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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1912
Page
8
A fragmented notice notes BWOUGHTS real farces by Erning Measangere of power in Lave Heights. The piece discusses bringing audiences to hear paina and triala forming educational Henry Weode amid unclear references.
A fragmented excerpt in archaic diction contemplates fame as a gaudy crown and moneyed status, contrasting it with friendship that feels alive in every breath. The text labors through garbled spelling and names, hinting at a bygone voice.
A pastry based guide offers varied bite sized ideas for entertaining and snacks. It suggests puff pastry squares filled with chicken olives and lemon butter, ham or salmon fillings, apple and olive oil sandwiches on brown bread, cheese and apple combos, and turning leftovers into tarts cheese straws and tea cakes.
The speaker notes that if someone sent Go cracked pit to have a set made, every piece by the sew would gain a sack in it. This remark reflects the era's focus on craftsmanship and practicality.
A wartime or domestic guide explains cooking vegetables and meat in paper bags to preserve flavor and nutrients. Steps cover peas lettuce asparagus onions potatoes spinach and meat cutlets with herbs, stock, and curry sauce, detailing water amounts, bag preparation, and oven times for tasty results.
Qhindstone asks how long to sharpen an ax and extends the question to other dull tasks. The fragment notes Beecher’s statement on time needed to finish items lacking grit, suggesting a general timing puzzle or proverb-like reflection without concrete procedures or measurements.
Pork is a practical meat with wide use in home cooking. The article notes pork should be thoroughly cooked and never served rare, and lists dishes from cold roast pork salads to salt pork in fruit cakes, spare ribs with sauerkraut, bacon wrapped oysters, stuffed spareribs, and pork baked in a paper bag with onion and tomato. It emphasizes economy, domestic farming, and traditional methods.
Delegation from Colesburg in Dubuque with Dubuque industrialists seeks 15000 to complete funding for the Iowa Northern railway route from Farley to Waukon. Luxemburg has $35000 raised. Colesburg aims for $40000 with $25000 subscribed and $15000 needed from Dubuque. Weaving rail into the region would give Dubuque direct access and boost local commerce.
Cedar Rapids reports a dispute with Modern Brotherhood of America over proposed readjustment of dues. Two lodges with 1100 members plan a convention to oppose increased rates and urge all lodges to appoint representatives. In other Iowa notes, Methodist churches set February meetings and scholars spoke at Rebbeck poultry show and Calhoun county farmers' institute events.
Instructions on roasting a beef roast in a paper bag with suet grease and flour thickening gravy. Tips cover timing for a three pound roast, finishing on a heated platter, and browning gravy. Also describes bag cooking for fowl with onions, celery, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and small chops, noting hotels adopting the method.
Joseph ewes and Fred Slaughter were convicted of transpir acy to commit a felony and sentenced to three years at Anamosa. An appeal will be taken and Dewey will arrange bond, Slaughter will be taken to Anamosa at once. Clinton Ice Harvest reports over 65,000 tus of tee cut from the Mississippi river by local dealers and the Northwestern Railway company this season. The railway cut was 26,000 tong and will be used for ring refrigerators cars here.
A fire at Lehigh destroyed several business houses including four grocery firms and a meat market. A defective due caused the blaze. Insurance coverage stood at 3 500 with losses totaling 8 000 dollars.
A youthful writer mocks the saying the sun never sets on the British Empire. He quips the sun now rises in the west and the empire is framed as being in the north south and east, reflecting satirical critique of imperial reach.
Iowa University and Chicago University freshmen will hold a dual meet in Chicago in the spring. The return meet will be held in Iowa City in ten eight.
In Centerville and nearby, a murder arrest follows the death of Mrs B P Heasenius near Cleghorn. Sheriff Starr nabbed her husband at the cemetery as coroner’s inquest returns accidental death and post mortem reveals strangulation. Indictments also crown conspiracy in the Croft Seeds arson case. Good beet sugar crop reported in Waverly with near 10 million pounds sliced and substantial shipments paid. Lutherans plan a sanitarium and home in Story City to be run by Nordic and German congregations.
President Bowman names a discipline committee to crack down on examination cheating. The panel includes the university president, the dean of the involved college, and Professor Stephen H. Bush of the French department. Oldest Traveling Man, Hampton. Harry Chappel, age 80, boasts decades of circuit trips to the city, praised for warmth and a winning smile. Caught Red Fox, Panora. Trapper M. E. Argenbright reports a red fox caught near the swinging bridge south of Panora on the Raccoon river, the pelt measuring four feet ten inches from nose to tail tip.
Banks assets in the Frank Barnes bankruptcy show 80,850.10 instead of 310,000 after board of appraisers review. Marcus Iowa banker Barnes faces asset reductions amid the case. Also reports indicate wife murder arrest near Marcus cemetery with suspect Ernest Hes, and Iowa City interurban executive Michael O Reilly dies at 73 after pneumonia.
A blaze gutted the creamery department at the company plant causing about 6000 dollars in losses. The insured facility suffered extensive damage while police and fire authorities investigated. Chief Dinneen Resigns From Waterloo Police Board. William Tyr Dinneen, head of the Iowa Association of Chiefs of Police, submitted his resignation to Mayor Rector effective immediately. Fifteen-Year Sentence For Derby State Bank Robbery. John Williams and James Burns were given fifteen years in prison for the Derby State Bank robbery weeks earlier.
The State Teachers College marks the twenty fifth anniversary of the Young Men’s Christian Association and Young Women’s Christian Association. The celebration runs Friday to Sunday night in Mount Pleasant Iowa. Wesleyan beats Knox 86 to 81 for the fourth straight Methodist victory.
A couple on their wedding tour faces a station agents question about taking the next train. The bride and groom quarrel over intrusion as an express train rushes by without stopping, leaving them frustrated and pondering the mishap.
A Kansas man describes years of itch pain and a back covered with pimples. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent for a few months he reports dramatic relief and a near cure. He endorses Cuticura as the best skin remedy and notes free samples offered by the company.
Farm manual style notes list practical how to guides on curing pork and beef tanning fur making savasgea market prep and farm tasks. Mentions W L Kelly Kearney Nebraska and various ad like lines from the period with health and lifestyle claims.
Mrs Dema Reunn of Sikeston Missouri details seven years of monthly weakness cramps backache and nervous deterioration. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health allowing her to do housework garden and social duties. The ad touts the remedy for displacements inflammation ulcers irregularities and related symptoms after other means failed.
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