Mahlon Pitney Named New U S Supreme Court Justice
Mahlon Pitney a prominent New Jersey jurist and former chancellor is named associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. A Princeton graduate admitted to the bar in 1882 he practiced in Morristown and served in Congress and the New Jersey Senate before his 1908 appointment as state supreme court associate justice. He is 54 and a native of New Jersey.
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Political Figure George Curry A Progress of Service
George C. Oury Curry of New Mexico, a former governor and congressman, served as Roosevelt’s Rough Rider captain, Philippines captain of scouts, Manila police chief, and governor of Ambos Camarines Isabella and Samar before returning as territorial governor in 1907. A native of Louisiana, he rose from sheep herding to politics, becoming a Republican congressman.
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FOR THE CHILDREN: MARY HAD A LITTLE CAT AND GAME
A children friendly piece recounts Mary with a white cat that follows her to school and amuses classmates. It describes a spelling game where players correct misspelled terms and earn prizes for high accuracy, including variations using jumble word lists for nouns and related prompts.
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Game of Initials Questions and Answers
A hostess uses an initials based word game for company members. Each question is answered only with words starting with the writer’s initials in order. Sample Q A shows responses such as Rare good water and Reforming great wrongs for the letter R G K.
I Put My Right Hand In Then Kickball Game
The article describes the children’s game I put my right hand in with actions for hand and foot movements. It also explains kickball played by two lines with captains at each end, rolling and kicking a basketball between lines to score points until a set total is reached.
Farmer Game Delights in Silent Word Forfeit Rules
A description of a party game in which a farmer avoids forbidden words while prompting others to speak of butter and eggs. Players answer carefully to avoid penalties, with the farmer guiding questions and remarks to trap forbidden terms and enforce forfeits.
Insect Chorus Through Stridulation Demonstrated
The passage describes how many insects produce song by rubbing their hard scaly body parts together. This rubbing, a stridulation mechanism, creates several distinct tones as a result of friction and vibration.
Hints for: The Busy Housewife and Kitchen Drainer
The article gives a simple pine drain board design for drying dishes by placing frames at right angles with uprights, hinged end, and wall clearance. It also includes uncooked frosting steps with eggs, sugar, lemon juice, and technique for a stiff spread. A spiced beef pressed recipe follows, detailing rolling flank beef with pork, seasoning, tying, boiling, and pressing until cold.
Cheste Straws Pie Crust Strips Bake to Delicate Brown
After gathering scraps from a pie, roll out the paste and cut into one quarter inch strips. Arrange on a pan with space for a pencil to pass. Grate cheese, season with salt and pepper, and sprinkle over the strips. Bake at high heat until delicate brown. Cool before cutting.
Master Gingerbread Recipe Manuscript
A recipe fragment lists ingredients for gingerbread including molasses sugar lard sour milk baking soda ginger and salt. Instructions describe mixing rolling shaping into strips baking until done and cooling then cutting into squares to store in a jar.
Chicken and Tomatoes Fricassee Style Dish
Prepare chicken like a fricassee with salt pork and onion, simmer in water, add tomatoes and season, cook until tender then serve over toast with broth poured over. Codfish Wiggle instructs soaking cod, boiling, then mixing with milk cream, peas, butter and seasoning, served with browned French fries.
Rolled Apple Dumplings From Dough and Filling
Peel tart apples and make a crust with butter, soda, and flour. Roll dough half an inch thick, spread with apple, sugar, and clove, cut into two inch strips, spread with butter, roll, and bake in a moderate oven until done.
Mystery of the Luckless Key at a Atlantic coast resort
A beach rescue unfolds as a woman, in danger beyond her depth, is saved and revived. A gold chain with a peculiar key triggers a vow by the narrator to help unravel a hidden lock tied to her brutal husband. After months, a plan to secure freedom and discovery unfolds through safe deposit inquiries.
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The Brotherhood of Man and a Wary Wile
A tale recounts a woman who learns of a husband's vault theft and forgery scheme through a letter to a St. Louis firm. Investigations uncover securities and a penitentiary past, leading to annulment and a deathbed confession from the husband. The piece closes with a brief explainer on avolltration meaning a power split in a conquered nation.
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