Christmas football gift heals a boy in hospital
Eight year old Johnny Ward, paralyzed below the waist after a street accident, receives a football as a Christmas surprise. Nurses debate giving the gift, the widow mother worries about his future, and the child secretly keeps up hope that a miracle may come. The football becomes a symbol of love and a promise that strength may return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Chapman
Johnny Ward
Blair
Miss Gough
Nurse Gough
Johnny
Black
Mrs. Ward
Duree
Nurse Blair
Mamma
Keith
Willie Keeps Promise to Baseball Season Ticket
Willie, a blessed boy, receives countless toys from aunts and uncles. Toward Christmas his parents allow one plan, and Willie chooses not to break their promise to buy him a season ticket for the baseball matches. Uncle Jack’s cast iron train is not the gift he vows to keep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie
Bia Papa
Jack
Willi
The Great Meaning and Daily Duty
Lift up your eyes to the great meaning of the day and dare to think of humanity as divine and precious. Count it a privilege to offer your life completely to God and go out to the pleasures and duties of life reborn into His divinity as He was born into ours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair
Johnny
Ginger Drops and Cinnamon Cake Recipes From Old Delicacies
A compact collection of dessert and baking formulas including Ginger Drops with molasses and spice mix, a Cinnamon Cake with butter and vanilla, Brownies with chocolate and nuts, and a Salad Dressing made from eggs oil and tarragon vinegar. Each item lists ingredients and stepwise preparation for home bakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Use for Soda in Household Cleaning
How soda saves labor and protects clothing in washing. A tablespoonful in a tub of water reduces effort by half without harming fabrics. Half that amount with soap whitens and cleans boilers. One teaspoon in water cleans lamp chimneys and leaves no fly specks after soaking.
Fowl Jelly Meat Loaf Method Steps
Cook the chicken until the meat falls from the bone. Chop the meat and mix with gelatin dissolved in boiling water. Add grated onion paprika and salt. Pour over the chopped chicken in a bread pan lined with oiled paper. Chill until firm, then slice next day.
Home Made Syrup as Maple Substitute
A simple recipe for a maple syrup substitute combines one pound dark brown sugar, one pound granulated sugar, half a pint of water, and one teaspoon vanilla. Boil two to three minutes then cool before serving. Purportedly tastier, purer, and cheaper than imitations.
Crab Sauce for Salt Dishes
Prepare crab meat from boiled crabs and dice it. Simmer in a rich cream or drawn-butter sauce with mace salt and cayenne for a few moments without boiling. Serve hot.
Currant Cake Recipe Note
Three eggs and one cup sugar combine with batter milk and two cups flour Currants and baking powder add flavor Vanilla and sugar top the cake before baking and dust with powdered sugar before serving
Simple healthful con fection for children
Simple kid friendly recipe from a health column. Combines one cup each of raisins figs dates and nuts ground together, mixed with pulverized sugar. Rolled to half an inch and cut into small bars for easy serving.
Cheap Coffee Jaily Measure and Gelatin Mold
A compact home note explains measuring leftover coffee and sweetening it, then adding a level teaspoon of gelatin dissolved in cold water. The mixture is poured into a mold and served with whipped cream.
Hog cholera mystery unsettled after Chicago trip
State Veterinarian V C White returned from the International Stock Show and National Stock Sanitary Association meeting in Chicago. He sought methods to curb the hog cholera epidemic affecting parts of Idaho, but the cause remains uncertain. His wife stayed in Blakfoot with her parents H W Klefer.
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V. C. White
Chicago
National Stock Sanitary Association
United States
Idaho
Blakfoot
H. W Klefer
Last Sundays Shoot at Blackfoot Rod and Gun Club
The Blackfoot Rod and Gun Club shoot at the fair grounds drew a complete success last Sunday. F. C Christ and C B Beebo tied for the medal, to be shown next Sunday afternoon. Scores list F. C Christ 16 C B Beebo 16 Ernest Brown 15 J B Graham 14 Stevens 13 H B Curtis 13 Stull Wright 12 Riot Christ 12 Walter Jones 11 Jett Johnson 10 Roscoe Rich 10 V Fisher 10 Jim Burnett 10 B J Benson 10 J B Brokaw
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Fair Grounds
F. C Christ
Beebo
F. C. Christ
Ernest Brown
J. B. Graham
Stevens
H. B. Curtis
Stull Wright
Riot Christ
Walter Jones
Jett Johnson
No Extra Session Expected by Senator Hart in Idaho Falls
Senator John Hart, after a governor's conference, said there would be no extra session of the Idaho legislature. He noted a minority in the north advocating one, but believed they are not the majority.
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Keith
Johnny
Dr. Keith
Santa
Teddy
Idaho Falls
John Hart
Hart
New Headgate Progress Near Firth
Mr Herbert Lowe, manager of the Aberdeen-Springfield Canal, visited the new headgate five miles southeast of Firth where 150 teams are at work. He expects completion in about a month if weather remains good. Elva Stoddard, daughter of Mr and Mrs Amon Stoddard, of Shelley, fell from a buggy en route to town and suffered a broken collar bone and serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Lowe
Aberdeen-Springfield Canal
Blackfoot
T. R. Jones
Lowe
Firth
Elva Stoddard
Amon Stoddard
Shelley
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C. W.berryman Jr
Blackfoot Mercantile CO
Banking House of
D. W. Standrod & Co
Ida
Bingham County
U. S. Postal Saving
Bankers
Blackfoot, Idaho
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