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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1906
Page
6
A compact excerpt offers kitchen tips from soaking beans with salt to boiling stocks daily. It suggests lifting flour with cornmeal to prevent mush sticking, cooking pudding slowly for creaminess, and reusing cold rice in soup waffles or salads. It notes efficient cooks and mentions rich men in passing.
Chile, first in South America to build railways, now boasts 3,000 miles of track. Washington passes a law capping adult rail fares at 3 cents per mile and children at 1 1/4 cents per mile. Massachusetts punishes illegal street railway transfer sales with fines up to 50 dollars or up to thirty days in jail. London railway uniforms show 130 distinct cap forms signaling wearer rank.
A Chicago note shows only 500 women voted for a State university trustee, while many women teach physical culture, signaling growing female professional presence. A London Mail correspondent cites New Zealand 1905 data: 263597 men and 212876 women on roll. 221611 men and 175046 women voted.
A vivid description highlights a woman driven by shopping, equating time with money as she pursues bargains and endless retail activity. The piece surveys consumer fever and its social allure, noting the frenzy surrounding new fashions and sales.
The piece outlines strange animal facts such as insects becoming parents soon after birth and scavenging habits of storks and cats. It also notes South African baboons ostracizing elderly members, rabbits lacking eyelids with a transparent membrane covering the eyes in sleep.
A man with poor eyesight avoids recognizing his creditors upon meeting them, using his limited vision as a ready excuse for the lapse. The encounter highlights a humorous clash between personal misperception and financial obligations.
New York Sun describes Caracal coats with braids and velvet collars, plaited skirts with wide hems, and favoring bias folds. It highlights embroidered Chinese coats for evening wear and front seams on full skirts with decorative stitching and trim details.
The piece profiles Will Payne a New York writer spending part of winter there, Ambrose Bierce famed as the United States' most accomplished cynic, 86 year old Don ald G. Mitchell of New Haven known as Sir Marvel, and Jeremiah Curtin of Bristol Vermont master of seventy languages. Curtin, a Harvard graduate, served as secretary of the legation at St Petersburg under Lincoln and has authored translations and many books.
Miss Iva Blinston travels to Grand Forks South Dakota to stay with relatives and friends. Mrs R A Taylor is ill at 932 Rose Street. Mr and Mrs Schneider of 1326 Rose Street welcome a baby boy born last week. Emmett Loughan Burlington brakeman injured earlier is improving and around with little difficulty. Miss Louise Wartinbee visits her parents on Wood Street from Winona for a few days.
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