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Newspaper
Maurice Times
Location
Maurice, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1917
Page
8
A fragment discusses supposed height changes through stretching devices and notes a French savant Henyon who misdated figures for Adam and Eve. It mentions a Sicily tale and a Kansas City man with a cane, implying exaggerated future growth and walking aids.
A fragmentary OCR note discusses books by Pecass Peters and related writings. It mentions compelled digestion of words and a satirical Austrian general, with references to beheadings and a list of titles or excerpts.
Describes methods used at a Pearl Oyster Farm with stages from spawning to harvest. Notes water impact on oyster growth, seasonal movements, and aging periods before removal to deeper waters for several years of development.
Fragments describe old quarries with shallow ground and mushroom activity. The text notes mushrooms appear year round, hazards to workers and fishermen, and references to boots, rations, and rough pathways through the area.
In a fragmentary note Svekers references LER sy HEN pat Pyschey and Benechild, noting it would be no intensity or ace observation. The text reads as an interrupted musing on perception and measurement with unclear subjects.
A historic kitchen note shares a warm drink for chilly days with ginger cordial, cinnamon, cloves, and citrus, plus instructions for making a coconut milk chocolate dessert beverage. It details simmered ginger ale mix, a meringue topping, and a chocolate coconut finish.
An old advertisement touts a lithia based drink called Wad Selts claimed to flush and stimulate kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and prevent bladder weakness. It asserts four ounces of salts dissolved in water before breakfast will keep kidneys clean and blood pure, praising the product as inexpensive and universally beneficial.
A scanned recipe fragment describes moist cake mixing with sugar, shortening, milk, flour, baking powder, vanilla, and added potato. It also lists a Potage style salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, onion, oil, vinegar, mustard, Worcestershire, brown sugar, paprika, and salt followed by a potato croquette and related dishes with rough method hints.
The readable OCR fragment describes a ready to use preparation for cure prevention or prevention of disease. It mentions terms like delightful toilete and various garbled phrases. Names and clear facts are missing due to text corruption.
A New York tailor introduces a device designed to keep trousers from bagging at the knees by lifting fabric slightly as it moves, promising a crisper fit while walking.
A damaged dispatch rails against corn remedies and unsafe practices. It accuses drugstores and practitioners of dangerous methods while urging caution about painful corns and calluses and the harm of cutting corn as a habit.
Robin Adair is not a Scotch song but an old lyric connected to Ireland. The earliest form appears as Theen Aroon or Hublin aruin with words written about 1380 by Carrel O'Daly. The dating shifts to Cornelus Lyons around 1702 while a Scottish version was later penned by Lady Caroline Keppel in 1758, five years before her marriage to Mr. Robert Adair, MP, from Packstown Ireland.
Readable OCR lists train designations and times for Great Northern lines. Entries mention No. 24 No. ４ No. 22 way freight No. 182 stock freight going West 7:30 am 3:10 pm No. 25 No. 3 No. 23 No. 32 No. 161 No. 31 with various times such as 8:10 pm and 9:07 pm, indicating a freight and passenger schedule snapshot.
County officers listed include Recorder Jean Jongewaard Clerk of Courts Olin G Reim ar Supt. of Schools F B Fuller County Attorney Anthony TePaske Sheriff wm Wiestma Coroner Dr Meyer with multiple typographical errors in names and titles.
A readable roster lists Sioux Center senator N Balkema and district representatives with Hawarden City officers. It names Mayor Geo H Hiskamp, Clerk J M Mieras, Treasurer John Vanden Brink, Assessor Johannes Mieras, and other councilors and township officers including Geo Re-Moir and D Leander Berg. Independent School District leaders include Gerrit Spink and James Duyven with Geo HI Iskamp as secretary.
Grant Chapman is president and H J Hawkins is secretary. Directors include Win Ven Horsén district 1 Lige Mars district 2 John and Schroeur district 3 Vau Peur district 4 G Brink district 5 P De Jong district 6 Chas Estlack district 7 Mow Orten sem and others.
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