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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1903
Page
4
The piece surveys Philippine governance abroad and U S politics at Indianapolis and Washington highlighting postwar civil service cuts and the Blaine monument talk. It notes Maine funding Blaine memorials and Indiana’s stalled Harrison monument movement amid local and national political chatter.
Hon W Bourke Cochran denounces divorce as a blot on society urging that matrimony is a state not a contract and calling to stop divorce. He asks whether to favor divorce or polygamy, preferring polygamy. The piece then shifts to steel stocks, Wall Street turmoil, and wary investors amid big corporate suits.
The article notes strained Russia Japan ties with no rush to war and suggests Russia seeks a peaceful Korea settlement while Manchuria remains its priority. It argues Russia may use Korea as a buffer and could avoid conflict unless Japan acts provocatively.
Two sets of recipes for quince season include Pepper Pot stew with vegetables mutton or fowl, lobster additions, and spiced dumplings. Chestnut Parfait in Apple Shells and Chestnut Parfait mix with chestnuts and cream frozen in apple shells. Sweet Quince Pickles use cinnamon cassia and allspice with mature quinces and a three step canning process. Quince Honey preserves ripe quinces with sugar and water boiled to thread, then bottled for long keeping.
A recipe feature presents kitchen methods for a sponge omelet using bread crumbs milk eggs and butter with detailed steps and cooking times. It also covers spiced apple pudding folding in apples sugar raisins citron brandy cinnamon and eggs baked forty minutes, plus a hard sauce and an early piccalilli relish recipe.
A column lists kitchen preparations including a celery pickle with cabbage and celery, a delicate coconut layer cake recipe with grated coconut and lemon, veal cutlets with tomato sauce, and a Scotch broth method using neck mutton and barley. It also notes serving soup at luncheons during cooler weather and suggests using leftover peaches for stewing.
A vintage recipe describes chestnut custard made from chestnut pulp eggs milk vanilla and sugar with a baked meringue topping and optional candied cherries. It also details Plunkets batter combining butter sugar yolks eggs vanilla and stiff egg whites with rice and wheat flours baked in fancy tins.
A large flat pan cooks sweet potatoes in a butter and sugar sauce. The recipe begins by melting two heaping tablespoons of butter and a tablespoon of sugar, then adds cut medium sized pieces.
A collection of home kitchen preparations including Peach Chutney with cider vinegar and ginger, Chinese Chop Suey from mixed nuts and chicken meats, Tomatoes and Cheese baked with Parmesan, and Steamed Apples in Cereal. Also notes on serving and presentation with other fruit and pastry ideas.
Stuffed Beets cups filled with cucumber and celery mix and olives, served on lettuce. Peach Tapioca Charlotte uses tapioca boiled in water, peach pulp or banana, lemon juice and sugar, folded with beaten egg whites, served on lady fingers with whipped cream, chilled.
Twenty eight head of Galloway cattle from the Brookside herd leave the Wabash for Kansas City to enter the fat stock show. John Dickson leads the herd which travels in two cars as the fat stock event begins this week. Bass cannot make an exhibit of the cattle at the fair.
Cardinal Gibbons released a translation of Pope Pius X's brief urging a ten year annual collection in all US churches to support the Catholic University in Washington. The pope expresses sympathy for the university, endorses increased support, and asks bishops to promote the fund on Advent Sunday. The message, dated Rome September 9 1903, conveys apostolic blessing.
In Kokomo Indiana on October 13 authorities closed the mystery of William Gee's death after Mrs Millard Ashburn of East Vaile Avenue admitted she discarded tainted taffy used to kill cockroaches. She says she feared mob violence and will not be arrested.
Terre Haute Indiana reports the sixth annual street fair began after a restraining order blocking booths on Main Street from Sixth to Seventh and Sixth from Cherry to Ohio was lifted. County commissioners allowed shows in the courthouse yard. Police protection is promised by Mayor Steeg and orders against first floor gambling issued as setup continues.
A local advertisement invites customers to visit L. G. Hull at 830 Calhoun Street for affordable wallpaper offerings. The note highlights low prices and a wide selection designed to attract bargain shoppers.
Philadelphia obituaries report the death of Dr Marcus K Jastrow rabbi emeritus of Rodef Shalom and renowned Hebrew scholar at his Germantown home after a brief illness Born in 1829 in Prussian Poland he came to America in 1866 and soon led the Rodef Shalom congregation for life He helped advance Talmud study and Jewish education
Earl Mayo explains in Leslie's Weekly how a liner’s authority ends at the pier. The marine superintendent takes charge for docking and harbor operations while the ship is in port. The crew is discharged at voyage end but re-signed immediately, with port crew performing port tasks.
Judge Henry A. Shute argues in Leslie's Monthly that boys should learn to defend themselves and stand up for their rights. He criticizes harsh school discipline and urges teaching boxing wrestling and fencing to develop character, citing Fatty Dartmouth as evidence of benefits from fighting back.
A St James Gazette item warns that strict avoidance of foods famed as unhealthy makes dining nearly impossible. It cites preserved ginger and pineapple as highly risky alongside citrus and berries with seeds. The piece links oyster scares to suspicion of shellfish including shrimp and prawns.
A London Spectator reflection states that engrossing yet ordinary occupations shape the mind more than leisure. It argues that great ideas from poetry or Shakespeare arise not from strict study but from brief flashes of insight fostered by everyday untroubled work.
In coarse dialect the paper questions what it means to shoot a man who escaped jail. The speaker suggests the shot passed through the stomach, implying a fatal internal wound. They note authorities pursued the escapee for two days and imply poor nourishment prior to capture.
A movement in August, Maine urges a bronze or marble statue in Washington for the late James G. Blaine. It cites Blaine’s congress service and Republican leadership and recalls a 19th century quarrel with Conkling that hindered a memorial.
A notice lists TOO at L. Q. Hull located at 830 Calhoun St as the filing address. The brief entry records a business location and contact point for official filings and correspondence.
A mob entered the Kensal Journal printing office, spilled type in the street and wrecked the interior. Editor C. L. Allen has long clashed with a lawless element blamed for the outrage, believed to be members of the editor’s foe gang.
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