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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1907
Page
3
A New Jersey inventor develops a cake cutter that shapes multiple figures from a single sheet of dough. The device marks figures on a roller so the cutter shapes designs with no waste portions left between them, reducing dough loss to a minimum.
A home dish uses buttered brown bread lining a baking dish with a center of chopped apples. The filling mixes a spoonful of Ginianen with brown sugar, adds water, and is topped with more buttered bread. Bake until set and serve with a sauce.
A recipe text describes mixing clams with milk juice and flour, seasoning with salt and pepper, then dropping spoonfuls into hot fat to fry until brown. Drain in a colander before serving.
Ham Woflins Cremn one-fourth cupful of butter, add gradually nearly three-fourths of a cupful of cold boiled haan, chopped fine, also a well-beaten egg, then alternately one cupful of Grahan four and one cupful of white flour, sifted, with three teaspoonfuls of baking powder and a cupful of milk. Bake in a hot, well-buttered malin pan about twenty five Minutes.
A historic kitchen note describes mixing dry mustard siwar and flour with salt to form a paste, then whisking in vinegar milk cayenne and butter until smooth. The mixture is boiled while stirred until the butter melts, yielding a seasoned sauce.
A fragment outlines making a curry roux with a quarter cup utter and four tablespoons flour sifted with half a teaspoon salt one teaspoon Royal India curry and a quarter teaspoon paprika. Cook one minute then stir in two cups milk or stock and pour over six sliced boiled eggs.
Instruction shows removing skins from apricots, cutting pulp, adding juice and two quarts water with four cups sugar, heating until dissolved, then freezing. Mixture rests for half an hour or two before serving.
A rudimentary recipe blends one cup butter with half cup brown sugar and boiling water containing dissolved baking soda. Add one teaspoon cinnamon and one teaspoon cloves, beat in two eggs, then flour to make a batter. Bake in a loaf tin.
Dice the turkey meat and mix with celery in a two to one ratio. Add broken walnuts and a drizzle of dressing to bind the mixture. Serve on a nest of crisp lettuce for a simple, fresh presentation.
Practical advice on chopping suet with ground rice to ease cutting. Vinegar added to washing water for fish to impart flavor. Custards cooked in a water bath on the stove to prevent overcooking, then browned in the oven. Brass or copper wire gauze sieves as sturdy colander substitutes, well made of black tin and resilient to pressure.
A humorous verse from the Somerville Journal contrasts a striking red rose in a woman's black hair with a red nose. It mocks male courtship and endearing vanity, noting that despite beauty and adornment, the woman remains undesired due to her nose.
Agent claims the car is maintenance free and never needs underbody fixes. Sparker doubts, but the agent insists that even the smallest mechanism fault instantly flips the underside up for inspection.
A witty exchange notes Blanche enjoying a friend's singing while Belle jokes that love may cause indigestion. The line captures banter on romance and music, reflecting comic mood and social satire characteristic of Puck dialogue.
Charlemagne weeps by the riverbank as he accuses Kaiser Wilhelm of stealing his clothes during a Styx swim. The royal figure is forced to wear a shabby parrel in the New York Sun report.
A Puck cartoon caption imagines the emperor Bing and his equerry. It humorously notes the emperor’s command to harness Niagara and reveals Niagara was his old bay mare, poking fun at Rediscovery.
A Washington Star quote features a wise remark on wealth and happiness followed by Dustin Stax’s reply. He says profits do not bring true happiness, yet notes they let him outpace others in worry, feeling comfortable by comparison. The exchange highlights irony about wealth and contentment.
A humorous note about a wife airing a suit on the line and the joke that gasoline scent might linger, reflecting a light exchange in the Yonkers Statesman.
An Observer quips that two heads are better only when one head holds nothing, a pithy Yonkers Statesman remark. The line playfully questions collaborative wisdom and the value of collective thinking in unclear cases.
A reader notes the tea is costly yet not very good, while another comments they obtained a whole set of dishes with it, reflecting reader chatter published in the Detroit Free Press.
A fragmentary classroom exchange appears in which a teacher asks what bees make and a child responds with a garbled remark about sore spots and a newspaper. The readable text shows fragmented speech and misreadown phrasing from the Statesman.
A witty excerpt notes that the most expensive furs originate from Wall Street as a humorous remark in Life magazine.
A Yonkers exchange notes a saying that in Zulu land a full moon makes objects clearly visible at as far as seven miles. Patrice adds a quip about stringing hammocks indoors.
In a dialogue on manners and expectations, a mother objects to Bessie’s coming-out party while the father contends the announcement is unnecessary as she is already described as enraged. The piece reflects social tensions and parental attitudes from the era.
An enthused inventor speaks of perfecting a new kind of airship. A sardonic friend asks if it is for flight or for writing about, illustrating a playful exchange quoted from the Washington Star.
A brief Yonkers Statesman quip contrasts Bacon with the idea of laziness, noting his wife owns eight gowns that button in the back as a sign of activity and bustle. The exchange frames Bacon as not indolent within a humorous social remark.
John Otterson says the ghost of his father in law haunts him daily. He has abandoned the Bristol area home bequeathed by David Garman and sold the property. Otterson claims the specter follows him at meals and at night, with women and children frightened by the tale.
Arley Fields, a Silverbville farmer, drove into Salt creek ford while taking his wife and mother to Oolitic. The vehicle sank in fifteen feet of water and the women could not swim. Fields swam fifty feet to a stone pile and held on for thirty minutes while a Monon switching crew formed a human chain to rescue them. The horses, valued at $250, drowned.
Earl Burgess, a 16 year old high school student, prepared lessons for the next day and then turned on the gas in his room. He stuffed cloths in the door keyhole and arranged clothing to trap gas. A poetry poetry volume he authored lay beside his completed papers. He edited the high school yearbook.
Frederick Seybold a retired farmer aged TA years living near Lorans Port overpowered Thomas Ball 25 who entered the house and attacked Seybold with a knife when money was refused After a fierce hand to hand contest Ball was escorted to the police station for arrest Schall was raised in the Seybold family but proved a worthless character.
Lieutenant Governor Miller addresses newly elected Indiana Senators before oath, praising the prior session’s industry and hearings. He forecasts a busy upcoming session, urges impartial committees, free debate, and pledged loyal support from both chambers as they organize and set policies.
The bill, reportedly backed by Democratic education forces, was introduced in the House by Representative R. C. Brown of Salon. It targets conspiracies to defraud in manufacturing and public contracts, imposes charter and incorporation controls, allocates fines to a school fund, and includes an immunity clause to aid evidence gathering.
The Sixty-fifth session is viewed as important for reforms pledged by platformed leaders and interesting due to a small Republican majority in the Senate. Republicans compare 37 to 18 in the Senate and 53 to 47 in the House, with the 47th group especially active on the west side of the chamber.
The body found in Brocton has been identified as Edward Iranstrel son of the late Dr Nanserel of Chesterton. He visited home for Thanksgiving then disappeared. Grief over his father is believed to have driven the death.
A. R. Wetterly sold 140 acres at 45 dollars per acre to a Chicago syndicate that will finance a 500000 dollar hotel a harbor and a summer resort six miles east of the city surveys for a street car line are underway indicating development plans.
William Lupton, driven insane by visions of a man he killed while running an engine, is confined in Wabash jail. He awaits transfer to an asylum as his condition remains pitiable and constant terror torments him.
F. L. Shaw, a Farmland banker, died at Poughkeepsie station after being stricken with heart disease while riding a fast mail train. He was traveling east when the fatal episode occurred.
The State bank examiner shut The People's State bank at Ilantingburg after investigation. A 13 year old Evansville boy shot off his nose with a small rifle. Marion awards Flora Cox $2000 for breach of promise damages. Martinsville sees brakeman Walter B. Custer killed by a passenger train. Evansville sheriff reports no letter from “Twenty-Year-Old Bill” claiming Lizzie Buento’s 1897 murder. Four year old Frank Warris convicted in Jeffersonville Circuit Court of assault on his twin step daughters and life imprisonment ordered.
Senator Luge's anti-trust measure drew keen Senate focus as the reading clerk announced the rule. Lawmakers feel a broad anti-trust law may pass this session, with the Senate expected to be the battleground if corporations mount strong resistance.
Senator Carl Wool led the initial Senate passage of a local measure introduced by Senator Wood. The bill fixes court term times for the Party second judicial circuit, covering Washington and Orange counties, and was approved under suspension of the rules.
A semitiue concurrent resolution offered by Senator Slack declares that Indiana’s General Assembly favors electing United States Senators by popular vote. It proposes Indiana join other states seeking a constitutional amendment and requests a convention to consider the amendment.
A bill introduced by Representative Charles O. Baltzell of Vanderburgh Gibson and Knox counties would prevent any person unlawfully causing death or aiding it from inheriting the decedent's property. Baltzell states this repeats an unwritten state law, making it a formal statute with an emergency clause.
Newton F. Watson, representative from Soscius ko, Huntington and Whitley counties, has prepared a bill to lengthen road supervisor service from forty to seventy five days per year and raise pay from one dollar fifty to two dollars daily in the interest of good roads.
On the opening roll call for Friday introduced six 2 cent railroad fare bills, three public depository bills, one inheritance tax measure, two high license bills, two anti trust measures, and a resolution for popular vote United States Senators. Senator Cavins of Terre Haute proposed a bill to prevent price discrimination on goods of like grade and quality.
Government experts tabulated total U S wealth in 1904 including real estate railroads livestock and machinery. Per capita real estate value rose from 691 33 to 767 22 while average real estate per acre grew from 27 00 to 32 75.
Across several states the legislatures introduced fare bills and a popular election resolution, Tennessee backed Roosevelt on Brownsville troops, South Carolina split on the same matter, Nebraska debated anti unfair trade acts, Christian Science healer exams, North Carolina urged 214 cent passenger rate, Simmons to be re elected, Minnesota set investigations on coal and farm machinery combines, and lawmakers moved to curb lobbying.
The Dun's Review notes bank exchanges below last year but deposits rise and commercial defaults stay light. Confidence remains high for continued progress. iron and steel output likely cannot grow materially this year despite new plants. Other industries see steady bookings. lumber and wood products improve while grain demand stays modest. Grain movement totals 9,090,207 bushels versus 7,585,164 last year. bank clearings at 232,152,159 dollars, down 2.1 percent from 1906. Commercial paper remains ample, money eases, but discount stays at 6 percent. Chicago district failures number 26, down from 29 and 32 year ago.
New York reports mixed cross currents in trade as spring activity remains modest across sectors. Cotton goods prices rise in some lines while Eastern shoe centers see active buyer presence and shipments on order. Western centers note increased country merchant demand. money is easier in the Southwest but Northwest collections lag due to slow grain movement. Overall, markets are firmer and higher than the previous year.
A regional price roundup lists cattle hogs and sheep across markets in Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Milwaukee Buffalo New York and Toledo with bids such as Chicago hogs 4.00 to 7.20 and cattle 4.00 to 6.50. sheep 2.50 to 5.75. wheat varied No 2 Toe to TOc. corn No 2 41c to 52c. oats No 2 white 35c to 38c. rye No 2 61c to 63c. butter 25c to 28c. eggs 22c to 32c. hay up to 17.50 and clover seed 4.55.
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