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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1908
Page
6
A new dustpan design aims to stop dust from escaping during collection. The device folds into a box shape and seals at the front as the handle lifts, trapping the dirt inside to prevent spills. The top box slots receive handle rods, connected to the front edge, enabling a sealed closure when raised.
A recipe fragment shows making a banana custard pie filling with banana pulp milk egg sugar and spice and notes baking in a modern oven until brown. Another old fisher note outlines preserving shad by salting in layers without water and letting the fish make their own brine.
Instructions describe making a meringue by beating egg whites with sugar and vanilla. The steps include boiling water with sugar, adding cream of tartar, then gradually pouring over stiffly beaten whites and continuing to beat until spreadable.
A recipe instructs to chop egg whites and yolks separately and fry slices of cooked bacon. Arrange on hot buttered toast in alternating bacon and egg portions, bake briefly, then serve. Useful method to reuse leftovers.
A recipe instructs mixing molasses sugar melted butter and ginger then folding in flour and soda. Knead until smooth chill overnight if possible roll thin cut rounds and bake in a quick oven.
Clean a cauliflower and separate into flowerets. Soak in salted water for one hour. Boil until tender, drain, then cook with cracker crumbs. Dip in egg beaten with cold water and one more crumb, brown in hot fat. Serve on napkin with parsley garnish.
The piece extols kitchen scissors as indispensable for cooking tasks. It notes raisins are easier to cut than chop and citrus segments easier to scoop when pith is trimmed. It suggests lettuce can be cut into ribbons for salads and praises scissors as a useful tool in many kitchens.
A recipe shows mixing buckwheat flour sugar salt baking powder and milk with squid step and cooking on a greased griddle. Instructions also cover making a molasses butter batter with ginger and folding before pouring over half the mixture. It adds a method to wash lamp chimneys by suds rinsing and polishing until dry.
A Sacramento deputation questioned Count Okuma on emigration and the dispatch of the American fleet to the Pacific. Observers see Japan’s policy affected while Britain and Canada bear on the issue, with Canada under British protection and potential government advice influencing Tokyo. The piece notes the difficulty in severing the fleet dispatch from Japan’s policy and the broader international implications.
Letters from Mrs Barbara Base and Mrs Arthur House extol Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as life saving for severe female ailments. The ad cites thirty years of use and invites sick women to write for advice from Lynn mass. It also includes assorted short observations on society and commerce.
A three year old boy wandered from home in Grand Island Nebraska triggering a city wide search as fifty firemen and many citizens scoured nearly a mile. He was found in an outhouse by Officer Watson after being exposed to cold. he was unharmed aside from cold and shaken. The report notes nearby gypsies and railroad tracks as possible context for the disappearance. In West Point Nebraska residents raise 15000 dollars for a new auditorium, with subscriptions progressing quickly and expected to complete soon.
Washington reports satisfactory progress in talks between Secretary Root and Ambassador Brice. The discussions aim to settle longstanding questions, with several treaties expected to be transmitted to the Senate for approval during the current congressional session.
An 19th century advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease a powder to shake into shoes to rest feet cure corns bunions sores and sweating and make tight shoes easy sold by druggists and shoe stores 25 cents also without a sample mailed Frem Allen 8 Olmsted Le Hay NY and Mrs Winston's soothing syrup for teething creams gums inflamation cures colic price per bottle
An advertisement touts Casparets by the Sterling Remedy Co as a health aid in a pocket box. It claims daily use trains bowels, avoids purgatives, and promises lasting digestive tone with tablets stamped CCC.
A stream of short items covers health potions like kidney pills and eye salves, cautions about tobacco and tea, notes on candle wax, horse meat yields, London tram issues, and odd health hacks including honey for coughs and glycerine lemon coffee for headaches.
A Washington woman credits Postum with restoring her health after four years of nervous trouble believed caused by coffee. She stopped coffee, drank Postum, regained energy, resumed daily tasks, cares for two babies, and reports lasting cheerfulness and good humor.
The winter wheat crop near Cambridge is in excellent condition. Cass county records show March mortgage filings and releases. A temperance program in Republican City drew a large audience. Henry W. Kruse’s will leaves $60,000 to eight siblings. Gage county art exhibits feature 28 districts. Land sales near Cambridge and a house fire at Republican City caused significant losses. Omaha plans a fall race track with two tracks and a 10,000 dollar investment. Rail expansion in the region includes a second Union Pacific track and steel cars. Harvey Mahoney and Evelyn Waters wed in Plattsmouth. A Tekamah duck hunting accident injured Arthur Farley. Silver Creek prepares for a farmer’s institute. Judge Munger awards Clifford Pierce $3,000 in a rail contract dispute.
Alfred Gwyone Vanderbilt is named defendant in a supreme court action filed by his wife Ellen French Vanderbilt. The case, pursued by Mrs. Vanderbilt’s lawyers Carter Ledyard Milburn, seeks absolute divorce. Referee David McClure will hear testimony. the couple’s travel and family ties to the Vanderbilts are noted, with daughter Pauline French French to wed Samuel Wagstaff at Newport.
Mrs. Warold McCormick daughter of John D Rockefeller faces a nerv es emergency and plans to leave Chicago Bellevue Place guarded by staff and watchers as threatening letters endanger her and her children's safety. Departures to Cleveland withheld. The piece notes broader disorder with a Brooklyn bombing linked to Union Square unrest and police security asks funds for a secret service.
Nearly 3 000 teachers and members of the Northern Indiana Teachers Association arrived in Indianapolis for the twenty sixth annual meeting. The gathering, though outside the association territory, was moved to the city to allow a personal inspection of Indianapolis schools by attendees.
Birmingham firms cut mine pay by 10 cents per ton effective today. The scale drops from 47 1/2 to 47 1/4 cents per ton, affecting all Alabama miners except about 3,504 union workers.
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