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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1912
Page
4
Crowds about 100 strong filled downtown restaurants and feeders as the circus brought visitors from surrounding towns. Many establishments locked doors to manage the noon rush while boarding houses and refreshment stands catered to the influx. hundreds found lodging with relatives or friends.
At 12 15 today a heavy drag wagon driver caught a woman between his rig and an automobile during a big parade on Franklin Street at Lincoln Park. The woman was laid on the grass at the park then taken home by car. Dr. R H Pyle of Hudson narrowly escaped being run over in the incident.
Library notes report progress decorating Division A and expect cleaning to finish this week delaying reopening until Monday August 19. East side readers increasingly use Division B with new books display slated August 12 and circulation August 14, while overdue and renewal rules protect reader access.
A writer warns housewives against outdated cleaning habits. The piece criticizes damp, overwashed kitchens and crowded air with mold and dust, noting daily wiping can spread germs. It mentions improper sterilizing of fruit jars and the habit of reusing dirty towels, urging safer, simpler hygiene practices.
The article praises male cooks for precision and speed in food preparation. It notes sharp knives, rapid slicing, deft chopping, and skill with pitchers. It contrasts manual chopping with machinery and suggests practical kitchen habits observed in Good Housekeeping guidance.
A historical recipe instruction describes preparing a sponge with milk or lukewarm water, sugar, salt, and fat then kneading into a soft dough. Roll to one inch, spread butter and cinnamon sugar, add blanched almonds optional, top with water or milk to candy sugar, bake golden. An option adds raisins or makes a loaf by toasting cut pieces in a slow oven.
A London Chronicle remark defines the toastmaster as the most exclusive and mysterious profession, a supreme figure who controls a babbling crowd awaiting food. The scene notes how he calms the assembly with formal grace as the reverend gentleman bleats under his patronage at the banquet.
Brooklyn National League club exercised its option on Outfielder Myers of Sioux City Ta today. The move aligns a minor league star with the Dodgers, signaling a professional pathway from Sioux City to the big leagues.
The today close shows Canadian Pacific and Reading among gains, with United States Steel common up to 74 1 4 and United States Steel preferred at 113 8. Other listed leaders include New York Central 6 1 2, Erie around 28, and Illinois Central near 45. Stamps and rail stocks such as Baltimore and Ohio and Missouri Pacific also feature. The report notes a pending coupon promotion on school children’s Ready War Pictures connected with weekly sections.
A vintage recipe describes a wood sponge cake that should be yellow and tender. Separate eggs, beat whites to stiff peaks, add sugar in two parts, fold in yolks with lemon rind juice, then gently mix in flour. Bake twenty minutes in moderate heat and dust with sugar for a crackly top.
Practical notes cover parboiling and baking tips for meat and apples, fabric care for chamoi and aprons, skin smoothing from hand rubbing, linoleum edge molding to reduce dust, linen dress stain removal with salt water, purée soap cleaning with two rinses, and repeated attempts to set color.
A vintage recipe from Ladies' World describes stewing two quarts of cranberries in barely enough water, then sweetening to taste and boiling until firm on a saucer. It includes preparing a raisin garnish in orange juice, combining with cranberry liquid, molding, chilling, and decorating with whipped cream through a piping tube.
A simple children dessert uses apples cored and filled with sugar nutmeg butter and rai sina with hot water baked slowly. Variations include topping with meringue and baking seven minutes longer then served cold.
A historical recipe fragment lists ingredients for a spice cake: dark brown sugar butter lard salt cloves cinnamon nutmeg soda foaming in hot water sour milk flour seedless racina citron. Mix thoroughly add soda in hot water then sour milk, combine with sifted flour and fruit, bake.
A recipe instructs to combine one cup boiled rice with a pint of milk grated lemon zest and butter plus an egg yolk. Bake twenty minutes then frost with egg whites, sugar and lemon juice, return to oven to brown lightly.
A fragment mentions sprinkling English walnut meats over apple pie before a second crust and a brief recipe for Sweet Pickle for Hams. It lists a basic water and salt mixture and suggests boiling, skimming, and cooling. The text references measurement typos and odd ingredients, indicating a historical cooking note.
The New York board of aldermen voted 25 000 for an investigation into graft in the police department with gamblers and illegal resort keepers allegedly gaining immunity. Alderman Henry H Curran chairs the committee. Nurse Margaret Rose will be a chief witness, saying she overheard talks between Jack Rose and police officers at his home about collusive business terms. Rose is said to have been a collector for certain public officials and is not related to Jack Rose.
A series of short notices from Waterloo and nearby areas recount visits and stints by residents and visitors from Chicago to Canada. People mentioned include Dr. Baker, Fred Denney, B Wolin, T G Torpey, E L Hosteter, Albert Gibson, Henry Gibson, and many residents visiting relatives, with real estate and legal items noted among the exchanges. The La Porte City Gun Club invites participants for an amateur match on August 21, while estate and business matters surface with promissory notes and local firm actions.
Chief Detective James Bryce of the Ringling shows led a group of seven arrests at the circus grounds this afternoon on vagrancy charges. Among those held is Ella Lovens, tied to a riot at Albert Lea last week. An escaped suspect from Omaha is now jailed in Waterloo. Suspected pickpockets hailed from Cleveland, Omaha and Des Moines.
Charles R. Page and Florence Gennon both of Garwin Iowa were married at 2 o clock this afternoon by Justice Kuhns It is not known whether they came to attend the circus and decided to wed
Davenport Iowa August 14 Mrs Schnittgrund gave birth to two boys and a girl this morning all three children are reported healthy mother is recovering well.
Danvers spots a famed dancer aboard an ocean liner. Their wary courtship grows amid mystery as her past shadows her future. He learns her name is Nida and she fears a New York scandal that haunts her, while she seeks a path toward a new life at sea and ashore.
An article notes Chinese men adopting the queue removal and European hair parting, predicting women will follow. It describes Chinese belles embracing a western fashion, shifting from the old stiff hair binds to a softer, wavy look without bowful. Debates whether the new style improves appearance.
Advice on rust prevention and rust removal for steel items. Store in summer with a coating of lard pulverized black lead camphor. To remove rust, rub with salt wet with hot vinegar scour and rinse with boiling water dry with flannel and polish with sweet oil.
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