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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1911
Page
6
The United States Senate unanimously ordered an investigation into the Wisconsin election of Senator Isaac Stephenson to determine if bribery influenced the result. The move follows a committee recommendation from privileges and elections.
A Pittsburgh interurban car loaded with passengers struck a mine near Pittsburg Pa as nitroglycerin exploded beneath the rails causing many injuries. In Los Angeles 150 witnesses attend the Mc Namara dynamiting trial while detectives scour the country. The fifty seventh annual meeting of the International Typographical Union opened in San Francisco led by President James M Lynch of Indianapolis.
The noted Dutch artist Joseph Israels, born 1824 in Groningen, has died in The Hague. An early pupil of Kruseman and Picot, his major works include The Frugal Meal and Alone in the Woods.
The world may learn that Colonel John Jacob Astor plans a quick secret marriage to his bride-elect. W. J. Calhoun, American minister to China, sailed from Southampton to New York aboard Kronprinzessin Cecilie. Passengers on the Olympic to New York included J Pierpont Morgan. The Gates estate in Paris is estimated between thirty and forty million dollars, likely nearer thirty.
Four killed and thirty injured when a Pennsylvania train derailed near Fort Wayne at fifty miles per hour. Thirty thousand miners prepare for a national mine safety demonstration in Pittsburgh on October 26 and 27. Judge Hazel orders Standard Oil to stand trial on Elkins law violations. Violence follows a jail escape attempt in Christopher Illinois as Shadowens is killed and others injured. Eva Geronimo dies of tuberculosis at Fort Sill Apache lineage noted.
Sporting Uhlan achieved a new world record in the Cleveland Grand Circuit half mile to wagon trotting, completing the distance in 0.56 percent. The prior mark of 1:90 was set by Major Delmar at Glenvilla on July 31, 1906, as crowds watched a dramatic Chicago Grant Park air race above Lake Michigan where an aviator drew thousands of spectators for hours before nightfall.
Boston aviator Atwood completes a 300 mile day flight from St. Louis to Grant Park Aviation Field in Chicago. He lands with no mishaps after stops for gasoline and dinner, averaging 56 mph over about five and a half hours amid cheering crowds.
Roast Beef Marseillaise prepares a juicier bite with bones on or off, olive oil searing, a tangy onion vinegar mustard stock sauce, then served hot in a deep platter. Beef a la Mode simmers top sirloin with salt pork, garlic, onion, calf’s foot gravy, and optional carrots, no potatoes, gravy strained. Sweetbread Cutlets coated in butter sauce with lemon and milk, croquette fry, served with peas or Creole sauce. Creole Sauce blends onion, green pepper, tomato and butter for a hot finish.
In Washington the wool tariff revision bill clears the house by 206 to 90 and moves to the senate where it awaits passage. The measure imposes a 29 percent flat and ad valorem duty on raw wools with reductions on woolen products. The fate now hinges on a presidential veto and potential adjournment plans.
Steep a bunch of mint in hot water to extract flavor then mix in juice of six oranges and two lemons. Dissolve gum arabic in cold water, add sugar, cook to a thread, and pour over beaten egg whites. Fold in strained fruit and mint juices, dilute with carbonated water, and garnish with lemon peel and mint sprigs.
A simple mixed batter combines one cup flour one cup Indian meal cream of tartar one teaspoon soda a pinch salt with one egg and one cup warm milk. The batter is beaten well and baked to finish.
A grand jury in Chesterfield circuit court returned a true bill of murder in the first degree against Ifenry Clay Beattie Jr of Richmond. He is charged in the death of his young wife from the Midlothian turnpike tragedy dated July 18. Four witnesses were named: Thomas K Owen, T J Pettigrew, Dr Wilbur Mercer, and Paul Beattie. Beattie’s wife Beulah Binford awaited call as a witness.
Instructions describe making a lemon ginger beverage with six lemons two gallons water sugar ginger cream of tartar yeast and steps to boil strain cool bottle cork and store. Requires chilling overnight and two days before use.
A simple citron cake batter uses two eggs and butter with sugar. Add soda cream of tartar lemon extract and lemon citron. mix with flour to a cake batter consistency. Bake to a light fluffy cake.
The passage instructs rolling five or six lettuce leaves lengthwise, crossing them, and cutting into narrow strips to create long, narrow fibers as an attractive garnish. It presents a simple technique for aesthetic lettuce garnishing.
A Philadelphia based physician, Professor James M. Munyon, asserts a vast United States outbreak of a “queer disease” caused by tape worms. He describes symptoms, offers a free consultation, and claims a miraculous treatment that allegedly eliminates worms in nine of ten cases, inviting letters to his offices for medical advice.
A judge explains he and his wife cannot divorce because he has jailed all the bogus divorce lawyers. The fragment ends with a sponsored note for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and a quotation about the hero being centered.
A trade pamphlet stresses brand and trade mark on cement sacks and promotes Universal Portland Cement as uniform in color and strength. It notes good concrete relies on proper workmanship and materials like sand and gravel or crushed stone, and invites readers to contact Universal Portland Cement Co at 72 W Adams Street, Chicago. Annual output listed as 10,000,000 barrels.
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