Earning a Plaid Cloak and Other Early 19th Century Ventures
A column recalls a tale from Old Andover Days about four girls who earned money to clothe a poor flute-playing missionary by selling lamplighters making a patchwork quilt and reading aloud for pay. The piece then shifts to social changes from China to Japan and modern wage schemes among Chicago’s wives. It notes President Roosevelt’s London invitation and other societal observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Stuart Robbins
Andover
Mason
Porter
Practical kitchen tips from old recipes and safety notes
Left over cereals fry well and taste good with syrup or honey. Strain clear soups through a folded towel, not squeezing to avoid egg particles. Do not keep ammonia uncorked or at night near fire due to flammability. Fresh fish should be salted and stored on a dish. cover frying to keep flesh firm. Make winter jelly from orange and apple juice with sugar. Adjust lamp wick by loosening threads for smooth movement.
Mayonnaise of Chicken in Shells
Arrange small shells with a teaspoon of mayonnaise sauce. Fill with cold chicken pieces, lettuce, egg slices, anchovy fillets, and olives in layers, top with more mayonnaise. Bake chicken livers with butter ten minutes, sieve and dust over the top with egg yolk and parsley, garnish with pickled beef and gherkins.
Recipe for zebra cake batter and layering pattern
The passage outlines a two part cake batter with a light sugar mixture and a dark brown sugar mixture, including eggs milk butter and spices. It instructs to mix dry ingredients, fill a jelly pan with concentric rings of light and dark batter, and alternate centers to finish.
Laundry Hints About Removing Stains From Delicate Garments
A home laundress should treat stains on lingerie gowns promptly to ease removal. Mention the stain’s cause when old stains exist, as different methods apply to different substances.
Spice Layer Cake and Apple Filling Instructions
A recipe for a two layer spice cake uses molasses, butter, salt, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, sugar, an egg, sour milk, flour, and baking soda. Fill with grated apple mixture of sugar and stiffly beaten egg white. spread between layers and on top.
Improvised Butter Sauce with Flour and Lemon
The recipe instructs melting two ounces of butter, whisking in one ounce of flour to make a smooth paste, then gradually adding half a pint of hot water. Season with salt pepper and six to eight drops of lemon juice, stir to boil, then strain through a sieve.
Odd Will of Miller Scouten Faces Cremation Rule for Inmates
Miller G Scouten’s suicide in Bellingham leads to a probate plan for "The Marion Scouten Home" for women over 63. The will sets a cremation requirement for inmates and deposits to cover funeral costs, with the home to be funded by remaining estate and possibly invested.
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Board of Trustees
Miller Scouten
Scouten
Secouten
Marlon Scouten
Bellingham
Theodore Scouten
Chicago
No Courting During Services At Free Methodist Church
In Stauffer Westmoreland County the Free Methodist leadership bans courtship in church during services. Pastor had warned of discipline as Aaron Gadd declared that marriages may be proper but church courtship must stop. He threatened action against offenders if dalliance continued.
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Japan
Russia
China
Pittsburg
Free Methodist
Stauffer
Westmoreland County
Aaron Gadd
Gadd
Prisoners Break Out as Sheriff Fetches Tobacco
In Bentonville Arkansas three jail inmates pried through a wire cage after one asked Sheriff Russell to fetch tobacco. The sheriff returned to find a hole in the cage and one prisoner remaining. a discharged inmate had cut bars from the outside while the others planned the escape. The sheriff pursued the fugitives after resuming duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bentonville
Ark
Russell
Aaron Burr Ivory Pig Watch Charm Worth $100
In Denver Colorado W W Obert of 1435 Champa street offers a $100 reward for a lost ivory pig carved by Aaron Burr during his jail period awaiting treason trial. The relic, once a watch charm, weighs under one ounce and has passed through the Obert family since Burr's Blennerhasset visit on the Ohio river.
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Denver, Col
W. W. Obert
Champa Street
Aaron Burr
Obert
Oberts
Blennerhasset
Ohio River
Burr
Pitt's Hampstead Heath house to be auctioned
London North End Place Hampstead Heath once home of William Pitt Earl of Chatham will go to auction. The mansion highlights Pitt's seclusion during melancholic fits and the wall cupboard used to receive meals without contact. The Chatham correspondence shows royal appeals to him.
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London
North End Place
Hampstead Heath
William Pitt
Earl of Chatham
Lord Chatham
Boston
North American
Pitt
Chatham
Duke of Grafton
North End
Local Pastor Claims World Travel In 24 Hours Invention
Butler Pennsylvania reports Rev Phillip Shredanovich pastor of a Greek Orthodox church and editor of Juatness says he has invented a method to ride the earth’s rotation to travel the world in 24 hours. He proposes lifting above the planet to stand still while the world turns and asks 100000 for the invention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Shredanovich
America
Europe
Forbade Widow to Wed San Francisco
Mrs Edie W Gonzalez widow of Monterey rancher Mariano E Gonzalez contests her late husband s will seeking to remarry and still share in an estate of about 300000. A jury in Judge Grahams court will decide eligibility while the will restricts widow from inheriting if remarriage occurs.
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San Francisco
Edie W. Gonzalez
Monterey
Mariano E. Gonzalez
Graham
Anita
Francisco Rico
Gonzalez
Rico
Hanging plates with wire and hooks guidance
Use three or four picture hooks spaced along the edge and wire to hang large platters. For small plates, employ medium dress hooks and wire them similarly.
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Showa
Leftover Chicken in Rich White Sauce with Peppers
A simple supper idea uses cubed leftover chicken warmed in a rich white sauce and finished with canned red Spanish peppers. Also suggests carrots in jelly to help jelly setting and notes a brief cooking time.
Insure Against the Mob Novelty Insurance in London
Merchants in London have introduced mob insurance to guard against rioting or looting by mobs. The coverage targets the risk of unemployed crowds near Parliament and reflects rising urban tension this winter. The policy aims to protect businesses from potential mob violence regardless of the cause.
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London
Minnesota forestry chief ends exploration of virgin pines
Forestry Commissioner C. An drews of Minnesota completes a survey of untouched pine forests in Itasca and Lake counties during absence from the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Qen
C. CG. Andrews
Minnesota
Lost Campanile of Venice Rebuilt With 3076 Piles
An old tale of a boy who foresaw Venice flooded leads to the reconstruction of the Campanile after the 1902 collapse. The new tower rises 160 feet with a gilded marble top and bronze gates restored, using 3,076 larch piles driven by hand to a deep foundation, supported by a 20,000 ton structure. The April 26, 1903 cornerstone ceremony involved notable figures including Pius X and the Turin count.
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Porto d’Anzio
Venice
Campanile
Piazza di San Marco
Gaetano Moretti
Peace
Mercury
Apollo
Pallas
Sansovino
Logetta
Pius X
Turin
Abruzzi
Signor Moretti
Cadore
New Tibetan Mountain Range Upsets Old Maps
Dr Sven Hedin reports a vast Tibetan mountain system 1200 miles long and 7000 to 8000 feet higher than the Himalayas. The range stretches 2200 miles east to west, north of the Himalayas, altering the backbone of Asia and the routes of major rivers. Details remain provisional as observations rely on native accounts and limited crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Himalayas
Tibet
Sven Hedin
Asia
Central Asia
Earth
Ourpet
India
North Pole
Also Mentioned on This Page
Goshen Daily Democrat
Jos
Gosbeen
Roosevelt
Royal Geographical Society
Society
Mme. Calve
England
Germany
New York
Statesman
Piitt
Butler, Pa
Middle West
Gen. Andrews
Grand Rapids
Thistiedale Lake
Hibbing
Thistledew Lake
Thistreden Lake
Long Island
Wheatley Hills
Nassau County
Clarence H. Mackay
Trinity Parish
Roslyn
Robert ‘Bacon
Washington
Harry Payne
Dorothy Whitney
Forestry Commission
Dre
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