Romance of a Battlefield Box Reveals British Captain’s Love
A battered metal box found near Stone Arabia in Palatias Montgomery County contains a gold locket with a miniature of a British lady, letters to Capt. Lowe, and a blue ribbon. The tale links Alice Douglass to Capt. Lowe, who died at Stone Arabia during the American Revolution, and to a poignant letter foretelling a lover’s fate.
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Montgomery County
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Lowe
Stone Arabia
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Cyder
Aendomar
Palatine Bridge
Royal Historical Cociety
London
Retislo Officiale
Alice Douglass
Britain
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Americe
Lews
Sir John John
Mohawk Valley
Canada
Regalara
Indiana
Tozier
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Johnson
Rathlees
John
Mobawi
Csughaswaga
Fanda
Robert van Rencenlast
Bray
Albany
Fort Paris
John Srowd
Continental Army
van Ronsselger
Brows
van Ranggaleer
Col. Brown
Catriote
Leea
Wara
Aiheir
Lewis
Alice
Peliher
John Johnson
Capade
Douglas
GOOD KROLPIS Beef Tea and Quince Marmalade
Recipe fragment describes beef tea from lean beef cut fine and simmered in cold water without boiling until juice is extracted and meat whitens. It also covers quince marmalade with peeled quinces simmered, strained, cooled, then cooked with sugar to form jelly and sealed.
About Men Capoul the Tenor Farmer and Other Oddities
A collage of brief notes and quips from varied sources. Capoul the tenor is described as a farmer. Carnot’s finances are joked about. Karr of Almond New York claims to be the last prisoner to leave Andersonville with a Confederate flag. Kipling’s fame and a Meglich Lake Radford link are touched on. Anecdotes feature Franklin Georgia and a burnet house banquet in Cincinnati with Read and Pugh.
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Carnot
Karr
Almond
N. Y
Andersonville
Rudyard Kipling
Meglich
Radford
Franklin
Thomas Buchanan Read
Burnet House
Cincinnati
George Fugh
Pugh
Gaorge
Texas
Aurea
Fragmented quotes and oddities from a coastal Kentucky view
A mash of remarks and local color from the Coastal Journal discussing whiskey prices family finances and a California streetcar incident. It references a Mirror Lake in Yosemite and notes the delayed sunrise due to surrounding mountains cited by the St Louis Republic.
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Kentucky
California
America
Yosemite Valley
Mirror Lake
St. Lous Republic
Gossip and Whistler Tales Highlight Social Moments
In a Palmer's gossip vignette Isabella Urquhart encounters a pleading street urchin and questions her fame. A New York girl recounts Whistler’s scornful dismissal of a forged sketch then guides her to his portfolio of drawings and etchings, inviting selection of a real work.
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Palmer's
Gamin
Miss Urquhart
Jones
Isabeller
Whistler
New York
London
Fashion notes and curios of the era in a cluttered column
The piece surveys color trends with white jackets and Calico night dresses, notes the browns favored by the Princess of Wales, and mentions a Dutch furniture revival. It highlights decorative iron work for drapery, old door knockers on Fifth Avenue for hardware use, and quips from New York and London columns about domestic life and social scenes.
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New York
Dyr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy Offers $500 Cure Guarantee
The proprietors promise a $500 reward for an incurable case of catarrh or for long standing cases, asserting safety for customers and their own confidence in a permanent cure. Sage’s Remedy is advertised as curing chronic catarrh, colds in the head, and related symptoms, with widespread testimonials. Sold by druggists for 50 cents.
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