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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1911
Page
3
A Rotorua NZ tale recounts a Maori youth who draped cable over power wires, causing a blackout. The public works department posted a caution on poles warning of shocks and a 10 pound penalty, prompting amusement.
A comic sticker asks Say pa What is it Does it take sixty minute men to make one man of the hour An arrest for vagrancy leaves a pinched faced suspect as a caption text.
Nehemiah 8 describes Ezra the scribe reading the law to Jerusalem’s people after the wall is completed. The scene marks a spiritual renewal with the Feast of Trumpets and Tabernacles, the start of a new era of Bible study, and the rise of synagogue teaching for all ages.
Practical guidance for homemakers on cleaning and restoring lace and sash curtains at home. Explains using warm water with naphtha soap, repeated rinsing until clear, pillowcase treatment for tender fabrics, and drying. Describes starching, curtain stretchers, and precise measuring for accurate hems and pleats.
A quick batter is made by melting butter and adding salt and two teaspoons of baking powder to one quart of milk. Stir in enough flour to form a stiff batter, then drop by spoonfuls into buttered pans and bake in a hot oven for light tender biscuits.
A vintage recipe describes lemon rice pudding blending one cup boiled rice with one pint milk, lemon rind, butter, and three egg yolks. Bake twenty minutes then top with whipped egg whites folded with sugar and lemon juice, return to bake to brown in a moderate oven.
A home kitchen note suggests adding English walnut meats as a topping for apple pie before adding the top crust to enhance flavor and texture.
Cut lobster meat into four inch cubes. Melt three tablespoons butter and four of flour. Cook three minutes. Add two cups scalded milk, salt and pepper. Fill body shells and cover with buttered crumbs.
A simple note lists ingredients for hard gingerbread including four and a half cups flour one and a half cups sugar two thirds cup butter two eggs one teaspoon ginger one teaspoon soda dissolved in hot milk.
A Tollemache anecdote recalls Mr M a missionary who mixed two letters a dinner with Archbishop Tait and a friend asking him to preach. He dined with the archbishop and later learned the misaddress, exposing a comic envelope mix up against a background of London Tit-Bits.
A promotional blurb urges care for skin and hair, claiming neglect causes suffering and praising Cuticura Soap and Ointment as affordable remedies. It notes their availability and offers a postal sample with a booklet on skin and scalp treatment.
A light exchange jokes about who coined the phrase There is always room at the top while noting common attribution to a hotel context. It playfully suggests a hotel clerk might have originated the saying.
A group of Denver businessmen has purchased the Jewish Outlook and will steer it as the representative Jewish sentiment across the trans Mississippi states. The Outlook, a pioneer Jewish publication between St. Louis and San Francisco, shifts from a focal paper to a broad regional voice.
A joke exchange from a Woman's Home Companion item features Fidos mistress sobbing over a lost dog that cannot read, and a friend suggesting a newspaper advertisement. The comic twist rests on the pet's illiteracy.
Fragment from Puck dialogue shows Mrs. Knicker asking about baseball and Mrs. Becker replying she understands William’s remarks to the umpire, likening them to breakfast chatter.
The passage promotes Rob Hamiln s Wizard Oil for gums and decay and a mouthwash after mixing with water. It also mentions Winslow s Soothing Syrup for teething and a bottle price of 250 cents, and notes a line about a kiss in the dark as an electric spark.
The Bennett Co of Omaha Nebraska launches a cash piano blitz moving 1000 pianos to clear overstock amid auto growth and player pianos. Manager W M Robinson touts cash deals with upright pianos new at 124 and used at 59, inviting requests for catalogs.
A local exchange features a speaker insisting the area is not quail habitat, while Uncle Rasberry confirms the claim and labels the area a ridge rather than an upland quail site. The dialogue centers on land use and wildlife designation.
Advertises Florida land for sale or trade for improved farm or income property by J. M. Williams of Omaha Nebraska with a note on hearing loud talk as evidence of ignorance. Mentions Pierce's Pellets for health and a generic moral about memory and self-respect.
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