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Newspaper
Vernal Express
Location
Vernal, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1911
Page
3
A Wisconsin farmer took his twelve year old son to a village for the first time in February. The boy saw a train of cars and was so astonished that he lost the power to speak for three weeks. If taken to a circus or zoo again he may remain mute.
A Philadelphia woman, Mrs Violet Cola, reports her eight year eczema ordeal cured by Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. She also used the products on her five children who suffered severe scalp sores ringworm and hair loss. She praises the remedies and notes a free book offer from Potter Drug & Chem Corp.
Washington Taft and Attorney General Wickersham vow to oppose any amendment to the Sherman antitrust law following Judge Gary's Stanley committee testimony. They cite Supreme Court rulings in Standard Oil and tobacco trusts to support enforcement. Wickersham says the New York circuit court must pursue a fair and swift dissolution of American Tobacco Company.
Maria Ocampo, a 35 year old Oaxaca Indian servant of Mme Porfirio Diaz, claims Diaz's wife guided the president to resign and sent the message to the chamber at midnight May 25. The servant recites that Madame Diaz compelled her husband to flee at 4 AM fearing assassination, despite Diaz's protests.
President Taft declared at a Western Economic Society speech that opposition to the Canadian reciprocity pact came not from farmers but from the lumber trust and U S paper manufacturers. He outlined methods used by opponents and warned farmers they are being buncoed by special interests, stressing the Agreement’s fate rests with the people.
Delaney says labor leader John J McNamara ordered him to dynamite the Utah Hotel in Salt Lake City. Delaney told a Muskogee, Oklahoma, newspaper rep he was directed to come to Salt Lake to wreck the hotel steel work after a December 29 1909 attempt. He had prior jail time in county for complicity in related acts.
Prominent Chicago business men met at the Union League club and adopted articles of incorporation for a national currency reform organization. The papers were to be sent to Springfield for secretary of state approval as part of final steps toward organizing at the coming congressional session.
Rioting broke out Saturday afternoon as a mob of 3900 attempted to liberate prisoners from the state prison in the Mexico City-Leon region. The unrest left about 100 dead and many wounded, led by a woman reportedly among the dead.
A guide explains simmering versus boiling with meat tenderizing at 180 degrees, proper searing, and balancing moisture. It covers steaming tough joints, braising as a mix of baking and boiling, and using roasting pans for long cook times, noting veal must be thoroughly cooked.
A compact recipe explains mixing brown sugar with pastry flour and fat, rubbing in until crumbly, then adding beaten egg and vanilla to form a paste. Roll thin, cut shapes, place raisin eyes, and bake until light brown.
A cooking note on making a sauce with butter and flour, then adding pepper, salt, cream or dressed sweetbreads, and diced mushrooms. Simmer for about fifteen minutes to finish.
The article notes a steady decline in market hog weights from the 1870s to the 1900s. Winter-killed hogs averaged about 276 pounds in 1870 79, 257 in 1880 89, 239 in 1890 99, and 219 in 1900 09, meaning recent hogs were roughly one fourth lighter than those marketed 20 to 40 years earlier.
An ad urges readers to drink Coca Cola during hot weather and visit any soda fountain or bottle source. It promotes Coca Cola as delicious, cooling, and wholesome and offers a free booklet from the Coca Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia explaining what Coca Cola is.
The exchange presents Nagget and Mrs. Nagget debating marriage roles. A woman supposedly treats her husband like bricabrac, and Mrs. Nagget answers that the more a husband is worth, the more his wife tries to break him.
An old advertisement column urges mothers to examine Castoria bottles for the signature and promotes products such as eye salve, Lydia E. Pinkham items, Lye relief, Garfield Tea, Winslow’s soothing syrup, and related patent remedies. The piece touts “over 30 years” of use and claims against counterfeit products.
A Chicago woman testifies to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound curing her weakness and stomach trouble after shop clerk refused the product. She asserts many similar cures and urges other women to insist on the remedy, noting its thirty year-standing reputation and herbal roots formulation.
The instructions describe mixing flour with cold water then adding gradually boiling water and boiling until clear. Strain through cloth, add bluing, and use a few tablespoons in rinse water to keep clothes stiff longer than with regular starch.
The remark targets a “strong Woman in the circus” who treats her husband like an infant, while another voice scoffs that strength isn’t needed to do so. The exchange captures domestic dynamic tensions in a fictional or satirical setting.
A fragment lists ingredients for snicker doodles including two cups sugar two eggs milk melted lard chopped rafelns flour cream tartar soda and flavor. Instructions say drop by teaspoon on greased pan and bake in hot oven.
Describes how to cut brick butter by tearing oiled paper wrapping, laying it on the butter, and slicing to the desired thickness. Advises butter should not break or stick to the knife.
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