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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1916
Page
11
A guide to arranging vegetables in salads with each item set on the dish and dressed separately. Includes lettuce as a backdrop for tomatoes onions peppers nuts and other produce with a closing quotation from Henry Van Dyke about the worlds we live in and the world at heart.
A dated collection outlines various lobster preparations. It guides using canned or fresh lobster, coconut curry sauce, and multiple methods including lobster à la Poulette, plain lobster, and quick sauté. Recipes cover butter, flour, cream, stock, eggs, and seasonings with serving hints.
A ranger and hunter named Steve is saved by his dog Wolf in a final battle with a band of wolves. Wolf, called by his sire’s call, dies defending Steve in the snow after fending off the attacking pack. The tale from Youth’s Companion recalls loyalty and sacrifice.
An amusing riff on estimating pockets exposes how men miscount their own pockets while women, especially married ones, are less prone to such whimsy. The piece notes that the mind falters when counting pockets on short notice, with the Imbecile guessing and others correcting themselves.
An American expert has introduced sanitation techniques in Jerusalem that have materially reduced malaria and several other diseases, improving public health.
Patrice and Patience discuss Peggy’s new suit in a lively exchange. The ad promotes La Creole Hair Dressing claiming it darkens hair naturally without dye, priced at $1.00. The snippet contrasts sincere flattery with counterfeit imitation and advertises the product as original.
A Louisville Courier Journal piece quotes a remark about Scala wag and a reply urging patience to find good in everyone. The exchange highlights tensions and a belief in maintaining civility despite disagreements.
Advertises a free booklet titled Rheumatism-ita Cause and Cure by Jesse A. Guas. Includes claim of an exceptional book and urges sufferers to write for the free pamphlet from Brockton, Massachusetts.
National Geographic Magazine notes the Gye giant spans of steel connect New York and Brooklyn across the East River at half the Panama Canal cost to the federal government. Three are cable suspended and their total wire length could circle the earth twice. Side by side they would equal a roadway as wide as the Washington Monument is tall. End to end they would exceed six miles. Brooklyn Bridge traffic includes 124 000 surface cars daily.
A Berlin dispatch relates a grim scene in occupied Belgium where a starving man offers to work for the German occupiers in exchange for potatoes. When asked his trade he responds that he is a grave digger, declaring his willingness to sign a declaration and work solely for the Germans.
A humorous exchange revolves around the term baker's dozen. Clute asks about the meaning while Mr. Moore explains that they are recalling the Brown children as “a baker's dozen” in a playful miscount. The scene centers on a village conversation and a nickname.
Alexander Dumas recounts Henri Didier a deputy under the Second empire recounting a secret paid to Deutz for betraying the hiding place of the Duchesse de Berri in Nantes during a failed uprising. Two packets each containing 250000 francs were transferred as a warning to Didier’s son.
A London Tit-Bits item recounts a dentist offering artificial teeth to the first twelve poor aged ladies, prompting a bustling scene. An angry husband in shabby dress bursts in claiming his wife is the intended beneficiary, warning of trouble if she is not served promptly.
Small Nellie recalls an Uncle Tom's Cabin matinee and asks how one can die at four o'clock and be back to die again at eight. Her mother replies she will likely still be at the play, prompting the child to wonder about heaven and time in a poignant, humorous exchange.
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