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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1908
Page
2
The Chicago Record Herald awarded Mrs A K Hitchcock five dollars for the best two day leftovers menu. The piece publishes her breakfast and dinner menus with recipes and notes on how to reuse leftovers. Mrs Litchcock is noted as a multiple prize winner in these culinary contests.
Easy economical recipes from leftovers. Cottage pudding sauce uses butter and boiling water stirred until creamy with flavoring or citrus juice. Gorn fritters mix cooked wheat with corn and eggs, fried in hot bacon fat with adjustable proportions.
Salsify croquettes are rolled in egres and crumbs then fried or sautéed in butter. The pudding uses the yolks of two eggs and five whites.
A home cook recounts making a potato salad from leftovers when guests arrived unexpectedly. The dish used creamed potatoes, celery, onion, boiled salad dressing, lettuce, and hard boiled eggs, garnished and served as the best ever.
A compact dated inspired dessert uses half a pound of pruned dates and remaining breakfast oranges. Whites from two eggs and half cup sugar are folded in to make a light mixture served hot with cream. Leftover breakfast fruit adds sweetness and texture to the dish.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo to pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured. Cure claimed to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Notary A W Gleason dated December 6, 1886. Also notes Hall's Family Plus for constipation and a want ad urging cash buyers for used furniture.
The New York Post notes washable linen suits rise in popularity with color ed trimmings. Designers reject Lady Hamilton or Romney looks for Greece style draperies, skirts grow longer, street suits nearly sweep the ground, and frocks in semitatiered wash fabrics gain elaborate trims while preserving a semitailored look.
An old advertisement claims stagnation of liver and bowels causes headache biliousness and jaundice and urges taking Dr King’s New Life Pills as a reliable purifier. Sold for 25 cents at Diehl and Brown’s drug store.
Paul Bourget's criticism of Germany and Germans draws sharp rebuke in German papers and in journals like the Paris Revue. The Paris review says his remarks provoke only painful feelings and damage his own stature while highlighting France's supposed debt to German culture. Bourget cites Alsatian origins to claim ancestral ties to Germany.
A LeRaysville New York man recalls a twenty year health sentence ended by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The ad claims the salve heals piles, sores, boils, burns, wounds and cuts quickly and lists Diehl and Brown's drug store selling it for 25 cents.
A London Sphere report notes tattooing spreads from the smart set during the South African War to slum areas, priced about threepence. A girl with "I love Jim Curly" ink visits a studio, later returning with a demand to hide the tattoo after a late night confrontation.
Mr OC Farthing of Mill Creek Indiana recalls a near death experience nine years ago. A bruzeist advised Electric Bitters. a bottle restored his health and strength and he has been well since. Sold with guarantee at Diehl Brown's drug store for 50 cents.
During the French conquest of Algeria 1830 3 negotiations with Arab sheiks led to peace terms. Hosts entertained guests with grand hospitality then M Houdin the conjurer performed. He produced cannon balls from a high hat and rolled them off stage. The astonished chiefs, seeing such feats, signed the treaty and returned to tell others of the invaders magical power.
Postmaster Wells reports government approval of a fifth carrier for free city delivery. An inspector had investigated service since a prior request, finding current distribution lacking. The new carrier, Mitchell, starts May 1, enabling three daily business district runs and two in residential areas on all days except Sunday.
Jesse P Morris of Skippers Virginia recalls a near fatal attack of pneumonia in 1906. He credits Dr Kings New Discovery with quick relief after two and a half bottles, claiming it cured his cough and chest illness. Sold with guarantee at Dizk Browns drug Store. Trial bottle free.
The article notes artificial diamonds can be produced by Moissan's electric furnace method dissolving sugar in molten iron under high pressure. It explains carbon forms graphite, diamond, or pambage with identical composition and mentions natural diamond formation in Earth's interior and in various regions. It includes a curious aside on Native American pipe smoking customs and a New York Times quote.
Mitchell citizen Mrs. George McConkey credits Doan's Kidney Pills with restoring strength and alleviating two years of kidney weakness. She bought them at Diehl & Browns Drug Store and reports being better and stronger since use. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sole U S agents. Remember the name Doan's.
A timid girl visits an ironmonger and asks to try patent corkscrews. The clerk pushes sales by forceful talk, while the girl questions the window notices and demands a penny box of tin tacks. The exchange ends with her departure.
A fragment from Fliegende Blatter shows a mother lamenting her crying baby and doubting the cause while another voice questions if she has water on the brain. The dialogue reflects concern framed by a periodical’s wry tone.
A Chicago News item explains a simple classroom style experiment to magnetize objects by pointing a poker north and striking it with a hammer. A dry needle floats on still water as a test and can be attracted or repelled by the magnetized poker without touching the water.
A crowd of children sit in a circle with books on their fists. One player acts as bookbinder in the middle and tries to rap another's knuckles by grabbing their book. If successful, the rapped player becomes the new bookbinder. if not, the current bookbinder continues with new targets.
Japanese artisans craft iron tea kettles that sing when boiled. Steam bubbles escape through thin iron sheets near the bottom, creating varying melodies. The effect depends on kettle design and fire control, a practice spanning many centuries.
The text explains a method for determining day length by doubling the sunset time. For example, a 7:30 sunset yields 15 hours of daylight, while a 4:30 sunrise gives 9 hours of night. These figures add to the 24 hours of the full day.
The peanut grows underground with sterile above ground flowers. After flowering, a stalk 1 to 2 inches long grows downward to form the nut. Botanists split on the peanut’s native country between Africa and America. It is widely grown in tropics and subtropics, thriving best in the southern United States.
A father says I am six times your age and in 24 years you will be half my age. The solution gives the child six and the father thirty six, showing a six to thirty six age relation. The second puzzle contrasts a woodpecker and a peck measure noting one holds a peck while the other pecks a hole.
A poem from Children’s Magazine compares edible nuts with academic challenges. It lists geography arithmetic spelling reading writing history and grammar as nuts to crack, promising a kernel of knowledge behind each schoolroom door and urging readers to crack them all before asking for more.
Frank B. Gary, elected to succeed the late A C Latimer as U S senator from South Carolina, hails from a legal family with Eugene B. Gary on the state supreme court and Ernest Gary a circuit judge. A native who just passed his forty eighth birthday, he graduated from Union College in 1881, began law practice, served in the state house including five years as speaker, and in 1902 ran for governor advocating local options. Gary supports William J. Bryan.
Dr S N D North head of the census bureau says no official tallies exist for 1906 1907 but estimates place the population of the United States proper at 83941510 in 1906 and 85532761 in 1907 with 86909062 for 1908 and 89661669 for 1910 based on expert estimates rather than a counted census.
The Rev Reginald John Campbell, pastor of the City Temple London, plans a US tour to promote his new theology denying Christ’s divine origin. He drew large crowds in Ocean Grove and Brooklyn during prior visits and has stirred debate among free churchmen and other sympathizers. Campbell is 42 and succeeded the late Rev Joseph Parker at City Temple.
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