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Newspaper
Mills County Tribune
Location
Glenwood, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1900
Page
2
The piece blends advice and moral reflection urging a balanced life with prayer work family and play. It notes women’s varied appeal across ages from youth to sixty and suggests beauty rests in friendship and personal perception rather than fixed dates.
A physician advises thin women to eat before bed to prevent tissue waste and insomnia. A tactful nurse avoids loud tones and disclosures that could distress patients. Chocolate tablets aid tired nurses with long shifts. Recipes include Rice and Raisin Croquettes, Kidney Toast, and Mrs. Bennetts Strawberry Short Cake with detailed preparation steps and serving suggestions.
The piece explains why old lace commands higher value than new, noting lost patterns from the French revolution. It details how villages depended on lace, the oath to work for specific dealers, and how war scattered makers. Some patterns survived through generations, with finest examples valued like diamonds.
A discussion among an aristocrat author and a society woman centers on the ideal age for portraits. The artist favors below twenty five for freshness and promises, while forty marks formed character. The author differs, preferring a different perspective on aging.
A Victorian home cook shares step by step fried chicken using two buttered spiders and steaming for tenderness, plus boiled and fried elder birds. Also included are escalloped eggs with cream sauce, asparagus on toast, a French-dressed lettuce salad, graham gems, Bavarian cream, chocolate cake, and popovers with quick, simple guidance for quick meals and desserts.
Spring season favors green salads with simple oil and vinegar dressings. Lettuce chicory dandelion and spinach make tasty starters. asparagus likewise works well. Rich creams and mayonnaise dressings are discouraged for daily use.
A curious pattern emerges as the most expensive evening gowns turn out to be the most affordable options for shoppers. Vendors note demand shifts and critics speculate on value versus prestige.
A historical column catalogs cities ruined by self-inflicted missteps, from San Diego’s real estate bubble of 1883 to Nevada’s Evans City collapse after water neglect. It notes Greenville Mississippi, Johnstown Pennsylvania, and Schemonajewskoje in Siberia as examples of officials’ carelessness or civic folly leading to demise, and cites Monnickendam and Amsterdam to illustrate Dutch coastal neglect and canal intervention.
Two railroad workers Joseph Gregory age 48 of Alexandria La and Thomas Holman age 42 of Alexandria Mo were buried under wreckage and three tons of coal when their ten wheel passenger engine fell 35 feet into a washout on April 17 near Howeatt La They were unconscious for hours but survived with broken ribs and multiple injuries and were recovered to the St Louis hospital where they remain in plaster casts as they recover both men have long service with St Louis Iron Mountain Southern railway Gregory 20 years in company Holman 11 years The crash stopped by dislodging train cars and halting air brakes and avoided further disaster for passengers.
On Mahlon Hampton's farm near Webster Indiana a large black snake lame and two crows fought for about fifteen minutes. The birds circled the snake then swooped in to strike with their beaks as the snake lunged at them on each descent. The crows finally withdrew defeated from the strange rural clash.
The Christian Chronicle notes the Prince of Wales survival from an assassination attempt and reports a chorus of strong reproach from European governments and much of the continental press. The piece emphasizes a rare diplomatic uproar and widespread condemnation.
Little is heard of General Weyler nowadays yet it is noted he punctuates Cuba updates with hoarse togts, a vivid image of ongoing military news and public interest in the region.
Miss Blackwell, a noted suffrage leader, argues in the Woman's Journal that employing Armenian men for housework could ease the servant shortage. She recalls refugees arriving after the Armenian massacres, noting many unemployed Boston men filled in as cooks and general help, learning English and proving trustworthy.
In Berkeley on June 6 the University of California's paleontological museum displays the skull and vertebrae of elotherium, a massive hog family member likely a new species. Found in Oregon's John Day canyon by Dr. J. C. Merriam's expedition, the bones sit in ash and lava layers amid other ancient species, including mastadons and a three-toed horse.
A quirky prose piece plays with advice and wry observations. It riffs on trust and deception, noting how kindness can be used to gain material rewards while critiquing assumptions about men and work. The tone hints at aphoristic, newspaper style commentary.
In New York a mother stranded by a Staten Island rapid transit crash watched as her one year old daughter Anna Wortz slipped from an open window on a Third Avenue elevated train at Houseton Street. The car stopped after cries alerted crew. Conductor Williams and brakeman Raycraft rushed back to find Anna dazed but unharmed, save a forehead bruise and facial cut. The child was later taken to a physician for checks while the mother sobbed with relief.
London reports President Kruger delivered a prophetic funeral oration for Joubert, breaking down at times. He called for unity, highlighted sacrifice, warned against internal evil, urged pursuing justice, and trusted divine intervention to restore peace amid reverses.
A set of proverbs laments pride and folly, urging prayer and humble living. The piece questions strict creeds and notes that questions enrich the mind, while ritual without faith harms the soul.
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