Varied 1908 items mix hopes fears as world notes abound
A collage of brief items cites New York’s planned large apartment house housing 128 families, a potential ministerial naturalization, stock exchange turmoil, a water rattlesnake sighting, aeronautic risks, a botanist’s memory claim, sexless future curiosities for oysters, and naval nurse appointments. It mentions Japanese porcelain factories shrinking, cotton imports data, the Nissui Trading Company’s global business, Newport sanitation efforts, and a rain window washer device for cars. It closes with world’s fairs nostalgia and a note on Bermuda lilies and a European journey.
Enhancing French dressing with horseradish and onion flavors
The Epicure suggests enriching plain French dressing with horseradish juice, onion flavors, and herbs. It covers methods like rubbing the bowl with onion, adding onion juice, and using garlic, chives, parsley, and colored peppers for ornamentation. Variations include different vinegars and optional wine additions for depth.
Creamless Cream Pie Recipe for Two Pies
A vintage recipe for creamless custard pies uses four eggs four tablespoons sugar one teaspoon lemon flavor four tablespoons flour and one pint milk. Whip three egg whites and combine with the remaining eggs and yolks to form custard, cook in a double boiler, fill baked crusts when cold, prepare a meringue from the three whites and one tablespoon sugar, spread over the pies and brown in a hot oven. A true and tried Sunday night dessert.
To Save Your Sugar and Jelly Making Tips
To save sugar peel and strain fruit juice then boil steadily for about 20 minutes. Remove from heat, measure, and add sugar then boil about five minutes longer. The jelly will be good and at season end you will have several pounds of sugar ahead.
Apple fritters and marmalade style batter notes
A fragmented recipe describes dipping sliced apples in batter and frying in deep fat. It mentions a marmalade boiled thick and packed in a half cheese pot. The text suggests serving with roast beef and notes use for lunch baskets.
New Salvage Tube Aims to Recover Lutine Treasure
London reports a giant steel tube nearly 100 feet long to be towed to Brightlingsea for a final salvage attempt of the Lutine treasure. Divers through a submerged chamber will access the wreck and transfer coins and ingots to the hold, with Lloyds officials noting a reward for salvors.
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London
Colne
Brightlingsea
H. M. S. Lutine
Terschelling
Holland
Forrest & Co
Wyvenhoe
Lloyd's
Mail-Order Couple Happy in Oklahoma Marriage Tale
Traveling 2000 miles to wed a girl seen only by mail, Ben M Southern a rural mail carrier from Mount Park Oklahoma, married 16 year old Bessie Dutcher after meeting her family in New York following a two dollar matrimonial ad. The couple proves the reach of a mail order romance and settlement in Oklahoma. A Long Street Railroad Tunnel opens in Genoa for municipal electrical service, shortening travel to Rivarolo. Construction began June 1 1905.
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Hobart Okla
Ben M. Southern
Mount Park
Hobart
Southern
Dallas
Grant Mitchell
Mitchell
Texas
Chicago
William Dutcher
Halettsville
N. Y
Bessie
Lonesome Oklahoma
New York
Oklahoma
Oklaho
Long Street
Genoa Street Railroad
Genoa
Rivarolo
Returned Soldier Describes Shooting a Giant Fruit Eating Bat
A returning Philippines veteran recounts hunting near Zamboanga when a Moro redirected him to a large fruit eating bat. He describes its size about a half grown cat, three foot wingspan, fox like head, fur coat, rubber like wings, and hooked joints. He kills it with a gun barrel strike and notes locals plan to eat it.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Philippines
Bassalan
Mindanao
Zamboanga
States
International marriages driven by American mothers’ social climb
The essay argues most international marriages fail, blaming ambitious American mothers who push daughters to wed foreign nobles for social prominence. It notes rare exceptions where genuine love exists, cites unhappy outcomes, and contrasts European views of marriage with American pursuit of wealth and status.
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Sam
Iain
France
Money Not Only Measure of Work
A discussion on choosing work for passion, not salary. It argues that rewarding lines may pay poorly yet offer prestige and satisfaction, while high pay often comes with compromises. The piece urges pursuing work fit to taste and ability, with intrinsic reward as the true incentive.
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United States
United States Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Tribunal
Poor Show for Social ism Here
A critical essay argues socialism cannot take root in the United States as wealth remains diffuse and individuals prioritize self interest. It claims Americans adopt practical institutions, reject ideas beyond efficiency, and that a socialist society would require changing humanity, not society, with colleges acting as recruiting grounds for socialism deemed wrong.
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Elas
Bureau of Longevity
Lonn Stock Exchange
The
New York Sun
Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield
Thas
Daily Mail
Navy
Menceforth
Naval Hospital
Tsumaki-mura
Hunter Sharp
Kobe
Japan
Istocka
Great
Nitsui Trading Company
Yeurope
America
Australia
Asia
Basilov
Newport
Del
Henry
Josceline
Heneage Wodehouse
Muda
Europe
Moffatt Studio
Seth Low
Greater
Columbia University
Brooklyn
Low
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