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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1907
Page
4
A fragmented collage of antiquated items spans eccentric claims and odd observations. Topics include Mars dialogue, spring chickens germ ideas, high costs to raise children, candy as alcohol substitute, and a theory on gull language, all presented in a humorous, scattered fashion.
A New York manufacturing firm builds a rear platform turnstile to force single passenger car traffic and exact fare payments. an magistrate’s remark about a boy punished for shooting craps is cited, noting a heavy fine and a lesson about spending money wisely.
Paris gossip centers on a new Cupid, a rubber tired fast auto used to whisk couples away from disapproving parents. Mile. Mel Walters runs a network of garages and chauffeurs, arranging routes, rooms, and lunches for eloping lovers, while a fashionable Parisian garage serves as the front for these speed driven elopements. The story blends romance with a bustling service economy as families watch runaway weddings unfold around the bustling French capital.
Miss Lilian Birchard of Tacoma was stranded near Mount Rainier for 46 hours after a snowstorm and exposed to three feet of snow. A St Bernard named Alpine fashion led a rescue party to her location within 200 yards of a shelter, saving her from freezing conditions. She is recovering with her parents in Tacoma.
London report recounts Tom Barker killing a large otter after a tense struggle on the River Eden in Westmorland. Otters had been troubling Kirkby Stephen. Barker trapped the animal, fought it aboard a boat, and finally drowned it after tying a rope to the creature. The otter measured 40 inches from snout to tail and weighed about 18 pounds.
A fragmentary quote from Haitimors American praises Miss Mercedes as having a very mobile carnival face and the real ate face. The snippet sketches an evaluated appearance without broader context.
A home cook’s guide to a popular casserole featuring chicken. The dish starts with a buttered floured chicken in a generous stock, surrounded by vegetables and seasonings. Vegetables can be added after 20 minutes if fresh. otherwise they start with the chicken to finish together after about an hour and a quarter.
A compact recipe for a chicken mold dish using slightly aged meat. It guides washing plucked chicken, simmering bones and skin with onion garlic and pepper, boiling to reduce stock, mixing with chicken, chilling overnight, then turning out and garnishing with peas and parsley for serving.
A recipe fragment describes mixing a mustard and vinegar solution with chopped cucumbers onions and beans. It instructs boiling, half cooking, salting, draining, then combining with mildly cooked vegetables and adding mustard seed and green peppers before final heating.
Step by step home recipe combines brown and white beeswax turpentine water and soap. Shred wax melt with turpentine dissolve sea salt and soap in water combine and stir until a thick grease forms. The mixture yields a durable furniture polish that resists finger marks when used on older pieces.
Cut large tomatoes into round slices. Dust with tonpey and salt. Dredge on all sides with four. Pan a large piece of butter in frying pan with two bay leaves and a soup bun. When the snither fy hoy pit into tomatoes, be careful not to break them. Remove when cooked on both sides and place on hot platter. Add half a cup of cream to the same pan and cook a few minutes. Pan in two tablespoonfuls chopped parsley season with salt and pepper and pour over the tomatoes. Remove bay leaves and soup poned before serving. Nice for luncheon or Sunday night tem.
A recipe description outlines preparing egg sauce to accompany fish and poultry. It suggests combining two ounces of butter with flour, gradually adding boiling water, stirring until smooth, then adding two more measures of butter and finishing with salt pepper and three chopped hard boiled eggs.
Recipe for a school luncheon uses stale bread cut into squares. Mix three cups of milk to scalding stage not boiling, add a tablespoon of butter a tablespoon of sugar and half a teaspoon of salt. Pour over toast squares, cover a few minutes and serve in cereal dishes.
Stevena Point plaintiff Millimore brings suit as special administrator for E A Miltimore estate against the United States. He seeks compensation for property taken during the 1849 Oregon journey when Bannock Indians attacked near the Snake River, killing the Miltimore family and destroying outfits. The case cites the siege as basis for damages and includes a deposition to establish value.
William Wavers of Galena condemns a mining trust in his Wisconsin will. The document prohibits any mining on his real estate while the trust exists, a measure tied to his expressed hatred of the trust. His properties include numerous valuable producers and holdings.
In Oshkosh and Milwaukee reports warn that the trade suffers a shortage of young horseshoers. George Staples says without new apprentices wages may rise to six dollars daily. Separately in Milwaukee high schools a drive to abolish fraternities faces opposition, as Superintendent Pearse argues such groups undermine democracy and scholarship. Postmaster resignations appear unsettled with patrons pushing for adequate remuneration.
Ledr Burgess and Walter Cameron embark on a 160 mile trek from Tanesvillé to the Dells to study flowering plants. They carry tins for field inspections and expect to return in ten days.
The Kenosha city council is urged to create a pension fund for officers who have served over one year. Old Honest Jne Newhouse, the former assistant chief, is the only member of the force eligible for a pension.
Mrs Walter Stern of Port Washington died from injuries after a car overturned and caught fire while a group traveled home from Elkhart Lake.
Miss Ella Wardash, an Hadson saaiterina employee, suffered severe injury while trying to raise back sugar shafting. Her hair was torn and her scalp nearly detached in the accident.
The cornerstone was laid for the new Masonic temple by Grand Master Spencer Marsh, as members gathered to witness the ceremonial moment marking the start of the building’s erection.
The account recalls Capt. Idhn J. Ely of Co. E Ohio now on trial in Newton Kansas at 700 Base Second Street. He speaks of kidney troubles from the Civil War and claims Don's Kidney Pills cured him in 1901 and kept him well since. The ad notes Foster Milburn Co Sumaly, N.Y. Salt by all denters. 50 cents, 4 box.
Mrs. Kate Kinlg of West 29th Street New York describes her three children suffering eczema for five months. After ineffective treatment at the Dispensary the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment relieved the sores within weeks and left no visible signs once the heads healed.
The piece lists nicknames for ships like Muriel called Wer tr Hell and New York Press dubbed Bays, plus others such as Nilly Penn for Pennsylvania and Red Acale for Tathiana. It then recounts a Niagara Falls honeymoon return to a farm where Sila mutters of hard butter work while Cynthia consoles him with a poet's line about love, though he resists turning the churn.
A disjointed exchange shows Trith and Gohsa Golde discussing power and a purchase. An aged millionaire questions motives as a girl’s marriage and money become central, revealing a single head concerned with the affair amid odd, cryptic lines.
A trained nurse notes Postum’s value over coffee for food and drink tolerance and relief from headaches and indigestion. A Wilkes Barre reader recalls reduced coffee use improving nerves and milk flow in nursing rooms, while noting visitors found Postum pleasant and easy to prepare.
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