Wheat and Chaff from a Southern Missionary Diary
The author recounts seven months away from home with time in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Austin Texas. He notes mild Texas winter, abundant rain after two dry seasons, and describes open-air services, strong preaching, friendly Texans, and lively singing. He contrasts Covington Indiana with the Wabash valley and laments the reintroduction of saloons, condemning alcohol and sin, signed A. Ellmore.
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Kansas
Oklahoma
Austin
Texas
Indiana
Covington
Wabash
Lafayette
Terre Haute
A. Ellmore
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Endorsed by Drug Firm
A Pasadena drug firm recommends Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as an efficient non narcotic expectorant suitable for children. The letter from C H Ward Drug Co plus secretary C L Parsons praises its rapid cold relief without nausea or digestion issues. The ad urges purchase of the yellow package from all druggists.
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Pasadena
Cal
Foley & Co
Foley
C. H. Ward Drug Co
C. L. Parsons, Sec. and
Treas
All Draggiata
Ironing Made Easy with Asbestos and Irons
The article touts a detachable hood to prevent heat from the handle and a hot bottom that stays flat for a perfect surface. It promises a clean top and sides, an easy grip, and a straightforward guarantee for the asbestos iron.
Misfit Advice Elevator Punchline
A humorous quip replies to a moralist by claiming the speaker runs an elevator, illustrating a playful clash between lofty guidance and practical work. The exchange turns on wit about climbing up versus going down and making life work.
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Walt Mason
Emporia Gazette
Romans used universal shorthand in ancient schools
Romans taught a shorthand system widely in schools with the Emperor Titus noted as an expert. The claim highlights a classical method of rapid writing said to be mastered by rulers and scholars of the era.
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Titus
Meilett Advocate Publisher Buys New Ross Herald
Wallace Wade owner and publisher of the Meilett advocate has purchased the New Ross Herald. He contemplates its future as the Herald has failed to prosper due to small territory and weak advertising support.
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Wallace Wade
Meilett Advocate
New Ross Herald
Allen's Foot Base antiseptic powder ad cures foot pain
In a Pinch Use Allen's Foot Base. The antiseptic powder to shake into your shoes. Relieves hot tired aching swollen feet and sweating. Takes the sting out of corns and bunions. Sold everywhere 25¢. Simple free address A B Olmsted LeRoy NY.
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LeRoy. N. Y
Stone Bluff and Nearby Highlights from Stone Bluff Area
Stone Bluff: Van Buren township commencement at Veedersburg with many Stone Bluff graduates. Shawnee Telephone Co stockholders met in Stone Bluff. about fifty attended. Visits by James DeLong of Chicago and several Covington residents. Ripples show made its annual appearance. Stone Bluff ball team to play Hillspoor on Sunday. Old Fellows and veterans to honor the dead with services at Osborn Prairie west of town.
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van Buren Township
Veedersburg
Stone Bluff
Shawnee Telephone Company
Osborn Prairie
Bucklen’s Amnica Salve Endorsed by carpenter Lopez
E. A. Lopez of Manila New York a carpenter carries Bucklen’s Amnica Salve and praises its healing for wounds burns boils and skin ailments. He claims it heals all cat wounds and sores rapidly and notes the salve sells for 25 cents at druggists.
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Bucklen
Lopez
Manilla
N.Y
Forest Hill Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits
Forest Hill residents report multiple calls and visits this week. Oliver Jones and family called on Will Madarea. Ira Murphy visited Esta Bever. Ida Vanpelt and E L Williams did business in State Line. Joe and Elmer Lape conducted affairs in State Line. Minnie Parker and family visited Lucy Lape in Danville. Mary Clem called on Gano Murphy. Charley Clem traveled to Covington. Carl Jones and wife stayed with Will Madarea. Murphy family in town. Mrs Lisha Brown honored with a community gathering. Jim Madarea hauled to town. Charley Clem finished planting corn.
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Mary Clem
Gano Murphy
Charley Clem
Covington
Java
Murphy
Will Madarea
Forest Hill
Lisha Brown
State Line
Ella Beaver
Esta
Laura
Will Madera
Jim Madarea
Old Ways With Apples Tell How To Fry Bake And Caramel
A 19th century style cookery note presents several apple preparations. It covers making a cold apple puree with lemon rind and eggs, serving with cream, frying sliced tart apples in butter, and a caramel method with brown sugar cream and flour.
Culinary Hints for Fruit Salads and Garnishes
A vintage guide recommends marinating fruit salads in French dressing and serving with mayonnaise. It notes large shared pates for guests, with mushrooms oysters or creamed sweetbreads, and suggests small biscuits for formal use. It offers a walnut and grape salad, and advises on dandelion greens as a spring salad ingredient with bacon in a beet or deviled egg context.
Macaroni and Bacon Bake Recipe
A recipe describes cooking macaroni with rashers of bacon tomatoes and cheese. Layer boiled macaroni and chopped tomatoes with pepper salt cheese and butter, top with breadcrumbs and bake then serve with fried bacon slices.
Coffee Cake Recipe Steps From Historic Card
A kitchen note outlines a coffee cream cake with sugar flour eggs baking powder salt lemon or jemon, butter, cocoanut, and cold coffee. It details melting butter, adding eggs, milk and coffee, baking in three layers, and a milk flour egg filling boiled in a double boiler.
Tarragon Sauce Recipe Steps and Serving Ideas
A recipe for tarragon sauce describes beating one egg yolk with a teaspoon of tarragon vinegar. Stir into half a pint of melted butter off the heat, then continue stirring to prevent curdling. Add a large teaspoon of finely chopped fresh tarragon and serve with fish vegetables or dressed eggs.
A Cooking Hint for Cookie Rolling with Muslin
A tip advises pinning muslin over the bread board and flouring it to roll dough very soft and thin. Wrapping a piece of muslin around the rolling pin is also suggested as an improvement.
Paid the Prisoner’s Fine on a Philadelphian Train
A Norristown express car stalled by a handcuffed prisoner drew sympathy at Manayunk and Conshohocken as twenty men pitched in a $50 collection to cover the man’s fine and liberation. One traveler balked claiming the same ruse was used on another train.
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Norristown
Columbia Avenue
Manayunk Station
Lim
Hls
Conshohocken Station
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Times
Peril of the Mahdi: a feared fanatical leader risks Africa
The piece warns of a growing mahdi driven rebellion led by the Senoussi sect with 8 million followers in North Africa and the Sahara, capable of spreading terror if it gains wider reach, as dervish uprisings threaten Christians.
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Africa
Allah
Sudan
Mabdi
Sahara Desert
North
Arabia
Wide World Magazine
Eeeames
Strange Middle Names in Notable British Writers
The London Chronicle analyzes authors including Doyle and Conan Chesterton with middle names, Pinero with Wing, Howland as Dean, and Wymark under Jacobs. It notes J K Jerome’s missing Klapka initial, Rider Haggard’s frank naming, and Pett Ridge using both his own names linking to a hilltop in southwest England.
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Hazard
Doyle
Conan
Chesterton
Keith
Pinero
W. D. Howland
Dean
W. W. Jacobs
Wymark
J. K. Jerome
Klapka
Rider Haggard
Frank
Mr. Pett Ridge
England
London Chronicle
Army of Wild Ponies Roanoke Island Banks News Feature
Describes wild ponies on North Carolina lagoon sand banks descended from Sir Walter Raleigh era horses. Notes sea oats grow abundantly as green or ripe forage and estimates more than 3,000 ponies roaming the banks.
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North Carolina
Sir Walter Raleigh
Roanoke Island
Shoes With Toes Novelty Aids Toe Separation
A German footwear novelty features partitions to separate the toes. The shoe interior presses softly at the base of the toes to improve walking thrust and prevent jammed toes. Proponents claim it will prevent foot deformities and make walking more comfortable.
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Germany
Four New Members Added to the French Academy
The French Academy of Immortals announced four new names joining its ranks M de Regnier a poet General Langlois a man of letters Henri Roujon ex director of Beaux Arts and Denis Cochin a man of letters The academy now reaches its full forty members for the first time in several years
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French Academy of Immortals
M. de Regnier
General Langlois
Henri Roujon
The
Beaux Arts
Denis Cochin
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Draggista
Christie
Department of Agricultural Extension
Purdue University
Hanelf
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Rhodes
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J.H. Sailor
Covington, Ind
M. E. Church
UCED
NEW York Central Lines
Lfa
C, Kaufman
Agt
Bright
Allen
James DeLong
Chicago
Charles Shepherd
Miss McMahon
George Crane
Lawrence
Wingate
Nellie Trenary
Illinois
Chas. Mallett and Family
H. G. Peyton
Ripples
Hillsporo
Alta Goddard
Hester Goddard
Will Colvers
Attica
Oliver Jones
Ira Murphy
Ida Vanpelt
E. L. Williams
Joe
Elmer Lape
State Linz
Minnie Parker
Danville
Lucy Lape
Carl Jones
Dandelions
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