Sheedy Sisters Stir Denver New York Society Romance
Florence Sheedy, sister of Marie, will wed Isaac Townsend Burden Jr following a secret engagement. Rival suitors include Larry Phipps of Denver and Bob Livingston of Europe connections as families crown new alliances amid wealth from mining and banking.
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New York
Sheedy
Colorado
Newport
Denver
Florence Sheedy
Marie
Chicago
Cupid
Bob” Livingston
Bob
Charter Oak
Hartford
Dennis. Sheedy
Denver Country Club
Phipps
Gareer
Young Burden
I. Townsend Burden, Jr
Opera
Burdens
Ninety Second Street
Andrew Carnegie
Knickerbocker, Racquet
Rockaway Hunt
Baltusrol
Harvard
Burden
Hiss
Young Phipps
Pavlova's Mascot Switch From Fido To Alligator Goosh
The New Orleans mayor gave Pavlova an alligator named Goosh who becomes her new mascot aboard the Mauretania. Goosh, 30 inches long, is kept in a collapsible tub and guarded by Pavlova who believes mascots bring luck. Pavlova previously toured with Fido the dog, now replaced, as she heads to London for engagements.
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Fido
Anna Pavlova
Mauretania
London
America
New York Telegraph
Goosh
New Orleans
Pavlova
Mme. Pavlova
Pavlowa
Paviona
Reforming State Prisons in New York
Frank M White notes in World's Work that ten years of reform have overhauled New York prisons. Uniforms replaced striped suits, orderly drill replaces lockstep, hair is trimmed, better crockery used, eye and dental care provided, cells lit by electric light, and infractions lead only to solitary confinement until discipline returns. Corporal punishment has been abolished across penal institutions.
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New York
Frank M White
Country of Small Holdings Reveals Land Use in North China
The article notes no fiber plantations in northern China and describes a country split into small holdings averaging five acres. Each tiny plot is valued for every square foot with boundaries marked by corner stones or small earth mounds, and no land is wasted.
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China
Mock Chicken and Beef Loaf From Cheap Meats
A vintage guide shows how to stretch cheap cuts into meals. Mock chicken, beef loaf, breakfast dish, and meat pie use round steak and pork with simple seasonings and kitchen staples. Each recipe offers steps to simmer, bake, and serve, with storage and variations.
Russian Patties with Oysters in Cream Sauce
A recipe for oyster patties begins with one pint oysters set aside liquor reserved. A sauce is made from butter flour stock oyster liquor cream egg yolks horseradish capers lemon juice salt pepper paprika, then oysters are folded in and heated until plump. Fill patty shells and serve hot.
Spiced Beef Roast for Luncheons and Parties
A ten pound roast beef is rubbed with salt pepper ground allspice and cloves. It sits in two quarts of vinegar for one week then is wrapped in a clean cloth and cooked with the meat juices plus one quart of water for two hours and a quarter. Serve cold sliced thin for luncheons and parties.
Raised Doughnuts
Recipe text describes making raised doughnuts with warm milk sugar lard yeast salt nutmeg eggs and flour. First rise overnight, add flour mold cut jelly shapes roll to half inch, rest near stove to rise, fry in hot lard seven to eight minutes, drain on brown paper and finish with lemon drops.
Luncheon Sandwiches and Butter Recipe Notes
A brief recipe fragment describes luncheon sandwiches using slightly sliced white bread. The filling combines finely chopped celery stalks and an equal amount of cold meat with a mayonnaise dressing folded in. The mixture is spread on bread with a plain buttered slice on top.
May, Sanders & Stingily Passenger Schedule Updated
Official passenger timetable lists Southbound and Northbound trains for Main Line and Columbia Division with departures from Mendenhall Laurel Gulfport Hattiesburg Jackson and connections at Gulfport Columbia Hattiesburg Jackson. Effective December 11 1910.
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May
Hattiesburg
Gulfport
Columbia Division
North Bound
Jackson
North
Mendenhall
Maxie
Columbia
Laurel Branch
Saratoga
Laurel
J Jackson
J, L
Hawley
Auline
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Miss Sheedy
Larry” “Phipps
Lawrence Phipps
Tim. Ry
Academy of the Sisters of Mercy
Wagon Wheel Gap
Papa Phipps
Dennis Sheedy
Rockies
Colorado National Bank
Standard Oil
International Smelting & Refining Company
Pittsburg
Ston
A. J. McLaurin
Brandon
Mississippi
Henry & Henry
Attorneys At Law
Courthouse
S. L. McLaurin
Attorney At Law
Tally Heslep
J. W. Birdsong
Rankin County Bank
C. R. Garraway
J. H. Burnham
Rankin County Bank Building
W. E. McIntyre
Brandon, Miss
Roy L. Fox
Brandon Bank
G. L. Todd, M. D
Cumberland
Florence
Miss
May, Sanders
Stingily
General Passenger Department
Lumberton
Laurel and
Part
W.G. Ellis
Loveless
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company, Incorporated
Sam W. Taylor
Fifth and
New Orleans‘Sts
Hattiesburg, Miss
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