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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1907
Page
7
A narrator visits Langdon at his house and confronts his mercurial rival. Talks turn to textiles, fashion, and risky stock moves as power dynamics unfold. Roebuck seals a generous but hypocritical deal, fueling the narrator's vanity and descent.
The narrator visits Langdon in an ornate New York parlor with carved oak and blue velvet fittings. Langdon, calm and elegant, discusses his plans to build a country residence and hints at deflecting inquiries into his textile investments while noting his personal fortune and future marriage.
A narrator recalls pressuring the Ellerslys over debts after a dinner, guiding Sam and his father toward repayment. A formal notice via Blacklock & Co. informs the father of an overdrawn balance, followed by a sharp demand when no immediate payment arrives. The entrance of the aristocratic debtor escalates tension.
A Washington Star quip features Miss Cayenne remarking that a man’s wisdom shows in speech not in silence, as she counters with a playful jab about perpetual talking. The exchange toys with wit on wisdom and restraint.
Dialogue from Weekly shows two girls in an intelligence office discussing a teddy bear’s reaction with slang and humor. The brief exchange captures casual workplace chatter and character dynamics in a wartime or domestic period piece.
A household note extols saving pasteboard boxes for multiple uses. It suggests storing boxes on shelves, recycling torn wrapping, and using box pieces to cool cookies or drain fried potatoes. It also offers ideas to cover boxes with decorative paper for canisters and dressing-table sets and to protect pictures between pasteboard sheets.
Practical tips from a vintage cookbook note concealment of onion in salads. Rub onion on dish rims to hide flavor, or use a half teaspoon of onion juice in French oil and vinegar dressings. Grate onion for juice, with a separate grater, and substitute with finely chopped chives for flavor.
A recipe describes making a milk parsley sauce with flour butter and egg yolks to flavor and thicken. The fish is broken into pieces spread in a dish and covered with the sauce and buttered bread crumbs then baked in a hot oven for 15 to 20 minutes.
A historic recipe for Madras curry uses veal or cold meat, onion, apple, cocoanut, chutney, brown sugar, curry powder and paste, vinegar, salt, lemon juice, and milk. Sauté onion and apple, simmer with spices and dairy, then add meat and serve with boiled rice after 90 minutes.
Paint may be removed from clothing by mixing equal parts ammonia and turpentine. Apply to the paint spot and let it penetrate for five to ten minutes, then repeat two or three times. The paint will come off in flakes, and the method works well on wash fabrics even after long drying periods.
Worn sheets that cannot be repaired prove useful for covering ironing boards. Old blankets serve as padding. Long strips of linen sheets can be saved as bandages, rolled and secured with a safety pin, then placed in blue dust excluding paper for future use.
The article explains cleaning brushes with soap and soda to soften bristles and whiten ivory backs. It notes a tablespoonful of ammonia in warm water for cleansing. Combs should not be washed. use a small dedicated brush and a cloth to keep them clean, avoiding water to prevent split teeth.
Patterns for decorative curtains use Indian linen with scalloped edges drawn by a tumbler. Edges are marked with a pencil, buttonholed, and a few rows of polka dots are worked inside the buttonholing for a simple yet attractive finish.
Homer E. Royce owner of the Hotel Kenosha and a well known Kenosha figure was held to the circuit court on a charge of informing of a planned raid on a resort west of the city A Kenosha Telephone Company operator testified the raid call came from the Hotel Kenosha Royce was informed minutes before the call and posted a $500 bond.
Charles La Pointe, 60, pleaded guilty to kidnapping his 16 year old granddaughter Edith La Pointe. Judge Marchetti sentenced him to four years in Waupun. The duo, from Ogdensburg Kentucky, were found in Marinette after they had left for Wausau to buy Christmas gifts. The girl was allegedly ill treated, a claim later proven false.
Judge Fruit rules the transfer of Schallert farm property to Barbara Beinfang was fraudulent to avoid a $2,259 debt after Schallert endorsed a Market Grocery note. State Bank of La Crosse wins judgment against Henry Schallert for the amount due.
Arthur Boyes formerly of Baraboo shot two men who entered an express office in Billings Montana as they demanded cash. He killed one robber and mortally wounded the other. Boyes works for the American Express company and is nephew to Judge A H Boyes.
Police will conduct a thorough investigation of the Palm Leaf saloon after a baggageman J. H. Kennedy was badly beaten and robbed by James Monroe aged 22 and Reine Webber aged 25, both tied to the establishment. The incident occurred following a hold up at the saloon.
Announcements from Ripon note the marriage of Prof. Theodore F. Meier director of the Ripon College conservatory of music to Miss Lena M. Field. The ceremony took place in Providence Rhode Island on December 31 1906. The couple will reside in Ripon after February 15.
Dr. Henry C. Berger, once ousted from the Social Democratic party of Wisconsin after a clash with his brother Victor L. Berger, collapsed and died of heart disease while attempting to depart a train at the Racine depot.
The La Crosse City Railway adopts no seat no fare rule with council approval. An ordinance prohibits conductors from demanding fares when a patron has no seat on board.
District Attorney Y. V. Dreutzer of Sturgeon Bay died in Chicago during medical treatment after an operation last summer. He had served as Door County DA for 18 years.
George Stoner, Dane county register of deeds for four years and claimants of Madison’s first white birth, applied to the state civil service commission for the competitive examination for legislative employer. Secretary Doty has received about 500 applications statewide.
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