to missing footwear with only one pair left bearing a note reading Not good enough for me. The incident appears to be a single burglary likely targeting guests' property.
A beautiful and appropriate gift is the chapel bell presented to Tufts. College chapel bells are more devoutly and attentively listened to now than in the past when student attendance at religious exercises was more insistent and compulsory.
The article surveys current headwear trends including mushroom bowls, bowl-shaped hats, and flat bow hats. It notes three main styles: a round flat crown with minimal brim for travel and summer wear, and a high crowned toque for walking outfits. It highlights color, trimmings, and practical concerns like sun, rain, and fit.
A historical recipe explains cleaning zinc with sulphuric acid plus water, plus soap and hot water wash, two mops, ammonia rinse, and a final dry rubbing with whiting. It cautions never to touch acid with hands and to always add acid to water.
The article explains two culinary techniques to improve flavor and tenderness. Marinading soaks meat in a vinegar oil pepper salt mix for hours or days to soften fibers and enhance taste. Larding uses a larding needle and fat bacon strips inserted through the meat, keeping ends exposed to improve lean cuts and certain game.
A historic preparation states to simmer one pound shaved maple sugar with half a pound butter and four tablespoons milk, then cool slightly before stirring in half an ounce ginger and three quarters of a pound sifted flour. Add baking powder, bake in thin sheets, adjusting flour for proper consistency, and serve warm.
Peel and core two pounds of apples and slice four bananas. Cook with butter salt and cayenne in oven then sieve. Fry thirteen sausages in butter, plate on puree, remove fat, add port and boil briefly, then pour over sausages and serve.
Don Mark Lemon recounts a mysterious circular hall built without stated use where twelve men attend a solemn rite for a doomed young musician. The tale follows her rise, fatal illness, and final death as a lover fulfills her wish to die listening to orchestral music, laid to rest in a marble mausoleum.
Article describes San Juan mountains in southwestern Colorado as grand and jagged with peaks over 14,000 feet. Highlights Mount Wilson at 14,259 feet and the Lizard Head obelisk nearby, noting ascent challenges and dramatic summit features.
A three year old boy named Aliyn suffers a toe cut and blood causes alarm at home. His grandmother fears the injury but the mother calms him saying the blood is not serious. The Philadelphia Ledger is cited as the source.
Partial readable lines describe an attempt to capture a London atmosphere in prose. The text is garbled with stray quotes and unreadable segments, offering little coherent information beyond a general mood sketch.
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