Congress Closes With Postal Savings Bank Bill Signed
The Sixty-first Congress ends its first regular session with major items signed into law including the postal savings bank bill and a public buildings measure. A broader river and harbor reform warning was issued, and an Indian affairs probe into Gore charges advances. The Appalachian forest reserve awaits Senate action.
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Washington
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Treasury Department
Gore
Oklahoma
Senate
Indian Affairs Committee
Beverly
White House
House
McGuire
Carter
Martin
Dem
Colorado
Philippines
Interior Department
Phiippine
House Committee On Insular Affairs
Jellied chicken dish from warm weather fricassee method
Instructions describe dressing a chicken, boiling with vegetables and spices, skimming impurities, preparing a gelatin broth, lining a mold with hard boiled eggs and lemon slices, cooling to form a jelly, and serving sliced with celery mayonnaise. It emphasizes careful simmering and chilling for eight days to set the mold.
Fire destroys excursion steamer near La Crosse
In Mississippi River near La Crosse Wisconsin the excursion steamer J 3 with 1500 aboard caught fire. Four passengers died and many were injured while trying to reach shore at Bad Ax Island, with about 400 lightly burned and 1300 leaping into shallow water to swim to land.
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Ta Crosse
Wis
Mississippi River
Bad Ax Island
Makes a Splendid Preserve from Quince
The guide explains selecting fine quince, washing and quartering, simmering gently with minimal water, removing parings, straining the liquor, and cooking the clarified syrup with sugar. Quince are returned to the syrup, cooked until clear and richly colored, then jarred and sealed air tight.
Cherry Dumplings
Old time method to bake cherry dumplings with a batter from flour eggs butter sugar and baking powder. Drop batter into boiling water, cook twelve minutes, then serve with a cherry juice sauce and a beaten egg cream mixture.
Looking Backward in Boston Child Riddles
A columnist recalls a Boston setting and observes child precocity with a note about a three year old who could access a resemble reminiscence vein in conversation. The remark suggests unusual early mental development in a city context.
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Boston
Best Method for Cooking Oatmeal in Double Boiler
To cook oatmeal use old fashioned Scotch oats. In a double boiler with one quart water per cup of oats and eight tablespoons of rolled oats per quart, simmer five to six hours. Oatmeal is a winter staple while rice suits summer meals for strong breakfast nutrition.
Good Arm Hoax Lines Strike Blazing Wit
In Stray Stories a quip plays on a famed mark and a comic deception. A speaker notes Golrox has wed, with the punch line enjoying a cheeky twist about a wife’s “maiden arm” and skill at aim. The exchange blends humor and misdirection in durable cartoonish banter.
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Golrox
Joax
Canada Land Prospects Draw U.S. Homesteaders to Central Provinces
The article urges readers eyeing land in Canada to act now as corn planting ends and wheat prospers. It cites rising prices per acre, expanding railways, and strong immigration from the United States and other regions, with annual wheat output up to 150 million bushels. It notes government agents, maps, and advice available to settlers, and ends with a jab about a popular teething syrup and a dentist's care.
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Canada
United States
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Northern
Eskimo Baby Talk Explored in Playful Linguistic Note
A humorous column considers how an Eskimo baby might convey needs using typical terms like igloo ah we l ah and ka loo ka and imagines the sounds of early speech in a cold language setting.
Casey at the Bat in Coca Cola Baseball Record Book 1910
The Coca Cola Baseball Record Book for 1910 includes Casey at the Bat and schedules for both leagues with other baseball data. The Coca Cola Co of Atlanta sent the booklet on request and included a copy of The Truth About Coca Cola.
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Casey
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Co
Atlanta
The First and Second Summer Girls Talk Conquests
The first summer girl boasts of engagements to men whose names she did not know. The second summer girl replies that she engaged herself last season to a stranger who signaled his proposal from a passing yacht.
Dr Martel's Female Pills Seventeen Years Standard
Promoted as a scientifically prepared remedy for women's ailments with quick, permanent results. Sold at all drug stores. Royston advertises its usefulness for satisfying others' wants.
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Munyon
Munyon’s
Homoeopathic Home Remedy Co
Jefferson Sts
Philadelphia
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