Emigrant Train Scenes From Russia to Siberia
A Chicago Daily News writer describes a long emigrant train bound for Amur land. He contrasts lush hill country and wildflowers with crowded horse boxes housing families, animals, and ruffians, noting stark contrasts between cleanliness in a hospital car and filth in other compartments.
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Virginia
Western Curia
Bassett Digby
Chicago Daily News
Liaoyang
Tsitsitcar
Iceland
Amur Land
Vladivostok
Siberia
Canada
Russia
Mde
Works on Schedule Cooking for the Week
A house mother outlines a heat efficient weekly plan using a fireless cooker and oil stove. Saturday baking covers the week with roasted meat, cakes, pies, and puddings. Sunday cold roast with chili jelly. aspic meat on Monday. fireless cooking for two days on Tuesday. leftovers turned into pressed beef on Wednesday. Thursday chops or cutters. Friday fish. desserts include jellies Bavarian cream and chilled desserts.
Rhubarb Preservation Method Shared by Exchange
A reader describes preserving rhubarb by washing slicing inch pieces, packing jars, filling with cold water to overflow, and wetting rubber seals. The method uses juice to seal the lid, ensuring jars remain closed despite loose wire fasteners, with no fruit loss reported.
Corn Cakes From One Half Can Of Corn
Combine half a can of corn with one egg. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in bread crumbs until thickened, then rest 20 minutes. The batter should drop from a spoon thick and not runny. If needed add crumbs. Fry in bacon fat as small cakes until brown and crisp on both sides. Serve with bacon for breakfast.
Artistic Porch Pillows From Burlap and Silk Strips
Natural burlap covers porch pillows with bright silk strips sewn in half inch stitches to form interlaced squares triangles or a swastika. A half dozen covers can be made in an afternoon and look striking on a porch settee or hammock at a summer bungalow.
Split Pea Soup Preparation Notes
Split peas are simmered in four quarts of water with onion celery salt and pepper until tender. After four hours rub through a sieve and serve hot.
To Brighten Paint Using Water Soak and Flax Seed Bag
Instructions describe keeping varnished paint bright by soaking in water, filling a bag with flax seed, and then using the bag with a cloth to clean the paint. The method emphasizes moisture and gentle rubbing to restore shine.
Glacier National Park Opens Glaciers to American Women Adventurers
The article describes Glacier National Park opened by act of Congress in 1910 offering glacier climbing as a new sport for American women. It highlights Sperry, Blackfoot, Harrison, Pumpelly, Red Eagle, Chaney glaciers, crevasses, avalanches, and scenic cascades. notes agencies with guides and horses, two day trips to Sherry glacier, and the park’s 915000 acres with many undisturbed trails and waterfalls.
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Glacier National Park
Uncle Sam
Switzerland
Canadian Rockies
America
New Park
Blackfoot
Harrison
Pumpelly
Red Eagle
Sperry
Chaney
Glacier Park
Lake McDonald
Belton
Park
Sherry Glacier
Avalanche
Avalanche Lake
Ostracism in Ancient Greece A civic exile concept
The article explains ostracism in early Greek republics. Citizens voted on powerful individuals seen as threats and the senate issued exile to protect the state. Names were written on oyster shells, a primitive recall mechanism applied to both insiders and outsiders.
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Greece
Senate
Christian Herald
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