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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1909
Page
6
A man discovers the thief in his own house is his brother. Elizabeth reveals her love for George’s intended, and the brothers reconcile. George blesses the couple and sends a note to Beatrice Craig asking for a postponement of engagements to meet him the next evening.
A brief dialogue unfolds at a lunch counter where a meek man explains his habit of eating at restaurants. A neighboring patron, curious about home cooking, learns the man’s preference is not for restaurant meals but for giving restaurant orders. The exchange ends with a knowing smile from the married man.
A collection of simple summer recipes includes potted fish packed in jars with butter, stuffed green peppers with fresh corn and bacon crumbs, potato balls filled with creamed chicken or peas, a spicy chili sauce, and a California fruit cheese. The methods cover boiling, stuffing, baking, frying, and preserving with paraffin for cool storage.
A recipe details canned salmon molded with beaten eggs and bread crumbs, including steps to steam for an hour and prepare a light milk cornstarch sauce with salmon liquor. Served with lettuce garnish and French green peas.
Combine flour and butter with milk to make a thick sauce. Add parsley and onion, boil until thick, then fold in cooked fish. Form croquettes, coat with egg and crumbs, fry, and serve with peas or greens and hard boiled eggs.
A recipe instructs mashing two cupfuls of currants with one cupful raspberries, adding a cupful of cold water, and simmering to a simmer. The liquid is strained and mixed with a syrup made from sugar and water cooked to thread stage, then three pints of water are added and the mixture frozen on ice until solid.
The note observes that Switzerland allocates more government funds per capita for relief of the poor than any other nation, highlighting the country’s social welfare stance.
Simple plain letters or ornate monograms may be marked on sheets pillow slips and towels by applying fine white art braid to stamped designs. Cotton braids resembling soutache may be stitched on the machine.
A simple vintage recipe lists ingredients for Mountain Cake: one cup sugar, half cup butter, half cup milk, two cups flour, two eggs, half teaspoon soda, one teaspoon cream of tartar.
Governor commuted James Murphy’s life sentence for the 1907 Chicago murder after a board of pardons review. In Tuscola, petitioners seek a county seat election to move from Tuscola to Camargo, with hearings set for September 6 and a potential November 9 vote. Reports from Havana, Waukegan, Peoria, Chicago, Washington, Sterling, Lincoln, Taylorville, Greenfield, Edinburg, and Winchester cover local politics, weather, fires, deaths, and social events across the state.
H L Hollister of Chicago returns from the Irrigation Congress praising Twin Falls Idaho development. He highlights upcoming openings of Hollister townsite on Sept 11 and Twin Falls Oakley tract entry on Sept 20 under the Carey Act, with 65.50 per acre irrigation costs and 131 down payment.
Jake asserts his prices are high, declaring they are sky high in a terse dialogue. The snippet surfaces a blunt exchange on pricing and value. Client terms hint at a market where costs are deemed steep by the speaker.
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