Special Costume and Home Care for Households
Household article outlines practical female kitchen wear using washable calico outfits with short sleeves and pearl buttons, plus quick-entry design. It advises discarding worn clothes and adopting neater attire, and offers steps to clean matting with salt and borax. It also suggests entertaining an invalid reader with art reproductions and cutouts from magazines to stimulate interest.
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Cornwall
Lorna Doone
Forcemeat Pudding From Frugal Victorian Recipe
Soak tapioca in cold water for an hour. Make forcemeat balls from bread crumbs butter beer onions parsley eggs and seasoning. Bind, mix with chopped hard boiled eggs, then add soaked tapioca. Cover with pastry and bake in a deep dish until firm.
Egg and Tomato Pudding Recipe
A recipe instructs to boil six eggs hard and cut them into eighths. Arrange in a buttered pudding dish, cover with two cups of stewed tomatoes thickened with flour and butter, season with onion juice pepper and salt, then top with bread crumbs and bits of butter and brown in the oven.
Veal Stew with Parsnips and Salsify
Veal simmered with parsnips and salsify in a stewpan with salt pork. Layer vegetables in the dish, simmer two hours, transfer veal to a platter, arrange vegetables around, squeeze juice of half a sour orange over, and cover with the hot sauce.
Cherry Salad with Nut Filling and Dressings
Remove stones from cherries and fill cavities with chopped nut meats. Arrange on lettuce leaves. Garnish with uns stemmed cherries. Serve with boiled dressing without cream or with a French dressing.
Silk as sash gift proposed in Japanese engagement custom
A historical note suggests the Japanese lover may present a future bride with a length of beautiful silk to be worn as a sash rather than an engagement ring, reflecting cultural symbolism in bridal customs.
What the Women Wore at Ocean City
A Maryland resort tale recalls sensational dress habits. A visitor reports men going hatless and in shirts and trousers while women mirror the same casual attire, challenging typical summer resort fashions.
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Maryland
Ocean City
Remarkable Eczema Cure Report From Chicago Patient
Mrs Florence B Atwood of 18 Crilly Place Chicago Illinois reports severe eczema for three years resisted by many physicians. After using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Pills for three months she is completely well and highly recommends the remedies. Witness L S Berger October 2 1905.
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Chicago
Florence B. Atwood
Crilly Place
Ill
L. S. Berger
President Castro's Conceit in Venezuelan Tale
The piece recounts Cipriano Castro, Venezuela's president, boasting during the Russo Japanese War that 500 Venezuelans could have taken Port Arthur in four days and 1000 could do it in one day. A European diplomat's rejoinder and the next day's success in obtaining a long‑standing claim are noted as linked by the anecdote.
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Castro
Cipriano Castro
Venezuela
Port Arthur
Nature’s Gift Wasted on Niagara Gorge Route Vendors
A Brotchman on a New York Niagara Gorge street car trip describes disgust at hawkers selling views and Teddy bears along the riverfront. He exits the car and stare at the Whirlpool rapids, questioning the purpose of a grand river if vendors ruin it.
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Brotchman
New York
Niagara River
Trained Hen Performs Jumping Trick in Massachusetts
John Talbot of Rock Knolls Massachusetts owns a hen trained by Uncle John that will jump over his clasped hands even when raised high. A Byfield man owns a cat that voraciously eats raw green corn and strips husks in the field to reach it.
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Animal Intelligence
Massachusetts
John Talbot
Rock Knolls
Mass
John
Bad Dreams From Coffee Poisoning A Testimony To Postum
A man recounts severe symptoms from coffee including restless sleep headaches and indigestion and credits Postum with restoring health after switching. He claims ten days of Postum in place of coffee yields sound restful sleep and steadier nerves, urging readers to try it as a health remedy.
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Postum
Wellville
Hog Farm Profit Secrets Over Eight Years
A hog farm owner outlines how he earned 27833 dollars in eight years in a short series from The National Stockman and Farmer. He explains his methods and success, with subscribers urged to send dues for weeks and yearly access.
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National Stockman and Farmer
PittsburgeLu
No Headache In the Morning Capsule Ad
A vintage patent medicine blurb touts Krauige's Headache Capsules as relief for indulgence in food or drink. Manufactured by Norman Lichty Mfg. Co. of Des Moines Ta. The copy opens with a Carlyle quote about duty and ideals.
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Krauige
Norman Lichty
Minneaplis ad notes hunting items and toning remedies
An abbreviated newspaper item lists prices for guns traps and decoys from N W Hide and Fur Co of Minneapolis plus a Mrs Winslow teething remedy for children. Candid quips about jilting girls and a saying about a good girl not always taking the cake appear as light filler.
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N. W. Hide & Fur Co
Minneaplis
Minn
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