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Newspaper
Fayette Reporter
Location
Fayette, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1911
Page
12
Auction listing describes multiple parcels for sale near West Union including farms with timber, water, good roads, and buildings. Offers include three room houses, granary, sheds, and stock facilities with pasture suitable for cattle or sheep. Price listed as per acre with small down payment. abstracts and loan options available.
A step by step design for a folding wall clothes rack intended for kitchen wall mounting. It details lumber size, cut pieces, hole placements, and assembly using half inch diameter round sticks to form extendable drying strips. The rack folds flat against the wall when not in use.
A historic instructional note explains boiling rice to achieve snowy white, dry grains that separate. It covers washing the rice, boiling with salt, stirring briefly, then avoiding agitation as grains swell. It prescribes draining, final oven rest, and careful steaming to prevent browning.
Cream one cup sugar with butter until light. Add salt cloves cinnamon nutmeg and seeded raisins. Dissolve soda in warm water then mix with apple sauce until foamy. Stir in flour and bake in a loaf tin forty five to sixty minutes.
A pint of peeled mushrooms cooks with fat bacon or butter in a small saucepan until browned and sticking. Stir in flour then add a pint of broth and simmer for a minute. Optional lemon juice may be added to taste.
Instructions for washing black cotton dress goods with two rinses, the last water tinted blue. Add one quart of boiled starch after straining into the elise water to finish the process.
A fragment of a historic recipe lists ingredients and steps for ginger snaps. It mentions molasses ginger and soda dissolved in water, then mixing with flour to form a dough. The text is garbled with several mis-spellings and unclear quantities.
A step by step method to assemble a layered Baker dish. Escaloped crackers form the base with thinly sliced cheese, butter, salt, and repeated layers before baking in a hot oven for about an hour, milk poured over to finish. Use extra cheese if mild.
A fragment advises using fly paper with a fresh piece of raw beef placed on it to attract fleas. Fleas jump onto the paper and are purportedly trapped there. The text suggests this method as a topical flea deterrent.
Harmony and steady leadership under manager Jennings transformed the Detroit Tigers after a season of internal strife. The piece highlights Jennings efficiency in coaching and his push for players to give their best, noting the team now plays better ball than ever. It also recalls a Boston anecdote about a young catcher gaining composure after multiple pitches, illustrating the value of nerves and mentor guidance.
Connie Mack fans would be amazed as Canonsburg in the Allegany and Washington league releases Third Baseman Scoops Baedler to Washington for a stamped envelope. President W B McVicker approves the deal amid claims Raedler loafed and threw games. Canonsburg accepts the stumped envelope as payment despite its contempt.
Australia becomes a boxing hub as Hugh McIntosh secures contracts with top heavyweights for a major fall season in Sydney. He travels from London with plans and a roster including Jack Johnson Sam McVey Bill Lang Marcel Moreau and others ready to fight or display talent under his guidance. Tex Ramsdell caps a Penn sprint career claiming unique English 100 and 220 yard double titles with a two time win in 1910 and this year.
A collection of light anecdotes and quips from the Newark News and Chicago News. Stories range from Bertie’s schooling misadventures to proverbs on honesty and manners. The pieces mix humor, observations on education, and social wit.
A Pittsburgh press item recalls a boy recounting a moment with It, noting the slip of tough meat onto the floor as he cut his meal. The anecdote, told in a casual remark, highlights a small, everyday incident without dramatic detail.
Anecdotal quip from the Chicago Record-Herald notes Springley married for baseball slang common understanding and later divorced after he picked up chorus girl slang. The remark illustrates urban wit about marriage and language differences.
Yonkers Statesman notes a claim that a student named Patience was disqualified from continuing at a college due to being tongue tied and unable to use the college well, with Patrice confirming the departure.
A light exchange quotes a playful remark about smoking cigars during a wedding trip. Jack notes he smoked ten cigars in total with one on the last day, prompting Tom to correct the count in a witty exchange.
A Washington Star quip ponders whether a stout man must feel uncomfortable in heat. The joke hinges on whether he internalizes friends’ remarks about his size.
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