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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1907
Page
4
A collage of garbled notes and anecdotes highlights early 20th century concerns and curiosities. Dental shortages at West Point, cat shelter musings, a Jersey distiller, a woman rescuing false teeth, and varied quips on debt, prosperity, and global affairs mix with jokes about trains, cannons, and American naval power.
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The article lists handy helpers like a point slicer, stiff brush, scrubbing brush, whisk, and a painter's brogh for dusting. It emphasizes having cheesecloth, a feather duster, washing soda, and borax or household ammonia for washing towels, plus routines to fill and wash dishes promptly and boil towels weekly.
Oysters roasted with four or five per person, drained and cleaned, then drained into buttered scallop shells. Salt and pepper, a dab of butter, and a drop of tabasco per shell. Shells plugged and baked in a hot oven until plump and curled at the edges. Garnish with toast points and parsley. serve hot and fresh.
Cream the butter and sugar, then add raisins and eggs. Mix in milk, flour, spices and baking powder sifted together. Add enough hot water to form a soft dough, roll, cut and bake in a quick oven.
An old fashioned pea pudding is described with steps to soak and boil split peas in a cloth, then mash with salt pepper butter and egg yolk, rewrap and boil again. Served with corned beef, the method aims for a tender, rich pudding.
A rainy day activity suggests children color and identify animals hidden around the room. Print small notes with each animal name, scatter them, and have kids match papers to creatures to learn animal and bird names.
Creamed Finnan Haddie recipe advises soaking fish eight to ten hours in cold water, drying, then buttering a baking pan and fish with pepper and butter. Add milk, bake quickly to moderately, lift the fish to a platter, spoon over with a blended gravy, and garnish with lemon slices. Distinctive terms include Adéken gravy and purse leg.
A recipe instruction describes shaping codfish and potato mash into balls, frying until brown, and serving hot on a platter. It notes adding butter, pepper, and a little flour, then rolling and frying each ball for even browning.
Ah Of, a child from a Chinatown tenement, gathers lore from neighbor kids about Christmas and the mission, while otherworldly spirits, moon legends, and a foreign devil’s temple mingle with gifts of nuts and ginger. A stranger named Lu Chan tracks Ah Oi, leading to a Christmas day reunion and a tale of sale and return to a distant land.
In this fragment Ah Ol recalls life near the Lake of Flowers in the Land of the Dragon and her capture by Yan Lee. She longs for Lu Chan who vows to win her through study and vows to return. Choy Come and Ah Yeung discuss fate and a plan to scribe a note for the blue eyed woman.
Wisconsin life insurers Penn Mutual and Connecticut Mutual announced withdrawal from Wisconsin markets. General Manager W W Macomber said the Penn Mutual retirement follows a January 1 effect due to new insurance laws, making it impractical to continue business here. Connecticut Mutual also disclosed withdrawal at presidents association meetings in New York.
Train crash one mile south of Beloit injures two people seriously as Northwestern passenger train and freight collide. A relief train with surgeons rushes to the scene. Two injured brought to Beloit Hospital. More victims listed as being treated.
William Dillon was sentenced to 17 years in Waupun by Judge Reldon for the murder of Jacob C. Lost of Milwaukee. Deducting time for good behavior, Dillon must serve nine years and nine months. Also noted is a separate cheese prize event at University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, with top scores by P. H. Kasper and Casper Andress.
A man giving the name T. Miller was arrested on a forged check charge after presenting a $50 note to R. R. Warter, Grand hotel proprietor, in what police call one of the cleverest check forgeries. Lena Wilkinson faces non support charges, claiming she has bad luck in marriages after her multiple unions ended in separations.
Watchman E. E. Boleth arrived to prevent dynamite blasts aimed at the flour mills. Authorities suspect an employee with cut wages plotted revenge and attempted to destroy the mills.
A verdict awarding six cents damages to former Governor Scofield in a $100,000 libel suit against the Press was set aside by Judge Chester A. Fowler who ordered a new trial. The ruling labels the original verdict perverse and warrants relitigation.
William Neidfeld of Onalaska was buried alive for eight hours after falling into a well and was dug out in a exhausted, bruised condition. Physicians believe he will survive the ordeal.
Regis River secretary of the German American Colonization Society of Northern Wisconsin has completed plans with Dante Graham of the Eagle River branch of the Northern Blue Grass Land company. They will accommodate 30 families who will arrive within 40 to 90 days from Posen, Germany.
Neenah area crime report notes burglars tried to enter a local property the other night. Police urge residents to secure premises and report suspicious activity immediately. No injuries reported and investigation ongoing.
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