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Newspaper
Fayette Reporter
Location
Fayette, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1911
Page
14
This note explains a sketch compiled from the late Mr Comstock diary. It was edited transcribed and read to him before his death and approved for publication as his share in the semi centennial celebration program of the University Recruits.
A prisoner’s diary entry from August 1863 chronicles hunger, exposure, and fear near Richmond. The writer details delayed rations, swollen hope for transfer, and brutal conditions on Belle Isle with scenes of sickness, guards, and dwindling morale, ending with a note that the account continues.
A compilation of practical household tricks including building a window shelf with brackets that hinge for easy removal. Also instructions for applying quicksilver to mirrors, making potato yeast, soaking Soknny cake batter, and preparing smoked salmon on toast with butter, pepper and lemon juice.
A circa 19th or early 20th century recipe list details homomads soap using grease lye and borax, rice pudding with apricots, Irish moss blancmanges from moss, and a method to mend granite ware with a paste. It notes safety tips about lye burns and steps to mold, bake, and serve.
A compact guide to a cold meat hash with rice and tomatoes. Chop cold meat to one cup, mix with two cups boiled rice and two cups stewed tomatoes, add half cup breadcrumbs, salt pepper and butter, then bake thirty minutes for a hearty dish.
A historic recipe instructs cream one half pound of butter with two cupfuls of sugar, beat in four well beaten eggs, add maple syrup, one cup of milk, a pinch of salt, six cupfuls of flour and nutmeg. The method emphasizes folding in flour gradually to form a light batter.
Strickland Gillilan presents a playful quip about crossed fingers and promises in a light verse from Puck. The speaker vows fidelity while his fingers remain crossed, and a companion woman responds softly amid the refrain. The piece hinges on double meaning and flirtatious mischief.
The heiress’s father asks if the baron will grant every wish. He declines to misrepresent his resources but offers to be of service and to help her to wish. Washington Star
A man in a quarrel declares no woman has ever spoiled anything through silence. The woman, called a suf fragette, questions what that might be as the man departs.
A dialogue between Mrs Desmythe and Mrs Lajones notes plans for daughters to be engaged at nineteen. Desmythe insists the age should be fixed, while Lajones questions the timing, implying the girls remain nineteen until engaged.
In a humorous exchange from Catholic Standard and Times and Puck, a child asks about violin versus fiddle. The response notes a violin is heard at a concert, while Mr Nexdore’s instrument is a fiddle. A kicker joke on bargains follows.
The fragment presents a comic exchange about suffragists and career paths, with quotes from a Chicago Tribune line and a Detroit Bree Press remark, but no coherent event, dates, or participants to summarize as a news item.
A collage of jokes and quips from early 20th century papers. A Kansas City Journal line teases a female judge’s anticipated reversal. The New York Press comments on a practical husband and a lighthearted elevator or airship joke.
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