Stratford Hall: Virginia mansion of the Lees and their colonial lineage
The article surveys Stratford Hall in Virginia, home of the Lee family since the 18th century. It highlights Thomas Lee and Thomas Ludwell Lee, connections to Robert E. Lee, the house’s English brick “H” shape, two fronts, 18 rooms, wall-enclosed grounds, and Yeocomico Church nearby, noting its colonial heritage and Loyalist ties.
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Tobert I. Lee
Strat
Estmoureland
New World
Thomas Lee
Richard
Col
Richard Lee
Tginia
Lee
Norish
Shropshire
England
Stratford
Sotamac
Mth
The
of Virginia
Cotomas Lee
Hannahee
Hfa
Philip Ludwell
Homas Ludwell
Richard Henry
Francis Lightfoot
William and
Arky
Ers
Lighthorse
Ann Cartex
Robert &. Lee
Gen. Lee
Old
Thousand Acres
Virginia
Lees
Yeocomico Episcopal Church
1,000 Cat Inherits Luxuries as Prince of Plush Life
Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania reports on Blackie a famous cat who inherited a $40,000 estate from its late owner Benjamin F. Dilley. Blackie lives in a two floor apartment with 12 rooms and an attendant Miss Addie Ruch receives a life cushion for caring for him. Despite worldwide letters offering kittens and companionship Blackie remains aloof and aristocratic preferring riches over caresses.
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Randeur
Pinkey
Blackie
Benjamin F. Dilley
Addie Ruch
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Blackle Uy
Tno Ha
Miss Ruch
Ruth
Mayor Elect of Philadelphia John E. Reyburn Biography
John Edgar Reyburn, born February 7, 1845 in New Carlisle, Ohio, rose from private tutoring to Saunders Institute and law practice in Philadelphia. He served in Pennsylvania House in 1871 1874 1875 1876, in Senate from 1876 to 1886, held senate presidency pro tem in 1883, and was elected to Congress in 1890 thereafter reelected to five consecutive terms.
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New Carlisle
Saunders Institute
West Philadelphia
Philadelphia
House of Representatives of Pennsylvania
Senate of Pennsylvania
And Some Never Learn It
A Topeka Capital quip notes many girls marry without a plan to kill the odor of cooking cabbage, reflecting social humor of the era.
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Topeka
Practical Household Hints From Old Recipes and Tips
A dated collection of home care advice covering airing clothes, garment care, leather goods, pie sealing with cloth, freshening travel bags with egg white, ice packs for sick rooms, a simple liniment, cleaning white paint with bran, washing satins with borax, heating irons gradually, preserving suet in molasses, and a traditional German Turkey stuffing recipe with eggs. The tone mirrors a period domestic guide with diverse household methods.
Homecraft Tips From A Fin de Siecle Page
Practical household notes including how to prevent rust stains on garments by testing a linen scrap at the boiler bottom, a gingerbread sugar cookie recipe with mixed lard and butter, vanilla or caraway, how to remove shine from black silk with vinegar, and a tip for lofting floating irons using a makeshift cover on a gas stove.
Victorian KITCHEN NOTE: Milk Rise Method
Fragmentary cooking note describes a batter method with flour, milk, eggs, and sugar. It discusses adding soda and a procedure to rise the masa, folding in eggs, and baking in tins. Primary names and clear actions are limited due to damaged text.
Home Dressmaker Tips and Waldorf Astoria Oyster Dish
Practical sewing notes warn about metal protrusions and flannel needle storage due to sulphur rust. Tips cover bone and whalebone workpieces, pressing, and trying skirts inside out. A Waldorf Astoria recipe outlines onion curry with butter, curry powder, broth, coconut, tomato and lemon, served with rice and croutons.
Cream of Potato Soup Recipe Instructions
Steps to make cream of potato soup. Boil four squall potatoes in water five minutes then discard. Add one and a half pints boiling water with onion bay leaf and celery greens. Boil fifteen minutes until tender. Prepare milk and roux then mash potatoes and combine until hot. Serve.
Brown Broth Soup Recipe From Framed Instructions
Recipe steps describe heating butter and onions with carrots until brown add to boiling water with bay leaf simmer 15 minutes then sieve. Fry onions with sugar then add water and combine cooling it into soup season with salt and pepper strain return to pot add bread blocks pulled with eggs bring to a ball and serve with grated cheese.
Venison on Toast Recipe Instructions
A damaged OCR recipe describes preparing venison on toast with butter jelly and sherry. It instructs cleaning the venison, dicing it, boiling the sauce, then simmering the meat three to five miles misunderstood. warns overcooking will toughen, and suggests serving on toast with extra gravy.
Tired Feet Bathing Instructions Preserved
Gentle guidance for foot care suggests soaking feet in warm water with plain unscented soap, adding three drops of carbolic acid if possible, drying with a soft towel, then sparingTime sponge with a mix of water and alcohol to finish.
How to Make a Buttonhole in Fraying Material
A dressmaker explains marking the buttonhole then stitching around it with a sewing machine to prevent fraying and provide a firm edge before cutting. The method keeps fabric stable and neat during buttonhole creation.
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Yermlerin
The Letter in the Vase
A furniture buyer in a doomed real estate venture discovers a cursed vase and a note predicting ruin. She learns the entire house has been secretly broken and mended, and the doomed story of a broken heart haunts the deal. The lawyer vanishes then dies, leaving the buyer unsure how to act on the cursed estate.
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Peop
Aoasa
Meeer
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Mercy
Tomrs
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J Giont
A Cowboy Denon of Wyoming and Idaho Meets a Bishop
The tale recalls a Wyoming and Idaho pioneer known for humor and stubborn faith. A colonel asks a bishop whether his wife will gain entry to heaven, declaring she will raise Cain if the door stays shut. The bishop refuses to argue the point, noting the old lady's influence.
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Dihop ‘Talbot
Wyoming
Idaho
Central
Pennsylvani
Pioneer West
Ec Clogo
Elon
St. Peter
Pearly Gates
Bishop
Cain
Salt mining in Michigan format and expansion noted
The lower peninsula sits atop a 300 foot thick rock salt bed with depths from 600 to 1200 feet. Brine saturation runs from 84 to 99 percent as seepage from Lake Huron outcrops feeds hundreds of wells daily. In Saginaw a modern salt plant uses waste steam from a nearby glass works to cut production costs, signaling an advanced era in salt making.
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Michigan
Lake Huron
Saginaw
America
Saginaw Plate Glass Company
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Ludwell Lee
of Straford
Matilda
Robert E. Lee
New York
John Edgar Reyburn
John E. Reyburn
Anne Midi
Waldorf-Astoria
By Don Mark Lemon
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