Honest man found in New York gutter saves $200 reward
Israel Neboschik a shoe shop owner on Rivington street finds $200 in bills in a gutter and returns it to police. Molly Brambler identifies it as her shop’s lost funds and, despite a failed retrieval by staff, funds a small reward. Neboschik plans to send the money to an ailing old countrywoman.
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New York
Israel Neboschik
Rivington Street
Israel
Delancey Street
Brady
Neboschik
Diogenes
Bronx
Molly Bramblar
West Twenty-ninth Street
Twenty-seventh Street
Molly
Molly Brambiar
Mulberry Street
Morris Socoloff
Stoire
Morris
Wonders of Sea Crew Return From Albatross Expedition
United States ship Albatross completed a remarkable southern California coast voyage with two corps of scientists aboard. Lead figures included Dr. C. J. H. Townsend and Dr. J. N. Rose, plus Dr. Paul Barsch and Waldo Schmidt, among west coast collectors. They gathered deep sea specimens, shells, birds, and a salt pond discovery on Carmen Island, noting new mountain sheep horn findings from Concepcion Bay.
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Los Angeles
Cal
United States
Albatross
California
Peninsula
San Francisco
C. J H. Townsend
American Museum of Natural History
New York
J. N
Carmen Island
Concepcion Bay
Bradford council weighs new dye discovery asset
London reports Bradford City council owns a promising new dyeing process from Dr H H Hodgson of the Technical College. A sub committee of Bradford business figures will decide whether to patent, license by royalty, or have the city operate the discovery itself, though direct operation is ruled impracticable. Prof Madison, once a poor Bradford pupil, rose to Cambridge.
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Hodgson
Bradford City Council
London
Bradford
Modison
Cambridge University
Prefers His "Kid" Brother Bride for Huntington Captain
Miss Ella Kissam of Halesite will wed Capt. Charles Sammis of Huntington after a license was issued by Huntington town clerk Stanton B Sammis. Rival Rinaldo Sammis, a wealthy farmer, reportedly retreated to Freehold CT after losing the match. The couple’s engagement follows long-sought attention from eligible bachelors and public serenading planned by Sammis supporters. In Milwaukee, city officials plan new park benches to fit shorter women five feet and under.
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New York
Ella Kissam
Halesite
L. L
Charles ©. Sammis
Huntington
Stanton BE. Sammis
Rinaldo Sammis
North Shore
Freehold
N. CT
Miss Kissam
Sammisses
Kissama
Morehead City
N. C
Ella
Rinaldo
Oscar Kissam
Long Island
Sammises
Balance of a Feed Bill Found After 25 Years
A letter from Orange New Jersey reveals the balance of a feed bill dating back 25 years. Edwin W Hine is noted in association with the discovery, amounting to 2 dollars 25 cents.
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Orange
N. J
Edwin W. Hine
Some Good Puddings From Old Ballable Plum Parity Compan y Pudding
Digest of kitchen tips for plum pudding and sauces from a historical recipe collection. Includes Company Pudding with mincemeat and bread crumbs, a lemon sauce, Fifteen Minute Pudding with milk and eggs, a nutmeg spiced "Company" variant, and Raspberry Shrub recipe with tartaric acid. Highlights steam times, substitutions, and serving ideas.
Blackberry Cordial Remedy and Summer Drink
A recipe stating that blackberry cordial helps summer illness in teething children and works as a summer beverage. It instructs warm mashed blackberries, add per pint of juice one pound sugar one and a half teaspoons ground cinnamon three quarters tablespoon mace two teaspoons cloves, boil fifteen minutes, strain, then one pint with a glass of French brandy. For violent attacks give a tablespoon four or five times daily, less for children.
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Jess
Lemon Butter Custard for Cake Filling
Melt granulated sugar and six tablespoons of butter in a granite saucepan add grated lemon rind and juice. Gradually beat in yolks of three eggs and stiff white of one until thick like custard. Use as cake filling and refrigerate for several days.
How to Clean Patent Leather Shoes Properly
Clean patent leather shoes with a sponge and warm water. Warm the leather gently and apply oil such as sweet oil or olive oil with or without turpentine. Rub with a cloth and palms while warm. Edge and sole edges may be blacked with blacking or varnish, but avoid paste or liquid blacking on the patent surface.
Daisy design with cottage cheese centerpiece
A simple serving idea for cottage cheese suggests placing a lettuce leaf on a plate, shaping a round pile in the center, and forming white cheese petals around a yellow yolk center to create a daisy pattern. The mixture should be creamy enough to hold its shape with a teaspoon.
Swedish Meat Balls note for home cooks
Instructions for making Swedish meat balls describe buying top sirloin, grinding it, mixing with parsley onion bread crumbs salt cayenne and cream to form a paste, rolling into balls, coating with flour and frying in butter or olive oil.
Tripe a la Mode de Caen Recipe Description
A historical recipe describes taking a large amount of tripe and two calves feet with French carrots three tomatoes and a chile pepper plus salt and salt pork. The mixture is covered with one quart of white wine and baked in a slow oven for five to six hours, with longer cooking improving the dish.
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Caen
Currants in Summer Berries and Huckleberries
A practical kitchen note shows currants pairing with huckleberries raspberries and blackberries. Suggestions include substituting one third currants in pies compotes and marmalade recipes with sugar guidance and steps to achieve a thick conserve style marmalade. Old style cooking guidance emphasized flexible currant usage and boiled reduction.
Household tips from a bygone era
Simple domestic remedies cover stain removal with raw potato for black cloth and onion juice for insect stings. Banana used to brighten russet shoes, and a home starch method from wheat bran for black lawns. Nutmeg advised sparingly for flavor.
Lemon Syrup for Emergency Use and Lemonade Base
Directions to make lemon syrup by dissolving four pounds of sugar in three quarts of water, heating to boil for ten minutes, adding three pints of lemon juice, and bottling. Use by diluting with ice or soda water to taste for plain lemonade.
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Harper's Bazar
Spiced Tomato Seefsteak From Round Roast
Thick beef round steak prepared with gashes filled by cracker and spice and butter. Rolled tied, browned, simmered in a tight pan with canned tomato sauce for two to three hours until tender. Served with the thick tomato sauce poured over and around the slice.
Fruit Salad Preparation Steps
Pare a pineapple and cut into one quarter inch slices. Remove hard centers and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Set aside one hour in a cool place. Drain and spread on serving dish. Arrange a circle of thin banana slices nearly to the edge. Pile raspberries in the center and pour over pineapple syrup. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve with or without cream sauce.
Hot Fruit Salad Recipe Steps
Melt butter with sugar water and lemon juice for five minutes. Stir in mixed fruit such as apples cherries pineapple bananas figs and peaches. Serve hot with whipped cream sweetened and flavored with vanilla extract.
Chicken Rails and Creamy Chicken Soup Base
Melt butter and flour then whisk in seven and a half cups of stock until smooth. Season with pepper, salt, and celery salt. Stir in one and a half cups chopped chicken. Remove crumbs from rolls, heat mixture in oven until hot, and serve with rolls.
Raspberry Vinegar for a Lemon-Free Summer Drink
Wash raspberries mash with a masher soak two dippers of vinegar per case cover and stand 48 hours. Strain through cheesecloth boil slowly skim. Mix three cupfuls of sugar to five cupfuls of juice for a sweetened cordial.
Byways of Memory and Travel Pleasures Lose Charm
A reflective piece contrasts winding valley byways with city streets and laments changes in rail travel. It muses on memory laden roads and the fading charm of journey rituals, then criticizes modern railroading for removing simple travel pleasures like dust sweeping and vacuuming in cars.
Begum of Bhopal In Paris With Son During Coronation Tour
An account from Paris describes the Begum of Bhopal and her son traveling with the coronation journey. She loses sight of him on Montmartre and finds him with a young dancer, prompting the Begum to send her son home. The tale contrasts wealth with social influence, noting she would have acted differently if she were a millionaire.
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Begum
Bhopal
Paris
Montmartre
Begum of
Sox
Millicent Sets Sights On Goldrox In Hidden Courtship
A gentleman notes Millicent plans to land Goldrox as she learns golf from him after spending last winter being taught to skate. Her close ally confirms the shift from skating to swing.
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Millicent
Goldrox
Funeral Row Echoes Staff Jibes Over Distance Respect
In a clipped exchange about a deceased colleague, two workers joke about the burden of attending the service and paying respects, contrasting imagined sorrow with relief at not having to travel to the ceremony for the late Nisei Bonum.
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