Medical Fees In Bygone England And Other Notes
A compact miscellany describes eighteenth century English medical fees for graduates and licensed physicians, surgeons charges for bones and bloodletting, and a note on regulated pricing. It also mentions old potato dishes, Christian education in India, early parentage mortality, and Upper Burma ruby riches with Mogok supply.
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England
Nik
Upper Burma
Burma
Siam
Ceylon
Afghanistan
India
Brazil
Australia
United States
Cey- Ton
Recipe Fragments Show Dropped Ingredients List
A historical drop list includes two eggs sugar and molasses one cup butter two thirds cup saleratua sour milk aplee and shopped raléina with a quart of flour. The note directs dropping by teaspoon on bottom of a dripping pan, reflecting an old kitchen shorthand.
Ney the German? A French marshal and other scattered notes
A column reviews Michel Ney described as German by a writer, noting his birthplace near Saarlouis now Prussia, his height, demeanor, and resilience at Moscow. It weaves in other era anecdotes and then shifts to ad copy and cookbook fragments, including an apple omelet recipe and home decor ideas, ending with a note on novelists choosing safer names.
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Marshal Ney
Napoleon
Sauriouis
Pruveia
Gerface
Waterloo
Wellington
Michel Ney
Moscow
Grand Army
Sauce In Stoneware Dish and Other Fragments
A fragmentary OCR brings a recipe for sauce in a stoneware dish with cornstarch milk vanilla and eggs, plus notes on wealth and character, crude wells in Siam, word defenses by newspapers, Pierce pills, a girls club tale, and Montaigne quip, all in terse, assorted anecdotes.
Field Mice and Clover Endanger Farms and Remedies
Oregon Agricultural College outlines how field mice threaten crops like clover and alfalfa, their breeding habits, and how predators and poisons are used to control outbreaks. It covers cost estimates for kale production, egg preservation methods, and tomato crop guidance, with notes on weather and exhibit chatter.
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A. L. Lovett
Oregon Agricultural College Exetent Station
Asia
Europe
United States
W. W. Tracy
Rolled Steak with Dressing and Creamed Hash Dishes
A historic home cooking snippet describes rolled steak with a bread crumb and salt pork filling, browned potatoes, and a savory gravy. It outlines a sliced beef health dish with sage and crackers, plus creamed hash and a baked mutton dish with potatoes and parsley baked to a brown finish.
Sarcastic Letter sparks chatter in Miss Cayenne tale
In a fragmentary dialogue Miss Cayenne notes Steggins may have hired a new assistant to craft an elaborately sarcastic letter about a minor matter. The exchange hints at workplace friction and hidden motives.
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Steggins
Miss Cayenne
Ssa
Danger Happen Notion Explored by Maxim and Kraka
Hudson Maxim contemplates the potential of a catastrophic earth explosion while Kraka regards the danger as unlikely. The London Spectator notes both positions, framing a debate on existential planetary risk.
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Hudson Maxim
Kraka
London Spectator
England Sees New Fiber Plant For Paper Making
An English plant develops a large epinach species with stems up to five feet tall producing a fiber hoped to become a significant factor in paper production.
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England
Lady In Illness Cited In Fragmentary Refers Amid Gossip
Fragmentary OCR shows a line about a Lady being dangerously ill, mention of Lord Syron and referems, with incomplete surrounding context. The readable fragment hints at a social or royal rumor but lacks clear events, dates, or places for fuller details.
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Syron
Dan
Holland's Busiest Man in Stieram Caroers Shop
A fragment describes Barent Wonters as the town’s busiest man in Stieram Holland. It claims he farms, lends donkeys, kills pigs, smokes tobacco, engages in swinish detail work, and shaves and cuts hair except on Sundays. The text is garbled with archaic spellings and unclear context.
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Amgn
Caroers
Stieram
Holland
Barent Wonters
Proper Dusting and Vinegar Preservation Tips
Learn the correct two handed dusting method with a duster in each hand to avoid finger marks and lift polished furniture. Lightly wipe from top down, shake dust outside away from carpet, then rub to bring out shine. Also, a tip for homemade vinegar by simmering fruit parings, fermenting, straining, and storing in warm places for cheap supply.
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Los Angeles Expresa
Nyrup
Milk Goblets and Lemon Powered Cleaning Tips
An article notes men deserve credit for new glassware ideas like slender milk goblets. It also promotes lemon scraps for cleaning copper brass pans and removing odors from dishes and hands, with tips from Topeka State Journal.
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Topeka State Journal
Fresh Pork Stew From Simple Pantry
A compact home recipe for stew using pork two pounds, sliced potatoes, an onion, carrot, turnip slips, water, and seasonings. Sauce thickens with a souring agent in cold water, then served with croutons.
Pineapple Sherbet Recipe From Fragments
Grated pineapple with two caps sugar and two quarts water. Add juice of two lemons and two tablespoons gelatin. Beat until blended.
Salmon bone prompts doctor’s luxury fee
A wealthy man feared a fish bone in his throat. The celebrated doctor removed it in moments and charged half a guinea. He justified the high fee by noting salmon, a luxury, costs more to treat than other fish. The patient paid, vowing to avoid salmon.
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London Mall
Lemon Pudding With Light Maringue Topping
A historic recipe describes making a light lemon pudding. Cream butter and sugar, beat in egg yolks, add bread crumbs and milk with lemon juice and rind, salt, bake in a greased dish. Beat egg whites with powdered sugar and lemon juice, spread atop and brown for a topping.
BromO Quinine and Presidents in One Day Jokes
A garbled ad line for BromOQuinine claims Grove Garey cures grip in one day and costs 26 cents. The piece includes a string of old time jokes about presidents, salaries, and domestic life with short asides and quips from Chicago Record-Herald and Judge.
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Rew
Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Testimonials
Lawrence Kansas and Burns Montana women report relief from long standing ailments. Mrs M Znner of Lawrence thanks the product for ending years of headaches back pain dizziness and bloating after three years of marriage. Mrs Joan Francis of Burns credits the compound with curing backache weakness and headaches and recommends it to friends. The makers of Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound promote its use for women's health.
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Lawrence
Kans
Lydia E. Pinkham
Joan Francis
Burns, Montana
Flowers From Germany Ship Lilies of the Valley
German ships send pips of lilies of the valley to the United States. When planted they bloom and are then discarded. The German climate appears unusually favorable to their production.
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Germany
United States
Munchausen Jr Arold and the Knot-Hole Sunburn
A tongue in cheek exchange recalls Munchausen style humor as Jimmie explains a sunburned eye from peering through a knot-hole at a football match. The quip highlights a comic misinterpretation of cause and effect in a London Sketch and a remark from the Washington Star on guessing.
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Munchausen, Jr
Jimmie
London
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Oregon Agricultural College
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