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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1909
Page
2
Chicago favors maintenance of a municipal sanitarium showing public push for disease control. A minnow closed season proposal could affect sardine supply. The note explains that many small canned fish are marketed as sardines, as codfish in dry salt is common.
The proposed rise in indemnification for dairymen whose cows are slaughtered after tuberculin tests aims at public safety. Milk consumers are likely to approve, seeking greater safety and fairness to all parties involved.
Despite strong opposition, E H Harriman is praised as a major organizer and pivotal force in the nation’s industrial and financial growth. Reported health improvement during a southern vacation is hoped to be substantial as claimed.
The Lapland liner sailing from New York keeps travelers from feeling homesick for shopping across the Atlantic. Captains note passengers do not stay away long enough to miss the stores on both sides of the sea.
Fire loss for March 1909 in the United States and Canada stood at 13 795 400 dollars. The figure is compared with 16 723 300 dollars for March 1908 and 20 559 700 dollars for March 1907. The first quarter 1909 total is 52 661 400 dollars, twelve million below the same period in the prior two years.
Ninety four University of Ohio students visiting Milwaukee gain insight into the citys vast machinery industry, viewed as world wide knowledge in the trade. They will see more here in days than at other centers long regarded as leading enterprises in machinery.
For ninety-nine years the Wisconsin Central railroad becomes a branch of the Canadian Pacific system linking Milwaukee with two transcontinental lines the Canadian system and the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul. Rumors say the Chicago North Western may expand westward extending Milwaukee’s reach toward the Pacific coast.
A parliamentary probe is foreshadowed by a South Shields suit against a shipmaster accused of swindling and brutal treatment of sailors. The piece notes Britain’s guarded seamen and condemns the bucky mate’s brutality, suggesting American masters have similarly lax control on vessels.
Seattle plans for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition include turning over $600,000 worth of buildings and essential services to the University of Washington after the show. The move preserves the topography and infrastructure for future educational development.
The order honors Ensign John Robert Monaghan who sacrificed his life defending Lieut Lonsdale during the 1899 Samoa incident. The piece notes Congress authorized torpedo boat destroyers and suggests naming small ships after brave individuals like Monaghan and Badgley in Cuba.
A plan to build a forty one mile canal linking Boston harbor with Narragansett Bay via the Taunton and Town rivers and Salisbury plain river is before Congress. The project would run about thirty eight miles with depths of fourteen feet at both ends and twenty five feet at the harbor, depending on the shallowest section being twelve to fourteen feet deep for viability. Estimated cost is twelve million dollars.
The Lady's Pictorial notes a shift in taste with sugar consumption rising while alcohol intake falls. It suggests that women once mocked for sweets and men for eating treats now reflect broader trends: higher sugar use across classes coinciding with reduced intoxicant use as societies favor sweets over alcohol.
The Shackleton led Antarctic expedition has returned to New Zealand after reaching within 111 miles of the South Pole. They report eight mountain chains and Mount Erebus 13,120 feet high, with evidence the pole lies on a high plateau. The piece contrasts Antarctic conditions with Peary and Cook in the North, notes the Great Ice Barrier, and discusses food transport and ponies versus dogs for sledging amid extreme cold and sparse life.
A daylight saving proposal promoted in Parliament would move clocks forward twenty minutes on four Sundays in April and back twenty minutes on four Sundays in September. It promises substantial yearly daylight gains, with broad public health and economic benefits, including longer evening daylight for workers and urban youths. Proponents cite prior adoptions in Victoria and Cape Colony as precedents.
A Cleveland Leader rejoinder recalls Dr. Whately, archbishop of Dublin, replying to a young aide-de-camp with a quip about the difference between an archbishop and an ass. The officer admits ignorance to another riddle, and the archbishop retorts with a sharper rebuke. The Harvard Lampoon cites a prisoner responding to a judge about his pen name.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson praises Eskimo kindness during a thirteen month stay. He notes orderly households, courteous behavior, and no harsh treatment of elders. He contrasts Eskimo equality and selflessness with Western competition and admits he could not fully explain it to them.
The London Times writer calls Theodore Roosevelt the hero of every schoolboy in the United Kingdom. He praises Roosevelt for integrity, openness, and refusal to engage in graft, noting his record-clean stance and willingness to lose positions rather than betray his reputation. Also included are brief quips about manners and an aside on ministers.
A brief recipe for My na Coffee Cake combines sugar butter molasses and cold coffee with seeded raisins eggs cinnamon mace and baking soda dissolved in coffee. Flour is added last then baked in a loaf and iced on the bottom and sides.
Peel boil or steam three or four equal sized potatoes until soft. Dry well and salt lightly. Press through a sieve into a saucepan. Stir in warm milk and a walnut sized piece of butter. Season with salt and pepper. Cook until dry looking and serve piled in the center of a dish.
A bread recipe describes dissolving butter in warm water with milk, adding half a yeast cake, salt and sugar. Then mix in three pints of whole wheat flour, let rise overnight, then knead and shape into leaves to rise in a pan.
The guide notes that root vegetables like potatoes turnips carrots and onions should be cooked in cold water. Vegetables growing above ground such as beans peas spinach and corn require boiling water poured over them to preserve color and freshness.
A guide suggests turning turnips into marble sized pieces fried in butter and sugar, finished with glaze and white sauce. It also notes a tonic made from the juice of sliced turnips with brown sugar baked in the oven that allegedly helps coughs and hoarseness.
A shallow dish is lined with Swiss cheese. A mixture of mustard cayenne salt and milk is poured over. Five eggs are broken on top, the remaining sauce added, and the dish is baked until the eggs set.
Baked bananas are easily digested and suited for patients who struggle with raw fruit. Peel and remove the stringy skin, cut in halves, sprinkle with sugar and lemon juice, then bake in a shallow pan until soft.
Four onions three turnips four car rots one small head of cabbage one pint of butter beans and a bunch of sweet herbs. Roil until done add a quart of soup stock take two tablespoonfuls butter and one of flour beat to a cream pepper and salt to taste add a spoonful sugar. Serve with fried bread chips.
A pan method for maple candy. Heat a pint of hot milk, stir in one pound of maple sugar until dissolved, then boil hard. Test in cold water for brittleness, pour into buttered pans, and cut into squares.
A historical recipe describes mixing a quart of flour with a teaspoon of baking powder, rubbing in butter the size of an egg, and binding with sweet milk to form a soft dough. Bake, split, spread with peeled orange slices, then top with sugar and whipped cream.
A recipe instruction describes washing brains and cutting pelt into four pieces removing all fiber and skin. It then rinses dries and bread crumbs with eggs and frying in hot fat for a crisp coating.
A recipe directs mixing one quart of white corn meal with baking powder and salt then adding milk to form a stiff dough. Shape into small cakes and fry in smoking fat until delicately browned.
Four eggs beaten light with one cup sugar folded in. A pea sized soda dissolved in hot water, then one cup flour and vanilla or lemon flavor. Mix well and bake in loaf or layer tins.
Cream together a tablespoon of butter and a cup of sugar then add one beaten egg a cup of sweet milk and two cups of flour sifted with a teaspoon of cream of tartar A half teaspoon of soda should be stirred into the milk before mixing Eggs frozen in winter can be thawed in cold water for boiling If a frozen egg must be boiled salt in the water prevents shell leakage A cloth coat given two coats a year lasts longer stays cleaner and preserves its pattern
A witness testified in a Scottish divorce case that a woman found 200 pairs of her own gloves in her maid’s trunks. A dealer notes that fashionable women abroad often own many gloves, citing Duchess of Somerset’s sale of over 2000 pairs.
Mrs. A Heiman of Stillwater Minnesota credits Doans Kidney Pills with a dramatic recovery from back pain and weakness in 1899. She says kidney secretions were disordered and she nearly died before the treatment restored her health. Sold by dealers at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A caller on crutches seeks accident policy payout claiming a fall disabled him for a month. The manager rejects the claim saying it was not an accident and hints the young lady’s father was home.
An advertisement asserts Kemp's Balsam cures coughs quickly, preventing serious outcomes. It claims the remedy stops coughing in minutes and is available at druggists and dealers for 25 cents.
A rat and a weasel dispute an egg and appoint a cat as arbitrator. The cat awards the egg to the rat, the rat eats the egg, and the cat eats the rat. The cat believes in arbitration while the rat does not.
The advertisement urges asking dealers for Allen's Foot-Ease powder to shake into shoes. It claims to rest the feet cure corns bunions swollen sore hot callous aching ingrowing nails and to ease new or tight shoes. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores 25c sample mailed free address Allen 8 Olmsted Le Roy NY.
Pearson's Weekly notes that customs required a gold or silver coin beneath the mainmast of every new ship. The 1804 dollar recovered from a derelict Yankee schooner at Liverpool sold for £1500 and could fetch more now. Similar ancient Scottish dolts were hidden under masts, prized by collectors for their tiny, valuable coins.
A woman narrates quitting coffee and switching to Postum, claiming relief from heart and stomach troubles after years of dairy and bread diet. She reports renewed health, better digestion, and urges others to try a 10 day Postum trial, asserting genuine personal improvement.
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