Tariff provisions list for various goods updates
The notice outlines tariff rates for multiple items including glass bottles, automo biles parts, bicycles, motorcycles, steam engines, cash registers, printing presses, sewing machines, and lead pencils. Several entries indicate free or per unit charges, with spacing issues reflecting OCR style. The list appears to continue from a prior page and references specific unit measures such as per Ib per gross and per hundred.
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Icto
Perenes
Business and Politics Warns Finance of Washington Costs
Vice President Marshall urges big interests to close Washington headquarters and reduce political spending. He argues removing campaigns, organization costs, and bureaus would lower worry and prolong business leaders lives, benefiting trade with less turmoil and more profit.
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Washington
Marshall
Few but Costly in a Medical Consultation
A Life item quotes a conversation where few doctors attended a consultation, describing the scarcity as costly with a remark that only about $100 was spent. The exchange illustrates high charges for limited medical attendance.
Cookery Points from a Famous Chef Notebook
Readable recipes from a chef’s notebook include Water Gingerbread Summer Cookies Bertha's Biscuits Boston Cream Puffs and Corn Custard. Instructions cover mixing heating baking shaping and filling with cream for a variety of pastries and desserts. Many steps specify weights liquids eggs and oven temperatures and times.
Custard Recipe Details From Readable Fragments
A kitchen instruction fragment describes combining whole eggs and yolk, salt, milk, and sugar then mixing thoroughly. It instructs to stir in the milk, pour into cups or a pudding dish, and bake the custard as preferred.
Hasty Bread Quick Loaf Recipe for Home Baking
A simple method makes six small loaves in minutes using half a pound flour milk salt a saucepan a fork and a hot oven. Mix flour and salt add milk to form a dry dough knead lightly divide into six bake twelve to fifteen minutes with flour on the oven shelf and add baking powder if flour is not self raising.
Savory Fish Salad Assembly and Garnish
A salad recipe describes arranging lettuce and endive in a square block, surrounding with cucumber slices, layering blanched anchovies, placing olives atop each anchovy, then finishing with beetroot squares and seasoning. Optional oil and vinegar dressing is preferred over mayonnaise, with half lemons served.
Lobster and Shrimp Salad Assembly Guide
Arrange hearts of lettuce in a bowl. Shred fresh lobster meat into small heaps on the lettuce. Between heaps place alternating tomato and beet slices, then hard boiled egg slices. Build a central mound with a pint of shrimp and crown with watercress. Serve with mayonnaise cups.
When Potatoes Scorch Quick remedy from old practice
If water boils away and potatoes scorch, move the pot to a cold kettle. The cold water loosens the stuck potatoes from the bottom and prevents scorch flavor.
Baked Cauliflower in Creamy Cheese Bake
A recipe describes mixing cold cauliflower with a thick white sauce or cream, seasoning with salt and pepper, packing into a dish, and covering with grated cheese before baking.
Health Hint for Today The Cold Bath
Daily cold baths or plunges are advised for all ages and both sexes with several doses a day for manual workers. Benefits come from stimulation, not danger. Colds do not arise from pores. germs in steam rooms spread illness, not the bath itself.
One Man’s Fad A Cure for Unpaid Bills
A cartoon-style exchange shows The Doctor prompting a patient to pick a personal fad as a mental safety valve. The patient admits his fad is collecting unpaid bills, suggesting a humorous commentary on debt and avoidance.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Economy in Household Purchases Through Bulk Buying
A debate contrasts a father of three daughters and a six daughter owner who argues bulk buying saves money. The piece urges planning quality and quantity, buying pantry staples in bulk, and using large sacks for tea towels. It stresses kitchen leakage harms wealth and credits the wife with safeguarding savings and household efficiency.
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Paris
The New Skirts Parade In Two and Three Tier Styles
Fashion notes showcase two and three tier skirts with straight lines and minimal drapery. Paris ideas feature high waisted plain skirts with frills at the knee or hem, plus fringed or foulard patterns. The piece urges choosing styles that suit individual lines rather than chasing the latest trends.
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Paris
How to Make Elder Flower Water
The elder flowers are stripped from their stalks to fill a pint. Pour two quarts of boiling water over them and let infuse for an hour. Boil gently for a quarter hour, then cool and strain through muslin into bottles. Cork securely for storage.
How to Freshen Delicate Ribbon Care Tips
Save the water from boiled potatoes and use it to wash ribbons. Tepid wash creates suds that clean dirt from the ribbons. Rinse in several waters, dry, and iron between two muslin pieces while slightly damp. Satin ribbons iron best on the satin side for a smoother finish.
How to Make Traveler's Bag Tutorial
Instructions describe crafting a simple travel bag from cretenne with a drawstring. It uses a round cardboard bottom and features outer pockets for small items and an inner space for larger articles.
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Cretenne
Origin of Ragtime: Roots and Revival Influences
The London Spectator notes ragtime emerged from early 1880s performances by the Bohee brothers and Dan Rice era minstrels. It cites plantation songs, initially seen as folk, likely learned from revival preachers, and asserts the ragged rhythm has undeniable African origin.
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Bohee Brothers
Jimerow
Dan Rice
Africa
London Spectator
Mystery Flags and Trophies at Annapolis Naval Academy
The Naval Academy in Annapolis displays unknown battle trophies including British flags marked Avon and Bereford likely from the 1812 era, though ships by those names are not in British records. Also shown is the blue flag with 814 in white on red bordered by white, called the house flag, with no known battle or location.
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Permatnent
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Avon
Bereford
American
Great Britain
Christian Herald
The Right Way With Manure
Do not pile manure around the barn or in fields Spread it as fast as it can be taken out The guidance advises proper manure management to prevent buildup and waste.
Bathing a Prince and the Rude Rescue by Smoaker
A Victorian tale from Pearson's recalls George IV as a child in Brighton with a portrait of Martha Gunn and Thomas Smoaker. When the prince swam too far out, Smoaker grabbed his ear and to shore, warning he would not risk hanging for letting the king's heir drown.
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George IV
Brighton Palace
Brighton
George the
Martha Gunn
Thomas Smoaker
Thomas
Pearson
Secret of Vetting a Gown Out of Hubby
Mrs Newed shares a witty exchange with a friend on handling a husband who refuses a gown, while Mrs Wiley advises crying again if the first effort fails, as noted in Judie’s brief aside.
Early Parliament Secrets and Wilkes Case Press Victory
The piece recalls Queen Anne era secrecy attempts in 1728 when the house forbade publishing debates and proceedings. It notes the Wilkes case of 1772 where reporters secured a lasting victory for press access, shaping modern journalism.
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New York American
A Dish of Tea and Its Historic Tea Cup
The London Chronicle notes eighteenth century tea customs, explaining that tea came in a handleless cup called a dish, borrowed from China. Later the English copied the cup with a handle, while the saucer name mirrored a sauce platter, shaping terms like saucer eyes from early tableware. It mentions Arlington House and Buckingham Palace as part of the Restoration era tea party lore.
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China
Lord Arlington
England
Arlington House
Buckingham Palace
London Chronicle
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