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Newspaper
Jacksons Hole Courier
Location
Jackson, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
3
A fragment from a 19th or early 20th century kitchen guide detailing mutton roasting timing for weather conditions, preparation steps, and sauce ideas. It includes mutton stew methods, yeast rules, and baking tips, plus recipes for cornmeal muffins currant biscuits and gingerbread, with attention to texture and economical cooking. The text mentions David Copperfield in a moral aside about duty and workers.
A New York symposium on cancer treatment chaired by the American Association for the Advancement of Science reviewed radium therapy. Dr James Ewing of Cornell warned against overreliance for cures, noting strong palliative results in advanced cases but limited impact on operable cancers. He and others emphasized early diagnosis, careful dosage, and surgical options where appropriate.
Jerry Cohan, a messenger, started from the Aus Altorium hotel with a heated note ordering remitting of Mr Rosenfeld’s remains from Graceland cemetery to Mrs Rosenfeld. He balked at the mission and returned to the hotel while another messenger delivered the cremated remains to the intended recipient.
A 72 year old Shelby resident known as Old Man Jolly remarks he has never taken medicine or seen a physician, has never used strong drink, and during the Civil War served with the Confederate army but never answered a toll call, reflecting a lifetime of uncommon health and endurance.
Mrs. Luete Bornholm Lowenstein, a wealthy young Missourian, dedicates her life to philanthropy by drafting a state code to aid poor and delinquent children. She studied in New York before returning home to advocate children’s courts, education for the blind and deaf, and centralized oversight to replace fragmented charity groups.
P Gossard a Portland Lumber Company brakeman hung from the ends of a one hundred foot trestle to free a truck crash victim. He suffered a crushed leg and was later amputated by a doctor. He held on several minutes until help arrived and was taken to Portland Hospital.
In West Baltimore five boys were buried alive in a woolbank cavern. Four were pulled free but one, Frank Davis aged fourteen, died a few hours later from severe injuries.
Wiltur Haertl, son of Mr and Mrs P A Haertl, left city life to live alone in a marshland houseboat owned by the Huck Up club on the Lake Poygan marshes. He paddled to a farmhouse to call home, rising before dawn for duck hunts, finding solitude but no monotony in a year-long back-to-nature experiment.
In Milwaukee a secretly married couple Alving Loup and David Bersensky were found shot dead in a car under brush ten miles north of the city. Each had a bullet to the temple. Bersensky reportedly said Alyina must hire a servant soon but he could not support her as he deserved. They apparently shot each other after a brief life together.
Mary Novak, a Bohemian immigrant, long valued a ragged dress tied to her late aunt's will. After twenty years in Cleveland's rag factories, the dress became a focal point when authorities settled her modest estate. The item revealed a quirky bond between poverty and memory, ending with a small inheritance for Mary.
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