Wisconsin Congress Elects Officers at Milwaukee Session
The Wisconsin Congress of Mothers met at the YWCA in Milwaukee to elect officers and board members. Mrs H A Betts was named president with J James Donahue Mrs Edward Hammet Mrs E M Henzick and others as officers. Four three year directors were elected including J R Sullivan Henry Sullivan and W H Wright.
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Madison
Henry Sullivan
Winn Vanderwalker
Milwaukee Normal School
A. H. Hutton
Samuel Hirshberg
United States
Night Sessions At The Capitol Draw Crowds And Vitriolic Debates
Washington notes describe annual late sessions in which the Capitol fills with visitors and society crowds the galleries. Night debates are tense, often sharper, and adjournment eve brings revelry. West Point lore includes a playful New Year’s bombardment and tales of cadet mischief alongside minor government anecdotes.
Risk Business Boom Tax of Northwestern Mutal Company
Madison reports from the Wisconsin insurance department show major growth in the insurance sector over the past decade. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co of Milwaukee nearly doubled its receipts, rising from 469 177.29 in 1902 to 620 438.68 in 1906, with 1912 forecasted at about 927 126.3. After deducting 127 000 for local fire department tax, ten-year departmental receipts total roughly 7 165 445.3.
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Madison
Wiecongiri insurance _ department
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co
Milwaukee
Protect Grade Crossings Madison State Rail Commission Action
The state railroad commission campaigns against dangerous crossings. One commissioner has spent months investigating. Over 2,000 crossings are deemed dangerous and will be made safer this year with automatic signals and illuminated signs. Grade separation and removal of view obstructions are planned where feasible. The push follows a rise in crossing accidents in recent months.
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Madison
State Railroad Commission
Food Value of Honey Highlights Household Use
Honey is a valuable adjunct to the housekeeper diet and a concentrated food for children, easier to digest than beet sugar. The Ladies' World offers recipes including Lemon Honey Pie and Crown Honey Cream Filling, detailing steps and cautions for using honey with pastry and meringue.
Easy Way of Testing Eggs Method for judging egg freshness used by grandmothers
A housekeeper describes a simple test: fill a glass two thirds with water and float an egg. Fresh eggs lie flat on the bottom, older eggs tilt or rise. If the egg stands vertical it is about three months old and likely unfit. The method explains evaporation enlarging the shell’s air space as eggs age.
Many to Get Dollar a Day Under New Pension Law
Adjutant General Boardman reports the pension office is reshaping work under the May 14 1912 law affecting about five percent of state pensioners whose monthly payments were under $30. The department becomes a free pension agency with many veterans preferring to have papers filed by the adjutant general. About 10000 state residents are affected and rushing to file claims. In the nation, 420000 veterans are affected by the law.
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Medleon
Boardman
United States
T 16
Fish In Great Abundance
Settlers within seven miles of Knudson lake fish red horse and salt them for summer use. At night fish come up streams from Knudson and Lake Chetek to spawn. Shoals fill the creek and wake the water. farmers spear, fork, and scoop fish onto banks. One man reportedly throws out 1,000 pounds of fish in a night.
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Couderay
Knudson Lake
Knudson
Lake Chetek
Milwaukee man held for wife murder after drunken attack
John Frey aged 56 of 2518 Cherry Street is charged by the police with murdering his wife Mary Frey aged 48 by hitting her with a blunt instrument. The gash fractured her skull and death was instantaneous. Frey admits striking his wife but says his fist was the weapon used.
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Milwaukee
John Frey
Cherry Street
Mary Frey
Frey
Badger Elk to Head Order in Port land June
Unopposed candidate Thomas B. Milla of this city is slated to be elected national executive head of the Bika at the extended grand meeting to be held in Portland in June honoring the Superior Wisconsin Elkdom 43.
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Badger Elk
Superior
Wisconsin
Elkdom
Thomas B. Milla
Bika
Portland
Denmark Mill Plant Opens at Denmark Condensed Milk
Green Bay reports the Denmark Condensed Milk company opened a new $76,000 plant in Denmark County with a daily capacity of 100,000 pounds of milk.
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Denmark Mill
Green Bay
Denmark Condensed Milk Company
Denmark
Steals 6 Cents. 30 Days for Woman's Loss
Sidney Shephard will serve thirty days in the county workhouse for stealing six cents left by a woman in a pitcher on her porch intended to buy milk. The incident occurred in Green Bay involving an alleged petty theft.
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Geta
Green Bay
Sidney Shepherd
Polish Salad Recipe From An Old Guide
A compact antique recipe for Polish salad using cold new potatoes smoked salmon hard boiled eggs ham gherkins celery lettuce olive garnish and mayonnaise. The method describes peeling slicing potatoes trimming fish mixing chopped vegetables with mayonnaise seasoning salt paprika and herbs then shaping in a bowl and garnishing with olives and egg rounds.
Game birds cooking guidance for tenderness and moisture
The text advises on handling game birds before cooking. It recommends cleaning promptly, soaking in strong salt water to remove wild taste, and avoiding drawing snipes and woodcock. It suggests tying birds with string, adding bacon over the breast to prevent dryness, and suggests serving slightly underdone, especially for ducks.
Orange Pie Recipe From a Vintage Kitchen Note
Beat yolks of four eggs with eight tablespoons sugar. Grate rind of two oranges and add juice and two thirds of a tumbler milk. Combine with the eggs and sugar and bake for thirty minutes in an undercrust. For frosting beat four egg whites to a stiff peak with four tablespoons powdered sugar. Pour frosting over pie as soon as it comes from the oven and return to bake to a delicate brown.
Oyster Soup Recipe From Aged Ink Cookery Note
A historical recipe instructs boiling water and ink, stirring in cracker crumbs and pepper, then adding oysters and a pat of sweat butter. The mixture is boiled briefly to a frothy finish and served hot at table.
Curry of Rice Delicacy From Simple Meats
A compact recipe outlines cooking rice and grinding cold meat into a rich gravy from meat stock or white sauce. Season the meat with salt pepper and sage then pile it atop the rice to form a mound on the platter. The writer declares it delicious and well relished.
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