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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1908
Page
2
In Farmington New Mexico local notes warn that Confederate bills retain only paper value due to poor quality materials and wartime shortages. The piece notes that after 40 years the bills still circulate as curiosities, with reality behind them often misunderstood.
The U S attorney general has appointed Mrs Mary Grace Quackenbos as special assistant at 5000 dollars. She is noted for investigating peonage abuses and aiding in bringing lawbreakers to justice. Her work highlights the value of women in public service and humanitarian efforts.
An essay notes Esperanto's rise replacing Volapuk and its possible roles in business and cross national communication, but questions its future as a literary language. Health officials report New York milk territory shows good sanitary conditions, praising farmers' honesty while noting their need for encouragement amid local challenges.
The article traces Martin W Littleton's rise from a Weatherford Texas trackwalker to a famed New York criminal lawyer and orator. It covers early ambition, self taught law study, moves to Dallas and Brooklyn Heights Railway, a pivotal St Louis 1904 nomination speech, and his Thaw defense role. It notes his public service in Brooklyn and his future in New York law and politics.
The article discusses proper shoulder width for the new shirtwaist design, warning against lengthening the shoulder seam. It advises using correct shoulder lines, choosing patterns by expert draughtsmen, and details on cutting, pressing, and placing tucks. It includes sewing guidance for lace, embroidery, and straight grain directions.
A French scientist creates stomachless sea urchins and suggests land versions could help save money for struggling families. Baroness Goto of Japan visits Washington for three months of social life with diplomats. A Long Island City editor is wounded by a gunfire from a passing car. Journalists endure hard times as Sarah Bernhardt muses on dying during Camille. A Washington man sues for 10000 after a horse injures his face. Bernhardt expresses desire to die while acting Camille, preferably on a farewell tour.
A long seabattle between two male sea bulls ends with the striped challenger mortally wounded. The dominant bull releases, then bites the tail junction, tearing tendons as sharks close in on the defeated fighter, while the victor escorts his mate toward the Condor reef.
Instructions describe mixing flour baking powder and sugar then adding milk and beaten egg to form batter. Fold in sliced apples, drop spoonfuls into hot oil, fry until brown, drain on paper and serve with maple syrup or sweet sauce.
Ham Patties use finely chopped cooked ham bread crumbs butter melted milk paprika and salt mixed then formed into ramekins with an egg on each patty and baked eight minutes. Squash dish coats slices in egg and bread crumbs fried golden then topped with stewed tomato garlic or onion and English cheese baked fifteen minutes, served garnished with parsley.
Four eggs beaten well with one pound of figs two cups of sugar and a pinch of salt one pint of cracker crumbs chopped figs folded in steam for one hour then served with hard sauce.
Fragmented bake instructions describe mixing sugar with butter and an egg, then adding milk and dissolved leavening agents. The text includes vague spellings and names, plus a note of vanilla flavoring. The exact measurements and steps are unclear due to garbled OCR.
A surgeon cites Lansing Michigan the carpenter Macon Georgia and a man with a wheelbarrow Wheeling West Virginia in a short dialogue fragment from a Chicago News feature. The piece hints at geographic names as part of a casual travel or work context.
A columnist asserts that most rare art objects in national museums have been owned by thieves at some point. He notes annual thefts from churches of valuable vestments and paintings and jokes that Napoleon took the Sphinx’s nose as a curio.
Rex Dental Company advertises dental science advances including saving loose teeth curing pyorrhea and gum diseases and replacing missing teeth with plates or bridges. Free booklet available from rooms 20 to 25, 728 Sixteenth Street, Denver.
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