Mary Week Events Highlight Notable Local and International Feats
Paul Sorrente a Florence New Jersey foundry worker collapsed and froze to death after being packed in ice by friends. Fannie Blumstein of Kenyon New York and her five children slept under a boardwalk at Coney Island for five days for outdoor air while too poor to seek other shelter. Oscar T. Tamm a St. Louis native now in Tamms Illinois crossed 250 miles north of Patea Sweden on July 2 with the American flag on his steering gear and wrote home of the feat. Evelyn Romadka, ex wife of Milwaukee trunk maker Charles P. Romadka, has been pardoned by the Tunis authorities after an earlier Chicago theft case. Porto Rican Bar Association held memorials at San Jose for Chief Justice Fuller. Miss Lucy Page Gaston says cigarette smoking is widespread among New York women and campaigns against the habit.
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Paul Sorrente
Florence
N. J
Fannie Blumstein
Ken Yor
Coney Island
Oscar T. Tamm
St. Louis
Tamms
Ill
Arctic Circle
Patea
Sweden
Evelyn Romadka
Charles FP. Romadka
Tinois
Ramadka
Joliet
Chicago
Porto Rican Bar Association
San Jos
Fuller
United States Supreme Court
Lucy Page Gaston
Anticigarette League of
New York
State
Counci
Polk
Plymsouth
Howard
Wapello
J. W. Croafford
Lament
Supreme Cart
Brown
Croford
Crofford
Civil Service
Washington
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Dubuque
Fort Dodge
Town City
Mason City
Sioux City
Waterloo
Iowa
State Executive Council
Harrison M. Anderson
John Bard
Henry CO. Carper
Morris Z. Coykendail
Hosabeth Hall
Alvin A Miller
Wim. L. Oakes
Emma A. Rickey
Hamilton P. Ross
Francis
Wilson
White Cross
City Club
A. Calvert
Shellrock
George M. Chappel
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Iowa Federated Commercial Club
John Junkin
Fort Madison
Central Church of Christ
Amarshalltown
Shr. J. N. AbCash
Cincinnati
Ohio
Alia
James C. Bell
Neola
Geo. M. Buchanan
Pleasantville
Elmer
Elizabeth McNaughton
Leeds
First Baptist Church
Marshalltown
Keane
St. Paul
Large Moonshine Stills Busted as Nation Faces Turbulent Events
A broad roundup reports revenue officers destroying a major moonshine still at Charles Pesnell’s Alabama home. Widespread fires in New York and Wisconsin devastate property. Political and legal moves include labor disputes, antitrust actions, and calls for party realignment.
Japanese Steamer Sinks Off Corea With 246 Aboard
The Tetsurei Maru sailing Kobe to Dairen sank Sunday night off Chindo Corea after striking in fog. Of 246 passengers 40 were saved, 105 third class and 59 soldiers were rescued by lifeboats. six lifeboats carried others, including British consul W Cunningham. Warships were dispatched for rescue and reports say some boats reached land or were picked up.
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Tokio
Kobe
Dairen
Chindo
Corea
Tetsurei
W. Cunningham
Osaka
Eighth Big Interstate Fair at Sioux City in September
The eighth annual Interstate Live Stock Fair will be held in Sioux City from September 19 to 24. It touts itself as the largest independent fair in the United States, boosted by its location near four states Iowa Nebraska South Dakota and Minnesota. It receives recognition from major cattle breeder associations and offers special cash premiums for carloads of fat cattle from local stock exchanges and packing companies. A fast program and top vaudeville attractions are planned for the week.
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Interstate Live Stock Fair Association
Sioux City
Imvea
United Sates
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Minnesota
American Hereford Cattle Breeders'’ Association
American Shorthorn Breeders’ Association
American Aberdeen-Angrus Breeders’association
Red-Polled Cattle Club
Percheron Society
Riot in Scranton Pa During Cartondale Strike Clash
A riot at Cartondale near Scranton during a Delaware and Hudson railroad strike turned deadly when a man was shot in the head. Strikers, many Italian, attacked workers as 260 shots were exchanged. James Ciccone was struck at the base of the brain. State police are accused by strikers of firing the fatal shot. two officers were arrested.
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Scranton
Cartondale
Delaware and Hudson Railroad
James Ciccone
Toll Rises After Eyewall Disaster Near Milan
The Milan district ey e l ine disaster death toll climbs to 60 with hundreds injured and material losses estimated in the millions.
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Milan
Denver Woman Kills Husband Then Herself in Bed
Lulu Ferris shot Frank W. Ferris in bed in Denver before turning the pistol on herself. Police found the couple dead in their home and are investigating the double tragedy as a possible murder suicide.
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Denver
Colo
Frank W. Ferris
Lulu Ferris
Fire Threatens Wadsworth Jury Grounded Near Reno
RenoNev reports say Wadsworth a town 25 miles east on the Southern Pacific line was afire and might be entirely wiped out. Fire teams battled the blaze as residents prepared for evacuation.
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Reno
Nev
Wadsworth
Southern Pacific
Sioux City Livestock Quotes From Saturday Market
Sioux City reports Saturdays quotes for the live stock market with best feeders at 5.35 and top hogs at 5.65 per unit.
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Sioux City
Actor Overton Dies at 69 in St. Louis
John S. Overton, a veteran stage actor who performed with Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett, died in St. Louis at age 69.
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Overton
St. Louis
John S. Overton
Edwin Booth
Lawrence Barrett
Explosions Destroy Plants at Central Avenue Site
Two blasts ripped a Cincinnati factory district at Central avenue and Findley street causing a major fire. The blaze engulfed three adjacent plants, inflicting extensive damage and prompting emergency response teams to secure the area.
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Cincinnati
Central Avenue
Findley Street
Prominent Denison Man and Two Others Die in Reservoir
Hartry Smith a noted business man Mrs Bessie Bird a widow and her infant child drowned in Randall reservoir five miles from Denison Texas. The tragedy occurred near the Randall reservoir area and investigators were at the scene to determine the cause of the drowning.
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Denison
Tex
Fire Destroys Freight Cars and Transfer House Near Cleveland
A blaze consumed two score freight cars and their contents at the Big Four transfer house in Lynndale, a Cleveland suburb, causing estimated losses around $200,000. No injuries reported as flames were brought under control by early evening.
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Cleveland, O
Lynndale
Cleveland
Crippen linked to French hotel death case amid wide news sweep
The report traces a young woman in Bourges who died by self harm on July 13 and suggests she may be Ethel Clara Leneve, Crippen's companion. It also covers a string of global incidents: a Fort Monroe rifle blast injuring eight, a threatened assassination of Edwin W. Trimmer, and the Tacoma’s dispatch to protect the American consul.
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Bourges
France
Ethel Clara’ Leneve
Crippen
Fort Monroe
Edwin W. Trimmer
United States
Cape Gracias Dios
Nicaragua
Tacoma
Barcelona
Spain
Fuhrmann
Grand Trunk
Ontario
Toronto
Belle Fourche
South Dakota
Washington
East Cleveland
John TD. Rockefeller
Foreign Office
Berlin
Germany
Constantinople
Talila
Syria
Grand Trunk Railroad
Iowa State News Roundup Highlights Tax Assessments and Trials
State executive council may boost real estate and personal property assessments after prior increases in 24 counties. Reports note land values persistently low versus price, with a potential statewide lift next year. Also covered are Dr. Crofford’s release efforts, civil service exam sites, local honors, haying accident, weather impacts on crops, and regional notices including church dedications and public appointments.
Clover Luncheon Designs For Tea and Decor
A 1920s inspired guide outlines a Clover Luncheon with trefoil table spreads, clover centerpieces, and red and white blossoms. Menu ideas include sorrel soup, clover fritters, honey cakes, and fruit punch, plus playful flower games and handmade prizes.
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Fane
Evien
Pansy
Faust
Marguerite
Emma
Mock Chicken Loaf Bake From Harper's Bazar
A recipe describes slow cooking two cups of grits with salt in three pints of water for three hours. It instructs oiling a mold, lining with hot cereal, and forming a center filling with bread crumbs milk peas butter onion juice herbs salt pepper and eggs. Bake in a hot water bath for 30 minutes and serve with nut sauce.
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Harper’s Bazar
Chop Suey with Chicken Liver and Pork Mix
A sizzling stir fry recipe uses two chicken livers two chicken gizzards one pound pork pieces green ginger celery and mushrooms. It cooks in olive oil with vinegar water Worcestershire salt cloves and cinnamon then adds peas beans or asparagus tips.
Washing Embroideries with Colorful Finishes
A guide advises careful washing of white and colored embroidery on waists and gowns. Use warm water not hot, pure soap, and dissolve soap into water to form a paste before washing. Rinse gently to preserve the faint colors and the garment’s whiteness.
Hints on Baking From a Historic Recipe Note
The text offers baking tips about oven temperature and cake handling. It warns that a rising cake in a cone shape signals too hot an oven and advises against mixing until the oven is ready. It also suggests slicing citron thinly and layering batter and notes to avoid baking multiple items at once and to remove cakes promptly from tins.
Summer Dinner Tapioca Cream Soup and Coastal Dishes
A dated home menu outlines steps for a tapioca cream soup with overnight pearl tapioca, onion and celery simmering with milk and mace, plus a fish dish with a lemon parsley butter sauce. Also included a tomato curry topping over fried tomatoes with rice and a cottage pudding with orange sauce using orange rind sugar and maraschino thickened with cornstarch.
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Mvine
Almond and Apple Jelly Pudding From Historic Recipe
A detailed process recipe combines almonds and apples with gelatine and whipped cream. Grate apples and cook with gelatine, sugar, and cream, then fold in blanched almonds. Mold, coat with gelatine, top with toasted almond strips, chill, and serve with whipped cream or substitute six ounces melted chocolate for the apples.
Escallaped Foods and Reheating Tips from a Domestic Guide
The text advises keeping small fireproof ramekins and individual casseroles for reheating leftovers. It suggests using tin molds and timbal molds in a hot water bath for reheating, emphasizes that reheating must be quick, and warns that flavors fade with reheating. careful seasoning is essential.
Freshen the Greens for Crisp Salads
To freshen greens for salads choose fresh uncooked vegetables and cook tender for cooked salads. Blanch vegetables by boiling three to four minutes then rinse in cold water and re boil to tender. Crisp radishes cabbage and cucumbers in ice water with lemon, dry on cheese cloth and serve chilled.
Exiled From the Refrigerator
The article warns that without separated divisions in the refrigerator every item including fish cheese cabbage onions and bananas should not be kept together. It notes flavor transfer harms butter milk and gelatinous preparations and cautions against fish touching ammonia based artificial ice. It also says meat should not sit directly on ice to prevent juicing.
Appledore Soup For Lillian Ellen
Three medium sized potatoes boiled until tender in salted water and mashed. Fry chopped onion in butter, stir in flour, add scalded milk and cook five minutes. Fold in potatoes, season with salt celery salt paprika and tomato ketchup, add chopped parsley and serve immediately.
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Lillian Ellen
Asparagus with Cheese Baked in Parmesan
A recipe notes asparagus boiled twelve minutes then arranged in a deep dish. Layers include grated Parmesan cheese and minced onion with butter. A final sprinkle of cheese and fresh bread, then baked fifteen minutes in a moderate oven.
Small Town Life Elevated by Quiet Community Values
The Yazoo City Sentinel article argues small towns are as vital as big cities. It emphasizes tolerance, family ties, familiar houses, and shared pleasures shaping a humane atmosphere. The piece pleads for honoring village life before the quiet procession of time concludes.
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Yazoo City
Miss
The Enduring Allure of a Best Seller
A critical critique notes how a best seller is manufactured from a recipe, with a famous publisher shaping the idea. The book is serialized in papers, and after the author’s praise, households eagerly buy it. Women read it then hide it where their daughters will discover it.
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Anthor
Trade at Home editorial appeal urges supporting local merchants
The editorial argues mail order houses push bulky catalogs on spring trade and warn that buying out of town costs more and harms home town growth. It cites benefits for farmers and towns when eggs butter and other produce are sold locally.
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Jesse
Sawdust Used in Early Carborundum Grinding Material
The article notes sawdust as a common ingredient in making carborundum. Electric furnace pioneers have long used sawdust with coke and salt under heavy current to create grinding material, highlighting how everyday ingredients yield remarkable results per Popular Mechanics.
Served Her Right
A fragment recalls a woman boasting to a visitor that she and her husband are ten years apart in age with the husband aged fifty. The exchange captures a humorous social moment described in a Penny Pictorial piece.
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Eurprine
Poole
Penny
Meat Advanced of Tea Drinkers From Vienna Consul
From Vienna Consul General Denby comes a note on meat advances amid tea drinker groups. The report cites official commentary and diplomatic tone.
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Vienna
General Denby
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Charles Pesnell
Abniston County
Alabama
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Association of Iron, Tin and Steel Workers
America Sheet and Tin Plate Company
Wickersham
Bathtub Trust
Senatora. B. Cummines
Kansas City
Dew Party
Tra G. Rawn
Monon Railroad
Winnetka
Bir
Rawn
Sid Cauley
Carroll County
Henry Beck
Cauley
Ira G. Fawn
Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad
Monon
Herman Schnettler
Fawn
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Lee O'Neil Browne
Criminal Court of
Wisconsin
Heineman
Galloway
German-American Press Association of the
West
Omaha
Ghinda
Geene
Pennsylvania
Bual
Nevada Town
Sura
General Estrada
Sussman
New Orleans
State Department
Jose Madris
Roberto Gonzalez
Madriz
San Ubalda
Huck, Stove & Tange Company
Stove Plant
Samuel Gormapers
American Federation of Labor
N. J. McEvilly
Litle
Mary
Dysart
Freeport
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Peck’s Crossing
Aurora
United Mine Workers
Permanent Court of Arbitration
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Hague
B F. Carroll
Polk County
Grand
John Downie
State Board of Control
S Reform School
Mitchellville
Hi. J. Airress
Megantic
Doctor Crippen
London
Montreal
Sacramento
Southern Pacific Fast Mail
R. TT
Goeedyear
Cal
Prund
Carl Etherington
Tasarian
Adonin Alzagano
Dcal
Joseph Mackley
Toledo
Columbus
Cheyenne
Pittsburg
Curry
Eusuka
Iowa State
City Recorder
Des Moines Press Club
Clear Lake
Sherley
Hovey
Department of Labor
Carroll
John Joakin
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