Cooking at Great Height in Albuquerque
A Monthly Weather Review note recounts a Albuquerque housekeeper’s experience showing that standard recipes fail at 491.3 feet altitude. Boiling point shifts, dryness dries foods, and cakemaking suffers. Flour and corn require longer soaking. baking powder and dough rise are affected by lower air pressure. The account suggests cooks must adapt heat, moisture, and timing for success.
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Monthly
Weather Review
Aluquerque
S. M
Albuquerque
Nancy Johnsons Cabin at Six Nation Exhibit
An old Seneca cabin, said to be 120 years old, is being moved to the Ingeon pavernment ground for the Six Nation exhibit. Three Tonawanda reservation workers restore the log house, highlighting timbers felled over a century ago and a roof thatching of elm bark.
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Ingeon
Buttala Express
Tonawanda Reservation
Nancy Johnson
Tonnwandy Reservation
How You Spend Your Life in a Daily Balance Sheet
A reflective piece recaps how a typical New York businessman's life would tally by end of age seventy. It estimates sleep to occupy about 23 years, work days 21 years, reading four years, writing over four months, and pleasures, walking, eating, dressing, bathing, and shaving consuming the remainder with specific year counts. The article then recounts a Chinese legend of Kan-Li and the origin of the fan from masked court ladies.
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New York
The
Sun
Kan-Li
Paus by the Legs Sign at Providence Clothing Store
A man visiting Providence noticed a humorous storefront sign offering pants at two dollars per leg. The gag highlights a quirky marketing ploy about trousers for one legged shoppers, reflecting light local humor of the time.
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Pauls
Providence
Modern Sailors Fear Boiler Explosions More Than Seas
A Times demonstration quotes sailors who fear boiler explosions more than storms, noting 90 per cent of disappearances stem from structural failures rather than natural causes. It praises stricter boiler inspections and engineer safeguards while citing a funny anecdote about a drunken Scot and a vanished ship. The piece also recalls Henry Russell, the English composer, and his stage anecdotes including “Woodman Spare That Tree” and a miner request for a pop song.
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New Orleans Times-Democrat
Russell
Henry Russell
Carlo
Columbia
Argonaut
Wanted to Go to One of His Wed ainga
A humorous diary-like tale by a prominent preacher recounts three marriages within his life and the comic awkwardness of a daughter asking to attend her father’s wedding none of the spouses is the first or second wife. The doctor narrates the olive branch lineage and the amiable, slightly disconcerting family dynamic.
Sensible women unpopular in modern society
A Chicago Chronicle reflection on sensible women who scorn romance and practical duties. It notes their harsh treatment of loved ones and the impact on young women facing sorrow, recounting a scene where a dying girl’s family is interrupted by a brisk demand to tidy the driving room for a funeral.
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Chicago Chronicle
Dev Clare
Kate
Katie
Milady
Womin
Marie
Josie
Chemawa word origins and Chinook jargon debated
The discussion centers on the meaning of Chemawa and the Chinook jargon. Thomas N Strong notes Chemawa may be a misspelling of che wawa meaning true talk, while Tacoma as white mountain and Mount Baker Ridwan Mount Ranier usage are discussed.
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Thomas N. Strong
Portland Oregonian
Tacoma
Puget Sound
The Wrong Bottle Causes a Slippery Night
Grace with sensitive skin uses a wrong bottle to treat her hands, mistaking furniture polish for lotion. The polish dries slowly, sticks to sheets, and reddens her skin after she lights gas. She then applies kerosene, worsening the blistered state and jeopardizing upcoming social duties.
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Grace
The
Chicago: Daily News
Cook County
Clais
Paris Prepares Grand Fin dy Stevle Celebration
French society declares the century ends this year with the last evening of the current year. Paris plans many gorgeous festivities as preparations begin for the grand celebrations.
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Paris
Accidents on Russian Railways Highlight Dangers
A historical note reports Russia's rail system as highly dangerous with up to thirty fatalities or injuries per 1000 passengers, illustrating the severe safety concerns surrounding rail travel.
Coyote Charles recalls a ball misread in society chatter
In the Warrington Star, Coyote Charles muses on a society tale about a belles ball gown described as soft and clingy. He laments a past humiliation when falsely accused by a wrong man, recalling tar and feathering and its lingering sting on memory.
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Coyote Charles
Sysien
Warrington Star
Equiring Nose Wobble Sparks Longstanding Debate
In a whimsical exchange the equirrel asks why you wobble your nose to settle a long standing controversy. The rabbit frigidly replies that the wobble shows there is something else to do with it besides meddling in other people's affairs.
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Equirrel
What is the difference between many kinds of religion
A Chicago Tribune exchange editor responds to a knowledge seeker with a barrage of quick one line jokes contrasting common phrases and misdirections about names, places, and ideas. The dialogue mimics a playful Q and A about logic and language in a satirical tone.
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Washington City
Lew
Oliver Cromwell
Marston Moor
Dors
Eues
Chicago
Unclear Voices in Brooklyn Trial and Parade News
A fragmentary page notes court tension as Uncle Rastus clashes with white jurors in a claimed jury rights assertion. Brooklyn Bridge suspension rods suffer breakage in a brief item. Grand Army marshal Galnel Joseph Kl. Wwooa dies at 83, and the Swedish Baptist Church of North America closes its annual conference in St Paul.
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Uncle Rastus
Brooklyn Bridge
Qalnel Joseph Kl
Wwooa
Chicago
Swedish Baptist Church of North America
St. Paul Saturdow
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