Prisoners Freed After White Flag Truce at Plantation
A Civil War tale unfolds at a river plantation as Confederate Gen Finnegan and Lt Bradley exchange prisoners under a white flag. Miss Hattie arranges safe escort home for the two naval officers, leading to a wedding at the plantation and a day of blue and gray fraternizing.
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Tole Aptis
Mauitar
United
Bintes Naga
Fiuro
Gan
Panzer
Blakered
Miss Hiattie
Miss Salle
Hattie
Sallie
Black Point
Surfeon
Rtte 5
Ron
Abia Pitter
Agit
Paige Bon Pale
Miss Tate
Papi
Cape Pearson
Ha Eatin
Murat
Finnegan
Pearson
Hatch
Jacksonville
Miss Sattle
Bradley
Florida
Willet
Richmond
Britain funds hemp project on St Helena to aid island
The British government pledges 20000 dollars to begin New Zealand hemp cultivation on St Helena after the garrison withdrawal left the islanders destitute. The move aims to create local employment and stabilize the economy amid hardship.
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St. Helena
New Zealand
St Helena
Dogs Save Victims From Norway Snowslide, 13 Dead
St Bernard dogs traced buried people after a snowslide at Gelsenger Norway. The animals pulled several survivors to safety while 13 persons perished in the disaster.
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Gelsenger
Norway
Stage Line Out of Date Between Westport and New Bedford
After 66 years in service the stage line between Westport Massachusetts and New Bedford has been discontinued replaced by a suburban trolley system, ending a long era of stagecoach travel in the region.
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Westport
New Bedford
Mass
Hees
Riverside Marmalade and Oranges and Lemons Fritters
A vintage dessert column presents Riverside Marmalade with orange and lemon fritters, Delmonico and Fig puddings, and a lemon freeze recipe. Directions detail mixing, frying, steaming, and serving, noting substitutions for overripe fruit and ham pairings.
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Riverside
Destroy Moth Millers With Naphtha Fumigation
A guidance note instructs homeowners to locate moth millers and eggs or larvae and apply naphtha along the carpet edge and on stuffed furniture. Open windows and avoid flames for several hours to allow gas to escape, ensuring no fire or light in the room during treatment.
Repairing torn wallpaper with water colors
When wallpaper tears or a hole occurs while moving furniture, use water colors to hide the damage. Straighten and glue the torn section, then touch up the gaps and seams with the paint color. Properly applied watercolor touches make the break nearly invisible. Tiny watercolor tubes are sold at art shops.
Mint Punch Recipe From a Vintage Bar Note
A historic punch method mixes lemon juice with sugar and lemons, then chills briefly before combining with ginger ale and crushed ice. Mint leaves are muddled and added to finish, yielding a bright, refreshing drank suitable for serving from a punchbowl.
Glass Jare for Bandages
For a careful woman who keeps bandages, wide mouthed glass jars with screw tops are best. Boil old linen and cotton to clean, iron, tear into strips of varying widths, then roll each strip neatly. Small rolls fit into a jar sized for easy readiness and use.
Make Gum Drops From Sugar and Gum Mixture
Directions describe heating one pound van Arable and water with sugar, testing color, and adding honey to reach consistency. A shallow box, corn starch, and cutouts create indentations for gum drops, with wooden buttons to mold large batches, then drying and rolling in granulated sugar.
Hanging Gowns Right Way Prevents Wrinkles
Do not hang a gown wrong side out before hanging it up. Delicate colors crease easily when the outside is left looser than the lining. Use a white muslin bag or a white cloth cover to protect the gown, keeping the covering from the hanger so it does not drag on the dress.
Cup That Cheers
A lively note praises tea quality, insisting it must be freshly brewed within 16 minutes. Water should boil once, for five minutes max, and tea should be strong black blends like Ceylon. Even a cheap brown teapot outperforms fancy silver in delivering better tea.
Washing Pocket Handkerchiefs Practical care guide
Wash all pocket handkerchiefs separately. Soak overnight in cold water then wash in hot water with white soap. Rinse in cold water, squeeze, rub with soap, and boil 20 minutes with borax. Rinse again, treat spots, blue, and iron while still slightly damp to preserve color and wear.
Lemon Marmalade Recipe from Old Cookbook
A Victorian style marmalade method uses six pounds lemons with nine pounds sugar. Boil lemon peel until tender, drain and shred. Extract juice and pulp, boil white pulp shells in water, combine with lemon liquor and yellow rind, then boil with heated sugar until thick. Jar while hot in small marmalade pots.
Onions as Nervine and Nourisher in Health
Onions are praised as a powerful nervine and strength giver able to brace the nervous system. Raw onion consumption is said to warm the body, aid skin action, and promote a rosy complexion. The distinctive bite comes from sulfur compounds, the same agent that gives the onion its aroma.
Cheese flavored spaghetti prepared in cream sauce
A delicate cheese flavor is added to spaghetti by using a cream sauce. Spaghetti cooked until tender is simmered in a milk roux made from two tablespoons each of flour and butter. The mixture is heated for ten to fourteen minutes, then placed in a cheese shell and finished briefly in the oven.
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Riverside
Arizona
Luncheon Oranges From a Simple Fruit Plate
A brief luncheon dish describes preparing pretty luncheon oranges by hollowing tops and removing pulp, mixing pulp with shredded coconut and sugar, adding tea, and topping with sherry or creme de menthe. Each glass receives coconut on top and a sprig of dark green leaves for garnish.
Curb Relic Hunters Halt Looting of Southwest Ruins
Congress passed a law to stop the depredations on prehistoric ruins in Arizona New Mexico and Wyoming restricting digging and removal of artifacts. The act lists monuments like Petrified Forest El N etra Montezuma Castle and Devil's Tower with Chaco canyon slated as a key site. Authorities note large-scale looting by collectors and estimate vast quantities of relics already removed while scientists praise preservation efforts.
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Smithsonian Institution
Congress
Interior, Agriculture and War
Bur
Arizona
New Mexico
Wyoming
Planns of the Interior
Utah
Washington
Oregon
Petrified Forest
el Metra
Montezuma's Castle
Devil's Tower
Chaco Canyon
Chaco
Southwest
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Henry Mason Baum
Past Exploration Society
Colorado
American Museum of Natural History of
New York
Boston minister builds hotel chaplaincy for strangers
Rev. Eugene C. Webster launches the Parish of All Strangers to minister to hotel guests in Boston. Cards advertise a hotel chaplain who offers services regardless of creed or residence, with Sunday hotel services and plans for a Bible in every room, a monthly paper, and a Chaplaincy association.
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Boston
Eugene C. Webster
Congregational Churches of
Massachusetts
Tremont Temple
Webster
Doston
Mr. Webster
Chaplaincy Association
Richard ©. Humphreys
Public School Association
Ta Treagaver
Mad Antony and Cleopatra in the Desert Bridge Tale
A humorous spoof set in ancient times shows Mark Antony rushing to join a game of bridge behind the sphinx while Cleopatra teases him over a back button problem. Tam is referenced as a hurried figure, and Antony earns a new nickname after an amusing mishap.
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Mark Antony
Sphinx
Cleopatra
Mark
Tam
Billy
Pet
Antony
Rome
Chicago Daily News
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