Milking, romance, and a farmhouse engagement
Judith confronts her mother and sister over inviting John Harwood to help and to supper. A clandestine courtship unfolds as Judith and John confess love, decide to marry, and plan to milk the cow together while Sylvia confronts jealousy.
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Judith
Father
J John Harwood
Sylvia
Mrs. Simmons
John
John Harwood
Juditha
John Garwood
Upham Center
Chicago Record-Herald
Bismarck Uses Silent Signal Bell at Frankfort Lodging
While staying in a patrician’s house in Frankfort Bismarck asked for a bell to summon his servant. A loud pistol shot from his room alarmed the landlord who found Bismarck calm at his desk smoking. He explained the shot was a harmless signal he would often need, and the bell was installed the next day.
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Bismarck
Frankfort
Longevity of Quakers in Great Britain Noted
The Society of Chosen Friends reports remarkable longevity with average death age in the United Kingdom from 1 to 100 years at 61 years 1 month 7 days. Two women members died over 100 years old.
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Society of Chosen Friends
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Gossiping Women and an Old Man Metaphor
The passage compares gossiping women to miserly men counting money and likens an old man to a furnace in a backyard with long-extinguished fires. It uses sharp, zesty analogies to convey character judgments.
Kaiser Wilhelm in Stained Glass Depicted at Berlin-Area Institute
The Kaiser and Empress are to be shown in glass mosaic at the Koenigswusterhausen for the blind. Funded by Hamburg merchant Hermann Schmidt, the project has Kaiser protections, land donation, and two 5 foot 6 inch figures—one a knight Kaiser, the other Empress as St Elizabeth with bread turning to roses.
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Germany
Institution For the
Koenigswusterhausen
Berlin
Herr Herman Schmidt
Hamburg
St. Elizabeth
Real estate tax ruling on church property and related cases
Recent judicial decisions discuss a parish church property held by a Catholic bishop on trust for a congregation lacking tax exemption. a foreign life insurer withdraws from the state and cannot be served through the superintendent of insurance. and a stock contract with determinable value faces enforcement limits in equity, with note on other authorities on stock sale specific performance.
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McCullough
Institutions of Learning
Foreign Life Insurance Company
Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association
Boyer
Ityan
Child Seeks Warrant Against Father After Kitchen Fight
In a New Orleans scene a young boy, possibly seven to nine, asks the warrant clerk to swear out a warrant against his father. The boy explains the couple fought in the kitchen, his mother pinning the father with a rolling pin, while she cannot attend to swear himself.
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Ireland
Finnegan
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Shipping Crates for Pigs and Trees From the Department
The Breeders Gazette shows shipping crates sized for pigs from eight weeks to three months old with light construction and a feed trough. The Agriculture Department plans to distribute thousands of tree seedlings next year to House members for distribution to constituents to expand artificial forests.
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Breeders’ Gazette
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Division of Forestry
Agricultural Department
House of Representatives
Wilson
Meat as the target of a growing society in the West
A quotation from American Agriculturist argues that the Western public desires meat and that Eastern feeders keep animals growing to the slaughterhouse to shape demand. It warns that feed scarcity will force poorer farmers to sell animals at weaning time to meet winter needs.
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American Agriculturist
Hog care device rubs to kill lice and scales
A historical farming tip describes constructing a hog rubbing post with a stout stake and rope, saturated with coal oil or petroleum. Hogs will rub for relief, and the oil soaks in to kill lice and remove scales, with periodic reapplication advised.
Notes on horse breeding and asparagus handling
The excerpt discusses horse care focusing on rest after feeding, breeding mares in fall, conditioning against weather, cleaning hooves, and diet quality. It also covers asparagus cultivation with advice to avoid cutting weak shoots early and a gardener’s plan to plant female sex plants for stronger first-year shoots.
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Meehan
Cheese Standards Draw Strong Criticism at Ohio Dairymen Meet
Mr. Simon of Wisconsin, an expert judge, attacked irregular Ohio cheese sizes and urged uniform Cheddar and flat cheese weights. He recommended 14 to 14 and a half inch wheels, flats of 32 to 34 pounds, and Cheddars 45 to 50 pounds. He also criticized loose bandages for mold risk and said skim cheese hurts trade in the long run.
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Simon
Ohio Dairymen
Wisconsin
Ohio
Farm group rules and slop barrel critique in the Grange article
The piece urges Grange members to attend meetings regularly and prepare business in advance, stressing promptness and open sessions. It argues the Slop Barrel is a nuisance and condemns hog feeding practices, calling for natural feeding and efficient farm management.
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Grange School
4 Grange
Grange
Spraying Peach Trees With Bordeaux Mixture Report
Maryland Station Bulletin notes that Bordeaux mixtures with bluestone at three pounds per barrel used last May may injure foliage but not cause serious harm. Two pounds per barrel applied late June also shows limited damage. Black spot largely prevented and fruit texture and size improved with two to three applications, continue until fruit ripens.
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Bordeaux
Maryland Station Bulletin
No Fence Law Highlighted by Cosmopolitan
The Cosmopolitan cites a no fence law advantage and reveals Indiana holds fences valued at 200 million dollars. If laid in a single line the fences would circle the globe fourteen times, underscoring vast capital tied up in fencing nationwide.
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Cosmopolitan
Indiana
United States
Boxing Cheeses Box Fitting and Labeling Guidance
Instructions specify placing cheese in well fitting boxes with sides cut to half an inch lower than the cheese. The weight must be stamped near the seam and all marks applied uniformly on every box.
Exercise for Hogs to Improve Pork Quality
Hog care guidance notes exercise boosts meat quality. It argues that a lazy hog may fatten faster but the flesh will be poorer, stressing activity as a factor in desirable texture and flavor.
Origins of common food names traced to peoples and places
The sandwich is named after the Earl of Sandwich. Mulligatawny derives from an East Indian term meaning pepper water. Waffle comes from a Teutonic word meaning honeycomb. Hominy from anhuminae the North American term for parched corn. Succotash borrowed from Narragansett and called m'sickquatash. Blanc-mange means white food. Charlotte is from Charlyt meaning custard. charlotte russe is a Russian variant.
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Sandwich
Hints on Housekeeping and Food Prep Variations
A compilation of kitchen tips on date stuffing with marshmallows and using fruit rind carefully, plus methods for preparing canned peas, pineapple selection, and storage tips. It includes guidance on squeezing citrus, straining juice, and preparing celery salad and spinach as spring dishes with basic dressings and serving suggestions.
Cake and cornmeal notes from old cooking guidance
A kitchen column discusses cake making with milk for firmer texture and water for tenderness, warns against extreme temperatures and opening the oven early, and contrasts yellow versus white cornmeal in New England and the South, citing Ella Morris Kretschmar in Good Housekeeping.
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New England States
New England
South
West
Ella Morris Kretschmar
Dainty Desserts Include Apple Perfumed Syrup Dish
Cook a clarified apple dessert by par boiling green apples in water then finishing in a lemon scented sugar syrup until almost transparent. Serve with fresh sponge cake. Also described is a Cream mushroom dessert using meringue to imitate fungi in cups.
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Chicago American
Indian Meal Soup as Hasty Pudding with Pork Scraps
A preparation guide describes making Indian meal soup as a hasty pudding and thinning with hot milk to a creamy consistency. It suggests serving with crisp pork scraps cut small and adds that small dice of bread fried like doughnuts are good with it.
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