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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1905
Page
20
A writer recounts experiences with fast and slow trains to argue that high speed increases danger from small obstructions. He recalls a locomotive plowing through wild horse bands at over 60 mph and a slow ascent derailing from a sheep crossing. The piece likens a billiard ball speed to train fragility and notes engineers favor light obstructions to reduce speed.
Step by step instructions for a chicken chop suey dish from New Orleans Times Democrat. Ingredients include small chicken strips, onion, dried mushrooms, celery, Chinese potatoes, rice, butter, and a Chinese sauce. Directions cover cooking chicken in butter, sautéing onion, simmering with mushrooms and sauce, adding water, and finishing with celery, potatoes, and rice.
The piece praises Paul Jones as a national hero and ideal naval officer, noting his belief that true officers must be both capable mariners and educated gentlemen with refined manners and personal honor. It then recalls ancient longevity anecdotes from Roman times, listing individuals aged up to 140 in various Italian towns.
A clipped set of anecdotes discusses racial imagery with Eskimo and Japanese comparisons, then pivots to a defiant view of Truth as civilization’s driving force and progress. A joke follows about a wife taking cooking lessons and inviting her mother for a three month course.
A fragmentary line shows a youth asking who to call the president girl in the room while he looks about. The text is incomplete and lacks clear context or identifiable names.
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