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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1908
Page
2
Fragmentary lines describe tools, medicines, and gear for households. Mentions of hoes, spades, and rural tasks hint at domestic trades and daily chores. The piece reads as a catalog or column note on practical items for home use.
A Victorian menu recounts Irish moss custard, boeudelaise sauce, roast turkey with chestnuts, plum pudding and cream sauce, and festive desserts. It details steps for soaking moss, making custards, sauces, and garnishes, plus Christmas baskets and orange cream ice with traditional whipped cream freezing. It notes prep near Christmas and serving ideas.
The text presents broken instructions for roasting shoulder of pork and making stuffings. It combines garbled measurements and methods, including mixing cheese and rich batter, shaping dough, roasting times, and serving suggestions. It also includes a disjointed stuffing recipe with herbs, lemon zest, and spices, plus notes on binding with eggs or batter.
In mid January the Girl About Town column blends social gossip with community events. It notes deaths, county commissioners, local associations, hospital deliberations, moving pictures, Lee’s Birthday observances, park talks, and municipal reform discussions. The tone is brisk, mixing light society updates with somber notes and civic concerns, reflecting a busy city week.
Max Nitschke a chimney sweep from Langenbielau in Silesia has become famous after the Kaiser William II was pictured in England. The man resembles the emperor in dress and mustache, a photo used from a charity tableau.
A fragmentary reminiscence describes Miltyy or Mildy observing Scott Evens, a 19th century figure, in New York. The narrator recalls a studio visit and a painting perceived as striking, with references to a street scene and lingering questions about identity and place.
A neighbor records a quarrel about Captain Maybe and his crew, claiming they lack cohesion and discipline. The speaker criticizes the eight men for spreading foolishness rather than working as a unit, noting distrust and strange talk about a sunset as they discuss duties and loyalty.
An old almanac tale recalls a farmer graduate arguing with a captain aboard a vessel about weather forecasting. The exchange centers on whether the almanac can reliably predict conditions at sea, highlighting the clash between traditional farming knowledge and maritime reliance on forecasts.
Indiana electrician Elmer Burlingame claims to send and receive wireless messages using typewriters and revolving machines. A Jesson, Tad. chief, Burlingame rigged a setup in Anderson with two wireless typewriters linked by a wire. Messages were said to be flawless as keys were pressed, and tests reportedly extended to Logansport and Fort Wayne before he sought a patent and attracted San Francisco capital.
San Francisco January 18 Judge J. Dunne dismissed the embezzlement charge against David F. Walker, president of the California Deposit & Trust Co. The case tied to disappearance of Cotton estate securities valued at 205000. An assistant district attorney said no evidence showed criminal act by Walker.
A busy market day with strong attendance and available staples. Prices listed for butter eggs poultry beef pork fish vegetables fruit and common household items show modest declines and typical ranges for fresh goods in a late 19th or early 20th century setting.
An eight years women led group in Folansbee West Virginia creates a leap year club called the question popper device. Members must be eighteen or older and plan to give up privileges of the current year. One device has been tested and if successful seven more will be placed in homes.
Quotations furnished by Frederick County Farmers Exchange. Prices cover oats to cornmeal and feed stuffs, dairy, cotton seed meal, and miscellaneous grains. Highlights include timothy hay 16 to 19 dollars per ton, winter wheat 4.50 to 5.00 per bushel, cornmeal 1.40 to 1.50 per 100 pounds, and red dog coal 20 to 31 per ton.
A Baltimore resident testifies that Doan’s Ointment relieved years of itching and hemorrhoid pain after trying many remedies. The ad notes price sixty cents and that Foster- Giltburn Co of Buffalo sells as agents in the United States. Also printed is a 1908 public sale notice for Elizabeth Routzahn estate in Frederick County, listing a 11 o’clock sale at City Hotel and various property items. The notice appears among mixed classified material including rental listings and household items.
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