Private Soldier Recalls Chickamauga Day Two Battle
A Fifteenth Pennsylvania cavalry trooper recounts dawn at Rosecrans HQ and a pivotal September 20 during the second Chickamauga day. He describes carrying orders to Gen Thomas, the calm resolve of the Union commander, and the brutal, relentless fighting as Bragg and Longstreet assault the line.
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Fifteenth
Pennsylvania Cavalry
Jack
Chickamauga
Rosecrans
Glenn
Fifteenth Pennsylvania
Brage
Longstreet
Gen. Rosecrans
Gen. Thomas
Chattanooga
Thermies
Kattanooga
Tullahoma
War Office
Grant
Sherman
Conederates
Burnide
Longtreet
Wood
Howell
Crows As Weather Prophets Foretell Snow Storm
Mrs Eliza Goff of East Hampton Conn notes crows gather near a pasture before storms. A circle forms with elder birds leading the meeting while others caw and flap, then the flock disperses. She has kept records and says snow always falls within 12 hours of these gatherings.
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Eliza Goff
East Hampton
Conn
Wifely Zeal Led to Embarrassment in Subway
A New York merchant recalls a comic morning on the subway when a dignified man, mistaken socks for a handkerchief, blushed and explained his wife’s habit of packing dry socks in his pocket for wet feet.
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New York
Rector Street
Caruso Began Singing For Very Little Pay
Signor Caruso, now famed, earned only about 20 cents a week for singing in a Naples church choir as his first salary. His father, a mechanic, opposed a professional singing career and urged him to pursue another job.
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Signor Caruso
Sig. Caruso
Caruso
Naples
Fried bread delights northern breakfast readers
New York Times notes fried bread in New Orleans French market stalls contrasts with northern breakfasts. The piece describes making oblong dough pieces fried to a doughnut brown, served with coffee and butter, and presents the Cuban royalda as a breakfast option with flour yolks lard and light dough fried to serve hot, optionally dusted with sugar.
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New Orleans
New York Times
Cuba
Cottage Cheese Preparations From Simple Curd
Instructions describe making cottage cheese from clabbered milk then using the curd in breakfast luncheon and salad dishes. Variants include buttered melted curd with egg, melted cream cheese mold with ice box, cream and salt with maraschino cherries or raisins, and a cheese salad on lettuce with mayonnaise and bread slices.
Dressing for the Salad Recipe Steps and Timing
An ice cold bowl is rubbed with garlic and a crust of French bread. A dressing is made using salt pepper paprika olive oil lemon juice and a touch of vinegar then poured over a fresh pepper and the salad. The recipe serves two portions and rests five minutes before serving.
Southern Eggnog Recipe Steps with Whisky and Nutmeg
Compound the drink by mixing one spoon sugar one spoon whisky and milk with cream. Separate and beat yolks then fold in whites and sugar gradually. Add milk and cream to yolks, whisky mix, then gently combine. Fill glasses and grate nutmeg on top.
Spanish Beans Preparation Instructions
Soak two and a half cups of small red beans overnight, then simmer in fresh water for two hours. Fry two onions in olive oil until delicate brown, add two deseeded chili peppers and salt. Combine with beans, cook slowly two and a half hours, then stir in a tablespoon of vinegar. Keeps well and improves when reheated.
Remnants of Ham with Peas Recipe
Cut ham into small cubes and measure equal parts peas. Rinse canned peas, drain, and mix with ham. For 1 1/2 cups mixture add 1 cup white sauce with lemon juice nutmeg cayenne and salt. Beat an egg, fold in, and bake in a buttered dish topped with buttered crumbs until browned.
Vanilla Ice Cream with Cherry Syrup Recipe
A recipe from Harper's Bazar instructs draining a half can of cherries, boiling the juice with sugar into a thick syrup, pouring hot over the cherries, cooling, and serving with plain vanilla ice cream. The syrup may include a splash of sherry.
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Harper's Bazar
Parsnip Raisin Pie Method For Six Servings
A historical recipe instructs boiling ten parsnips until tender then peeling mashing and mixing with salt pepper and butter. Fold in seedless raisins mold into pones and bake until brown. Serve hot with roast beef gravy or drawn butter. yields six servings.
To Remove Stains From Enamel
To clean and remove all stains from enamel rub well with salt moistened with vinegar. This will clean equally well enameled pots and pans, no matter how burnt or discolored.
Indian Curry Recipe From Historic Menu Notes
Take 14 percent pounds of mutton and simmer with pepper and salt until tender. Boil one pound of rice separately. In another pan melt butter and lard then fry a large onion for a minute. Add curry powder, then broth from the mutton and thicken with flour. Stir in shredded coconut and lemon juice, pour over the meat. Garnish rice with fried raisins and almonds. a sliced banana with each portion makes a wholesome meal.
Sweetbreads with Peas Recipe and Sauce
Take three pairs of sweetbreads and cut each into four slices. Season with salt and pepper and roll in flour. Fry in butter in a porcelain pan five to six minutes per side. Plate hot and cover with a sauce of butter lemon juice salt and white pepper. Center the platter with heated peas in butter.
Sweetbread Patties
Sweetbreads cooked until tender, chopped fine with salt and pepper. Use cooking water with cream butter and flour to make a dressing, add chopped sweetbreads, and fold in three finely chopped hard boiled eggs. Fill heated patty shells or paper shells before serving.
Simple Ventilating Device for Double Windows
A method to ventilate a room with double windows by drilling holes in the lower outer frame edge, fitting cork stoppers, then raising the inner window and removing the corks to admit fresh air. This device, from Ladies' Home Journal, uses removable corks to control airflow.
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Prune Jelly Molded with Prunes and Lemon
A simple recipe combines pulverized gelatine soaked in water with hot prunes and their juice, sweetened to taste. Add lemon flavor, pour into a mold, chill until firm, and serve with whipped cream.
Apricot Gelatine Ring with Apricots and Lemon Jelly
A kitchen note describes half a can of apricots halved and arranged, then a lemon jelly made with a single Ieuan, mixed while warm and poured into a ring mold. The dish is served chilled with cream.
Spring Fashion Notes Highlight Gowns And Accessories
A set of spring fashion items features nile green panne velvet coats with matching cord trimming, velvet skirts in lighter voile shades, and gray velvet ensembles with checked skirts. Linen collars in blue pink gray and leaf green show embroidery on white edges. Mulberry colored outfits and mirage silk for dresses are discussed with new hat ribbons featuring white polka dots on dark backdrops. Net bows and wired additions replace ribbon bows on silk hats, while empire gowns and lace slips gain favor. heat from curling irons risks hair dryness, suggesting patent wavers or liquid preparations instead.
Enamel Jewelry Becomes Popular Among Women in Early 20th Century
The piece notes a rise in enamel work among women, highlighting large brooches and pendants inspired by old paste designs. Items imitate flowers, floors, and fruit with gold wire, pearls for grapes, and emerald greens, reflecting period style and craftsmanship.
Spring fashion trends use gilt quills and woven trims
Golden quills top spring hats and new silk or chiffon quills on wire frames provide durable, wind resistant decoration. Underclothes shift toward combination pieces with corset covers and petti coats joined at the waist by circular bodice and skirt designs, a stylish but demanding look for negligees.
Velvet gown and bang trends in early fashion notes
A vivid description praises a saxe blue velvet gown with mauve highlights, heavy purple silk net, and a Flanders paint jabot. It explains bangs returning as soft pincurls resting below a pompadour, distinct from old crimped styles, predicting wider adoption in coming days.
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Flanders
Fashion notes on spring dresses and silhouettes
The piece describes long narrow shoes and velvet tops, a threatened but non imminent wasp waist, spring lengthened waists, skin tight sleeves in Paris, and black ermine tail trims. Tunics are long and flowing. linen lawns remain favored. elbow length sleeves with small puffs appear on dressy silk blouses. lace gowns stay white with rose and green options.
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Paris
Lucky Stones on Shoe Buckles
Birthstone buckles and tiny jeweled emblems become a fashion note as girls wear stones in buckles and even umbrella handles. Jewelers offer dainty bluestones agate or sardonyx set in oxidized gold buckles reflecting playful superstitions about fate and personal adornment.
Hats with Lace Ruffles Add Spring Flair
Hats feature lace ruffles sewn inside at the crown and brim join. The ruffle falls over the hair, creating an attractive and becoming detail for spring headwear.
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Chickamauga Battlefield
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