Feeding Growing Children How to Deal With Individual Whims
A Philadelphia North American piece outlines feeding growing children with nourishing, easily digested foods. It emphasizes multiple dishes per meal, broths from fresh meat, nourishing supplements every two hours for picky eaters, and the value of vegetables, stewed fruit, milk puddings, and rice cereals. It prescribes a daily pattern: light breakfast, hearty midday meal, light tea, and a supper of nourishing broth with a sandwich and a small sweet.
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Philadelphia
Grapefruit Recipes From A Vintage Kitchen Note
A rustic collection describes grapefruit based dishes including jelly coated servings on lettuce with cream cheese balls, grapefruit baskets filled with chopped fruit and maraschino, and a method to candy rind by soaking and simmering in sugar until translucent.
The Making of Pigeon Pie Dish by Dish
A period guide shows how to prepare a pigeon pie. Pigeons are fried with pork and onion, browned then simmered in water with salt and pepper, finished with cream and flour, baked under a crust, and served hot. A second note suggests restoring black fabrics by a full bath with a vinegar solution to revive color without damaging delicate material.
How to Shrink Woolen Goods by Wet Roll and Iron
Describes a method to shrink woolen fabrics by wetting a sheet, laying the goods along it, rolling tightly, and leaving overnight. After unrolling, press the wrong side with a hot iron. Mark the right side if uncertain by sewing a small cloth corner to identify it after shrinking.
Peanut Butter Recipe Instructions
Freshly roasted peanuts are ground several times until smooth and creamy. Add salt and cayenne to taste, with optional melted country butter for a richer finish.
Fashionable Browns in Textiles and Accessories
Fashion notes describe browns appearing in cheviots diagonals worsteds serges whipcords Bedford cords corduroys and two toned velveteens and velvets. Brown bats and brown furs are also cited as popular items.
Descent of the 006 Canine Traced to Wolf or Jackal
A Paris science professor reports canine origins tracing the domestic dog to the Indian wolf. Evidence shows skull differences separate dogs from wolves and jackals, while similarities link the Indian wolf to dogs. The study suggests ventral Asian breeds domesticated first and a bronze-age ancestor to the bloodhound.
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Natural History Meieity
Paris
Akil
Academy of Rciences
Harper's Weekly
Asia
Europe
First Free School Movement in Colonial America
In 1641 Massachusetts Bay established the first free school in what became the United States. By 1647 towns with fifty households faced a five pound fine for not providing schools. the penalty later doubled. Connecticut followed in 1644 and Maryland in 1694 funded schools with taxes on local resources. Virginia saw early school efforts in Charleston and Elizabeth. Pennsylvania, settled in 1681, saw a Quaker run free school in Philadelphia.
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Massachusetts
United States
Massachusetts Bay
General Colonial Court
Connecticut
Maryland
Berkeley
Virginia
Charleston
Elizabeth
Pennsylvania
Penn
Delaware
The
Friends, Or
Quakers
Philadelphia
Pitt and the blacksmith on candor and manners
A short interchangeable exchange as Pitt canvassed for votes at a blacksmith shop. Pitt asks for a vote but the blacksmith replies with a witty remark praising candor yet teasing Manners, prompting Pitt to respond that he admires candor but not manners.
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Pitt
Vulcan
Blacksmith
The Operator at Sandsville Romance Ends in Match
Molly Lee, twenty, runs the Sandsville telephone office after her father dies. James Williams, a Stapleton bachelor, falls for her voice but is rebuffed until he visits Sandsville and encounters Molly in person. A mistaken disguise, playful banter, and a romance bloom as he travels to pursue a real connection.
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Hen Thu Lee
Molly
Sandsville
Molly Lee
Stapleton
James Williams
Mr. Lee
Sandaville
Jimmy Williams
Girlie
Williams
Mr. Williams
Jackson
Frightened by a Shark Dive Turns Out to Be a Wet Tape
A Bahamian voyage tale follows Sir Joseph Fayrer who dives to the boat after a shark scare. He discovers the peril was a damp tape winding around his leg, not a creature. The piece then shifts to playful verse about Slumberland and a note on the Tabby Cat name origin in Bagdad.
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Sir Joseph Fayrer
Bahamas
Rune
Sir Joseph
A Future King and His Family Portrait
King Oscar of Sweden died years ago and his son Gustavus Adolphus became ruler. If the crown prince dies the heir would reign, and Swedes would call him King Gustavus Adolphus. The prince appears with his family. the princess is Duke of Connaught’s daughter before marriage.
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American Press Association
Oscar
Sweden
Gustavus Adolphus
Duke of Connaught
England
The Wasp and the Paper Mill Lesson
A wasp gnaws old wood and turns pulp into building material for its hive. The text then shifts to Lord Macaulay on reading and the habit of recalling summaries after reading a page. It emphasizes early discipline to make reading effective and retainable.
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Lord Macaulay
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Robespierre
Directoire
Chicago News
Eleanor Richards
Williame of
Slumberland
Moon
Harper's Bazar
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