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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1908
Page
3
Poem fragment by Thomas Bailey Aldrich pondering consciousness and mortality. The speaker reflects on crossing a boundary to a celestial realm where the departed dwell in radiant light. He questions whether the afterlife exists beyond oblivion and longs for a sign to assure passage.
Maximo Gomez faces a bull shortage near the Plaza de Toros when a stray animal from Don Pedro Benavente’s herd appears in his corral. A fearless rider, a young Senorita, intervenes with pistol shots to avert disaster, and Gomez saves her horse and flees with a gold hairpin relic. He hides the pistol and the precious token as he departs at dusk.
The Paris Eclair correspondent reports a record of experiments has vanished from Cherbourg torpedo department after 11 years in storage. The document held valuable information on handling torpedo types and is believed irreplaceable.
A geese guardian at James H. Sholl’s Burlington farm drove off at least two trespassers who attempted to raid the poultry house. Patsy the goose and a fierce gander defended the home, injuring a tramp who fled in the moonlight. The bird has also repelled a dog and even a cow, proving a formidable protector.
A young widow confronts a stiff old bachelor about the saying Father Time. He retorts that time waits for no man and suggests women will wait for any man. The widow calls him rude and leaves in disdain.
A traditional set of kitchen instructions covers cheese balls fried in hot fat, milk biscuits with lard dough kneading until air bubbles pop, and a cherry cake with spices. Additional recipes include tomato onion stew sieved, and a coconut water binding with flour and butter for serving with toast.
Mixing flour and water with a fork or egg beater yields a smooth lump free batter. Avoid beating cereals or rice with a spoon as it creates pasty textures. Use a plated silver fork and store gum camphor to prevent tarnish in silver. Large toy irons can improve infants dress yokes without damage. A small lump of butter held over an oil lamp flame demonstrates melting behavior and foaming.
A traditional bake combines an egg yolk with sugar milk and chocolate heated to thick, then a creamed mixture of sugar butter eggs sour milk and flour with soda and vanilla. Bake in layers and ice with a white frosting folded with confectioners sugar lemon extract.
The article recommends a smooth strong stick about 40 inches long with a deep notch cut in one end. It enables lifting pictures from hooks without repeatedly using a stepladder, simplifying home chores and reducing effort.
A brief, practical note describes stoned cherries folded with flour butter and sugar, poured into a deep dish, covered with pie crust, and baked until done. Serve warm for best flavor.
Edmund Clarence Stedman, famed poet banker, threw a book at a servant and lost it. A passerby carried the volume away. In a second hand shop he found the very book again, bought it for less, and discovered his own card inside. He learned not to throw books at servants.
A small group at W N Hartshorn's Fenway home selects lessons for world Sunday schools. The Boston Herald notes their yearly decisions are printed and scattered globally in many languages including Europe Africa Asia and the Pacific. India alone requires 40 dialects and about 500 million leaflets are distributed annually.
The tale recalls Queen Alexandra visiting a London Mansion House fete. A tiny flower girl, described as pretty and plump, stretched out for a kiss from the queen. Molly’s mother gasped as the monarch smiled, and Molly explained she fought the kiss would be a good tale for her grandchildren.
Prosaic Pa teases Katherine about wasting light by saying good night to a young man in the vestibule. Katherine replies that love makes the world go round. Pa retorts that love also makes the gas meter go round.
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