Unusual Occupations of New Yorkers Range from Gold Duster to Sea Scale
New Yorkers pursue odd jobs from gold duster at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to salvage and sell street waste paper and driftwood from the harbor. Bill Smith dusts billions in gold bars monthly as vaults are opened, while Walter Baneh hawks fishing tackle in Battery Park. Others salvage cargo spills at docks and sell salvaged materials, including foil, cloth, and olive oil residues.
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New York
New York City
Bill Smith
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Will
Sam
Bill
Walter Baneh
Mr. Baugh
Battery Park
Mark Avenue
Local notes from Crawfordsville and area
Community items from Crawfordsville Iowa list visits by Spangler Evans and Mentzer families, hog sales, sick list updates, a run away death, and local baseball with Williamsboro visiting Riverside, plus a Detroit News quip about Suzanne Lenglen.
Needlework Club Elects Officers In Riverside Event
Miss Alma Ott hosted the Needlework club with nine teen members and two guests including Mrs. Roy Snider of Iowa City. Officers elected for the year are President Mrs. R. H. Heitzman and Secretary Treasurer Mrs. George Struble. Next meeting planned at Mrs. Frank Lafourek on May 27.
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Riverside
Alma Ott
Roy Snider
Iowa City
R. H. Heitzman
George Struble
Frank Lafourek
Mary Duncan
Community Social Notes From May Weekend
Mr and Mrs at Hoyd and family spent Sunday May 6 at Joe McGraw home. Mrs McCreedy of Haskins visited sister Mrs Robert Gault Wednesday. Catharine Coulter Lucy Truty and Walter Bruty visited C R Wison children Tuesday evening. Tom Swift was in the neighborhood with a new Ford Roadster. Mrs Tom Swift visited Mrs Joe McGraw last week. Marie Wenger closed school year Friday May 14 with indoor picnic due to weather. Many neighbors attended and left late afternoon. Friday evening Carl Herring Marguerite Herring Mrs Frank Bruty Dorothy Bruty and Lucy Bruty went to West Chester for Kathleen Piruty's eighth grade play.
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Crawfordsville
R. BR
Fred Spangler
Farfield
Evan Evans
Evans
Mr. Jones
Tom Jones
Alice Evans
Elsi
John Jones
John Shebeck
Charlie Thomas
Little
Washington
Mae McKune
Billie
Jake Shrader
West Ches
Sandy Hook
Frank Bailey
Nile
Wil
Stockman
Washington County
Lloyd Moothart
Frank Spangler
Hoyd
Joe McGraw
Catharine Coulter
Lucy Truty
Walter Bruty
C. R. Wison
Tom Swift
Robert Gault
Marie Wenger
Carl Herring
Marguerite Herring
Frank Bruty
Dorothy Bruty
Lucy Bruty
West Chester
Kathleen
Piruty
In the Kitchen with Famous Cooks
Four renowned cooks share tempting chicken recipes including fricassee fried broiled stewed and soup. Mrs Sarah Tyson Ricordeau a Philadelphia cooking expert offers a delicious chicken corn soup praised as an excellent dish served with salad coffee and ripe cheese.
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Sarah Tyson Ricorer
Philadelphia
Chicken Corn Soup Directions From a Vintage Recipe
Directions describe stewing a two year old hen, then boiling with three quarts of water. Skim broth, add onions salt pepper noodles corn and chicken, simmer ten minutes, and thin with milk if thick.
Delicious Fricassee from Mrs Vaughn and Mrs DeGraf
A historical culinary note folds two tested methods for fricassee. It lists preparing a three and a half pound young chicken with salt pepper flour and browning then simmering in water. A second version uses butter onion flour and cream with green pepper for a rich sauce.
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Belle DeGraf
Two Southern Ways to Prepare Chicken by Rosa Michaelis
New Orleans domestic science specialist Rosa Michaelis shares two southern chicken dishes. The first method broils a young chicken with salt pepper and melted butter until tender, served on a garnished platter. The second method simmers cut chicken in a brown sauce with onions thyme parsley bay leaf and boiled rice, including giblets if desired.
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Michaelis
Local Weather and Rural Chores From Gray Area
Gray area residents report ongoing wet conditions with rains seen around neighbors. Local workers like Lamotte, Rogers, Nicholson, and Sprineman attend repairs and farm tasks while many fields await another plow day. Henry Quinton, a merchant, kept a coffin under his bed for over two decades until his wife’s death and burial prompted a final interment.
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London
Henry Quinton
Quinston
Ice Cream At Opera House And Factory Offered
Ice cream of all kinds may be bought at the opera house and at the factory, offering a range of flavors for visitors and workers.
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Fair Existance
Taase Walton
George Hillhouse
Glennie
George Farrard
Doyle
Frank Kern
Cedar Rapids
S. F. Crite
John Mentzer
Clement Hanson
Des Moines
H. H. Hanon
Williamsboro
Albert Hahn
Henry Hahn
Suzanne Lenglen
Detroit News
Mrs. Saram
Tyson Rober
Kate LB. Vaughn
Los Angeles
A.M
I c
Otikfa
Margaret Strain
D. F. Macon
Elmer Gault
Robt
Noonan
Gray
Mr. Lamotte
Brighton
al Rogers
Geo
Andy Nicholson
Theo Oriez
Verdi
Joe Sprineman
Hartman’s
Perfection Stove Company
Chicago
South Western Boulevard
Fred J. Stewartf
GEO. W. Stewart Hardware
South Side Square
Washington, Iowa
Davidson Bros. Hardware Craw Peordsveille
Towa
Shreves & Company
J. A. Marsh Hardware
Ainsworth, Iowa
Boston
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