Double attraction as President's son helps at Chautauqua grounds
Cavalry from Riley Kansas arrives and camps at the Chautauqua grounds with Major Lewis in command. Capt. Fitzhugh Lee Lieut. Phil Sheridan and Kermit Roosevelt join the regulars. They plan a 6 o'clock departure for Columbus Junction tomorrow. Roosevelt appears modest and well turned out as crowds gather.
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Autarqua
Riley
Kan
St. Sheridan
Chautauqua Grounds
Lewis
Fitzhugh Lee
Phil Sheridan
Roosevelt
Kermit
Fairfield
Brighton
Columbus Junction
Mr. Roosevelt
Washington
Uch
Velt
Phil Dan
Immigrant Debate and the True American Identity
Prof Wilcox argued about race differences and environment but urged that America’s debt to immigrants remains. He noted immigrants shaped finance jurisprudence and national life, and predicted a composite future of European origins as America's strength despite current concerns.
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Prof
W. ©. Wilcox
America
Pacific Coast
Robert Morris
Alexander Hamilton
James Wilson
Tarl Schurz
The Cooking School Lesson on Quick Bread
Wednesday afternoon Miss McClure led an hour on Quick Bread and the use of baking powder. She demonstrated air as a leavening factor and showed methods for beating biscuit, folding air, and incorporating egg and powder. The lesson included a Nut Bread recipe with four cups of flour and four teaspoons of baking powder.
Rumford Baking Powder Biscuit Dough Note
A recipe fragment lists ingredients for a biscuit dough with Rumford baking powder four level spoons sugar one cup nuts milk and salt, covered for twenty minutes then baked an hour. It also notes one and a half cups whole wheat flour one cup milk two teaspoons baking powder one egg and half a teaspoon salt.
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Rumford
Recipe for a Thick Vanilla Custard Sauce
A recipe outlines mixing five tablespoons flour with two eggs and half a cup sugar, then adding two cups scalded milk and one teaspoon vanilla. Cook in a double boiler for 15 minutes, stirring constantly until thickened, then simmer occasionally.
Cake and Cookie Baking Instructions with Egg Whites
Instructions describe two recipes. The first uses butter sugar water flour baking powder and nuts with egg whites folded in and baked in greased pans. The second covers meringue style cookies with egg whites sugar flour cream of tartar vanilla and salt baked in a moderately hot oven.
Miss McClure Tests Hot Weather Desserts
This afternoon Miss McClure demonstrated desserts suited for hot weather. Several recipes were tested, showcasing suitable cooling options and easy preparations for warm days.
Fruit Punch Tea Brief Ingredients
A simple mix of one cup grated pineapple, one cup boiling water, and two cups fresh tea. This compact trio forms a basic fruit tea infusion to be steeped and served.
Vintage Fruit Drink and Dessert Preparation Notes
A recipe style passage describes lemon juice from a dozen lemons and orange juice with Apollinaris water and sugar syrup boiled seven minutes. It details a pineapple drink, an egg based custard, and a meringue for a dessert with prunes and cream of tartar baked twenty minutes in a water bath.
Chautauqua Crowd Reported At Equal Attendance
At four this afternoon we learned from the Chautauqua grounds that the crowd today matched yesterday. Gate receipts for the two days will run about 1109.00. Both days have been hummer events for the Chautauqua.
Wilson to Stay in Traer After Western Trip
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, returning from a western trip, plans to remain in Traer Iowa for several weeks to recover strength, spending much time on a farm. A storm two miles north of Dysart last Thursday caused extensive windmill and grove damage and wrecked two barns and grain fields.
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Traer
Iowa
Wilson
Washington
Dysart
Cornerstone Laid for New M E Church at Ainsworth
The cornerstone ceremony occurred Monday at 3 pm with Rev. Elias Handy and Rev. J. E. Weigle leading services in the new church. Music followed by the choir. Notable absences included Presiding Elder Myers and Rev. I B Schreckengast. The stone held a Bible religious texts a hymnbook and a list of church officers including the finance and building committees.
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Methodist
Northwestern Christian Advocate
Central Christian Advocate
Ainsworth Clipper
Beamer Baby Born At City Hospital
Mr and Mrs J T Beamer welcome a daughter born this morning at the city hospital. Both mother and child are reported to be doing nicely. A local mishap involved Frank Bruty and his carryall with a wheel collapse causing about 25 dollars in damage. Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup is advertised with a money back guarantee.
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J.T. Beamer
City Hospital
Frank Bruty
Chautauqua
School opens and exam schedule announced
Notice states the grade schools start Monday September 2 and exams for grade school students will be at the High school on Wednesday and Thursday August 28 and 29. Students seeking transfer or first time entry should see the superintendent at that time. Principal will also meet students to arrange schedules. R. B. Crone Supt.
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R. B. Crone
Pigeon Care Tips For Winter Health And Safety
The article advises fresh drinking water daily with a pinch of cayenne for warmth, feeding whole corn before dusk to help birds endure cold nights, and reducing spring flying to adjust flesh. It stresses ample grit, limited weekly baths, proper perches, early removal of diseased birds, and strict culling of inferior stock to protect the flock and save feed costs.
Open Front Poultry Houses Adopted by Wilber Bros
Wilber Bros of Petros Tennessee endorse open front scratching shed poultry houses as ideal in mild southern winters and warm summers. They caution northern breeders against deep snow and zero weather. They also favor movable light wood houses using piano boxes or large dry goods boxes to provide fresh range for growing stock.
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Wilber Bros
Petros
Tenn
Remedy For Worms In Adult Fowls
A simple treatment for worms in adult birds uses one tablespoonful of turpentine oil mixed with an equal amount of olive oil. Feed after a 12 hour fast and deliver the mixture directly into the crop via a rubber tube. Repeat dose in two to three days if needed and disinfect all droppings with acreatin disinfectant.
Cure for Feather Pulling in Birds
Advice to prevent feather pulling in confined birds using a domestic ointment of alo es extract with lard and an optional poultry bit device. The mixture aims to deter the habit by taste, while bits can be added to the upper mandible to stop the behavior.
Scraps At Door Attract Chickens In Yard
It may be handy to throw scraps out at the kitchen door or window, but this practice makes a nuisance of the chickens if the yard fence is not chicken proof. They loaf around the back door waiting for crumbs and do not grow so fast as they would in rang ing green fields, picking up the dainties nature so generously provides at this BeaSO].
HENSON RANGE Hens Feed Twice Daily In Window On Range
When hens are on the range the food quantity is unknown. Provide feed twice daily with a morning portion of mash or grain they will eat and allow foraging after. Evening feeding should be all they will eat.
Raising pheasants on chick feed proven effective
Pheasants, once thought hard to rear and fed maggots, are now successfully raised on chick food. Golden pheasants are the most common and considered hardy.
Poultry Industry Progress Cited by Western Journal
The Western Poultry Journal argues incubators brooders spray pumps lice killers and dry chick feeds have been the greatest aids driving advancement in the poultry industry.
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Western Poultry Journal
Wheat Is Best All Round Feed For Hens
The note says wheat serves as a primary feed but urges providing additional nourishment for hens beyond wheat to ensure balanced diet and health.
Scores On The Diamonds Major League Baseball Results
Baseball scores from games across leagues and associations noting results in Brooklyn, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul, Louisville, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Toledo, Des Moines, and Lincoln with multiple doubleheaders and fourteen inning games.
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Brooklyn
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Philadelphia S
New York
Pittsburg
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Association
Milwaukee
Columbus
St Paul
Louisville
St. Paul
Loutaville
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Toledo
Des Moines
Depaver
Tes Moines
Lincoln
Puello U
British firm lands vast shipbuilding contract from foreign government
London reports a foreign government, possibly Russia, awarded a British firm contracts for several battleships cruisers and gunboats. Insurers place a record nearly 35000 on building and launching risks with policies covering two years.
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London
Russia
the Chronicle
Typhoid Strikes Seymour Family. Father and Infant Die
James Gilbert, a prominent farmer near Seymour Indiana, died Monday from typhoid fever and his one year old son Hiram died Tuesday from the same disease. Mrs Gilbert is bedridden at the home death occurred.
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Seymour
Ind
James
Gilbert
Hiram
Mra. Gulbert
Two of a Kind Lady and Gilded Youth in London Punch
Dialogue shows Lady asking for a gentleman, while Gilded Youth notes he would prefer one beside her. The exchange mirrors social satire on courting and propriety from London Punch.
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London
Hear Him Noted as Hear Him in Parliament History
A London Chronicle excerpt traces the evolution of the exclamation Hear him Hear hear from its 1689 origins to 1803 when Pitt returned to the House of Commons amid cries of Hear him. It notes usage varied and was sometimes deemed disorderly, with later praise for Pitt’s reception.
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Murray
House of Commons
Lord Stanhope
Pitt
Francis Horner
London Chronicle
Cream sponge for Saturday at the Vienna
Fay Bales left for Sigourney to spend a day or two with friends. George Eckerman and Howard White arrived from West Chester. Mrs. W. S. King and children departed for South English to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Peter McColl came from West Chester to attend Chautauqua and visit Jesse DeMarce's home.
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Fay Bales
Sigourney
George Eckerman
Howard White
West Chester
King
Peter McColl
Chautauqua
Jesse DeMarce
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