Local notes and visits around Sully and area
Mrs. Warner Worley of Tainter visited relatives in the vicinity last Thursday. Connie Welle and Gertrude Warenkamp, students in Pella, were home on vacation. John Boat made a business trip to Newton. Miss Martha Ogan of Reasnor visited Sully. Miss Laura VanGorkum visited her mother in Pella. Mr. and Mrs. Edd Haines and son Tracy visited Montezuma. Mrs. Henry Losquet died Saturday night. funeral held Monday. Gertrude VanderWaal ill with liver trouble but improving. Senior W. S. Kenyon spoke at the hall. Mrs. Dr. Carpenter and daughter Mary visited Grinnell. Edna Holdsworth visited OsKaloosa. Mable Frazer of Otley and Walter Tomeson of Monroe were visitors in Sully. Mrs. Cane Nibbeling of Minnesota visiting her sister. Her husband brought a truck of potatoes and cabbage to Sully. Merchants should remove names from sacks before delivery. An ad in the News is better than a grain-sack attachment in some cases. A farmer chased a watermelon thief. the sack bore a merchant’s name, saving the thief from punishment due to the merchant’s reputation.
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Henry Losquet
Gertrude VanderWaal
Edna Holdsworth
Oskaloosa
Mary Davis
Mable Frazer
Otley
Walter Tomeson
Monroe
Sully
Blockton News
Iowa Farm for Sale Near Otley 80 Acres
Advertises an 80 acre Iowa farm for sale located about two miles southwest of Otley. Interested buyers are instructed to contact Dr. W. F. Crew in Pella, Iowa for terms and particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otley
W. F. Crew
Pella
Iowa
Hints for the Busy Housewife: Dish Drying Rack and Pork Balls
A twenty inch square pan with a removable wire rack dries dishes by draining and keeping them out of rinse water. Dishes dry and sterilize when boiled water is poured over them. Boiled Pork Balls are made from fat and lean meat boiled until tender, chopped with dry bread, mashed potatoes, egg, shaped, floured, and fried. Serve with potato salad milk gravy toast and boiled onions.
Asparagus with Eggs Method and Garnish
Boil eggs until very hard, cool, shell, halve, and simmer in warm thickened milk until creamy. Boil large white asparagus stalks, arrange on a deep platter with tips meeting in the center and ends at the edges. Drop a large lump of butter into the eggs, season with salt pepper and chopped parsley, sour over the asparagus, garnish with parsley.
Currant Tapioca Pudding Recipe
Wash a cupful of tapioca and soak overnight. In a double boiler boil three cupfuls of water one cup sugar and a pinch of salt until the tapioca is transparent. When cool fold in a pint of ripe red currants and pour over a dish with another pint of currants. Top with sweetened whipped cream.
Huckleberry Pudding Recipe Instructions
A vintage style pudding recipe details mixing milk eggs butter salt sugar and flour with baking powder. Fold in flour-dusted huckleberries and bake until browned. Serve with a sauce or cream and sugar for a finished dessert.
Strawberry Jelly Recipe From Real Strawberries
Dissolve half a box of gelatin in a pint of water then top up to a quart. Press a pint of strawberries through a bag and add the juice. Mix in two heaping teaspoonfuls of sugar depending on juice acidity. Layer with half-cut strawberries on bottom and sides and mold. Decorate with fresh strawberry leaves.
Escaloped Gooseberries Bake Dish Instructions
Layer alternating crumbs and stewed gooseberries in a deep bake dish. Top with sugar and bits of butter if not seasoned. Add a layer of crackers on top. Pour up to a half cup water. Cover and bake twenty minutes. Serve hot or cold with cream optional.
Buttermilk Biscuit Recipe Directions
A concise biscuit method uses two and a half cups flour sifted with two tablespoons baking powder one tablespoon lard or butter a quarter teaspoon salt and one cup buttermilk with soda dissolved. Mix softly, use minimal flour, roll, and bake quickly to yield twelve biscuits.
Chicken Broth For an Invalid
An old fowl simmered in cold water for five to six hours to make broth. After cooling, fat is removed and the liquid reheated with salt to taste. Some boiled rice may be added if desired.
Removing Old Wallpaper Tips
A practical tip explains that removing old wallpaper is easier after steaming. Place a boiler full of boiling water in the room and close all windows and doors to trap steam, softening the paper for easier removal.
The Ideal Juryman From an English Point of View
The Exchange notes a London view that the best jurymen are older, with sixty favored for judgment, while a leading barrister prefers men around fifty for cases with sentiment. It argues education matters little and practical common sense and lived wisdom define the ideal juror.
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London
Forced duel drama in hungary over honor ends in tragedy
A Hungarian lawyer Babocsay and his wife’s brother Lieutenant Hajdu fought a compulsory duel ordered by a military officer. Babocsay shot Hajdu, killing him. Hajdu’s sister, Mine Babocsay, later attempted suicide in grief and was confined to an asylum.
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Hungary
Budapest
Babocsay
Hajdu
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Not Up on Sports and Notes From 1914 Letter
A collection of gag lines and anecdotes includes Hiram finishing a hundred in ten seconds, an exchange about sending him home and the cost, a brief motor accident dialogue, and a weather report for the week ending Oct 27 1914 with attribution to John H VerSteeg and the Weather Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayback
Hiram
Scott
Puck
John H. VerSteeg
Weather Bureau
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
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Sally
Warner Worley
Tainter
Connie Welle
Gertrude Warenkamp
John Boat
Newton
Martha Ogan of
Reasnor
Laura VanGorkum
Edd Haines
Tracy
Montezuma, Iowa
W. S. Kenyon
Dr. Carpenter
Mary
Grinnell
Cane Nibbeling
Minnesota
John Klyne
GOOD
Rock Island Train Service
Best
F. D. Stubenbaugh
Bank of Gilby
Ady
Awtry & Lankelma
Franklin St
Pella, Iowa
Menander
Ver Steeg Co
E. P. Bell
Pleasantville
Boston Transcript
MacDonald
the Weather Report
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