Governor Osvora Scolds Michigan Politics Alliances
Governor Osvora of Michigan charges an alliance among Detroit Chicago Milwaukee bankers bond houses and a newspaper owner all tied to controlling Michigan politics. The governor cites the Michigan Bonding and Surety Company and the Knights of the Royal Ark in a revealing message to the legislature.
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Osvora
Michigan
Detroit
Chicago
Milwaukee
Michigan Bonding and Surety Company
Order of Knights of the Royal Ark
E. J. Stair
Detroit Journal
Detroit Free Press
Plutarch's Mission a goat, a girl and a fatal car clash
Miss Cherrie Vale keeps a social goat named Plutarch in a village. A speeding auto kills the animal, sparks confrontation with Fred Gleason, and a plan to make amends leads to an unexpected courtship and a possible marriage as the tale ends with humor about a future son in law.
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Arch
Fred Gleason
Broker Vale
Cherrie
Daring regimental bets from the good old days
A reminiscence of playful wagers among army officers in the 1800s. Entries include bets that one man would be drunk after five days, another that he would kick an apothecary across Dundalk, and a hair count challenge. A 1856 champagne wager ended with both captains killed in action, noted in margins.
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Wroughton
Johns
Ewan
Hullet
Dundalk
Hayter
Seanan
Crawford
Wright
London
To Mothers And Others Yuuennon Dnekdens Arnica Salve
A historic medical advert promotes an arnica salve for skin ailments. It claims rapid healing for rashes, scaly crusted humors, burns, bruises, and minor injuries in humans and pets, emphasizing safety and quick effect. The text resembles late nineteenth or early twentieth century remedies.
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Cenella
H. de Cissvety
Lightning Cake Instructions From a Historic Recipe
A historic recipe outlines a quick two layer cake using sugar, flour, baking powder, butter, and milk. Mix dry ingredients then blend in butter and milk, add vanilla, bake in two layers for twenty to thirty minutes, and frost with maple or sugar butter frosting.
Potatoes and Sweet Potatoes Guide
Guidance on preparing plain and sweet potatoes. Whip until smooth and light, then serve with giblet gravy. Choose uniform sweet potatoes, trim and bake in shells. Remove the inferrer, add butter, and brown briefly to ease eating, though it does not enhance flavor.
Sugar Beet Pudding and Custard Bake Trial
Recipe fragment describes making a beet-based pudding with new beers, tenderized, peeled and diced. Mix with milk, two or three eggs, salt pepper and nutmeg, pour into an earthen dish, bake until custard sets, serve hot with vegetables.
Football vs boxing debated by Sailor Burke and yell student
The article recalls Sailor Burke comparing pugilism to football while dismissing intercollegiate play as too rough. A Yale yard boy recounts earning a black eye in a game and boasting he keeps the opponent’s ear in his pocket, illustrating the rough humor surrounding the sport.
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Sailor” Burke
Yaleyard
Sailor
Fried Chicken Cooking Instruction from Historic Menu
A fragment describes preparing fried chicken by halving small birds and browning in lard. After browning, remove fat, add flour to the pan, then slowly whisk in milk with butter, pepper, and salt. Cook five minutes, then pour sauce over the chicken and serve immediately.
Ginger Pears Preserved With Lemon And Ginger
Ginger Pears recipe details peeling cutting slicing eight pounds of pears. Instructions mix juice of five lemons water seven pounds sugar and ginger root, dissolve sugar, cook mixture slowly for an hour, then jar. Lemons sliced thin, fruit not fully clear. Continuous stirring advised.
Pickling Mix For Vegetables And Onions
Two thirds of a cupful of salt and let stand three hours. Drain carefully and pack with an ounce of celery seed, two ounces of white mustard seed, and two onions chopped fine, evenly through the layers. Add a cup of olive oil as you go and cover with cold vinegar.
Grape Cateup Recipe Found in Historical Manuscript
The fragment describes a grape cateup using five pounds of ripe grapes, three pounds of sugar, one pint of vinegar, ginmamon pepper and cloves, half a teaspoon salt. Grapes are prepared with stems removed, seeds and ekins strained, then mixed with remaining ingredients until thickened.
Guard Against Appendicitis With Bark Remedy
Fremont residents with stomach and bowel issues are urged to try buckthorn bark glycerine and related compounds such as Adler-ka as an appendicitis remedy. A single dose is claimed to relieve sour stomach gas and bloating instantly and to antisepticize the digestive organs while drawing out impurities. DigCuawell's.
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Fremont
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Sremont Cagle
Warrand
Welib
Plutarch
By Donald Allen
Associated Literary Press
Cherrie Vale
Billy
Miss Cherrie
Mise Cherrie
Plutarch Vale
Miss Vale
Mr. Gleason
Turber
Misa Cherrie Vale
Mrse Chberrie
Mr. Fred Gleason
Angora
Mr. Vale
Ras
Lawedd
R. L. Wade
KE. B. McNaughton
W. Duguid
the First State Bank
Indiana
Thompson Theo. McNaughton
Sidel
Elmer Side17
Fremont, Ind
Bank of Sremont
G. J. McCluf
cHas
EO Hall
Dees Newt
G. Ball
Cagle Print Shop
Piemeonut
Isenhower & Ritter
Telephone
Carnation Ox
Hammer Milling Co
the Exchange Store
WM. Hills
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