Illinois News Tersely Told in 1930s crime roundups
Chicago court action dismisses 93 indictments against Westside politicians charged with primary election frauds as special state’s attorney Frank J. Loesch moves to quash in the Wayman Healy investigation. Other towns report varied incidents from belated murder suspicions to unusual accidents and weddings.
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Chicago
McSurely
Frank J. Loesch
Westside
Wayman-Healy
Loesch
Belleville
Roy Ix. Griswold
Peter Waeltz
Sherif Charles Cashel
St. Clair County
Georgetown
Col
Griswold
Sidney Baker
Elgin
Elwood E. Kenyon
Anna M. Meister
Ozona
Fila
B. B. Wilkie
Milwaukee
Delicious year round ginger beverage recipe
A simple ginger drink recipe uses ground ginger in cheese cloth steeped in water, boiled briefly, sweetened with sugar, lemon juice added, cooled and refrigerated. Serve cold with cracked ice in summer or heated on cold nights, with optional mint, lemon rind, or orange peel and wafers.
Ironing Instructions for Tablecloths and Linen
Right side only when ironing, fold along center with right side out. Turn selvedges back toward the center, pull ends evenly, then mangled if possible. Lay flat, iron between folds, repeat until dry, then fold identically after use. Shake fringe against table edge, comb, and iron linen center on both sides until dry. For small cloths, minimize folds.
Household hints and simple kitchen remedies featured
Practical tips cover glaze for starched clothes using salt soap and starch, and pressing dark fabrics with a dark mat to avoid lint. Disinfectants include quicklime in the cellar, and keeping tissue paper for cleaning glassware and spoons. Rhubarb recipes with prunes are offered, plus novelty finger bowls with Japanese water flowers for children's parties.
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China
Cream Waffles and Lemon Pie Filling Recipe
A vintage recipe note describes making light waffles from sour cream and eggs, with a soda-leavened batter and hot greased waffle irons. It adds a lemon pie filling of corn starch, sugar, boiling water, lemon rind and juice, salt, and eggs for thickening. The fragment ends with an unrelated line about early education and a stray city name.
Honors Were With Farmer on Rural Mail Route
A rural free delivery carrier greets a sunbrowned farmer named Holmes and questions kinship to Sherlock Holmes. The farmer replies he is a keen judge of human nature and asks about mail, ending with thanks as he retrieves items.
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Holmes
Beverly G
Sherlock Holmes
Oh My The Woman Who Keeps Forgotten Love Letter
A humorous quip notes a woman who cannot tear up a love letter even after forgetting who wrote it, highlighting a peculiar attachment to the past and sentiment.
Eczema Patient Finds Cure in Cutlerua Remedies
A man with twelve years of eczema on hands arms and feet recounts swelling itching and peeling then healing after using Cutlerua Remedies. He notes rapid improvement and no recurrence since, with testimonial from Charles T. Bauer of Volant Pennsylvania dated March 11, 1908.
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Charles T. Bauer
Volant
Mar
Potter Drag & Chem. Corp
Boston
Proposal Stalls As Suitor Struggles To Speak
In a humorous exchange from the Catholic Standard and Times, Tom urges Dick to propose to Miss Gabble, who reportedly has a lot of money. Dick explains he already tried several times but cannot get a word in edgewise, highlighting comic dialogue on courtship and nerve.
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Omaha
United States
Eveor Holden
Iowa State College
Neb
Nob
National Corn Association
Holden
Tom
Not Her Fault and a Lecturer’s Timely Remark
A lecturer asserts the duty to marry by age 32. A 30 year old woman retorts that the advice targets men, not women, implying gender expectations shape marriage norms. The exchange highlights social views on age and gender in marriage.
Good Evidence from Central Methodist Advocate Opinion
A remark questions whether striking with a golf ball rendered him senseless and notes an implied aftermath about marriage. The Central Methodist Advocate quotes an unidentified speaker acknowledging the incident and its potential implications on nuptial plans.
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Central Methodist
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