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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1907
Page
6
A moonlit bear tale at Liesca rocks sparks village chatter. Captain and postmaster recount a bear’s antics with a boardinghouse romance, a trolley ride bear encounter, and a final hunt on Mount Agamemnon, ending with a bear skincoat souvenir.
Daily revenue from saloons in Manhattan and the Bronx yields 17808 dollars to the New York state excise department during the year.
At a funeral for William and Calvin Hoover in York a building panic caused a stampede. Beams cracked and stoves collapsed as thousands gathered near Zion View. About 40 injured, several seriously, while caskets toppled and bodies were trampled. Doctors attended. parents protected bystanders failed.
John Garcia, a locomotive engineer, saved Nacozari, Sonora from a powder train blaze by running the burning cars away from the town at top speed, per report. He perished in the explosion alongside John Chisholm, a boy, and more than a dozen Mexican workers as two explosive-filled cars blew apart near the section house.
Revival in the whaling industry is noted as the annual deal climbs from a low of 150 ships or hunts to higher activity in recent years. The report highlights renewed interest and potential growth in the whaling sector.
Humboldt farmer D J Dement recalls a pony named Jim with a purported charmed life amid wrecks and disasters. He reports Jim survived a car wreck near Union City, a later wagon wreck during a flood, and an electrical barn fire while other horses perished. Dement claims Jim's luck persisted after these events, reinforcing belief in the pony's extraordinary resilience.
A Gallopolis woman, while shopping for cheesecloth, yelled in alarm as a bonnet atop her head revealed a nest of infant mice. The bonnet had sat in a closet since winter, and the mother mouse had taken shelter there unnoticed until the request for fabric prompted the discovery.
An alarm clock rang from a stocking in a Boston store leading to the arrest of Edith te Wider and her companion Rianche Dann on larceny charges. The dramatic moment saw them confronting a store detective as the clock sounded and security alerted staff.
Divers Nicholas Andreas and John Bastoni, Greek sponge livers, fought beneath the gulf at 57 feet for a big sponge near Tarpon Springs. Both men suffered painful wounds. Andreas traveled to Tampa to pursue prosecution against Tiaston, only to find no court had jurisdiction.
An article discusses storing toilet items in decorative one color schemes. It describes a comb and brush bag that can hang beside a dresser, with a broad pocket and ribboned foundation. Other ideas include cretonne pockets, cretonia overlays on oval boards, elastic shirring, and wall pockets with two sections for brushes and cloths.
A set of practical household hints covers food prep, storage, and simple repairs. It advises beating fresh cag with cream to mix faster, using fine wire for hanging utensils, keeping wire loops clean, and methods for sealing jars, mending Lin paste with brown paper, and quick pan cleaning.
A recipe describes mixing white fruit gake with two cups of angar and one cup butter, cream stirred in, one can of sweet chiik and three drops of flour. Three eggs whites beaten into the batter, then cocoa, almonds, citron added. Half the recipe uses two teaspoons baking powder and two eggs.
A compact home recipe instructs boiling one quart of beans with baking soda, cooling and rubbing to remove hulls, washing in warm water, boiling briefly, adding salt pork and seasonings, then baking in a hot oven for four half hours. Claims digestion improves and saved time.
A home style squash dish is prepared by dicing one squash with tomatoes, adding onion and stale breadcrumbs, seasoning with salt pepper nutmeg and butter, layering in a king dish, then baking in a hot oven until done.
Instructions describe making croquettes from one half peck spinach boiled cooled chopped finely with two tablespoonfuls butter one tablespoonful minced parsley one teaspoonful sugar grated lemon rind salt and pepper to taste add half a can of milk heat thoroughly then cool shape into croquettes coat with bread crumbs and fry.
If smoke persists after cleaning the wick or lamp defect, the oil is at fault. Add a teaspoonful of vinegar to the oil in the lamp to improve the light, reduce smoke, and eliminate odor.
Melt one pound of cheese in a pan with butter and cream then fold in one cup English walnut meats blanched and chopped with paprika. Form into small balls with buttered paddles, chill until partly set, and prepare the day before serving.
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