Deacon Plunkett Faces Village Reckoning At Fair
On the first day of the county fair Deacon Plunkett bets on Abigail's Pride and is judged guilty by a three member panel led by the postmaster. The following day the mare flops, proving the wager and the deacon’s repentance both wrong as locals mock and celebrate the deacon’s loss.
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Deacon Plunkett
Abigail
Brother Plunkett
Elder
Widder Peasly
Ab Thomas
Carr
Thomas
Mr. Carr
Mr. Whitten
Josh Runnell
Josh
Hosses
Sim Cole
Plunkett
Jim Silby
The Only Way to Tell It
A mild eyed man argues that writing a news story is best so readers will engage. He cites his own experience in San Francisco during the earthquake and says people will interrupt with memories of others accidents. The exchange ends as he leaves the car.
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Jas
Durginville
Mr. Whitten
Sim Cole
Egbert
Folka
Joshua Runnella
San Francisco
Man’s Play Mistakenly Brought to Theatres in Paris
A young playwright discovers his script was staged under another title at Porte Saint Martin. He visits Paris and learns the show has been running for a month with full houses, while his own version remains unresolved and unpaid. The author collects royalties despite the mistaken billing.
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Paris
Porte Saint Martin
Tickle Grass and Local Quips From a Small Town Pairings
A collage of light vignettes and gossipy anecdotes from a midwestern town. Items include a humorous feather in chicken soup prank, fashion quips about a woman’s wardrobe, a rhapsody on a raving Oshkosh woman cured by hell is frozen over, and a quick marriage spur near Chicago. Also notes on an auto accident near Glen Ellyn and playful tales of straw hats and missing a honeymoon.
Using stale bread in croutons soups and timbales
The article outlines recipes to use stale bread: croutons baked until golden for creams soups, a Hyde Park Brown Bread mixture with soda for steamed loaf, Mock Bisque from bread crumbs and tomatoes, and Ham Timbales made with milk ham and eggs baked in molds.
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Hyde Park
Household hacks and potato supper tips from a pantry guide
The piece offers varied vintage tips including using buttermilk to brighten tarnished silver, repurposing linen collars as wax taper substitutes, powder trickery with talcum and baking powder cans, asbestos interlining for irons, and meat platter setup tips. It ends with a method for Surprise Potatoes: bake large smooth spuds, scoop centers, mix butter cream and seasonings, fill skins, and bake again.
Food Notes and Kitchen Tips from the Era
Instructions advocate orange jelly and fruit cooking methods with sugaring and molds. Fish handling tips include vinegar use in water, baking on salted pork strips to prevent sticking, plus general vegetable cooking guidance to preserve color and texture. The tone reflects practical household guidance and culinary steps.
Ragout of Veal with Brisket Jolnuts and Gravy
Separate the jolnuts of the brisket and trim the meat. Bake with a little water and baste with butter and water. Make gravy from the trim mings by boiling in water, thicken with flour and butter, and serve with the meat. Season with pepper galt and a little onion.
Creole Cafe Brule Ends Dinner With Flambéed Coffee Concept
A Philadelphia Ledger influenced Creole reminiscence describes the New Orleans custom of serving cafe brule after dinner. It outlines percolated coffee in a silver tray setup with brandy, spices, orange peel, sugar, and whipped cream, ignited and poured into a silver bowl for final savor.
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New Orleans
Epicure
Philadelphia Ledger
Bridget's Beatitudes and Frugal Cookery Advice
A fragment outlines thrifty cleaning and cooking tips. It praises muslin for greasing, fowl wing for stove cleaning, and leftover rice for pudding. It provides a recipe layering pork, meat, potatoes, onions, bread dough, and water then simmering two hours.
Dumpling Tips and Fastener Innovations
Practical kitchen notes advise cooking dumplings separately to avoid sticking. A new waist fastener uses ball and socket clips from dress vents, avoiding lace tears. A summer lemonade recipe blends grape juice with pineapple and crushed strawberries, served over ice with soda.
Humorous Cuts and Remedies in 1907 Lettering Oddities
A reader recalls a severe itchy rash on limbs treated with multiple remedies until Cuticura provided relief. The account notes rapid swelling reduction and returning mobility after two days. Included are two comic anecdotes: a shoe brush and whisk broom attached to a dog's tail aiding shine, and a jab at a clever country father.
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George B. Farley
South State St
Concord, N. H
Poor System Warns Against Rich Diets and Catarrh Cure
English athlete Eustace Miles criticizes heavy sauces and meats as weaking digestion during a Chicago vegetarian dinner. He cites catarrh as a constitutional disease, touting Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo as the remedy with testimonials and a $100 reward for false claims.
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Eustace Miles
Chicago
Hall
F. J. Chenty & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney &Co
Mall
Meeting the Unusual and Bookkeeping Ads
Dialogue snippet shows a humor segment with characters Mr Sinic and Mrs Getup, followed by an advertisement from the United States Institute of Modern Accounting of Chicago offering a free booklet to become a head bookkeeper or public accountant. A family quarrel about a child’s milk intake is also included.
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Mr. Sinic
Mrs. Getup
Sinic
Baltimore American
United States Institute of Modern Accounting of Chicago
Chas. A. Sweetland
Suite
Boylston Bidg
Chicago
Thebes Gate Count and Domestic Disputes in Fragment
The fragment references Thebes with a claim of a hundred gates and vast forces per gate, implying a total of 1,000,000 men and 2,000 chariots. It also includes a domestic scene with lines about spanking and a mother using a shoe, contrasting with a baseball player father.
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Thebes
Detroit trolley conductor tore dress. citizen demands suit
An angry Detroit resident visits the trolley superintendent after his wife’s dress was torn by a conductor stepping on it. The citizen asks the company to match the torn material, while the official questions liability and offers no dress replacement.
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Detroit
Harper's Weekly
Leap Year Romance Aims For Four Year Chance
The speaker declares waiting four years for a leap year proposal seeking a home and lasting comforts from a partner. The plea combines romantic intent with a request for stability and affection.
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Algy
Fragmented, rambling Vignettes and Advertisements From 19th Century Page
A collage of quirky quotes and short scenes shows a Lampton asylum visit describing two inmates in dim cells, followed by regional dialect exchanges about theft and meals. The page shifts to varied ads and quips, touting Allen's Foot-Ease, a cigar promo, a Sydney Smith quote, and a doctor’s claim of curing fits with King’s tonic, all in old newspaper style.
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Deacon Plunket
Tilie
Visii
Mony
Byron Williams
Miss Sweet
Chris
Frank Roderus
Glen Ellyn
Ill
DuPage River
Byron
Northwestern
May
Cuthurn
Sonny
Bowser
Tommy Rott
Eddie Fye
Lewis
Peoria
California
Ordeal
Strees. Car Company
Lampton Lunatic Asylum
Tatler
Allen
All Druguiste
Allen S. Olmsted
Roy
Sydney Smith
Lewis’ Factory
Kiing
H. Kline
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Mrs. Winslow
Cole Bee
Guntleness
Marcus
Aurelius
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