Practical home hints from Comfort Jones at Dorchester
A letter from Comfort Jones in Dorchester Mass offers practical kitchen and housekeeping tips. It covers cream whipping, using leftovers, frosting edges, silver polish, tea timing, choosing tender cuts, salt uses, odor control, drain clearing, tinware prep, and fire safety with flour or sand. It ends with encouragement for frugality and safer cooking for young housekeepers.
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Kate
Jemima
Comfort Jones
Dorchester
Mass
Green Corn Fritters Recipe
Green corn fritters made from one dozen ears pulp pressed with sifted flour milk salt sugar pepper and two egg yolks. Stir in beaten whites and baking powder then fry in hot fat and drain. If using canned corn one egg suffices.
Raspberry Jam and Cotton Batting Sealing Claim
A recipe describes making raspberry jam with raspberries white sugar currant juice and a preserving kettle. It adds sealing in jars with cotton batting and paper while citing Professor Tyndall proving atmospheric worms cannot pass through cotton batting.
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Tyndall
Macaroni Soup Recipe Steps
Three quarts of water are required. Boil one half pound of macaroni until tender, strain, cut into pieces, and combine with three quarts of broth and one quart of gravy. Boil ten minutes. Add crust from two French rolls to the tureen, pour in the soup, and finish with grated cheese and boiled cream.
Lemon Cream Pudding Recipe Steps
Beat four egg yolks with four tablespoons sugar. Stir in juice and rind of one lemon and two tablespoons hot water. Simmer until thickened then remove from heat and fold in four stiffly beaten egg whites with two tablespoons powdered sugar.
Sermon on Food by New Era Cooking School Worcester
James A Ten Eyck praises Shredded Wheat Biscuit as ideal training food for athletes including Ned Ten Eyck the Henley champion. The school urges families to adopt plain natural meals, offers a treatise on proper food and recipes, and invites readers to send name and address for details.
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NEW Era Cooking School
Worcester
Mass
James A. Ten Eyck
Ned” Ten Eyck
England
Ned Ten Eyck
Jackson Street
Dinner Party Dialogue About Wheels and Tires
Two guests at an uptown dinner trade quips on wheels and tires. The exchange mocks brands and prices while the hostess interjects as the debate continues during their meal.
Intelligent French Poodle Enriches Himself After Master Dies
The Gaulois reports a clever poodle who collected charity after his blind master's illness and death. The dog kept the secret of his owner’s passing and was found dead in a cellar with 20,000 francs in Orleans railway bonds hidden beneath him.
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Pont Des Sts. Peres
Bonnets and Wrinkies Spark Debate on Elderly Fashion
The piece notes a forthcoming discussion on round hats for aging women, tracing the ban on younger matrons to today’s 50s and 60s wear. Vogue argues bonnets cause eye strain and wrinkles, worsened by veils, comparing aging female faces under bonnets with men of the same age under hats.
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Vogue
The Turkey Buzzard and The Eyes
A fragment from the Philadelphia Tadaor contrasts the turkey buzzard as a graceful flyer yet an unattractive scavenger while offering eye care advice. It cautions against rubbing the eyes and recommends cold water baths to refresh and maintain healthy eyes with temperature care.
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Philadelphia
Tadaor
Bronzing Copper Medals Taught by Jewelers Circular
The Jewelers' Circular describes a copper bronzing method using verdigris and sal ammoniac in vinegar. The solution is boiled then poured into clean medals to coat. timing is crucial to avoid thick oxide scales and dull surface.
Pin Hidden in Audience Baffled Thought Reader
In Dublin an entertainment features a thought reader who cannot locate a marked pin hid by a Trinity student. The student subtly steals the pin back and, after the reader is blindfolded, the audience is stunned when the student exposes the pin by pulling it from the reader's coat. Scottish Nights.
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Dublin
Trinity
Puzzling Pronoun in Boston Feather Law Sparks Debate
A Boston police chief questions if a woman can be arrested under a millinery feather ban due to the law’s use of the pronoun his. In a separate note a park officer pratfalls a boy cyclist by testing a hot lantern light, reflecting city life and wit.
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Massachusetts
General Martin
Boston
Martin
Philadelphia Press
It Takes Wings
Chauncey M. Depew recalls wealth and decline in New York society. He cites Daniel Drew who died in debt after once holding 19 million, a man who had eight million in the bank later earning about 1200 yearly, and three million in cash alongside other investments. He notes a dozen New York men who once lent for small sums now among the rich.
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Daniel Drew
New York
Chauncey M. Depew
Where Wives Rule In Finland And Liberia
In Finnish villages a religious sect enforces arranged marriages and vows to submit to women who govern. The women select a single head to discipline men for misbehavior. Similar female supremacy is found among Liberia’s Purificants who honor women's authority.
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Finland
Liberia
Hetty Green to Speak at Dallas Texas Home Industry Day
Mrs. Hetty Green will visit the Texas estate fair in Dallas next October invited by the Woman's Home Industry club whose president is Mrs. Barnett Gibbs. She will be entertained by the Texas Woman's council and the Texas Woman's Press club and is expected to address Home Industry day with remarks of special interest.
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Hetty Green
Dallas
Woman's Home Industry Club
First Italian Woman Votes in Italy Report
Galignani's Messenger notes a woman named Olimpia Canzani of Castelverde voted in Italy for her ailing husband. The article praises the first female vote by Deputy d Andrea as a historic milestone for Italian elections.
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Galignani
Italy
Olympia Canzani
Castelvatore
D’ Andrea
Russia shows women criminals outnumber men by sixty percent
Penal statistics in the czarist dominion indicate women offenders exceed men by nearly 60 percent. Most female criminals are unmarried and originate from urban laboring classes.
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Russia
Sinai Copper Mines Reopened After 7,000-Year Gap
Archaeologists report re exploration of ancient Sinai copper mines once used by Egyptians and slaves about 7,000 years ago with abandonment dated around 8,000 years past.
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Sinai
Pick Me Up Delayed Job Offer Clash
A terse exchange from the publication features a worker told there is no job available, followed by a boastful reply that any small task would not alter the picture. The dialogue captures a harsh working climate and clipped negotiations.
Jade Green Rooms for Summer Cottages
Decorator and Furnisher advises careful use of green in rooms with delicate tints. Jade green, paired with liberal white, creates a delightful and agreeable decoration, especially for summer cottages.
Smoothly Lauded as Natural Fisherman by Local Source
Detroit Free Press quotes a source praising Smoothly as an experienced fisherman, calling him one of the most natural and artistic liars the speaker has met, reflecting a skeptical view of his claimed skill.
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Detroit Free Press
Optimistic Bookkeeper Quips on Deficits and Surpluses
A humorous quote presents a bookkeeper noting disorder in books and replying that deficits are sometimes made up by surpluses. The remark frames accounting as a balance of shortages and gains with a light touch.
Community quips on home addition costs
A Chicago Journal quip notes a planned home addition would be too costly, admitting it would cause a large subtraction from the bank account. The remark reflects practical budgeting concerns for homeowners considering renovations.
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Chicago Journal
Silence and Nuptials in Witty Debate
The Detroit Free Press note and London Fun quip joke about ambitions and a deaf mute couple's wedding being a golden wedding. Bertha questions ambition while Marie jokes about a low price and height. The dialogue reflects humor about social norms and marriage.
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Hojec K
Tomdik
Detroit Free Press
Bertha
Marie
London
Vinegar Removes Tartar and Hat Cleaning Tips From Era Text
The article notes tartar on teeth contains animalcules destroyed by vinegar and claims vinegar holds eel like insects. It advises cleaning a white sailor hat with sorrel salt solution, cautioning to avoid distortion while drying in the sun. It also mentions orchestral conductors note flutes are often out of tune with violins. It comments on Hebrew language history and a note about beheaded turtles returning home.
Paul Persuades Asia and Faces Diana Riot at Ephesus
In Acts 19, as Paul spends two years in Ephesus, Demetrius’s craft boom faces disruption from Christian converts. The crowd erupts over pagan Diana worship, Paul’s influence grows, and the city becomes chaotic as followers and opponents clash seeking dominance and faith.
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