Weather, warfare, economy fill the era page
A jumble of items from Seaver Herald notes Europe shows naval power at Hudson Fulton while tensions loom between Germany and England. Paris reports a germ theory of aging, Britain debates conscription, and U S travel warns. Fire in Yosemite endangers forests as gold shipments move to Buenos Aires. Persia and Young Turks edge toward elections and constitutional reform. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals highlights chameleons sold as ornaments, often dying quickly.
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American Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
New York
Muldoon Attacks Athlete Training on Mental Strain
William Muldoon, famed trainer, warns that athletic training strains youths' minds and bodies, arguing intellect should trump football and rowing in college programs. He contends the brain suffers vitality drained to other body parts, calling for a shift in how collegiate courses prioritize mental over physical exertion.
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William Muldoon
Teurin
Man in New York Tries to Sell Gold Brick Prank
A man from the weet travels to New York to hawk a so called gold prick but fails as the item is a genuine gold brick worth the price demanded. The tale hints at fickle buyers and a wider mix of social anecdotes about families and runaway marriages.
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New York
Buenos Ayres
Argentina
United States
Household Hints and Recipes From The Woman’s Page
A mixed page offers practical kitchen advice and light notes on homemaking. It includes tips on work efficiency, dishwashing routines, window cleaning, onion juicing, almond blanching, and a German Honey Cake recipe. Also featured are reflections on the busy woman’s role in church and clubs, plus full beef and corn pudding and cheese and rice timbale recipes with step by step instructions.
Ginger Sherbet Recipe Steps
Toil together for five minutes two spoonfuls of sugar with two spoonfuls of water and cool. Add juice of six lemons and two oranges and freeze. Chop four ounces Canton ginger and add two tablespoons of syrup to the frozen mix. Repack and chill for two hours.
Pickled Cherries Recipe From Old Note
Instructions describe pitting cherries then covering with elder vinegar overnight. In the morning drain and measure the fruit, add an equal measure of sugar, let stand two days stirring until sugar dissolves, then fill and can the cherries.
Fried Smelts with Lemon Sauce and Parsley Garnish
A recipe describing frying fillets after dipping in seasoned flour and eggs, then breading and frying in hot fat. Lemon sauce combines butter, lemon juice, and chopped parsley. Serve hot with lemon wedges and garnish each portion with lemon pulp tips.
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Aix
Eczema case and tuberculous prevention notes
An 1907 testimonial cites Cuticura for severe facial eczema with raw skin and obscene discharge, claiming complete healing in three months. The piece also reports on tuberculosis prevention debates among major insurers, noting Metropolitan Life’s torpid efforts and Provident Savings Life Assurance’s health bureau, plus fraternal orders pursuing sanatoria. A comic exchange from Puck features Gladys Golden and a noble count discussing a dower contract and family holdings.
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Metropolitan Life
New York State
Motehkisa
Provident Savings Life Avaudance Society
Moder
Woodmen
Knights of Pythias
Royal League
Royal Arcanum
Workmen's Circle
Castle on-the-Burn
Gladys Golden
Philadelphia
Gladys
Miss Golden
Puck
Concrete blocks praised for home building by Radford editor
William A. Radford urges readers to use honest concrete blocks in construction noting rock face and crushed stone variations. He describes a sample house with detailed room sizes and emphasizes durability, economy, health, and artistic potential when blocks are properly made and finished.
Fragmentary Echoes From An Unclear Date
A garbled excerpt hints at ceremonial remarks and delays in a schedule. It mentions names or places obliquely and suggests a waiting period or awaiting plenary approval. The text remains too fragmentary to identify a clear event, persons, or organization.
Peach Cat Sup Recipe Steps From Old Notebook
Fragmentary culinary directions describe preparing peach catsup by paring and quartering ripe fruit, simmering parings in water, straining, returning juice to liquor, cooking briefly, then adding elder vinegar sugar cinnamon cloves pepper and mace. Simmer until thick and seal while hot.
No Infallible Method Warns Against Doubling Stakes
A leading French mathematician warns there is no infallible method to double stakes after a loss. He says one should mix strategy to gain a better chance of winning some, while risking significant losses and many chances of losing life.
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France
Cracks and Cockroaches in the Kitchen
Advice on pest control suggests sealing cracks and using melted paraffin to deter cockroaches. The method involves heating paraffin and pouring it into crevices near sinks and cabinets to trap and deter insects.
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Wii
A New Way with Cabbage Delicately Prepared Dish
A recipe describes shaving cabbage and cooking it with water. The drained cabbage is then combined with a paste of four cream and other ingredients including egg sour cream butter sugar vinegar and seasonings. The mixture is heated to a belting point and poured over the cabbage to finish the dish.
Stutted Tomato Salad Recipe Preview
From ripe tomatoes remove seeds and fill with French dressing then chill. Chop cucumbers green pepper and onion, mix with mayonnaise. Fill tomatoes, cover each, and serve very cold.
Pickled Nasturtium Seed Take On Capers Substitution
Pickled nasturtium seeds serve as caper substitutes. Use prete red green seeds with some stem. Soak in weak water for two days, then in clear water two hours. Drain, jar, cover with boiling vinegar, then wait eight weeks before use.
American Rarebit Preparation Notes
Chop tomatoes into small pieces and place on fee Beat pix exes, season with east and paprika, add thick cream, and transfer to a chafing dish. Cook until nearly done, then fold in chopped green pepper. Serve on crackers.
Currant Sherbet Recipe From Clipped Instructions
A fragmented recipe instructs combining two cupfuls each of sugar and water with currant juice and gelatin dissolved in cold water. Freeze, beat egg whites with sugar then fold in halfway, then re-freeze and finish packing.
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Fintan
Postum Promises Health From Coffee Replacement Story
Yonkers Statesman recounts a laborer’s claim that switching from coffee to Postum cured his stomach issues and improved health. The anecdote details quitting coffee, endorses Postum preparation, and cites a book titled The Road to Wellville as reference.
Poll tax protest photo from KU days sparks 1892 memories
Chanute’s Chase Brown recalls a University of Kansas scene in 1892 where students marched and labored to pay poll tax on Lawrence streets. Herb Hadley, later Missouri governor, was described as the era’s most objectionable offender, delivering harsh words as workers used brooms, canes, and dirt to fulfill the tax amid a marked town parade.
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Chase Brown
Chanute
University of Kansas
Lawrence
Herb Hadley
Hadley
Miagouri
Brown
Isle of Wight bee disease spreads to Huckinghamshire
A London Letter to the Cleveland Leader describes the mysterious Isle of Wight bee disease, two years after its discovery, likened to a plague germ. It causes bees to rush work or die of exhaustion, devastating local apiculture as the industry nearly collapses in the Isle and now appears in Huckinghamshire.
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Isle of Wight
Huckinghamshire
London
Cleveland
Ile of Wight
Rarity of Great Actresses and Memorial Questions
A discussion recalls the scarcity of star actr esses like Ristori and Rachel versus the abundance of capable lyric sopranos. The piece notes hopes for a Friuli memorial for Ristori, mentions London matinee fund raising, and ponders who will inherit pivotal tragic roles as generations change.
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Fistori
Friuli
London
Shiger
Nctre
Rachel
Paris
Riatorit
Phedre
Camillo
Lady Macbeth
Histor
Mrs. Siddons
Acroia
Juliet
Pareta
Francesca
Malibrans
Pattie
Kistorit
Rachels
Januuicheks and
Modjoskas
Flies in Stables Routed with Walnut Leaf Mixture
A simple horse fly repellent uses green walnut leaves steeped in cold water overnight and heated briefly. The strained liquid is applied with a sponge to smeared areas on horses before they leave the stable.
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Seaver Herald
Maud
Thomas
Ty Boker
Pirote
Zeppalin
Marcetona
Otill
Germany
England
Yosemite Valley
Careleas
Glacier Point Cliffs
Halt Dome
Carelearness
Persia
South America
Cupid Eae
George Netter
Toll
Washington Irving
Miei
Werk
Percy
Kitty
Eczema
Cuthura
Ann Pearsons
Northfield
Power Drug & Obem, Corp
Bole Props
William A. Radford
Advics
Repeo
Fifth Ave
Chicago
Radford
Themerican Home
Wenner
Dep Romer
Yonkers Statesman
Telegraph Service
Jance Uttle
Wellville
Missouri
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