Comfort Jones Advice for Impressing a Wealthy Uncle
A letter from COMFORT JONES offers a one day menu plan for breakfast lunch and supper to charm a rich but fussy uncle. It includes specific recipes for chipped beef in cream potato chowder scallop of lamb fruit harlequin and desserts along with presentation tips and napkin folding advice. The author urges informal seasonal decor with simple flowers and emphasizes first impressions.
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John Creighton
Skowhegan
Maine
John
Comfort Jones
Five oClock Sandwiches
Dainty fruit sandwiches are a novelty for afternoon. Cut bread thin and butter lightly. Spread chopped raisins dates or candied cherries moistened with orange juice. Roll and tie with Raby ribbon. When served with light refreshments and lemonade.
Blueberry Pudding with Buttered Bread Layers
A simple cold pudding method with blueberries and a little water and sugar. Layer buttered stale bread and stewed berries in a dish, finish with berries on top, and serve cold with thick cream and sugar. Huckleberries and blackberries work well too.
Bread Pudding Recipe Tip for Home Bakers
Simple bread pudding method uses two cups bread crumbs one half cup sugar one teaspoon cinnamon one quart milk and two or three eggs. Scald milk pour over crumbs mash when cool add sugar eggs cinnamon salt bake until custard sets and serve with sweet sauce. Sprinkle currants or raisins but not too many.
Rice Waffles with Rich Batter Mix
A simple batter uses one cup bowled rice one pint sweet milk two eggs two teaspoonfuls Cleveland's Superior Baking Powder one teaspoonful salt butter the size of a walnut and flour to thin the mixture.
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Cleveland
Stuffed Eggs for Picnics and Lunches
Shell and halve eggs, remove yolks, mash with butter pepper and a touch of vinegar. Refill whites, shape neatly. For picnics keep in shells and place a speck of green in the opening for lunch presentations.
Potato Pone Recipe From Mrs Owens
A recipe card lists ingredients for potato pone including one pint grated raw sweet potato two tablespoons Cottolene three eggs one cup syrup one teaspoon soda dissolved in half cup water and cake batter like flour. Bake in a deep pan then allow to cool in the oven.
Sermon on Food by Worcester New Era Cooking School
James A. Ten Eyck praises Shredded Wheat Biscuit as ideal training food for boys and champions. He cites Ned Ten Eyck as a well built example and urges mothers to provide proper food, offering a treatise and recipes from the New Era Cooking School at 57 Jackson Street, Worcester.
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NEW Era Cooking School
Worcester
Mass
James A
Len Eyck
Ned” Ten Eyck
England
Oearsman
Ned Ten Eyck
Jackson Street
Syndicate scheme discussed in Punch sketch
In a London Punch scene after lunch a group of men plan a £500 000 syndicate. They debate capital, shares, underwriting, and a formal prospectus while joking over a vague end goal and the elusive name, then adjourn.
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London Punch
The Best Known Face Queen Victoria Worldwide
A Boston Herald summary notes Queen Victoria is the most reproduced figure in history with vast numbers of photographs stamps and coinage bearing her likeness. It estimates hundreds of millions of postal items and coins featuring her image have circulated globally, claiming a face recognized by every person.
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Boston Herald
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Wise Captures Crowd With Circus Temptation
Ex Representative George D Wise of Richmond, noted for his southern campaign skills, briefly lost his Hanover courthouse audience when a fakir drew attention with circus tent freaks. He regained control by shouting a lure to see the show and then returned to his political speech.
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George D. Wise
Richmond
Colonel Sinnott
Capitol
South
Wise
Hanover
Mr. Wise
Washington Post
Mother Panics Over Telegram from Son in New York
Louisville newspaper quotes a telegram from a son in New York asking for money after saying he is injured. The mother reacts with distress and pleads for funds, imagining a serious accident and requesting immediate wire transfers to cover medical care.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
New York
The Other Way and Moss It In Street Car Scene
A fragment mix cites a violin of social scene and a note on Rice as Japan’s key crop. It mentions women in a streetcar and Fern remarking on head turning. The passage blends urban observation with agricultural fact.
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Moss
Fern
Philadelphia
Arabian merchant opens first drug store in 745 A D
Al Mansur the Arabian opens the first drug store in the year 745 A D according to local records. The note identifies Mansur as the founder and marks a milestone in early commerce.
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al Mansur
Little Alaskan Maiden Parsha Block Comes to Chicago for Education
An 11 year old Alaskan girl from Attu arrives in Chicago to study and live with Mr. and Mrs. H. Barber at 83025 Calumet Avenue. Portus B. Weare sponsors her education after meeting Parsha at Unalaska mission school. Her companions from Jessie Lee mission accompany. Parsha aims to learn to ride a bicycle as a sign of adaptation.
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Chicago
Parsha Block
Attu
United States
Parsha
H. Barber
Calumet Avenue
Portus B. Weare
Jessie Lee
Unalaska Island
Carlisle School For
Pennsylvania
Sosipatra Suvaroff
Palagie Tutikoff
Endocia Sedick
Annie Reinkin
Doris Reinkin
Miss Mellor
Mission School
Little Parsha
Aleutian Islands
Mr. Weare
Chicago Post
Ancient crocodile specimen and slum aid in London
A 2000 year old crocodile at the British Museum with a family of hatchlings is described from Exchange. The piece notes Egyptian worship of crocodiles and ritual burials. A New York Commercial report on Miss Meredith Brown’s London slum work details women living among savaged slums to aid factory girls, despite health tolls.
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British Museum
Pyramids
London
Meredith Brown
New York
Chicago
Miss Brown
Salvation Army
New York Commercial
Marion's Excuse Poem About Maid Marion
A four year old girl named Maid Marion irons a doll gown on a Sunday. Nurse objects saying no work on the Lord's day. The girl replies the iron is not hot, implying divine awareness. Poetic verse by Elizabeth W. Bellamy published in Wide Awake.
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Marion
Nurse
Elizabeth W. Bellamy
A Million Stamps Measured in Weights and Distances
A million postage stamps weigh 64 pounds and, linked in a line, would span 15 miles 4,183 feet. They could cover 5,200 square feet, stack to 125 feet high, and require 4 weeks 8 days 7 hours 40 minutes to count at one per second with ten hours daily.
A Society Mystery Unfolds Over a Wedding
In a New York Weekly note the society circles discuss Mrs de Fashion So Clara Pretty marrying Mr Noble despite his poverty. The bride explains she loves him, while Mrs de Style and others view the union as puzzling and perplexing to society. Mr Noble asks why she married him in a parlor car of a fast express train.
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Mr. Noble
Scar System Used by Army To Identify Men
The Washington Star explains a simple Nat ural method used by the War Department to identify soldiers. A recruit is measured and photographed by two outlines front and rear and every scar or birthmark is recorded on a card. Each man has at least three scars with seven to eight common. some reach eighty or more, ensuring unique combinations of height weight and scar pattern.
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Sam
War Department
Washington Star
Counterfeit Half Dollar Sparked Pedestrian Exchange
A Chicago Tribune account recalls a sequence where a woman tries to pass a counterfeit half dollar in change for shoes bought at 3.50. The merchant initially accepts after questioning then refuses after further inspection, noting the coin is fake.
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Chicago Tribune
Ministering to the Saints: Paul’s exhortations and examples
The lesson extols the privilege of ministering to others, citing Christ’s example. It urges genuine zeal, readiness to give, and cheerful offerings, urging trust in God’s sufficiency to supply seed and blessing for every good work. It notes the need for sincerity, readiness, and the transformation promised by grace.
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God
Father
Paul
Titus
Christ
Corinth
Macedonia
John
Jesus
Jesus Christ
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