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Newspaper
Spring Valley Gazette
Location
Spring Valley, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1920
Page
3
Ypres Belgium thousands of Belgian families may never locate their pre war homes as bombardment erased landmarks and disfigured farm boundaries. New surveys will come later but many will still face unable to identify property left behind. Few homeseekers have returned after encountering miles of water logged shell zones.
Bangor Wales reports under the Antimatting league rules a student is fined 12 cents for flirting or making any sign to attract the attention of girls.
New York residents reported two days of groans from a chimney. Detectives and firemen rescued David Cohen, a push cart peddler, from a five story chimney where he attempted suicide due to business woes. He was hospitalized for hunger and exhaustion.
Residents search the wrecked area for clues to homes while reclamation work proceeds. A large stone corner boundary marker and a front yard well anchor early surveys as people await relocation and return.
War's wreckage erased homes and shade trees. the exiled Arcadians may contend for plots long after arrival. Experts warn of a scramble for the most desira ble sites and potential legal battles as claimants dispute ownership and evictions could be prolonged.
A Lincoln Kansas high school student named Royal Kiser dislikes his first name but says it has not affected his popularity. He wonders how the unique name will impact his life when he starts his own career.
The Woman's club current events department in Cedar Rapids adopts a resolution to buy no silk hose for a year to curb living costs amid rising prices.
Homer Hograth, a Kansas farmer, alleges Gallileo Grubino promised a $380,000 Arctic ice venture after a July visit to his North Pole claim. Hograth paid $30,000 upfront and agreed to partner in a scheme involving a steel pole and an electric scoop to harvest Arctic ice. Grubino remains at the pole. authorities were asked to issue a warrant.
Vienna reports detail a 15 million crown loss tied to former mayor Weisskirchner and a council, as funds raised for soldiers may have been diverted to ventures by Hans Hafner including artificial milk and leather shoe factories. The city faces lawsuits from Slovak suppliers over artificial leather materials.
North Dakota reports from game wardens describe a grasshopper invasion followed by a wild duck and goose influx. Water areas across the state host large flocks feeding on grasshoppers, with deer more plentiful along the Missouri river bottoms.
Ottawa reports a proposed reduction in silver coin fineness as high bullion prices tempts melting coins for bullion. With bullion up, Canadian minting remains busy and not profitable, so authorities seek a lower silver content to curb withdrawals from circulation.
A collection of dated kitchen guidance with recipes for Date Pudding Apple Snow Peach Cup Apricot Ice and Apricot Whip plus a selection of moral couplets urging patience temper and appreciation and a rustic poem about social behavior.
A set of economical kitchen recipes uses eggs with dried beef and a veal pork ham loaf, plus codfish balls. Directions cover chopping meat, mixing with eggs, tomatoes, onions, paprika, and baking. plus potato codfish balls fried to a crisp. Ends with a reflective wartime appeal about helping a struggling woman.
A vintage kitchen page presents an etched menu of desserts and mains. It outlines a Lightning Cake with almond fleck frosting, a Rhubarb and Raisin Jelly mold, and a glazed Baked Ham with brown sugar and mustard, including preparation steps and baking times.
A method to freeze small amounts of ice cream using a pound baking powder can and a salt ice mixture. Also recipes for Thousand Isle Dressing and a Combination Salad with olive oil, lemon and orange juice, parsley, olives, chestnuts, mustard, and paprika. Beans and Bacon offers a fried onion and bacon flavored bean dish with hot vinegar.
A visitor asks if the noise annoys Mr. Cobbles as he steers his flivver past a big car throwing dust. Cobbles jokes he knows of a ramshackle bridge ahead and warns the unaware driver, promising a sharp reckoning once they meet.
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