Deliverance through a housemother’s thrift scheme
A long tale recalls a housekeeper Margaret Daly who joins a thrift plan with her employer to save weekly from groceries. The scheme returns half of every saved dollar to her as dividends, cutting waste and teaching frugality while the mistress eyes broader social questions and mentors like Mrs Steeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Stock Company
Adrff
Treasury
Margaret
Margaret Daly
T. S&s
Chicago
Bex
Housemother Exchange Turns to Cooks and Boarders
A lively letter column from Newark and Philadelphia notes how housekeepers supervise maids and manage leftovers. Readers share anecdotes on kitchen thrift, boarding house life, and gender roles in domestic work.
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N.ec
Newark
Mblers
G. M
Philadelphia
Breakfast Idea From N W Pittsburg Note
A reader from Pittsburg suggests preparing a simple two person breakfast using yellow corn. Soak the corn overnight and mix with a breakfast item. The note mentions a winter season preference and hints at a Sunday meal plan.
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N. W
Pittsburg
Letter from W A Deschamps on poultry colorant and red lead concerns
A correspondence notes a parcell of books for W and three children from Mrs J Hinsdale. It asks poultry farmers to mix Venetian red into mash and water thrice weekly, claims benefits, and raises safety questions about red lead and chemical composition.
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Hinsdale, UL
W. A
Deschamps
Ala
Family Meals for a Week Breakfasts and Dinners
A historic menu page lists daily meals including breakfast options with oranges, hominy, beef stew, and toast. lunches feature pate de foie gras and Saratoga chips. dinners vary with macaroni soup, pork, applesauce mashed turnips, and rice croquettes, alongside multiple leftovers and desserts. It mentions mutton stews, mackerel dishes, Welsh rarebit, baked potatoes, and assorted teas and coffees across the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary Callahan
Steeling
Der
Genouw
Tule
Werry
Porriet
Gay
Great
Middle West
Bic
Lusinesa
Technica
Art Cretida
Gard
Sam Lawson
Oldtown Works
Sammelunes
Ernest
Mana
Tower City
Maggiee
H. D
Atlanta, Ga
Mercy
Mary
Katy
You
Ecoffee
Jerusalem
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