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Newspaper
Hutsonville Herald
Location
Hutsonville, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1905
Page
3
A coast Alaska fish about eight inches long is said to be transparent with fat. Indians burn dried Wiese fish as candles producing a clear light. The unusual fire lasts about fifteen minutes and resists wind.
A sensational coupon offers a free full sized Mull's Grape Tonic bottle to prove it cures constipation stomach and bowel troubles. The ad touts typhoid fever and other ailments linked to constipation and warns against unsafe drugs while urging immediate reply.
A recipe describes using leftover chicken by layering butter cups with soft boiled rice, filling with chicken broth, and baking until set. Invert onto a plate and top with a cream sauce or drawn butter for serving. The piece also notes Rest Rooms for Working Girls in a New York model laundry with social secretary, coffee at 9 am, and workers resting in the rest room. It closes with a humorous quip about naming a baby after a prolonged family scrap and a medical ad for PAZO OINTMENT.
The long recap covers Herbert John Gladstone as Home Secretary and whip noted for courtesy, plus various biographical sketches. It mentions Salisbury and Wertz, Lafayette’s heirloom watch, Tawney’s chairmanship, and the paths of a Gettysburg blacksmith’s son, Max Alvary’s lineage, and King Carlos of Portugal. Also noted are Andrew Carnegie’s non smoking, Daniel Gilman’s leadership in education, and Nelson era veterans like Capt. Stubbs and Col. Berry amid party shifts and elections.
A digest of world trivia covers Mexico’s silver dominance notes on copyright for snapshots, population projections for Shanghai, the Monitor’s survivor Thomas B. Will, and the British car trade. It also reports rail punctuality, fashion rules in Australia, Egyptian habits, lions hit by trains, and scholarly resignations. Includes curiosities on German industry, Indian relics, Tibetan exploration, and a Palmerston quip about Isle of Wight travel.
Fragmented notes depict a Manila rat bounty system with inspectors and traps, describing rewards in pesos, the fear of breeding rats, and efforts to curb plague. A separate anecdote recalls a railroad encounter where a man from Arkansas learns astronomy, highlighting mislearned facts and comic miscommunication.
The Buffalo Express notes Manila’s rat brigade works under the Philippine board of health to trap about 150,000 rats annually to curb Asiatic plague. Dr R T McMullen, ex-board of health member, explains an organized corps of seventy five rat catchers operates the program amid American occupation.
Superior Clay the lite Eugene Field tours Philadelphia and notes the coffee colored Schuylkill. A porter explains Lavell Hill Cemetery drains into the river and that locals drink the water without harm while Field questions pollution. The piece mixes satire with Field and a remark from Success Magazine.
A friendly medical advertisement notes nervousness and illness from poor digestion and thin blood, urging Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a non alcoholic tonic to restore digestion, blood quality, and stamina. It touts honest disclosure of ingredients, claims no patent or secret remedy, and promotes Pleasant Pellets for stomach and liver regulation.
The article extols the newly named Oriental Limited train on the Great Northern Railway. It emphasizes luxury, ease, and elegance, offering hotel like service, homey comforts, and private club privacy for business travelers and tourists alike, with pleasant anticipation of long journeys.
The okra plant resembles cotton in growth but with larger rougher leaves and a thicker stem. Its flowers are cottonlike in size shape and color and are always single with little variation. Okra offers little food value and is unlikely to become a major crop, but it makes a good addition to kitchens. It flavors soups and meat dishes and can yield a pleasant taste and texture once tried.
A fragment from The Tatler describes a conversation about salted meat and improvised food after a cow pig and mother-in law deaths, revealing rough humor and feudal lodging life. It references Lewis' Single Binder cigars and a San Francisco brick shortage, plus medical quackery and household remedies of the era.
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