There Is Much Goodness in Pennsylvania Dutch Recipes
Mary A. Wilson highlights home cooking from Lebanon Lancaster and Dauphin Counties. The piece praises Mennonite Dunkard and Amish women for hearty meals and clean farms, then lists traditional dishes such as egg soup paste milk river soup yellow tomato soup baked fish salt mackerel stewed chicken with dumplings meat souffle potato doughnuts and ginger cake with apple marmalade and custard.
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Lebanon
Lancaster
Dauphin Counties
Pennsylvania
Mary A. Wilson
Ledger
Dunkard
New Orleans
Prohibition’s Effects Highlighted by Everybody’s Magazine
The article cites concrete figures from Lansing Michigan showing costs rise after dry periods end. It notes 328 lost working days at the Reo Motor Car Company factory over 10 weeks due to workers spending pay nights in saloons. It compares jail feeding costs: $5,600 during two dry years versus $11,300 in two wet years for a town of 40,000.
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Everybody’s Magazine
Lansing
Mich
America
Reo Motorcar Company
Reo Company
Hair Lock Poem of Happy Husband and Wife
A playful Philadelphia Telegraph snippet shows a newlywed couple in a tender morning exchange. The wife asks for a hair lock, the husband replies he keeps it near his heart, and she asks him to check matching pulls when downtown.
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Harry
Tarry
Philadelphia — Telegraph
Lawyer recalls three troublesome clients in court reminiscence
A celebrated lawyer recalled the three most troublesome clients he ever had a young lady who wanted to be married a married woman who wanted a divorce and an old maid who didn’t know what she wanted.
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Wheo
Bread price study claims huge tax on the poor
A published price report argues that raising bread by one cont a loaf effectively taxes the public about 16 million dollars annually. The finding highlights New York City as a focal point of the impact.
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New York City
Incredible young Doctor's Wife
A fragment shows a directive to Mary to inform the Doctor a patient awaits. Tila and T express hesitation about conveying the message, hinting at a tense domestic moment.
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Mary
Tila
Humorous Shoe Request from Wary Husband
Forewarned Mr Bachrack is a considerate husband yet places a limit. He asks for button shoes for his wife and the clerk asks for a type. He replies no back buttons, a witty quip about practicality over style.
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Mr. Bachrack
Diamond Ring Gift Dismissed For Christmas Note
A dialogue shows a man offering a diamond ring for Christmas and a woman declining with a cryptic reply about accepting a ring now and awaiting happy surprises at Christmas as usual. The exchange hints at future twists in a personal relationship.
Not Alarmed A Grim Quip About a Lost Pet Reward
A dark exchange reveals a man humorously claiming he offered a large reward to please his wife, then reveals in a grim twist that he drowned the animal himself, casting a macabre pall over the dialogue.
Whiz Sparks Funny Exchange at Court Lesson
A humorous exchange unfolds as a mother teaching her child the alphabet prompts the child to shout a catchy response after the letter g, drawing a light moment before the judge.
Nurse's note on sick room comfort and fever care
The guide advises keeping the sick room around 60 degrees day and night. For fever the head should be slightly raised to aid blood flow to the brain. Avoid heavy quilts and counterpanes, comfortables, or similar coverings as they distress the patient with their weight.
New Wisconsin Woman Encounters Sea For First Time
Victor Herbert recounts a Wisconsin visitor’s first view of the Atlantic at Bailey's Beach near Newport. The young woman, seeing the sea for the first time, inhales with delight and declares it smells like oysters.
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Victor Herbert
Wisconsin
Newport
Bailey’s
Atlantic
Jennie
Is she to marry the man who saved her from drowning
A Houston Post item reports a question about a rescued woman choosing marriage. The dialogue debates whether the suitor can provide the lifestyle she expects, with a remark about locking him up in Brad Street’s before she fell in.
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Bradstreet’s
Houston Post
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Walter T. Bradley
S. E. Corner
Ninth and Thompson Streets
Philadelphia
Hoffer
Engle
Hummelstown
George P. Hoffer
Palmyra
Landis
E. B. Cassady
Swatara Quarry
Swatara, Pa
E. M. Hoffer
C. S. Maylfair
Hershey, PA
H. M. Hartz
Insurance and Real Estate
W. Main St
Palmyra, PA
NEW Holland Engines
John Deere
Oliver Gang
Syracuse
Oliver
Missouri
Crown and Thomas
Just
Dempwolf’s
D. B. Martin’s
Hershey Store Co
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