Kidnapping of Baldy Drinkwater by Murray and Dutch Peter
A Canadian traveling nurseryman Baldy Drinkwater disappears after forging notes. Detective John Wilson Murray and United States deputy Dutch Peter track him from Ontario to Illinois, rescue him from a saloon gang, stage a dramatic open-air abduction, and secure his extradition en route to Chicago. The tale ends with the pair fleeing by train as an angry mob looms outside the hotel.
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Achibald Drinkwater
Owen Sound
Ontario
Canada
Roldy Drinkwater
Baldy
Mr. Drinkwater
John Wilson Murray
Drinkwater
Murray
Illinois
Chicago
St. Ann's
Windy City
United States
Peter
St. Ann’s
Big Polley
Baldy Drinkwater
Boniface
Dutch Peter
Tive
United States Marshal
United States Court
W. G. Chapman
Great Britain
Prince of Battenberg and Crown Prince Doubles Abroad
A 19th century humour piece notes how a Madrid editor and others chased a false prince posing as the Emperor of Mexico and later reports Servian double sightings near Belgrade. It recalls Maximilian’s 1867 expedition and a cavalry escort mishap ending with a polite, pompous misidentification.
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Prince of Battenberg
Madrid
Emperor
Joseph Cominy
Gibraltar
Belgrade
Servia
Beef Cecils From Leftover Roast With Horseradish Sauce
Recipe for beef Cecils uses chopped roast beef mixed with egg yolk bread crumbs butter salt pepper and onion juice. Form into croquettes roll in crumbs and fry. Horseradish sauce combines butter flour gravy and grated horseradish boil and season.
Fresh Beef Tongue Recipe Boils and Flavors Tongue
A kitchen guide describes boiling a beef tongue in salted water until tender then slicing. It instructs cooking with butter flour and tongue water to brown a sauce, adding vinegar cloves bay leaves pepper and raisins for ten minutes of simmering.
Frumenty Recipe from a Correspondent
A correspondent shares a frumenty method boiling one quarter pint of wheat in milk until tender then mixing with a quart of milk three ounces sugar half cup currants and a dash of cinnamon. Heat yolks of three eggs and blend then serve in a bowl.
A Substitute for Broiling on Gas Stoves
Guidance for cooking steak on a hot pan instead of broiling. Heat a dry pan until very hot, sear the steak without grease, turn frequently, then finish in the oven to set a brown dressing with butter, salt, and pepper on a hot platter.
Fudgette with Walnuts Treasure Dish
A simple kitchen note describes melting one square chocolate and butter, boiling with two cups sugar and one cup milk to a soft ball, cooling in water, then stirring in walnuts. Spread into buttered plates, cool, and cut into squares for serving.
How to Clean Jet Trim from Dress and Hat
A tip suggests using a cloth dipped in alcohol to remove dust from jet trim. The method is recommended for frequent use as jet trimming appears on dresses and hats this season.
Keerceene for Windowa. A Hide luneeune Sided 16 wernt ne.
Keerceene for Windowa presents a peculiar ad item describing a hide luneeune sided 16 wernt ne. The fragmentary text lacks clear context or full details about product origin or usage.
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Windowa
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George T. Pardy
Door
Entrane
Hanover
Inter
Emperoe Maximillian
Mexico
Labby
Pearson's Weekly
Beef Cecils
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