Yelgar Cunningham Nuptials Celebrate Local Marriage
The marriage of Oliver H. Felgar and Lucy M. Cunningham occurred at the bride s home near Chili on Wednesday evening August 15. Rev M S McCoy officiated as guests packed the house for the ceremony and banquet. The couple will reside on the Felgar farm west of the bride s home. An ensuing reception and social are planned, with announcements of gifts and congratulations from relatives and neighbors.
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Oliver H. Felgar
Lucy M. Cunningham
Chili
W. HH
Felgar
West Point
C. W. Cunningham
M.8. McCoy
Methodist Church of
Bowen
W. H. Felgar
Illinois State Fair Plans to Break Records in Springfield
Preparations are underway for the Illinois State Fair to run Sept 30 to Oct 5 1901 in Springfield. Premiums total 40000 with new classifications and improvements including a 4000 seat Coliseum and a large 175 by 225 foot show ring to enhance exhibitor and visitor viewing. The Machinery Hall extension is also noted as part of the enhancements.
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Springfield
Amore
America
Porcupines in Wisconsin and the strange law protecting them
An argument for Wisconsin porcupine protection argues the animal, despite damaging forests, serves as a lifeline for starving travelers. The piece notes the law imposes penalties for killing porcupines, explains lumber interests push repeal, and concludes the law will long stand despite widespread harm to trees.
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Wisconsin
John Dickinson Sherman
Badger
Bowses
Limberman
Nature
Innocence Abroad and the Montgomery Cliff
A Detroit traveler calls a cliff danger in a foreign land where Montgomery fell. He denounces missing railings and warns of liability for the municipality, while locals and others react with tension and humor at the hotel.
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Montgomery
Innocent
Montcomery
America
Evide
To Keep the House Cool in Hot Weather
Maria Parloa advises in Ladies' Home Journal on cooling a small house. She recommends shading windows with blinds or awnings and ensuring good screening. Remove heavy hangings, lift carpets if possible, and cover floors with linen for light colors to reflect heat.
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Maria Parloa
Ladies’ Home Journal
Practical Home Tips From Everyday Life
Advice on maintaining a well aired house with sun, windows open at key times, and damp-proof cellar care. Also a Peach Shortcake recipe from People’s Home Journal and a quote from Emerson on treating others well. The excerpt weaves household science, cooking, and personality guidance into a single domestic vignette.
Rest in America critic of English railways
An experienced railroad man counters English railways methods in the New York Post. He argues American locomotives consume more coal oil and need more repairs than British ones and mocks English practices of rest and maintenance while praising American urgency and daily use without cooling. He cites Midland railway chairman on engine care and laments Americans’ neglect of rest.
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New York Post
America
Midland Railway
The
Midland
Bishop Cumberland
A Beloved Oak of Athens Owns Itself and Land
A Cincinnati Enquirer note recalls an oak in Athens Georgia that was said to own itself and eight feet of land around it. The tree’s former owner Col W H Jackson reportedly recorded a deed granting the self ownership to protect it after death.
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Athens
Col. W. H. Jackson
Cincinnati Enquirer
Wall Paper Bargains at City Drug and Book Store
The City Drug and Book Store advertises a stock of wall paper of all descriptions at bargain prices as the reason for papering the store.
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City Drug and Book Store
Lemon Amber Cream Recipe for Sour Tart Filling
The passage describes an amber lemon cream dessert praised for nourishment and cooling on hot days. It details steps using an outside double kettle, mixing yolks with sugars, adding lemon juice and rind, boiling water, and folding in whipped whites to create a rich, paste like filling with no butter, suitable for delicate digestions.
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People’s Home Journal
Washington Star
Stuffed Peaches Dessert From Old Washine n Star Recipe
The passage describes preparing stuffed peaches by peeling and coring ripe fruit, steaming until tender, filling with marshmallow, rolling in powdered sugar, and coating with browned almonds. Serve with jelly or candied ginger, and optional Jordan almonds for appearance.
Identification Inquiry Sparks Trade of Clothes
An athletic man asks his wife whose clothes they are. She replies to check the hip pocket, noting smelling salts belong to her and brandy to him. This quirk appears in Leslie's Weekly as a humorous domestic vignette.
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Leslie's Weekly
Oldfashioned Hermit Cookie Recipe
A condensed recipe notes a simple hermit cookie method from Ladies World New York. It lists cream sugar and butter, beat in eggs milk soda and spices, fold in chopped raisins, roll thin and bake quickly.
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Ladies World
New York
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M. E. Church Lawn
Baylis Guide
Baylis
Pike County
Haines
Innocence Abroad
Detroit
Quebec
Emerson
Adam
Ing
Son
Marsh
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