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Newspaper
Kingman Star
Location
Kingman, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1907
Page
3
An Ohio inventor introduces a lever lift attachment that raises pot lids via a handnearby lever, allowing safer steam access and quick liquid drainage. The design attaches to long-handled pots reducing burn risk and simplifies pouring. A simple steamed pudding recipe follows with flour, molasses, fruit and spices, steamed for 2.5 hours and served with hard sauce.
Cream butter and sugar, split batter, add egg yolks to one part and stiff peaks to the other. Mix milk and flour with baking powder into the right part, add spices to the dark part with vanilla. Lightly combine to marbled effect and bake in loaf tin.
For the average pie mix three quarters cup sugar a pinch of salt two level tablespoonfuls of flour half level teaspoon cinnamon. Sprinkle part over under crust then add apples in three layers with seasoning between. Moisten edges press crust together. Cut gashes in top crust for steam to escape so juice is absorbed by flour and pie is preserved.
Crisp white cabbage is blanched in salted water then drained and sliced fine. Toss with a sour cream dressing of lemon juice salt and minced green peppers. The dressing also suits sliced tomatoes or cucumbers.
Melt butter and sugar then add eggs vanilla and salt. Mix in rolled oats baking powder and form spoonfuls. Place on pan and shape with fingers. Bake in a hot oven ten minutes, avoid excessive browning.
A historical note explains cleaning knives by placing a small piece of old Brussels carpet sprinkled with brick or emery powder, slightly moistened with menthylated spirit. The knife is rubbed front and back over the carpet while the left hand steadies the fabric.
A historic recipe instruction for roasting a leg of mutton larded with salt pork and seasoned with pepper, basil and marjoram. It advises frequent basting with butter and, an hour before serving, spreading currant jelly then browning in the oven.
The article advises methods to preserve lemons. Place lemons in a bag of corn meal to extend freshness for weeks or store them in cold water, changing the water weekly to maintain quality.
Mrs Agnes Poireis, a Sioux Falls maid, died from multiple wounds after working for Mrs Exuna Kaufmann. The jury found Kaufmann guilty of manslaughter in the first degree. The minimum penitentiary term is twenty years.
The 1907 harvest is expected to be lean for winter wheat with major declines in Kansas Nebraska Ohio Indiana Illinois California Oklahoma and Texas. National winter wheat output may total 369 million bushels versus 493 million last year, while spring wheat and other grains also show weakened yields. The corn crop might offset some losses, but overall food grain outlook remains cautious.
The submarine Octopus sank to 205 feet off Boston harbor on June 9, resisting 90 psi water pressure with no damage. Crew evacuated to the tender during the dive, while the boat was lowered by cable and derricks. It took fifteen minutes to reach the depth and is now ready for acceptance trials.
At Rapid City South Dakota Secretary Taft was presented with a handsome Indian tomahawk a souvenir of his first visit to the hills and at Fort Meade he was given a fine Indian bead-work bridle by local hosts.
Officials warn Japan could force U S to lose Philippine possessions Guam Hawaii Alaska if war erupts. Navy leaders note U S fleet strength favors Atlantic and Pacific defenses are weak with only one drydock capable of docking a battleship.
The article notes no American battleship remains between San Francisco and Manila as ships move to the Atlantic fleet, prompting caution from the Navy and potential diplomatic friction with Japan. It also covers the 34th National Conference of Charities and Correction in Minneapolis with debates on child labor health in homes and schools, and welfare among vagrants and breakfastless children.
Charles C. Vogt of the American Tobacco Company died by his own hand in Louisville Kentucky citing health as the cause. An explosion at Sinnemahoning Powder Manufacturing Company in Sinnemahoning Pennsylvania killed several workers. In Boston a former State Senator and receiver for American Birth Insurance Company sued officers for misapplied funds. Federal plans to prevent a fuel shortage include early coal stockpiling in the West and Northwest. The Uncle Sam Oil case in Leavenworth Kansas ruled against H H Tucker Jr seeking receiver removal. The State Department will appoint a new post for John Jenkins in San Salvador and send Samuel B Magill from Tampico to San Salvador.
Testimony from Orchard in Boise reveals his claim that his confession to the Steunenberg murder and related crimes came from conscience rather than incentives. He described prison mistreatment, religious influences, and his resolve to confess, aided by a Bible and moral prompting from a Pinkerton agent. He also noted plans of self harm and details about associates, including Steve Adams, amid penitentiary pressure and witness promises.
The Russian Duma repealed three laws punishing approval of political crimes, excluding from service those accused or suspected of political crimes, and penalizing private instruction in Poland. It also abolished field court martial for civilians spreading revolutionary ideas in the army.
Richard Croker the former Tam many Hall leader history, bred horses in England and Ireland. His 83-year-old colt Orby, ridden by American jockey Reiff, won the Derby at Epsom Downs. Stakes total 32,500 dollars with Croker claiming about 100,000 dollars more in bets at 10 to 1 odds.
Cash Allen a 28 year old telegraph operator at Griffiths station crawled to the Erie depot after an oil tank exploded at midnight Saturday. He sent help to Bluntington and Laporte, enabling Laporte to send fire units and save 500 residents' homes. About fifty acres burned and damages reached $50 000 before containment. The town lauds Allen as its hero.
Mrs Knox, appointed receiver for the Bank of Ladoga and Hoosier Veneer, is making a creditable record as manager of the trust. Depositors are paid in full from veneer earnings and bank assets. The bank is on its feet again and operating in stockholders’ interest.
Dr. I L Barles of Belleville reports twenty two days living on water and says he is in fine condition with no hunger pangs. He has lost weight from 181 pounds to 168 pounds and will undergo tests of endurance if proposed. He drinks double distilled water and plans to break the fast with baby food when hungry.
In Richmond serious talk of impeachment arises over John I. Taggart city clerk after an Indiana Municipal League inquiry found a $227 shortage. Taggart admits the shortage and will repay, but his whereabouts are unknown since he left Logansport for Lake Maxinkuckee.
Dr. A Carr of South Bend learns he is the heir to $100,000 after his sister Mrs. Margaret Meredith of Troy Ohio dies. Previous claim by William Jennings as legally adopted son is challenged as nonrecorded. Carr now stands to inherit the fortune with a contested estate.
In South Bend, mother treated news of her son Alexander Tever's drowning as a joke until afternoon, then alerted police as divers search the St. Joseph river. Separate report says Prof. Hershal Eaglebarger, who drowned trying to save student John Lay, has not yet been found.
Alfred SXrone, 30, a cripple, walked into the river at the piano factory in Richmond in view of hundreds of workmen. He was rescued after the alarm sounded and remains in a greatly weakened condition but will recover.
Roscoe Moguel of New Castle sues the Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company for 2500 dollars claiming loss of a tee in an accident. Evensville sees Miss Mary Hodge die from heat after church walk with several prostrations reported. Goshen College hears Chicago hospital proposals to train Mennonite nurses and missionaries. Anna Rader of Chicago is sued for divorce by Robert Rader of Goshen in Elkhart Circuit Court over alleged impropriety and wine parties.
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