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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1898
Page
6
A humorous compendium of egg cooking methods with recipes titled Eyes of Fresh, Degs Bonne Femme, Columbus Eyes, Scrambled Eggs, Poached Eggs and many others. The piece instructs on testing egg freshness, frying, poaching, and making egg dishes with butter, onions, peppers, and sauces in a lively period newspaper voice.
A wearying steam engine train of up to twenty wagons hauls farm produce to market across English roads. The engine’s wide steel tread tires grip smooth paths and conquer rocky sections, yet horses fear the passing behemoths. Owners report fuel efficiency on 224 miles with 52 tons towed, while road conditions in England favor such machines more than the mud of American fields.
A debonair family physician recounts in a humorous visit log how Mr. Jones chastises calls to his home yet reluctantly pays a $14 bill that later grows to questions about a $12 charge. The tale traces May to July visits, odd ailments, a scart pin incident, a near fainting episode, and swallowed false teeth as the doctor’s day book unfolds.
Captain J. 15. Bernier of Quebec prepares a plan to reach the North Pole within 120 days starting around March 1. He will sail on the Windward to the Siberian coast then trek by dogs and sledges with seven men including a geologist and surgeon.
A rural tale follows Ezekiel Hopkins who falls for widow Mirandy Deakins after years of courting delays. He dreams of marriage, but a string of misfortunes and postponed dates—from hog floods to cider mishaps and a fatal heart attack—prevent him from wedlock. In the end, Mirandy dies just as he contemplates New Year vows, leaving him to lament that women are mysterious.
A Chicago Times-Herald tale recounts a man who rode a horse over a beam across the Au Sable chasm at Au Sable Forks in darkness, proving the bridge still stood ten years after demolition. On sighting the event next morning, his hair reportedly turned white in fear within a minute, a story linked to the legend and a bishop anecdote from London Tit-Bits.
The Chicago murder trial of Adolph T Luetgert over his wife Louisa has reached an end for now as the witness testimony portion concludes.
A missionary recounts visiting a South Pacific island believed to be a women led community where women dominate daily life. He describes small men present briefly, crowded beaches, and the dominance of women in social space. He notes the island as a distinct matriarchal society attracting coastal canoes and attention from outsiders.
A La Salle street resort waiter recounts a four year old Colorado Springs hotel job. He describes serving three ill men who lured him with promises of clothes and a stake, only to die one by one. He overhears their plan and ends up consuming breakfast from their trays as a grim repayment. The piece closes with ship passenger counts in 1897 from Cunard, American, Norddeutscher Lloyd, Hamburg America, and White Star lines.
A Sioux wedding ends when a white girl named Swift Fawn is revealed as the intended bride of Black Dog. Rev Sproul and a Sioux Falls agent intervene, secure her removal to a Sioux Falls school, and seek guardianship. The girl, Anna Jesse, recalls her parents and a raid led by Sitting Bull. The case attracts Warthington family interest and ongoing custody disputes.
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