Brewer Calls for One Appellate Appeal to Speed Justice
Associate Justice David Brewer argues courts suffer delays and high costs from multiple appeals. He endorses limiting appeals after trial to speed justice, with exceptions for serious constitutional questions, and urges national discussion and reforms.
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David Brewer
Supreme Court of the
United States
Brewer
Washington
Benjamin R. Curtis
Asquith Snubs the King in Crisis Over Premiership
Premier Asquith has left London for a continental vacation and may relinquish the premiership when a new government forms. The Liberals lack a clear Commons majority, and Lloyd George and Churchill push for policy, while suffragettes press for votes. Rumors say Lloyd George could become premier if he retires.
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Asquith
London
House of Lords
House of Commons
Nationalists
Laborites
Lloyd George
Winston Spencer Churchill
Continent
Edward
Royal Palace
Carter the tireless senator backs postal savings bill
Montana's Thomas H. Carter, active in tariff debates, now pushes Taft's postal savings bank measure. A noted orator, he once spoke through a 50 million river and harbor bill into the night, refusing to end a talk even as requests to pause came from fellow senators. He also has a long history as a persuasive book agent.
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United States Senate
Thomas H. Carter
Montana
Carter
St. Louis
Taft
Postal Savings Bank
Senator Carter
Mr. Carter
Daya
Ohio
Sherman Raps Waterway Criticizes Illinois Road Plan
Lawrence Y. Sherman former lieutenant governor and state board of administration president assailed Gov. Deneen’s $20,000,000 waterway project in a New York Auto Club of America speech. He argued funds would better build hard roads at $5,000 per mile, delighting auto enthusiasts but sparking Springfield concerns over potential resignation.
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Illinois
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Illinois State Board of Administration
Sherman
Automobile Club of America
New York
Deneen
Tate
Springfield
Valentines Popularity Surges Across Centuries
The essay traces valentines from handmade scraps to preprinted pieces in the late 18th century, noting how beginners wrote doggerel, the rise of inexpensive chapbooks for lovers and tradespeople, and the shift around 1890 to mass produced cards from German and French sources, with famed anonymity and personal verses as enduring charms.
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Gentleman's
School of Love
St Valentine Customs and Rich Gifts of 17th Century
The diary of Samuel Pepys reveals lavish Valentine's Day gifts in Charles II era. We read of blue paper names in gold, jewel and ring presents valued at hundreds of pounds, and fashion among high society, plus common folk customs resembling Halloween. The piece notes poets and Macaulay praising Valentine tributes and calls for reviving romance and charm of the festival.
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Charles II
Will Meiser
Valentine
Pepys
Mrs. Pierce
Pierce
Duke of York
Stuart
Lord Mandeville
Hallowe'en
Betty
London Twopenny Post
Chaucer
Shakespeare
Goethe
Donne
Gay
Lydgate
Macaulay
Countess ‘Beauchamp
Earl of Stanhope
Culinary guide for leg of lamb and sauces
A fragment describes tasting importance from Maupassant to a detailed leg of lamb recipe. It covers cooking with bay leaves, a clove and cinnamon baste, a cold serving dressing with egg yolk mint sugar vinegar and olive oil, and a soup with lamb bone and parsley. It suggests croquettes from remaining meat and ends with leftovers for hash.
The Art of Toast Making
Toast guidance details ways to prepare toast with crisp exterior and moist interior. Methods cover drying stale bread, toasting over flame, crust on or off, buttering, scoring, and serving with milk toast or French toast. Recipes include milk toast and French toast with ingredients and cooking steps.
Rice and wheat as world cereal staples in menus
The author notes rice serves about half the world’s population as a chief cereal and wheat the other half. It suggests rice should be used more in menus and could substitute a vegetable. Used as a breakfast with cream and sugar, it rivals the best dishes.
Mutton Preparation and Creamed Sweetbreads Tips
The article discusses mutton quality and preparation, noting pink skin removal reduces strong wool flavor and offering stewing, braising, and boiled leg methods with sauces. It covers aging, cuts, and digestion of fat, plus a brief creamed sweetbreads recipe with butter, flour, cream, and seasonings.
Tomato Cream Toast Breakfast Dish
Three tablespoons butter melt in a saucepan then three tablespoons flour. Stir in half a teaspoon galt and one and a half cups strained tomato with a quarter teaspoon soda. Add half a cup cream. Dip toast slices in the sauce and serve immediately. Also pairs well with scrambled eggs or minced chicken for breakfast.
Cake Baking Rules From Classic Guide
Practical guidance on cake making stressing accuracy and fresh ingredients. It covers oven temperatures for different cake types, egg separation, stirring direction, creaming butter and sugar, drying and flouring fruit, baking powder blending, liner use, and doneness tests. Includes tips on oven heat control and greasing tins.
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Sherman Raps Waterway
Germany
Charles Lamb
Tim Adam
Rinef
Guy de Maupassant
France
J. G. Whittier
Jordan