Christmas Fruit Cookies and Batter Recipes in Crumbs
A fragmented recipe fragment lists preparing batter with chopped green pepper fried in butter then croquettes dipped in egg and crumbs and fried. It includes butter caramel with sugar and cream, boiling, and setting in buttered tins. Also mentions Dublin cockles and a sedate, reflective prose line about grief and the earth. Ends with a cookie recipe: cream butter and sugar, add raisins and cinnamon, roll and cut, with general baking guidance.
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Theo
Dublin
Tempting Christmas Confections
Methods for making Christmas confections: preparing fondant centers with saffron tint, dipping in yellow fondant, and shaping into bells. Also describes boiled sugar candy, sugar and glucose fondant, and cooling and storage for later dipping and use.
Desi t a sng aris tig cage after tamer note
Mme Emmy Destian calms a fierce Nona by singing an aria from Mig non with a woman lion tamer at her side. Destian places a hand on the lion’s head as the animal sits atop the instrument and then departs the cage amid a hush.
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Nona
Mme Emmy’ Destian
Tia
Ela
Mall Shelf Jars Returns Go Off Shelf
On mall shelves jars are reported full and stores stock them. Shoppers note the jars have been restocked and placed on display.
Fashionable gown with skunk fur trim and draped bodice
SULIA BOTTOMLEY notes a gown crafted from maire poplin with a plain skirt and front gathered section edged by a band of skunk fur. The bodice opens at the neck and over the belt, while a velvet hat trimmed with fur completes the up-to-date ensemble.
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Maire Poplin
Sulia Bottomley
Practical Fashions Petticoat Pattern for Misses Sizes 22 to 30
Pattern notice for a Lady's Petticoat in sizes 22 to 30 inch waist. Medium grade requires 2 yards of 36 inch material and 2 yards of 12 inch flouncing. Includes sewing details and material estimates.
Girl's Plaited Dress Pattern 6441 for Ages 6 8 10 12
Dress pattern 6441 for girls in sizes 6 8 10 and 12 years. Medium size uses 2 1/2 yards of 44 inch material with 27 inch contrasting fabric and 4 1/2 yards of braid. Satta Satie ae.
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Satta Satie Ae
Play Apparatus for Boys
A description of a boy using a platform and a forward push to gain momentum then mounting with both feet and steering by shifting body weight to one side. The passage outlines balance, motion, and control during the ride.
Evening coat fashion shown with practical elegance
A long roomy evening coat combines comfort and style in soft cloths or silks. The design favors practical warmth with a velvet bordered neck and optional fur collar, shawl neckpiece, and muff, suitable for cool weather.
Every Young Man Should Learn House Repair and Craft
A period essay urges boys to learn tool use and home repair. With basic lessons they can craft frames cabinets and desks and assist in household purchases. Mastery of trades is framed as essential for practical living and marketing savvy.
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Foster Coates
Duel in the dark ends in sisterly tragedy
Se phie and Olga Lebinoff, sisters in love with the same man, fatally clash in a room using revolvers. One sister is mortally wounded and sent to hospital while the other dies in the confrontation.
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Sephie
Olga Lebinoff
Olga
Hook reveals nerves as Hardeuppe bets on horse show
In Hook, Bo Hardeuppe pawns his diamond shirt studs to enter his horse in the show. Spectators question his confidence and believe Hardeuppe’s tactic signals a hook action.
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Bo Hardeuppe
Hardeuppe
Phrase of Greeting From Lippincott’s Magazine
A man muses on social etiquette asking why he should say hello when the reverse is true. The remark, spoken with clever wryness, reflects social norms in a witty exchange.
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Lippincott's Magazine
Nails Tell Story Denoting Grief and Contention
The piece describes how black spots on nails signify grief and conflict, interpreting nail markings as symbolic of inner turmoil and strife.
Boy Scouts Offer More Initiatives Than Team Sports
In an Outlook piece on The Boy Scouts, Jacob Rite criticizes baseball and football for limiting boys. He argues scouting provides real participation, fostering initiative and character, unlike traditional team games where many sit while few play.
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Jacob Rite
Boy Scouts
The
Outlook
Eaid Froebel
Froebel
Denmark
Lesson for December 21 Joshua 14 Caleb’s inheritance and faith
This lesson reviews Joshua’s campaigns and Caleb’s claim to Hebron, highlighting faith, obedience, and God’s promises. It connects Caleb’s bold petition with the enduring call to seek God’s kingdom and righteousness first, as in Matthew 6.33.
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Joshua
God
Ebal
Moses
Israel
Caleb
Anak
Hebron
Jacob
Jesus
G. Campbell Morgan
Desert insect oddity guards its cacti fence
A quirky note describes a centipede avoiding tarantulas and retreating into the desert. It mentions a cactus fence and a strange habit of the centipede, though many details are unclear and partially garbled.
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Rea
B. W. Wilcox
Confectioger
Spe
Caitlin
Leractite
Reat
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