Elkhart Presby Church Holds Last Service in Old Edifice
J D Devor recounts the church’s early trials and growth in Elkhart as the First Presbyterian marks its farewell to the Second Street building. A large crowd filled the venue with overflow in the balcony while preparations began for a new church, with worship moving to the G A R hall during demolition.
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First Presbyterian Church
J. D. Devor
Devor
Elkhart
Methodist Church
Main and
Jefferson Street
Tammany Hall
Mr. Devor
South Bend
High Street
Presbyterian Church
Samuel Davey
Main
Jackson Streets
Dever
First
Presbyterian ‘Church
C.K. George
Aaron Work
Thig ‘City
Will
G.A. R. Hall
Mrs A L Brown Leaves for Los Angeles After Visit
Mrs A L Brown departed today for her home in Los Angeles California following several weeks visiting friends and relatives here. Mrs G L Judges of 416 Harrison Street left yesterday afternoon to attend to her ill daughter Mrs J L Lockwood of Charlotte Michigan. Rev Charles Keyser of Monroeville Indiana stays with his sister Mrs R M Denzig of State Street. Mrs Ervin Gulmyer and Irene return from a six week visit with friends in LaPorte. Mrs EB D Shelt of Franklin Street reports return from Kendallville where she spent Easter with her son. Mrs William Blass of Cleveland Ohio arrived yesterday to spend a few days with Mrs John Magnuson.
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A. L. Brown
Los Angeles
Cal
G. L. Judges
Harrison Street
J. L. Lockwood
Charlotte
Mich
Charles Keyser
Monroeville
Ind
R. M. Denzig
State Street
Ervin Gulmyer
Irene
LaPorte
EB. D
Franklin Street
Kendallville
William, Blass
Cleveland, O
John. Magnuson
Humble Potato Used in France to Make Pipes and Balls
The potato is used in France to imitate meerschaum pipes and to produce marble billiard balls. After peeling, potatoes soak 36 hours in eight percent sulphuric acid, then are dried and pressed until solid enough to be turned into pipes and billiard balls.
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France
Memory Training and the Value of Repetition
A Victorian style reflection urges men to value memory as a life asset. It advises daily practice of memorizing lines by heart to strengthen all faculties, noting memory is trainable earlier than other abilities.
Quenched Fire After Oil Wells Burn at Petersville
Newspaper fragment reports a fire in Petersville Pennsylvania where about 36 oil wells near the town caught fire. Residents used steam from boilers to extinguish the blaze. The passage also contiene odd quotes about gender bias attributed to a Berlin Tageblatt line.
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Petersville
Helen Taft to feature as college girl in White House life
The article portrays Miss Helen Taft, 18, daughter of the new president, as a college girl poised to influence White House life. It notes her Bryn Mawr sophomore status, athletic interests in tennis and riding, her humor and poise, and her plans to entertain while maintaining simple dress and duties.
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United States
Americas
White House
Helen’ ‘Taft
Daugh
Marcel
Helen Taft
Sand
Washington
Bryn. Mawr
Bryn-Mawr
Taft
Roosevelt
Helen
Miss. Taft
Senate Underground Transit Line Opens in Washington
A new rapid transit line connected to the Senate basement began service in Washington. The route, described as an underground air line, lists directors and equipment as part of the transportation venture.
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United States
Senate
Washington
Sandwich fashions and fillings for a refined luncheon
A historical guide details bread types and slicing, butter usage, and several sandwich ideas. It covers cheese and fish spreads on rye and graham bread, chicken ham curries, nut and cheese cracker spreads, peanut mixes, pickles with capers, fruit fillings, and oriental ginger fillings.
Kitchen Adjunct Microscope Warns of Germs in Food
A kitchen article urges using a small microscope to inspect dates prunes figs and other foods for germ infestation. It advises cooks to wash produce and seal cereals cornmeal buckwheat and similar items airtight to prevent spoilage and losses, recommending careful inspection of each grocer order.
Beets Soup with Mint and Toasted Graham Bread
Puree of beets washed boiled until tender then sieved and seasoned with salt pepper butter and grated onion. Simmer one quart milk with stale bread crumbs cloves and bay leaf for 15 minutes then add beets and sieve into bowls served with toasted Graham bread squares.
Popped wafers with cheese and English walnut amenability
A fragment describes a wafer with cheese pressed into it and half English walnut meat. It notes the cheese is savory and pairs well with ale. The items are described as pretty to look at and tasty.
Dumpling Mix From Old Recipe Notes
A fragment describes making dumplings with lemon juice, bread crumbs, finely chopped suet, and dried flour. The dough is formed into a mass, wrapped in cloths, and cooked in oil for about two hours.
Samt wake stands for a browned phrase in folk play
Fragmentary text shows a phrase about waking and browning, unclear context, lacking identifiable people or events.
Sone Quarter Ye Pea A E A E Ae Blespoon
The fragment appears garbled with unclear names and context. No identifiable people places or events are readable to form a factual news item.
Silly Fragments of Housekeeping Advice Appear in Paper
A stray clipping lists odd phrases about buying wholesale items and disposing of personal effects among friends. It mentions old silk handkerchiefs and using worn pieces to dust piano surfaces and delicate glass bric-a-brac.
Careful Household Hints From Frugal Era Textiles
A collection of simple instructions for cleaning ironing clothes, removing odors, and maintaining household items. Tips cover ironing on the wrong side of fabrics, ammonia washing, lemon peel to deodorize, rubber erasers for pencil marks, stiff nail brushes for combs, soap and common soap to make drawers open quietly, cooling ovens, lined hot water bottles, and alcohol on stains to avoid rings.
Boston Baked Beans Recipe Instructions
A recipe for Boston baked beans describing soaking two cups of white beans, simmering until tender, then mixing with salt, mustard, molasses, and brown sugar. Place fat pork in a bean pot, add boiling water, cover and bake slowly for four to six hours, adding water as needed.
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Boston
Stewed Rabbit Recipe from Historic Cookbook
Instructions describe preparing rabbit for stewing by removing organs, rinsing, cutting, and seasoning with salt and pepper. Fry small pork pieces until light brown, add finely chopped onion and rabbit pieces, simmer half an hour, thicken with flour and gravy or boiling water, finish with lemon juice.
Uncooked French Cream Candy Flavor Idea Recalled
Fragmentary notes describe a cream candy idea with vanilla flavor and texture details. The text appears as oblique, garbled lines about breaking into a shape and fingers handling the mixture.
Untitled fragment on local event
Fragmentary text provides limited readable details about a local event or notice. No clear people, organizations, places, dates, or outcomes are identifiable from the provided snippet.
Delicacy Recipes For Supper Menus From Old Cookbook Fragments
A Victorian style guide offers informal supper ideas with shrimp dishes and oyster curries. It describes preparing shrimp in water, making a white sauce with bay leaf and mace, and serving on crackers. It also covers curried oysters, using butter flour curry, milk, and oyster liquor, plus shells for chicken or veal remnant dishes with milk, butter, potatoes and truffle.
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McDonald
Chocolate Tapioca Pudding Without Eggs
Tapioca is soaked in water until soft. In a double boiler the soaked pearls are simmered, stirred often to prevent lumping, then sugar is added to taste. Serve hot or cold.
Removing Scorch An Old Negro Name
Fragmentary OCR note references a phrase about removing a scorched old name with racial term, indicating editorial or archival context and incomplete wording.
Insane Gary Man Fred Garmand Fights for Life at Clark Hospital
Fred Garmand, recently held as insane after an assault incident in Gary Indiana, attempted to hang himself with a torn sheet at Clark Hospital. Nurses and police restrained him and he was confined to the insane ward. Relatives were notified as authorities seek proper care for his condition.
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Gary
Ind
Garmand
Sergent Rinehart
Night Force
Max Neisser
Fifth Street
Sisters of Garmand
Steel
S. Sisters
Thes Interurban
Mani
Miller
Chicago
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Erin
Miromo
eiGh Ea As
Clark ‘Hospital
Dow
Fred Garmand
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