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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1915
Page
6
A German scientist allegedly found a way to secure food from the air while England seeks methods to keep air from Germany. Readers discuss editorial openness as a local letter to the Booster raises questions about fairness and public debate in Chronicle coverage.
The newspaper critiques a National Wholesale Liquor Dealers pamphlet arguing it distorts statistics to condemn prohibition. It notes biased state comparisons, cites Georgia and Iowa literacy and dairy issues, and calls the booklet a symptom of the liquor trade trying to win sympathy.
A rail fare debate argues for valuing real property and necessary public grants. It contends consigning reasonable dividends to capital requires excluding land granted by public action and condemning rights, urging thorough valuation and investigation of actual value and fair returns.
A fragment touts Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co of Toledo as a constitutional remedy. It boasts internal dosing, blood and mucous surface action, and a $1000 test promise. Includes sales pitch for the treatment and associated pills.
A child friendly article notes the flicker or golden winged woodpecker as a widespread bird across the United States from Atlantic to Rockies with red shafted flicker in the West. It explains their diet of wood boring grubs and ants, ground foraging, and the role in protecting trees from insects.
A party game describes a table based fishers game where a fisherman uses a looped twine on the table circle and players place their finger inside. On cue the fisherman pulls in, fingers must retreat quickly to avoid capture, each successful escape counts as one for the game with a pre agreed total.
A five letter word appears hidden in each line yielding a message about Tomp and play. Central letters form a sequence revealing who Tomp is and hints about social themes. The puzzle includes lines about skating, ink, ale, peaches, Mabel, cats, and sketches with a Victorian tone and a playful riddle addressed to a professor and pupil.
A man recounts traveling from India to San Francisco with a stolen diamond worth about $18,000. He hides the gem by feeding it to a rooster aboard a ship, then kills the rooster in his stateroom to recover the jewel, securing a $18,000 sale upon arrival.
A New Yorker describes a safer midair clothesline method for tenement districts. The line enters the opening and uses a pulley on a floor mounted pole attached to the sash. This temporary device lets residents load and hang wet clothes from inside, reducing the risk of falling while loading the line.
Wash and soak overnight two quarts of any beans. Parboil in salted water, drain, and place in a bean pot with salt pepper mustard and sugar. Add boiling water and bake until yellowish. Add a quart of sweet cream and bake until absorbed and creamy, browning on top. Delicate flavor served hot or cold.
Banana pudding begins with six not overripe bananas, sliced and layered with buttered breadcrumbs and sugar in a greased deep dish, baked half an hour and served with cranberry or crabapple jelly. Corn bread blends cornmeal and flour with salt sugar baking powder sour cream and soda, baked in a sheet pan for an hour until light and flaky.
Cut onions tomatoes and carrots into pieces. Brown no water added. two pounds beef skin cut into two inch chunks are dipped in vinegar. Layer vegetables and meat with pepper and salt in a pan or casserole and simmer four hours. Expect ample gravy and very tender meat.
A recipe suggests rolling dough thinner and cutting twice for one biscuit to help it break open daintily. Spice Pie blends sour milk or cream with sugar raisins egg yolks cinnamon cloves and salt. Bake like pumpkin pie and finish with browned meringue from the two egg whites.
A simple three tablespoonfuls oil and one and a half tablespoonfuls vinegar dressing with a quarter level teaspoon salt and an eighth level teaspoon pepper will moisten one pint of salad. The instructions present a concise ratio for making a basic French dressing to lightly coat a pint of salad. The description emphasizes measurements and the result rather than any additional steps or variations.
Gentle guidance advises washing colored silks in cold water with only a trace of soap. If color runs, stir vinegar into the water until the hue sets, preserving the fabric’s tint.
A collection of short riddles and wordplay from a vintage page. Includes a party game concept where one guesses others occupations by action, plus charade and riddle snippets like Hearth and Current current and a note on greetings in different languages.
Descriptive note on infant head shaping in New Caledonia where boys’ heads are elongated to resemble warriors and girls’ faces are formed into an oval by pressing the chin, illustrating traditional body modification practices.
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