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Newspaper
Glenwood Opinion
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
4
A period style guide offers kitchen hacks for cabbage soaking to remove odor and water changes during cooking. Tips cover softening cauliflower, lamb dripping fat with potato peels, and preparing old fashioned chicken pie with bones removed and cornstarch thickener.
The text advises warming the bed and room to ease discomfort for poor appetites and sleeplessness. It recommends a hot water bag or hot brick wrapped in flannel to relieve cold bed and room conditions and to help induce sleep.
A Chicago inventor offers a removable drain device for wash boilers to catch drips during loading and unloading. The attachment drains water into the tub or vessel, preventing floor splashes and floor-covering damage, and could repay its cost through saved cleaning.
A simple facial bleaching method uses one ounce glycerin and rectified spirits, three drops citric acid, and four ounces strained honey. Dissolve citric acid in rectified spirits, warm honey and glycerin in hot water, mix, then add spirits. Add rose essence to scent. use nightly and again in the morning by massaging into the face.
Instructions advise dissolving one pound of pulverized alum in one quart of water and stirring into the cistern toward evening. The next morning add one pound of borax and stir again. Allow ten to twenty hours for settling to render the water clear and pure regardless of prior conditions.
Guidance on cooling baked loaves promptly on a wire cake cooler or brown paper if unavailable. Do not store while warm and ensure thorough cooling. Wash bread tins or jars twice weekly in winter and every other day in summer.
A damaged fragment describes a home cure using lard turpentine and a fabric patch. The text mentions applying a thick paste and placing it over the throat area, but the exact method and quantities are unclear. The source reads like a regional medical tip from an old newspaper page.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a home remedy involving a large carrot or radish cut, mixed with rock candy, and administered hourly to a coughing baby. No verifiable source details or context available.
A wife quotes a Massachusetts statesman praising Iowa's long serving Senator William B Allison. The tribute highlights his thirty years in the senate, roles on the appropriations and finance committees, and his moderate counsel that steadied public expenditure and blocked dangerous schemes. The speaker likens him to a naval engineer guiding steam and steering clear of reefs.
Roosevelt says he could not be a conduit for Senators seeking agreement with colleagues and urged all to contact Allison, stating their purposes were identical. The note emphasizes shared aims in the railway rate legislation discussions.
The Dubuque Times Journal argues reform moves aim to bind Iowa's National Guard to Governor Cummins. It criticizes Adjutant General Thrift for partisan activity and travel at state expense to mobilize guardsmen for political battles. It notes most guardsmen resist political entanglement despite some seeking advancement.
The Cedar Rapids Republic reports from the recent Adlighon conference in Cedar Rapids that Dr. Guthrie of Dubuque and Senator Allison’s physician affirm the senator’s health as excellent. He is described as strong, keen, alert, and capable of handling large tasks, contradicting circulating illness rumors.
In September 1893 Governor Cummins, then a U S senate candidate, wrote to Dr. Gorrell arguing currency must be redeemable in coin, condemning a pure gold standard and endorsing free silver coinage domestically and internationally to prevent excess.
Sioux City Journal quotes leaders who urge reverence for Senator Allison's service as he grows old. Close in at Des Moines a eulogy praises his career and calls for him to be buried at the capitol, reflecting on his lifelong state and country service.
A Washington scientist Professor Yates produced a near perfect vacuum in a glass tube. He heated molten glass inside the tube after sealing one end, drew out the interior to close the space, then cooled it. No air could enter the space, creating a near perfect vacuum according to reports.
The game uses four people at the corners of an oblong space to form a frame. A fifth person stands inside as the picture. The audience, seated around, requests poses that provoke laughter. The laugher becomes the picture as the frame rotates with new players, shifting from dignified to silly poses like a lame duck or runaway horse as the sun climbs.
On July 4 1908 the United States flag will be unfurled with an additional star for Oklahoma. The flag's starry arrangement must be reorganized to fit the new total of forty six stars across six alternating rows of eight and seven. The existing forty five state emblems occupy six rows and will be adjusted accordingly.
A Boston Globe correspondent recalls a youthful parish dance where eight youths dressed backward to perform a plain quadrille. The outfits featured reversed dresses and masks, creating a comical, side splitting effect for the amused audience.
A playful verse describing a speaker practicing a quick tongue twister about putting pate into a pretty pewter pot and repeating the phrase for speed and amusement.
A playful birthday voyage list where twenty six children name ships to many places. Each child chooses a destination with whimsical items, guided by a mother’s help, turning a simple party into a grand sailing game across Africa to Zanzibar.
The Battery tunnel the first interborough rail tube under the East River connects Manhattan and Brooklyn in a 1.6 mile route from Bowling Green to Borough Hall. Trains will run every two minutes at peak capacity about 30 000 passengers per hour with eight car trains. The system uses electric propulsion with advanced ventilation and automatic safety devices.
Miss Artois reveals she once served as parlor maid at Red Moor, where three mistresses hid a chilling secret. A haunting sight, a walled corridor, and a chained intruder lead to a murder of Mrs. Vasser and the collapse of Albert Vasser, whose fall from the stairs sealed the scandal.
A garbled clipping quotes remarks about Russia and geese with scattered names and fragments. The text juxtaposes lines about shoeing geese and hens, mentioning Mrs Bardap and Hiram in a non coherent Chicago News style.
Sab greets a new boarder with enthusiasm and a claim of an ideal. Mrs Starvem replies with patronizing humor. The dialogue revolves around misheard words like consomme and dyapepsia as they discuss starting dinner with soup.
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