Mrs Jones Boarders And A Widow’s Lament Inheritance Tale
A widow recounts fourteen years alone since her husband Anthony Jones died. After a grim funeral a deacon counsels partitioned rooms and a grocery venture. Boarders arrive, including a cunning couple whose theft and later counterfeit links drive off with her savings. A later romance with Hetty leads to a storm of trust and a secret heartache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony
Mr. Jones
Jones
Deacon Wilson
Hetty
Tomkins Little
Charles Laml
Myrs. Porter
Gay
Ot Anthony
Jane
Liza
Betty
Boon to Housewives Invents Suction Dusting Machine
A Yankee inventor has created a basement powered machine that sweeps and dusts a room by suction. A hose nozzle passed over carpet and furniture draws dust into the cellar, preventing particles from filling the air of the apartment.
The Law Possession Is Nine Parts of the Law
A compact saying is noted with a twist that possession stands as a key factor in property law. The piece wryly suggests dispossession could be seen as ten points beyond possession, implying a measure of legal risk or consequence.
Compote of Peaches Toasted Bread Rounds
Household tips describe toasting rounds of bread, halved peaches heated, buttered, then topped with a warm peach compote. A cornstarch slurry thickens a lemon scented syrup, then beaten egg blends in before pouring over the completed compote.
PICKLED PEAR RECIPE WITH SPICE AND VINEGAR SYRUP
Pare pears leaving stems and remove blossom ends. Boil a few at a time in vinegar and water until tender but firm. Cool on plate. Make a cinnamon flavored syrup with two cups vinegar to four cups sugar. Boil pears in syrup two to three hours until tender and clear. Seal in jars. These will keep for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becky
Anthony
South
Ife
Hetty
Mr. Tinkert
Mall
Silas Hubert
Southern
Cherry Water Iach Jelly Freezer Preserve Method
Weigh one and a half pounds of leaf sugar per pound of fruit and add half a pint of water with the white of one egg. Stone the cherries, warm in a preserving kettle until juice runs, then press through a jelly bag. Boil sugar water and egg white mix until rich, cool, add juice, pack in a freezer and treat as ice cream.
Mutton Cutlets Cooked In Slow Stew With Ham Topping
A vintage recipe describes sautéing mutton cutlets in a bed of onion carrot and celery top with buttered paper and slow simmering for an hour. After cooling the cutlets are trimmed bones scraped coated with potted ham breadcrumbs dipped in egg and fried until pale golden. They are served on mashed potato with thick tomato sauce.
Home Economy Tips for Kitchen and Cleaning Helpers
Household notes advise on tableware care and fruit handling, such as breaking pineapple tops instead of cutting, cold-water washing to avoid flavor transfer, and repurposing brass woodboxes as magazine storage. It covers decanter cleaning with rice and ammonia, chafing dish updates, plant holders, dainty salt cruets, and cleaning Khelon utensils by boiling with potash. Weekly icebox wash with hot suds and ammonia, then sun drying, with a potash plate refreshed after each clean.
TRUE PLUCK AND ADVENTURE AT SEA ABOARD TWO VESSELS
Accounts from New York World and Scribner's Magazine recount mariners John Smith and his brother Henry surviving shipboard perils during figurehead painting and albatross rescues aboard the Melbourne and Pampa. IncludesEngine room heroics and tales from Below the Water Line about improvised repairs and peril at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Melbourne
Henry
Hamburg
Iquique
Valparaiso
Tratzmann
Pampa
Holsteinstrasse
Stettin
Chosun
Coatzacoalcos
Queenstown
Cane Florida
New York World
Red Sea
Africa
Benjamin Brooks
Scribner’s Magazine
Man-Eating Stallion Terrorizes Corral Scene
A fearful stallion named Geronimo, towering seventeen lands high and weighing over sixteen hundred pounds, rampages with ferocious speed and violence. Witnesses describe his snarling teeth, flying black mane, and lethal temper as he charges, tramples, and bites, turning a simple encounter into a deadly ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geronimo
Brave switchman dies under rolling cars in Illinois
Charles Derdovski, an Illinois Central switchman, signalled a back-down and ran ahead to free a shoe caught in a frog. As cars neared, the engineer braked too late and Derdovski was crushed, a solemn act of courage noted by observers and the Chicago Inter Ocean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Derdovski
Illinois Central
Derdovski
Des
Diedag
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
M. A. Maitland
Becky Raymond
Jim Baxter
Geroumo
Philippines
San Fernando
Manila
Porac
Chiego
Tom
Harry
Bambo
Everybody's Magazine
Uthe
Tattersall's
Paris
L'Atrier
Harpiste
Navire
Haute Ecole
William Trozle
Hoiler
Roulette
Rozie
Cape Ruszklj Savorot
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!