Washingtons Trenton to Yorktown: A Christmas Event Spotlight
The article recalls Washingtons bold 1776 operations across the Delaware and Trenton, noting Ball and Hessians at the outposts, key captures, and the surrender of Ball to Washington. It mentions the Leutze painting Washington Crossing the Delaware, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, gifted by John B Kennedy, and its public viewability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Ball
Rall
Knox
Washington
Cornwallis
England
Yorktown
Newtown
Delaware
Trenton
Princeton
Emanuel Leutze
Wurttemberg
America
Leutze
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
John 8. Kennedy
To Save Potatoes from Wasteful Peeling
Instructions describe washing potatoes, cutting a narrow ring of skin around each potato, boiling or steaming, then removing the skin ring to keep nourishment and minimize waste. The method reduces paring effort and yields most of the edible portion.
Staining Floors With Permanganate and Pins for Style
A home craft note describes staining new floors with a glue and water wash, followed by a permanganate solution for color buildup and a beeswax polish. It also extols carefully chosen collar pins and cuff pins to elevate dress appeal. A testimonial from Toronto praises Chamberlain's Pain Balm for muscular foot pains, sold by Evans Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Chamberlain
Evans Drug Co
Americans to Blame Again in Puffery and Moral Panic
A survey of cultural trends notes American influence in Europe through advertising and consumerism, with puffery permeating literature, theater, and art. The piece cites a Copenhagen doctor warning that public weeping spreads imagined bacilli, while phonograph artists mask real voices with stage names. Dickens’s Lord Strathcona is linked to Imperial ties and philanthropy as described by Chapple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Europe
Frederic Harrison
New York Press
Lord Strathcona
Donald Smith
Strathcona Horse
Dickens
Cheeryble Brothers
Nicholas Nickleby
Joe Mitchell Chapple
National Magazine
Mantuan tale of a young woman immured in asylum
A sensational report from Mantua Italy describes Cornelia Orlandella an eighteen year old of good family immured by her relatives to prevent correspondence with a young man. The piece notes the lurid melodrama and moral panic surrounding the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schilling
Mantua
Italy
Cornelia Orlandella
Indiana
Bender
Athletics
Chamberlain
Evans Drus Co
Woodall Case Notice in Washington Court
Delia Woodall sues John C. Woodall for cruelty in Washington state court. Respondent ordered to answer within sixty days of publication. Attorney for plaintiff Austin M Wang notes first publication December 12 1907 and last publication January 23 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Washington
Chehalis County
Delia Woodall
John C. Woodall
Atorney
Austin M. Wang
Aberdeen
Patten vs Patten dissolution of marriage filed
Summons issued in a Chehalis County Washington case to dissolve marriage between May H Patten and Charles S Patten. Defendant must answer within sixty days after first publication November 25 1907 with home and property allotment at stake. First publication November 25 1907. last December 30 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Washington
Chehalis County
C. M. Pardue
Pidintiff
Hattie Pardue
Austin M. Wade
Aberdeen
Wyurys May
H. Patten
Desvs
Che- Charles S. Patten
Halis County
Washington
Charles S. Patten
J. Hughes
P. O
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E. Heron St
Hub Clothing Co
Louis Fogel
Heron St
Copenhagen
Bacilli
New York Tribune
Jeff's Shoe Store
Chebalis Quinte
Oswald Bell
Roy Ellis
Bell & Ellis
Bicycle and General Repair Shop
Tel
Hume St
Aberdeen Livery & Transfer Co
J. F. Bennett
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