Chaotic Parade of Quips and Quirks From Old Papers
A jumble of odd anecdotes and stray thoughts spans fashion, politics, science, and culture. Notable items include a Chicago attorney earning $30,000, plans for New York’s 62 story skyscraper, a Harvard professor studying monkey language, and Queen Alexandra gifting lozenges to a coughing hospital patient. Interwoven are humorous vignettes on weathered stereotypes, wartime gear like electric mitrailleuse claims, and reflections on social mores, with mentions of Niagara Falls, Los Angeles, and British army sword history.
Cost of living and prices rise with labor and shortages
The piece analyzes rising costs in 1908 driven by labor shortages and wage increases, noting higher prices for iron and brass furniture and drugs, with some items like quinine cheaper. It links price changes to panic, scarce diggers, and production shifts, while detailing meat, clothing, shoes, and staple goods trends and packer influence on beef and pork costs.
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Chicago
Preparing Roast Young Pig From Historic Cookbook
A six weeks old pig is cleaned by removing ears mouth and tongue then washed. It is seasoned with salt sage black and red pepper and stuffed with a bread butter egg dressing moistened with milk or water. The pig is roasted in a pan with water in moderate oven doors opened early then closed as it roasts. Liver and toes are boiled and chopped into the gravy for flavor. Serve with apple sauce pickles parsley and an apple in the mouth.
Rice Surprise with Sauce
A rice dessert recipe uses quarter pound rice half pint water one pint milk butter two tablespoons sugar one teaspoon vanilla extract and jam. Simmer rice in water then milk and butter until thick add sugar and flavoring. Mold in timbale cups fill centers with jam, chill, unmold, and serve with custard sauce.
Cost of Living Up 50 Percent in Three Years
The article reviews rising U S living costs with Chicago prices higher now than a decade ago. It notes meat up about 50 percent in three years, coal up 100 percent, coffee cheaper, and drugs pricier. Farm products and building goods show notable increases while vegetables and canned goods stay relatively affordable.
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Chicago
United States
Ambrosia Molded Chicken with Mayonnaise Sauce
A chicken dish is boiled until tender then cut into pieces. The bones simmer with onion and seasonings to create a stock reduced to a pint, thickened with gelatine, then layered with eggs olives mushrooms and parsley in a mold, served with mayonnaise sauce.
Creamed Cucumbers Sauce For Fish Or Lobster
Peel and finely chop two or three large cucumbers. Drain squid without pressing. Rub a garlic clove in a bowl and mix in cucumbers with cayenne black pepper salt onion juice and strained lemon juice. Chill, then fold in whipped cream. Serve as sauce with fish or on shellfish at luncheon.
Do It Yourself Curtain Rods From Bargain Wire
A Delineator tip suggests improvising curtain rods with copper wire from a bargain store. Cut the wire to window width, add two screw eyes, mount on sash sides so the wire slips, thread through curtain casings, and hang the curtain. The DIY setup aims to mimic costly 15 cent rods at a fraction of the price.
Lemon Butter and Chocolate Milk Spread Recipe
A recipe fragment describes making a chocolate milk spread by melting two squares of chocolate in one cup of sweet milk then adding brown sugar molasses butter and vanilla. A second recipe outlines Lemon Butter with sugar eggs butter lemons hot water and grated rind cooked to a thick spread.
Egg Omelette Instructions From A Fragment
A fragment explains beating many eggs with a bit of salt before cooking. The instruction notes to cover the pan with cream and keep stirring as it heats. The text resembles a simple kitchen note about making a creamy egg dish.
Pastor Opposition Delays Parsonage Bath in Sumneytown
In Penburg Pennsylvania opposition over bathrooms divided congregations Sumneytown and Keeler s church. A vote produced 24 in favor and 74 against in Sumneytown while Keeler s side showed a similar majority against installing a parsonage bath. Creeks nearby were noted as bathing options and Rev Charles L Capp was away in Germany.
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Penburg
Sumneytown
Charles L. Capp
Germany
Keeler’s Church
Keeler
Treed by a cloudburst at Octararo Creek rescue
In Oxford Pennsylvania a cloudburst turned the Octararo Creek into a torrent marooning six men on trees for hours. Samuel W. Wilson aged 76 was nearly exhausted before rescue as his son Harry sheltered with him and others watched from shore.
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Oxford
Samuel W. Wilson
Harry Wilson
Gift of mummy horrifies Waterloo family
In Waterloo Iowa Jack Stace received a bizarre gift from uncle J P Martin a Panama government surveyor. An express delivery unveiled a petrified mummy about three feet long with two heads four arms and four legs. The freak was unearthed by Martin in the Panama district shocking the Stace household.
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Waterloo
Jack Stace
J. P. Martin
Panama
Martin
Panama District
Plea for Integrating Paediatrics into Medical Curriculum
The text argues for paediatrics to be taught as a core medical subject alongside anatomy and surgery. It cites high infant mortality and states that many doctors lack pediatric knowledge. It urges early specialization, patient honesty, and parental education to improve child care and prevent loss of life in infancy.
The Home Its Tyranny and the Cause of Divorce
A reflective essay critiques excessive home keeping and the puritanical zeal of domestic life. It argues for balance, noting how meddlesome insistence on propriety harms friendships and marriages, yet acknowledges home as society’s essential, stabilizing base. It cites a witless will tale and urges steady devotion within reasonable limits.
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Angelina
Western Civilization and the Christian Foundation
Philosopher preacher Reverend Thomas Edward Barb argues Western civilization surpasses the East in justice and care for the vulnerable, linking scientific progress to a religiously grounded theory of life. He asserts integrity industry and love shape national character and faith inspires humane deeds and sacrifice.
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the Champs Elysees
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New York
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Newport
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Los Angeles
Queen Alexandra
Baya
Ona
Paul Fountain
Cleveland
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Chicago Record- Herald
London
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Barb
People’s Church
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