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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1906
Page
7
Proceedings in the circuit and probate courts list numerous cases across law, criminal, chancery, and partitions. Summary includes verdicts, judgments, divorces, foreclosures, guardianships, and probate reports with amounts due, balances, and appointed trustees or guardians.
A list of marriage licenses issued to numerous individuals across St Louis and surrounding counties. Names include B C Spitter, Hazel Liddle, Constance Bennett, Colous Bennett, John Ford, Katherine Frye, Charles Weinheimer, Emma Junghans, Coleta Critchlow, W H Galloway, Blanche Keboe, Elizabeth Kohnper, Albert Kurmann, Tile Beckmeyer, John Crimmins, Annie Schiller, Andrew Pisko, Mrs Annie Pisko, Sim E Harviell, Misa Cora Johnson, Lews Bachmann, Ewma Clausen, and others. The note directs readers to contact the Post-Dispatch daily and Sunday for more information.
The Westminster Gazette notes early English football was extremely violent, with critics like Sir Thomas Elyot and Stubbes describing it as bloody and devilish. Players allegedly used elbows, fists, knees, and rough tackles, a level of brutality that astonishes modern observers, even relative to the United States.
A housekeeping tip suggests burning coffee on a hot stove or griddle to overpower strong odors from cooking such as fish or ham. The coffee aroma is said to be stronger and more pleasant, and poses no harm to the stove. If needed, carry some through the house on a hot pan, as an improved alternative to burning sugar.
Smooth three tablespoons flour with butter then stir into a quart boiling milk. Beat yolks of eight eggs, add two thirds cup sugar, fold into milk to cook three minutes. When cold add pineapple and lemon juice, top with meringue and bake lightly. Also an advertisement for Kodol Dyspepsia Cure claiming digestion relief.
The island Ascension in the Atlantic is owned by the British Admiralty and appears on the navy list as a vessel. It is classified as a tender to a royal warship and governed by a naval captain with royal marines under shipboard rules. There is no private land property, rents, rates, or taxes.
A fractured recipe describes beating yolks and whites with sugar and boiling water, then adding flour and baking in patty pans or by spoonfuls. The rest contains garbled ad text and a courtroom quip about a turkey thief, ending with a Cleveland Leader aside.
A sponge like batter baked in three layers. Between layers spread a filling made from grated tart apples, quickly prepared, with two egg whites whipped with sugar and lemon for flavor. Assemble, frost, and serve with whipped cream.
In a light exchange from the Catholic Standard, Cholly jokes about shaving as his vanity for a Van Dyke beard falters while Miss Pepprey urges him to let it grow to shed it from his system. The dialogue captures playful social banter on appearance and self-image.
A brief dialogue exchange shows She-Papa urging patience before ten years of marriage ends. George reassures remaining youth and shifts focus from self to future plans as reflected in the lighthearted tone of Le Rire.
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