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Newspaper
Pratt City Herald
Location
Pratt City, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1901
Page
2
A rambled narrative recalls a chaotic chase across city streets, with disguise and telegraph tricks as detectives hunt a rogue figure. The piece blends slang, seedy urban scenes, and a narrator recounting a daring escape and eventual capture framing a bygone crime tale.
A dirt-worn paper reveals a $5,000 reward for John Rawlins Glimmer, a 48 year old bank thief who vanished from New York after a $250,000 heist. The note details Glimmer’s red hair, gray mixed mustache, missing right little finger, a neck scar, and a Sunday school past. two youths plot to trap him using a staged pinching scheme.
A discussion on career paths shifting from frontier flexibility to specialized trade labor. It argues for broad liberal education as a base for technical training, noting education reforms at Michigan and other universities to foster cooperative versatility, strengthening national resilience amid industrial concentration.
Gunton's Magazine urges stronger organized labor amid rising industrial concentration. It argues for high quality leadership and worker unity, warning against anti union measures that would harm wage earners who comprise most of the population. Historic data on copper tin and lead production show changing global patterns.
A reform-era report describes a Pearl mill colony in the South where workers, including women and older individuals, find steady wages and orderly life while addressing child labor and male employment concerns. It notes a well-run operation, the social balance, and argues mills can provide work for all family members, with improvements tied to economic principles and government data on factory life and illegitimacy rates.
A compilation of figures on steel weight conversion and labor, union activity, and global production. Includes details on the Sailors Union of the Pacific joining the California State Federation of Labor, giant Dutch pumping projects, London worker housing costs, UK cabinet making output and wages, India's jute crop use, California transport costs per mile, a cipher code by James OConnell for strike communications, and 1597 strike outcomes with numbers of workers affected, rehired, or settled by arbitration.
The piece details shirt waist designs and sailor hats with sheer Haven influences, describing sleeve shaping, waist lines, tucks, and embroidery. It notes variations like embroidered piqué options, linen waists, straw hats with black crepe trim, and scarf pairings, plus the evolving hat shapes and trims for the season. Entities include New York Sun, Haven, and various fabric terms.
A busy dining scene ends with a hungry man asking for lettuce asparagus and macaroni from a woman who just finished her meal. The article then shares a recipe for dandelion salad with bacon bits and a simple dressing, attributed to the Milwaukee News.
The Courier of Medicine argues for adding hospital-like rooms in homes with dedicated cleanable surfaces proper ventilation and isolation features. Such rooms would convert quickly into patient spaces offering isolation antisepsis protection and easy access to water and toilet facilities, improving home care and reducing contagion in families.
A transcription of a period culinary note describes a French beiochy crust for fruit pies. It details making a sponge with yeast, combining with remaining flour, adding butter and eggs, and a two hour rise, followed by rolling and folding the dough, with multiple rest periods and baking methods noted in a reverent instructional tone.
A scrambled fragment from Ladies' World magazine in New York mentions preserving fruit and a kettle plan for cooking. It shows odd terms like Mhubarh Preserve and Gennero sugar, with unclear measurements and steps that resemble a domestic help and kitchen appliance note.
A historic home style recipe describes a rich biscuit crust for strawberry shortcake. It instructs mixing a thick herb spread, rolling and sealing edges with a cheese cloth, then steaming two hours for a medium roll. Serve with hard sauce or sweetened cream.
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