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Newspaper
Sisseton Weekly Standard
Location
Sisseton, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1913
Page
3
A cookbook style 1910s entry presents several potato soup variations. Plain Potato Soup uses mashed potatoes strained and milk, Cream of Potato Soup blends mashed potatoes with milk and onion, and Puree of Potatoes creates a thick, silky stock based soup. A Milk Soup variant adds tapioca for body and texture.
The article portrays Labrador’s icebergs as a grand, moving city of crystal domes and towers seen from Battle Harbor. It describes their slow drift south along the Newfoundland coast, varying origins by month from June Labrador to July Baffin Land and August Kane Bay. It notes the icebergs’ size, shape, and timing, and the dramatic landscape of Battle Harbor as a viewing outpost.
A peculiar desert phenomenon in Western Australia shows water streaming from a narrow trench at night. Dr. Malcolm Maclaren studied a well where heat expands a gneiss plate, creating a cavity that traps water by day and releases air then water as it cools at night, producing hiss-like sounds.
Hatfield hosts a forty two foot genealogical tree drawn for Queen Elizabeth. It traces descent to Adam with coats of arms for most names and birth and death dates. Notably Elizabeth’s arm is filled on one side only, the other side left blank for her future husband.
The best information indicates Leif Ericson was the first white man to sight the American continent around the year 1000. He explored Greenland and possibly reached points along the coast as far south as Newport, suggesting Columbus did not discover America, as he never set foot on continental territory. knowledge of the continent came from that voyage.
A humorous exchange where a young woman asks for floor wax in a drug store. The clerk says none is available but offers sealing wax. She explains the plan for a dance and intends wax on the floor, not the ceiling, creating a playful misunderstanding.
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