American Cookery Through the 19th Century Refrigerator Notes
A fragment from an 1880s New York ledger shows home remedies and menus from the era. Recipes feature sturgeon in the Hudson, cornmeal dishes like Sweet Potato Pone, turnips with browned sugar, and simple cautions such as using chalk on soap spots. The text places household management in a growing American cookbook culture with Amelia Simmons and Mary Randolph as early benchmarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Hudson
Washington
Mary Randolph
England
Out of the Stacks Library Film Program Evaluation
The Bennington library studied its high quality feature film program after collecting questionnaires. Attendance surpassed expectations with fifty or more at each screening and sixty for Rebecca and The 39 Steps. The audience spanned all ages and included many nonmembers from outside Bennington, indicating broad interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca
Bennington
Equal Time Voices on Daughters, Names, and Family Roles
A public Q and A panel covers valuing daughters vs sons, dowry customs, name changes on licenses, dual phone listings, and handling gifts in relationships. It includes advice on negotiating financial roles, speaking frankly with friends, and balancing giving and receiving in long friendships. The column notes legal and policy hints and cites ongoing inquiries to utilities boards and future discussions with Vermont officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
India
Public Service Board
Bennington
Governor's Commission On the Status of Women
Montpelier
School lunch and open house plus college leadership news
The issue lists weekly school lunch menus for Arlington North Bennington Mt. Anthony Union and others with no school Friday. It also reports an open house of the Bennington Rutland Model Railroad Club at Park McCullough House with prizes and films, and announces Dr Leinwand taking over Aug 1 as president emeritus choice and notes his background and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leinwand
Bernard M. Baruch College
School of Education
New York City
Oregon College of Education
OCE
Monmouth
State Board of Education
Oregon Statesman
Roy E. Lieuallen
Leonard Rice
Joseph T. Hatfield
Arts and Sciences
Central Missouri State University
Warrensburg
James V. Mitchell Jr
Bennington-Rutland Model Railroad Club
Park-McCullough
North Bennington
Dr. Rice
Dr. Leinwand
Louis B. Perry
Portland
Rice
Baruch
City University of New York
CUNY
New York
City College
Perry
Oregon
Also Mentioned on This Page
West Arlington
Larry
Hartford
Conn
Amelia Simmons
Amelia
the Library
Constance L. Kite
Governor’s Commission On the Status of Women
Motor Vehicles
Jerry Leinwand
Selma Fienberg
Max Fienberg
Home Furniture Company
Arlington
Mt. Anthony Union Bennington
Pownal Woodford
Frankfurt
Shaftsbury
America
City College of New York
New York University
Columbia University
Open Admissions Policy Council
The
Anti-Defamation League
Science Research Associates
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Ohio
Philadelphia
Gerald Leinwand
Teachers College, Ball State University
Muncie, Ind
Nicholi
Bennington’s Health Food Center
North
Vermont
Harold W. Humphrey
Temple Brothers
Larry J. Callander
Bennington Area
Temple Brothers of Rutland, Inc
Jim Whitman
Intown Restaurant
Japan
Catherine of England
SEA Monster
Main St
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