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Newspaper

The Weekly Chieftain

Location

Vinita, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1911

Page

7

Coal Exports Grow Rapidly for United States

The article notes a tripling in coal export value over a dozen years with 1911 showing about 80 million dollars in exports, 65 million in the year prior, and a 10 month total of 65 million including coke and vessel use. Canada, Cuba, Mexico, and Panama are major markets, with the United Kingdom and Germany leading among exporters worldwide.

United States Bureau of Statistias Department of Commerce and Labor United Kingdom Germany United France Canada Cuba Mexico Panama Panada Bureau of Istics

Oklahoma students head to Southern YMCA conference

Over fifty Oklahoma college men left Oklahoma City Thursday night for Santa Me en route to Ruston for the Southern YMCA conference of college students. Special Pullmans aided the crowd, a group deeply imbued with Oklahoma spirit and aiming to place Oklahoma institutions in the fore during the sessions. Representatives were from the university, the agricultural and mechanical college, most of the normal schools, and several Christian colleges across the state.

Oklahoma Baptist College Blackwell Oklahoma State University School of Fine Arts Franing Opera House Norman Frederick Holmberg West Reade Bridgwater Lewis Salter Minnesota Wisconsin Colorado California Princeton University of Oklahoma University of Texas School of Electrical Engineering Lgkeing Oklahoma Baptist University of Shawnee Aun Sooners Missouri Columbia University Department of Fine Arts Helmyberg Teutonia German Club Kopnickerstrasse 120 Oklahoma City Ruston Southern Y. M. C. A e@ university Agricultural and Chanical College Norachools Christian University of Id Kingfisher College University of Guthrie Baptist University of Shawnee

Frohman recalls English actor's U S debut contract

In New York Charles Frohman, smoking a large cigar, recalls a London meeting with an English actor who announced plans to go to America. He claimed a contract for five thousand dollars, but Frohman questions the exact amount as the actor pauses and mutters the figure.

Charles Frohman New York States Mr. Frohman London America

Fortified With Candy At Coronation Duties

London police on duty during coronation exercises were fortified by chocolate and sour candy drops as part of their food tailoo. The regimen, recommended by a celebrated physician, was adopted by authorities to maintain strength amid arduous duties and the hopeful claim that chocolate is a universal good food.

London Thoritie

Senator Owen Fiergely Attacks Supreme Court

Oklahoma City December 23 Senator Robert L Owen attacked the U S Supreme Court while defending recall doctrine. He praised the people’s final say in policy and condemned the court’s trend to insert the word unreasonable into laws. He cited the income tax decision as costing the country 1.6 billion dollars by one vote.

Oklahoma City C. B. Stuart Supreme Court of the United States United States Robert L. Owen State Bar Association Supreme Court Owen Supreme Bench Congress Field

Rabbit Salmi with Olives and Parsley Garnish

A historical kitchen instruction outlines braising two rabbits in a pan with onion and celery, then browning in butter, adding sherry and hot water, seasoning with Worcester sauce capers and olives, and simmering before serving with parsley. The method emphasizes careful reintroduction of rabbits and a finished, garnished sauce.

Sauces for Fish and Meats From Early Cookery Notes

A list of sauces paired with various meats and dishes including ronat beef, mutton, gooseberries, lamb, pork, turkey, and venison. Mentions mint sauce apple sauce cranberry celery oyster mushroom fried onions current jelly and various prepared sauces such as egg sauce and white cream sauce. Includes sauces for roasts broiled items and boiled dishes with noted pairings.

Fruit Soup for Hot Weather Delights

A delicious ice cold soup made from small berries and currants mashed with two cupfuls of fruit, one cup sugar, water, and piecing. Topped with meringue made from egg whites and powdered sugar, served with waterettes or oyster crackers for a light, refreshing summer treat.

Fish Baked in Milk with Butter Thickened Sauce

A whitefish is baked in a dish with milk pepper salt and butter and a hint of flour. Bake until the flesh flakes from the bones. Serve with a milk sauce thickened with butter and flour, poured around the fish and garnished with parsley and lemon.

Creamy Fritter Sauce and Tea Making Tips

A vintage guide explains how to mix a fritter sauce by beating an egg with sugar and warm milk poured hot for serving. It also warns that tea should not be boiled and recommends warming the pot with hot water before steeping and serving.

Cotton Trees of Brazil Introduce Novel Fiber Source

Consular Reports describe two Brazilian tree species that yield cotton fiber. Bar ragude, barrel shaped with a swollen trunk, grows 25 to 35 feet tall with a thorny trunk and pods five to six inches long. Fiber is coarse, white, and adheres to seeds. suitable for blankets and twine rather than fine textiles. Habitat centers in central and southern Bahia, with smaller populations in Pernambuco.

Brasil United States Brazil Bahia Pernambuco

Starves Self Fifty Years A Swiss Shepherd’s Fifty Year Diet Tragedy

Near Lucerne Swiss shepherd Dangell died in a barn after fifty years of voluntary starvation. He claimed lifetime savings of 6400 in notes and shares hidden in three suits of clothing. He said he worked in France as a shepherd to support his sister and walked from France to Lucerne to ensure she would benefit from his savings. His sister believed he had been dead long ago.

Lucerne Dangell France

After a New Bride’s Shopping Room Curtain Call

A newlywed woman enters a department store with a week of marriage behind her and outwardly plays indifferent. She tests the clerk as she seeks items for her dining room, while the floorwalker humorously asks whether she wants salad oil oilcloth oil paintings or sardines, mixing domestic satire with social pretence.

Rehoboth Sunday Herald

Hog on Ladder Steals Apples in Kadlee Wisconsin

Charles Pravia of Kadlee Wisconsin heard a racket in his orchard and went out with a gun. He screamed for surrender but heard nothing. He fired, discovering he had shot his own hog climbing a step ladder to reach apples.

Charles Pravia Kadlee Wis Sava Milwaukee Sentinel

Paper and Ink for Our Money

Materials used to make money are sourced globally. Linen rag fiber comes from the Orlong, ink from China or Italy, cobalt from Germany or Canada, black ink from Niagara Falls acetylene smoke, green inks from German zinc calcite, and red seal pigment from Central America per Scientific American.

China Italy Niagara Falls Germany Central America Scientific American

One for Each Face in a Town Gossip

A western politician famed for duplicity mixed with shop talk as he visited a druggist orderly. He asked for a jar of face cream and, in a quip, was told to fetch two jars. The scene reflects local derision and the rough humor of political life.

Iirumeist

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State University News Owen Fiergely F. M. Gwinnup San Halsall Vinita, Oklahoma The Farmers State Bank Vinita Okla Kansas City Weekly Star Weekly STAR Kansas City J. T. Ragan & CO
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