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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1904
Page
4
A collection of kitchen notes describes steps for coffee filling layer cake, oatmeal cookies, chicken souffle with onion and egg folding, a savory sauce, quick sausage rolls, and a celery soufflé. It cites Good Housekeeping as a source and outlines mixing, baking times, and serving suggestions.
The Weekly Sentinel notes Democratic leaders in Washington rally behind Parker and Field as a potential presidential and vice presidential pairing. It weighs Field’s willingness to run and the strength of New York and Illinois as key states, while detailing global tensions in Turkey Russia and Colombia that frame the era.
The Allen County Democratic sentiment questions an early county convention. Supporters urge a late gathering to avoid campaign distractions and extend the period only from June, aiming for a strong, clean ticket and a short campaign.
The text argues that some candidates feel entitled to a nomination after initial gains and urges putting party and public interests first. It emphasizes unifying efforts of all laborers to complete the project and dedicate the grand edifice today.
Fort Wayne today dedicated its new free library funded by Andrew Carnegie. The article lauds the gift as a long-sought improvement and notes maintenance pledges, the city’s duty to sustain the library, and the Women’s Club League’s pivotal role in the project.
A historic menu offers Jugged Rabbit for five with onion, bay, cloves and lemon, plus sauce and rice. Cherry and Nut Salad uses preserved cherries, hazelnuts and mayonnaise on lettuce. Black Pudding steamed then baked, and Chicken Loaf using trimmings with nuts, crackers and sage.
Fragmented recipe notes describe melting sugar in a saucepan until blue smoke appears, then pouring in warm milk and stirring as the sugar dissolves, yielding a custard base with unclear steps.
A recipe notes cheese balls made from cheese, cream, salt, paprika, shaped with walnut on top. Sausages are parboiled then browned, served with Saratoga potatoes. method claims thorough cooking and moisture retention.
Instructions describe peeling three bananas slicing them round and frying in two tablespoons of hot butter until brown. When the steak finishes broiling the banana rounds are laid over the steak and garnished with parsley for serving.
Recipe outlines a baked apple dessert using bread crumbs butter and sugar with lemon rind and juice. Layer crumb mixture and apples in a buttered dish, bake forty five minutes, cover early to prevent browning, and serve with hard sauce.
Real estate transfers list multiple property deeds with buyers and sellers. Projects include Ferguson to Schultz Riverside arr, Hay to Miller Jefferson and assorted parcels to Ft Wayne and Monroeville areas. Transactions show prices from 1 to 2300 dollars and include several named additions and blocks.
A sequence of real estate transactions is listed, detailing sales, deeds, and transfers. Buyers include Pelagia Beugnot, James and Samantha Little, Alberta Nease, and Olive Lopshire among others, with properties in Lafayette and Wayne townships changing hands for sums ranging from $1.00 to $2,700 and beyond.
E H Harriman and Julius Kruttschnitt for Southern Pacific join Rock Island in a 1 million dollar project to build a 500 foot wide concrete causeway with retaining walls. The plan raises Galveston to seventeen feet and links the island to the mainland for permanent safe water communication.
Abraham Geber an elevator operator in a Broadway office building risked his life to rescue eight scrub-women stuck in smoke from a basement fire. He brought his car to the eighth floor three times and fainted after the third descent, barely revived. The blaze caused small monetary loss but destroyed many railroad records and manifests on the street level of the Southern Pacific company.
J. W. Lane of Packard Music House fractured a rib in a fall at the store yesterday. He slipped while opening a door and the injury is being treated by Dr. S. D. Sledd.
Henry Ranke of 417 West Washington street slipped on his stoop Monday and fractured his left knee cap. The injury is described as very painful and he is under the care of Dr. Henry Ranke.
Frank W. Mack former AP eastern division superintendent lay at the Windsor hotel in Windsor Vermont after a hemorrhage last Thursday night. Doctors gave no hope of recovery as Mrs. Mack was summoned and his condition worsened since Sunday.
Obituaries report the death of Judge John Mitchell at his Peru home. Other notices note deaths of John Guthrie in Huntington county, Cornelia Gravit of Elkhart, and Mark Wharton of North Warren, plus accidental burns and a fatal house fire in Marion. Police link life insurance fraud to Blaise murder case with Soeder.
A. W. McClure of Detroit today became a co owner of the Wayne hotel with W. H. Tyler, purchasing Mr. Cummings stock. McClure is described as a practical hotel man and widely known.
San Francisco January 12 Leon Soeder is identified as a brother in law of Joseph Blaise. Blaise's young German wife was found dead at the base of a high rise in the city carving further clues in a murder case. Soeder has been arrested in connection with the death.
Elks present a minstrel show at Masonic Temple January 18 and 19 under personal supervision of David Belasco Conreid Louie Heil broner. All star cast includes End men George Brown Al Alter Harry Bogart Gus Hobrock Frank Schweiters Ed Schele Lawrence Berghoff Harry Alderman and others with ballads by Ronald Dawson Tom Snook Frank Kelly Jayson Bowmar Fred Ash and a headline “Its a Lovely Day for a Week” featuring Chas Reuss Bob Fox and more with special costumes and effects.
George W Blick, a local florist, has purchased the Dryer residence located on South Thompson Avenue. The property adjoins other parcels in the neighborhood.
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