Prisoner Keeps Child Promise Inviolate
Elliott Salyers of Magoffin county walked from a sick bed to Jackson and rode to Frankfort to surrender for a sixty day sentence for selling liquor without a license This act followed his promise to Judge Cochran and his attempt to care for a gravely ill wife and children in Magoffin county Friends in Frankfort may seek a suspension of the fine to allow him to return home to his ailing family.
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Frankfort
A. M. J. Cochran
United States Eastern
Salyers
Magoffin County
Judge Cochran
Jackson
Cochran
Mansfield's Best Patent Flour Ad Claim
An old newspaper advertisement promises Mansfield's Best Patent flour from Mansfield's Flour Mills in Winchester Kentucky. It guarantees every sack and credits Mr Lilly with the product, noting the ad is from 11-13 and is for 3 months or end of distribution.
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Mansfield
Mr. Lilly
Mansfield’s Flour Mills
Winchester
E.o.d
Cinnch on a Railway Bet Sparks Risky Trip Claim
A man brags of a planned railroad trip and wagers he can cause a wreck and another bets it won’t be robbed. The comments show overconfident bets on dangerous outcomes, highlighting a reckless plan and betting mindset.
Unhygienic Roosting Sparks Fisherman Exchange
A humorous exchange notes a rule of bedtimes with chickens. The Countryman-Down notes the practice, while The Britisher-Er questions its healthiness, cited by Puck in a brief remark.
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Puck
Benton Defends Record in Final 1908 Senate Bid
Judge Benton appeals to Democratic voters in Clark county and across the district, recounting his stand against mob violence, his juror pay reform, and his political loyalty. He rebuts Hays’ four objections, cites telegrams and county support, and asserts Powell county enforcement of local option liquor laws as key to his tenure.
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Sam Hisle
Clark County
Hays
Madison County
James B. McCreary
McCreary
Richmond
Meeet
Crutcher
Sullivan
Powell County
Powell
Save the Potato Water for Nutritious Uses
The potato water from boiled potatoes should not be wasted as it holds much of the potato’s nutrition. Use it to make gravy by drying the potatoes, thickening with flour, and seasoning. For soup, mash some potatoes back into the water and flavor with onion, celery salt, or celery-top water, then add cream or milk and butter.
Oyster Cream Sauce Bake in Shells
For every 25 oysters take two tablespoons cream, yolks of two eggs, one tablespoon butter, one tablespoon flour, one teaspoon chopped parsley, one teaspoon salt and red pepper to taste. Drain the oysters and strain the liquor. Return liquor to fire, add butter and flour rubbed smooth, stir until thickened. Beat yolks, add cream, mix into oyster liquor with oysters, cook briefly, season, fill greased shells, top with crumbs, brown quickly.
Cake Recipe Warning and Ingredients Listed
Do not fear this cake though it sounds queer as it is delicious and stores well indefinitely. The recipe uses two-thirds cup butter two cups granulated sugar one cup mashed hot potatoes half cup sweet milk two cups flour four eggs two teaspoons baking powder half a cake unsweetened chocolate half teaspoon cloves and cinnamon one cup chopped walnut meats. Mix sugar and butter to a cream add eggs and milk then potato mashed smooth and hot also chocolate melted over the teakettle. Flour baking powder spice and nuts. Bake in a moderate oven.
Bran Muffins Bake Slowly For Tea Table Treats
A bran muffin recipe notes a nonfattening tasty addition for the tea table. Combine two cups bran one cup flour one and a half cups sour milk quarter cup butter three tablespoons molasses one teaspoon soda. Mix dry ingredients then add creamed molasses with sour milk, beat vigorously, bake in small tin rings in a slow oven, serve hot with butter.
Time Savers in the Kitchen Techniques
Tips from a kitchen guide on bending tools for easier peeling and basting. Bend the paring knife point to remove eyes from potatoes and pineapples. Bend the spoon handle near the bowl to improve dipping. Run stale bread through a food chopper to clean it after grinding meat or raisins.
Socialism Gains Steam in Sweden Amid Labor Discontent
Socialism has attracted many new adherents and is gaining rapid growth in Sweden. The labor conditions generally have been such as to bring discontent to many who had previously been apparently satisfied.
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Sweden
Irascible von Bulow in Hanover Orchestra
During Hans von Bulow s leadership at Hanover an acclaimed tenor prepared for Lohengrin. Rehearsals dragged on as the conductor berated the singer for delays. A grand intermezzo prompted Bulow to glare at a fan in the box and admonish, Madam if you must please at least keep time with your infernal nuisance.
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von Bulow
Hans von Bulow
Hanover
Bulow
An Exception to the Rule
A humorous exchange at a club pits a professor against Todgers over senses timing. The professor asserts sight outruns sound in ordnance, while Todgers cites an Englishman hearing a joke about a week before seeing it. The tale ends with the professor avoiding Todgers after the jab.
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Todgers
Harper’s Weekly
Hurricane Route Delivers Free Ride to Lost Homeowner
A Billville exchange recounts a man who longed to leave the county but could not afford rail fare. With a hurricane, he and his house received free transportation, seen as providential, enabling him to escape and endure. The Atlanta Constitution notes the remarkable escape as fate.
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Billville
Atlanta Constitution
Punishment According to Sin and Remorse in Bible Thought
The text argues that punishment for guilt spans mild to severe and is eternally fixed yet varied by sin and remorse. It challenges the idea of uniform punishment, suggesting guilt determines the severity and that remorse itself forms a key, individualized element of punishment.
The Kind of Bird She Was
The young lady had just returned from Paris where she studied under Marchesi and Nel Walsh, invited to the parlor to hear her sing. After her aria he quipped Miss Lucy, you show you’re a martingale.
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Paris
Marchesi
Nele Walsh
Lucy
Where the Carrot Thrives in Historic Global Spread
Carrots grow spontaneously across Europe and Asia Minor into Siberia and northern China, with sightings in Abyssinia, northern Africa, Madeira, and the Canary Islands, indicating a broad, early cultivation and naturalization pattern across diverse regions.
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Europe
Asia Minor
Siberia
China
Abyssinia
Africa
Madeira
Canary Islands
Climatic Peculiarity Mentioned About Montreal
The note states that Montreal winters are severe and that Montreal lies 350 miles closer to the equator than London. It also claims Montreal shares the same latitude as Venice.
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Montreal
London
Venice
Land of Industrial Saxony Blooms With Factories
The traveler through Saxony seldom sees a factory chimney as industrial establishments abound. There are 24,707 factories, up 1,755 from last year, with 685,319 operatives, an increase of 41,235 in twelve months.
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Saxony
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J. M. Benton
Rochester
Robeson
Lethod
Grubbs & Benton
Mayer Bros
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Tor
Charles F. Thwing
D. D
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
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