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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1910
Page
14
The chair, originally meant as a sewing seat, was created by a Kiddsas woman. It resembles a simple rocking chair with hinged solid sides that unfold to become broad arms. These arms support sewing, hold a basin for dressing a baby, and serve various domestic tasks performed while seated.
The article surveys the Tower of London as a formidable fortress and government storehouse housing the crown jewels worth about 15.6 million dollars. It notes the White Tower from William the Conqueror era with Norman chapel, St. Peter's chapel, the Jewel office, and the horse armory. A slab marks Anne Boleyn’s beheading, among other famous executions in English history.
Recipe text details lemon layer gingerbread with sugar molasses eggs ginger soda baking powder and flour to make a stiff batter and a lemon filling from rind pulp and sugar. also includes a tartar sauce for meats with mustard sugar pepper salt onion juice egg yolks olive oil vinegar olives capers pickles and parsley.
A New Rice Pudding method instructs draining cooked rice into four cups of rich milk and stirring in sugar, melted butter, salt, and cinnamon. Bake slowly for three hours, stirring during the first hour, until the rice is tender and light. Optional additions include stoned dates for sweetness.
Fragmented instructions describe boiling cabbage until tender then mixing with milk and eggs to bake a savory dish, with butter and seasonings, plus a sugared molasses glaze. Additional lines hint at spiced breads and desserts but text is garbled. Names, places, or dates are not clear.
The exiled Nicaragua president Miguel Zelaya reportedly foiled a plotted revolution by surprise visit to the conspirators. He toasted loyalty to himself and punishment for traitors then, with soldiers flooding the room, convicting the plotters but opting for imprisonment or exile over execution.
Two weasels crossing a public highway from Jedburgh toward Oxnam Water were seen carrying an egg under one’s chin. A collie chased the animal and it dropped the unbroken egg, slipping under a hedge into the woods. The egg was found intact about 300 yards from the capture site.
A fragment from Yonkers Statesman depicts a tense exchange about engagement and secrecy. A police officer appears to know the couple's private matters, prompting questions about how the information came to light and who revealed it.
A terse court of session scene recounts a judge and sheriff handling a jury trial. The presiding lord justice and clerk faced an amused audience as laughter arose. The macer attempted to calm the room, stressing silence amid a chaotic, fragmentary Westminster Gazette excerpt.
Fred Clarke in his thirty eighth year as Pirates manager runs a strict disciplined team. He avoids favoritism and public praise, corrects in emergencies, and replaces players who cannot keep up with better talent. His leadership yields respected, frictionless play and continued pennant potential.
Battling Nelson outlines a plan to stage a fight with Ad Wolgast to meet a $20,000 demand. He proposes an arena near Frisco with 20,000 capacity and 75 percent of gate receipts for his end. Wolgast would receive $20,000, the rest to Nelson, who expects about $17,500 after settling Wolgast. He would deposit Wolgast’s purse with a stakeholder and assume all risk.
Pennsylvania university resumes cricket activity with M. R. Huish, a former Oxford coach of nine years and a noted figure in English county cricket. The piece recalls 1854 Haverford vs Penn intercollegiate matches and the 1777 Philadelphia origin of cricket in America.
The International Olympic Committee plans a June meeting in Luxemburg to review Sweden game programs for 1912. Colonel Black and Comte Clarence de Rosen will present the program, with Swedish representatives and the international jury in attendance. The committee expects the Swedish program to be shorter than England’s two years ago.
Edward Gordon Hanlan son of the famed single sculler will be trained next fall by James Rice, the Columbia crew coach. Rice signs that Hanlan did him a good turn and he will do as much to help his son succeed in rowing.
An advertisement touts Miona stomach tablets as a guaranteed cure for indigestion. It claims the prescription strengthens digestion and restores stomach health, sold in small tablets for 50 cents. Also mentions Bonsth's Pills for liver and bowels at 25 cents.
The denatured alcohol division of the Internal Revenue Service will be abolished on July 1 after earlier public support and tax removal debates. The unit once employed about 110 clerks and cost roughly $200000 annually, with staff reduced to sixty before its elimination. Most remaining employees will become field inspectors.
Mr B F Kelly of Springfield reports years of kidney trouble relieved after taking Foley Kidney Pills. He cites disappearance of dull headaches, normal bladder action, and end of distress following several weeks of use.
The article notes high confidence among electricians at the National Electrical Convention in St. Louis that new inventions are near. Expected advances include long distance water power transmission, regulated by federal and state rights, and electric roads. Experts anticipate power, light, and heat becoming more economical and the city no longer needing horses or smoke.
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