Felgar and Cunningham Nuptials at Chili Home
Oliver H. Felgar and Lucy M. Cunningham wed at the bride’s home near Chili at 8 PM on August 15. The ceremony, banquet, and elaborate reception followed, with Rev. M S McCoy officiating and a large gathering of relatives and friends in attendance. The couple will reside on the gis farm west of the serants home.
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Felgar-Cunningham
Oliver H. Felgar
Lucy M. Cunningham
Chili
W. H. Felgar
West Point
C. W. Cunningham
M.S. McCoy
Methodist Church of
Bowen
Measuring Party Attracts Town On Community Lawn
A village event invites residents to a Measuring Party on the M. E. church lawn Thursday evening August 27. Attendees will be served ice cream and cake as organizers test heights with a door or wall measure and charge an extra cent per inch. Baylis Guide from Baylis Pike County praises the paper’s growth and value to locals. May peace and plenty continue to fall to your lot.
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Witind Young
M. E. Clearch Lawn
Baylis Guide
Baylis
Pike County
Brother Haines
Greatest Fair on Earth Seeks Record at Illinois State Fair
Premium lists totaling 40 000 are distributed for the Illinois State Fair at Springfield from Sept 30 to Oct 5 1901. The Coliseum is under construction with 4000 seating capacity and a 175 by 225 feet show ring to improve exhibitor and visitor viewing.
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Springfield
Amore
America
Porcupines in Wisconsin and the odd law protecting them
A passage extols Wisconsin porcupines as life savers for starving travelers. The piece notes the porcupine is protected by state law against killing, explains lumber industry hatred due to tree damage, and argues the animal provides a vital food source in remote forests. It concludes repeal of the law is unlikely.
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Wisconsin
John Dickinson Sherman
Badger
Nature
Innocence Abroad and the Montgomery Cliff
A cheerful American traveler excoriates a cliff overlook in France for lacking safety rails as Montgomery fell there. The group debates responsibility and potential legal action while the guide, English companion, and a French priest react with mixed humor and concern at the hotel later that night.
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Mark Twain
Montgomery
Innocent
America
Montgomery Heirs
Keep The House Cool In Hot Weather
Maria Parloa advises steps to cool a small home in hot weather. Shade windows with blinds or awnings and ensure screens are intact. Remove heavy hangings, lift carpets if possible, and cover with linen to reduce heat.
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Maria Parloa
Ladies’ Home Journal
Practical home care and cooking tips from the past
The piece gives house ventilation advice noting open windows and skylights for airflow and sun, with caution on cellar dampness. It also includes a vintage recipe blending sour cream and flour to make fried sheets, with fruit layers and whipped cream, attributed to People’s Home Journal.
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People’s Home Journal
Give Everybody a Chance Emphatic Emerson Rule
A quotation from Adam Sweet as printed in Woman's Home Companion urges practicing Emerson’s dictum to treat everyone as if they are capable of more. It argues people rise to the expectations set for them and recommends studying each person to see their good in them without prejudice.
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Emerson
Adam
Sweet
Rest versus wear in American locomotives dialogue
An American rail expert quotes the New York Post criticizing English railway methods. He cites higher coal and oil use and more repairs in British locomotives and mocks the Midland railway for overresting engines. He argues Americans endure more wear and avoid rest, even for workers and equipment.
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New York Post
America
Midland Railway
The
Midland
Bishop Cumberland
Beloved Oak in Athens Receives Self Ownership Deed
An Augusta Athens item notes a colossal oak tree in Athens, Georgia that allegedly owns itself and eight feet of surrounding land. The tale records Col. W. H. Jackson transferring to the tree all possession of itself and nearby land to prevent future destruction.
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Athens
Col. W. H. Jackson
Cincinnati Enquirer
Amber Cream Filling From Lemon Pie
A Washington Star inspired recipe for a nourishing amber cream filling. It uses lemon juice and rind, four eggs, granulated sugar, and a hot water bath to cook the meringue. The result is a pale amber, butterless filling ideal for lemon pie and gentle on delicate digestions.
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Washington Star
Stuffed Peaches Dessert And Mrs Camy Rox Dialogue
A nineteenth century fragment describes stuffed peaches by steaming ripe fruit then filling with a marshmallow and almond topping, dusting with powdered sugar and jelly or candied ginger. It ends with a humorous exchange about a daughter taking piano lessons and being highly accomplished.
Means of Identification in a Domestic Dispute
An athletic man questions his wife about clothes in a hip pocket. She answers to look inside and declares if the contents are smelling salts they are hers, if brandy they are his. Item from Leslie's Weekly.
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Leslie
Hermits Recipe Reported From The World In New York
A fragment describes a hermit cookie method: cream together butter eggs and milk then add soda and raisins with spices. The note appears as a kitchen tip from the Ladies World desk in New York.
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Ladie! World
New York
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