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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1907
Page
3
A vintage recipe directs slicing two dozen oranges and two large lemons with seeds removed, collecting juice and diluting to three quarts. After soaking overnight in a stone crack, simmer until rind becomes tender, then add one pound sugar per pint of liquid and boil until rind is clear before ladling into jelly glasses.
Drain and finely chop corn then simmer with salted water for an hour. Strain return to heat and mix with sugar and butter. Add milk with baking soda, then beat into two well whipped eggs. Season and serve at once.
Speaker Branch condemned lobbying on the House floor during the session opening. He warned that only members, staff, and state officials may be present on the floor, and said door keepers have been displaced by lobbyists seeking access to members. He stated no House employee will lobby for any measure.
A cook should not attempt soufflé potatoes without care. Slice raw potatoes very thin, drop into ice water to prevent discoloration, then drain and dry. Fry in hot lard, drain, fry again until puffed, then serve hot.
Melt a half pound of butter in a pint of boiling water and stir in three quarters of a pound of flour. Stir until the mixture leaves the pan. Off the heat, when cool, whip in eighteen eggs. Bake in tins until golden brown. Cool, slit and fill with cream, then top with chocolate icing.
A fragmented cooking note describes boiling spaghetti in salted water until tender then draining it. It instructs layering in a buttered baking dish with crumbs cheese and butter, repeating until full. Top layer crumbs are jawed and milk poured to fill interstices before baking to a good brown.
A cup of English walnut meats shelled and blanched until dry is mixed with an equal measure of crisp celery. Add enough mayonnaise to moisten. Pack into a chilled bowl lined with lettuce leaves, top with dressing, and chill in the icebox until serving.
Instructions describe mixing two cups corn meal one cup flour and salt and soda. Add three eggs with one tablespoon sugar then combine with flour and two cups sour milk. Bake in one loaf until done.
A compact recipe for very thin cookies. Mix four slightly rounded tablespoons sugar with three tablespoons melted butter and two tablespoons milk, then whisk in one egg. Add two level teaspoons baking powder and enough flour to roll very thin. Cut shapes and bake.
A brief recipe reads Chop one cup of cranberries fine add one cup of sugar and one beaten egg. Beat all together and bake with two crusts for a Cranberry Pie. The directions suggest a simple fruit pie with a double crust.
A large crowd packed the Senate chamber as the Mattingly S100 onloan license bill passed 29 to 78 after a two hour debate. The floor area filled early with saloonkeepers brewers temperance workers and others on both sides. The vote triggered a loud handclap reaction from spectators across floor and galleries.
The Senate on Wednesday forenoon passed the Kistler bill by a 3S to 1? margin. It provides that tax liens are barred after ten years, limiting operations of tax collectors who uncover old but listed taxes. The decision holds that unpaid taxes on real estate behind a decade cannot be pursued, framing the statute of limitations for tax liens.
A lost notebook from an insurance lobbyist at the State House allegedly lists members of both houses with Indianapolis addresses home districts committee assignments and ties to insurance firms. It notes positions on insurance legislation favorable conditions and includes marks after several names. The loser of the document is not identified.
The State Board of Agriculture has introduced a Senate bill to authorize 109000 dollars in bonds at 4 percent interest maturing in 1910 to fund a live stock pavilion on the State fair grounds. Support will cite actions by other states and Indiana's prior funding to argue for a prestigious facility hosting five stock shows.
The Bland two cent fare bill was quickly disposed of on Thursday morning with an amended second reading removing a provision allowing railroads to charge 214 cents per mile to passengers without tickets. The bill passed the Senate by unanimous vote.
Short suggestions cover dented stomach relief by swallowing saliva and cleaning with kerosene using fresh cloths. Tips include removing lamp soot with alcohol, washing papier mache with cold water sponges, polishing with flour, lime water for jars, cleansing milk vessels, restoring ivory with lemon and salt, and odor control by onion in cassock cleanup. do not cook with onion there.
Since January 10 when it convened the Senate has introduced 338 bills and the House 412 bills, totaling 750 measures ahead of the Assembly's final session on March 11.
John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, addressed the Legislature Thursday. He spoke on the labor question, emphasizing the evils of child labor.
The inheritance tax bill places a tax on legacies and bequests for state use. Drawn by William L. Taylor, former Attorney General. The bill has two tax schedules: one for transfers to close relatives and lineal descendants, and another for more distant or nonblood relationships.
Defense witness Dr. J. C. Wiley, Thaw family physician linked to Dixmount Insane Asylum, testifies as the trial of Harry Kendall Thaw for the Stanford White murder proceeds. The coverage emphasizes wealth as the trial’s central intrigue and notes the defense aim to frame the case as a common crime rather than a new form of violence.
Attorney Jerome questions Dr. Wiley with medical terms causing nervous reactions during cross examination. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testifies about architect White relations and Cafe Martin meeting, seeking to aid Harry Thaw in the case. Witness breaks down, Thaw hides his face as testimony unfolds.
The Kansas Senate moved to abolish capital punishment while Missouri and Tennessee consider or enact measures on tipping penalties and automatic sentence commutations. California alters wording on school question resolutions, and Pennsylvania Treasurer Berry cites $5 million in capital finishing charges with duplicate payments and vague specs.
R G Dun weekly review reports railroads in Chicago fail to promptly handle all offered business as mill and factory production remains strong and future contracts build optimism. Raw materials stay costly while hides leather lumber and building supplies are in high demand. January building permits surge 23 percent above last year with $1,192,500 in new structures. Mercantile collections solid. wholesale district shows rising activity with country merchants buying spring lines. Traveling salesmen report good orders from the interior, signaling a likely wave of west and southwest wares. Local clearance sales shrink winter stocks. Rail earnings rise but freight delays persist amid more rolling stock and improved traffic efforts. Grain movement at port: 11,511,500 bushels, up from last week and last year.
Elmer Alltop of Brown County admitted killing his brother Harvey near Bloomington after a debt dispute over $300 secured by a farm mortgage. He said he lured Harvey to Bloomington for repayment, struck him with a club, and stomped his face after the blow. The body was found severely mutilated.
Bradstreet's Commercial Report notes mixed conditions across sectors with some growth in spring lines like cotton goods limited mainly by mill and distributor capacity. Iron and steel show varied futures, while Ohio Valley activity resumes as waters recede. Cold weather and clearance sales boost East and North trade. Northwest faces snow and car shortages, with gradual improvement. Wheat belt and crop reports show little change and a strong snow cover for winter.
Price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep span multiple cities including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo. Grain values cover wheat corn oats rye and clover seed with No 2 grades and various region prices. Market summaries show modest variations by region and commodity with typical farm and wholesale price ranges.
Franklin Neb resident James Schearman dies after a fall in a hog pen and a desperate struggle, with hogs devouring him. Across the era, J P Morgan's banking house in New York announces the leadership will pass to J P Morgan Jr, signaling reduced involvement by the senior Morgan.
Eli Middleton’s wife, a Fort Wayne purchase, attempted to pass a bought infant as her own child. A physician confirmed the baby was three days old, and Mrs Middleton admitted to buying the child two days earlier to provide her husband with an heir.
Fred D. Gilman former president of Home bank Goodland suspended June 11 1904 found guilty of embezzling bank funds. Bank failed owing depositors about 243000 with assets around 50000. Gilman arrested three weeks ago at Bloomington Sk and brought to Kentland for trial. Also noted banker humorist George Ade’s mother Mrs John Ade died at her home in Kentland Indiana after fifty years there. She born 1833 near Cheviot Ohio and celebrated 50th wedding anniversary in 1901.
Mrs. Orlo E. Lancaster arrested on perjury charges in Marion County tied to divorce proceedings. The former wife of Henry McClain, she was detained after an indictment by a Marion grand jury in Keystone.
The frozen body of James Reese, a former Chicago businessman, was found in the barn on his farm near Jox. He appeared to have suffered a fainting spell and died from exposure at age 72.
State Representative Ager, known as the corn king, fell from a steamboat near Prince ton on a return trip for corn and drowned in the Wabash River. The incident occurred as he traveled with HH and FE, witnesses reported.
A B year old girl, Iva Bennett, daughter of Mr and Mrs Bennett, died after her clothing caught fire near a stove in Pierceton. She was found burning and died within minutes.
Boonville rural mail carrier Neihouse risked missing his route as floods rose, delivering mail in a skiff to continue the regular trip amid rising waters.
A head on collision near Bedford on the Southern Indiana railroad between a passenger train and a light engine injures several people. The accident disrupted service and firefighters assisted casualties at the scene.
A special election in Rockport approved incorporating as a city by a sixty vote margin. A Fontanet powder mill explosion killed Max Berndt and Jake Carner, with $10,000 in property damage. the mill will be idle thirty days. A 17 year old cemetery drowning occurred near Winona Academy. A jail suicide in Peru and a murder trial in Evansville are reported alongside a railroad explosion in Arcola. A hotel landlord struck a guest with a hatchet. injuries may recover.
A compact list of pivotal events from 1141 to 1905, noting battles coronations assassinations treaties discoveries and political shifts across Europe the Americas and beyond. It catalogs rulers battles revolutions and major disasters with dates and brief contexts for reference.
President Eliot of Starvard told Congregational ministers in Boston that finality in religion is indefensible. He argued there is an irresistible drift toward belief that truth cannot be fixed and questioned why theologians should claim to have finished theology when philosophy and science have not.
Alfred Weaver of Montgomery and John E B Carney claim to have discovered methods to harden and temper precious metals including silver platinum and gold. Details are not public. T H Whelan of Bath Beach New York has been invited by Brooklyn Navy Yard officials to demonstrate a process for plating steel and lead with silver without copper or electricity.
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