Two Christmas Menus With Special Recipes
Readable fragments describe two Christmas menus featuring roast goose and roast turkey with oyster and onion sage dressings. Included are Frozen Brandy Sauce and serving tips, with procedural details for bread crumb dressings, poultry seasoning, sage, celery, onions, and optional brandy flavoring.
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Oster
Colery
Let the Old Year Go Its Way Poem by Herschell
A reflective verse by William Herschell about bidding farewell to the old year. It memorably notes memories of Chateau-Thierry and wartime losses, yet closes with a call to greet the new year with hopeful peace and shared cheer.
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Memory Bay
Chateau-Thierry
Christmas the World Around
A reflective Christmas piece urging peace and unity after conflict. It emphasizes choosing collaboration over division and using wealth and strength to aid global needs. The text appeals to spiritual gifts and service, inviting a morally healing solidarity for the Child.
Cancellation Horror in Nadelphia Public Ledger
Richard Aspillano condemns cancellation practices in the trade, labeling them a holy horror. He cites alleged suspensions where goods were ordered but not delivered, then repriced and resold, accusing profiteering though noting not all manufacturers engaged. The piece highlights gouging as a fault in business ethics.
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Richard Aspillano
Nadelphia Public Ledger
Street Peddlers of Tokyo A World of Busy Hawkers
The Japan Advertiser describes Tokyo street peddlers from tofu men to nima ne nims, natto sellers, yao ya vegetable hawkers, fish men, and service hawkers like clog repair, pipe cleaners, and tinkers. Ome ya candy sellers thrill children with games, balloons, and dango art, while dango artisans craft edible figurines and toys to delight buyers.
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Japan
Tokio
America
Gold Fish
Dango-Ya
Love's Minor Frictions in Home Life
A Fransia Seator Warner essay argues minor friction arises from tempo in daily life and mood differences. It cites a late church choir bet, illustrates timing conflicts in marriages, and suggests soundproofed phones to reduce tension while praising friction as a path to intimate understanding.
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Sue
Prescott
Lsten
Stanley
Violet
Undecided Iowa towns weigh police versus citizens
Des Moines readers debate whether more police or better citizens are needed. Notes from Perry Chief, Sac County Bulletin, and Dow City Reporter satirize postwar concerns about crime, matrimony, and the elusive notion of normalcy.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Perry
Irreverent Laughter Inspires Almanac Style Poster Work
The text suggests playful yet crude reminiscences suitable for poster work or almanacs bundled with patent medicines. It notes that as long as these figures do not perform prophecy, their remarks on achieved facts remain acceptable for use in such materials.
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In South Dakota newspapers readers note a joke about unbelievers during Noahs time and a small town finding that all dogs drink from the sanitary drinking fountain making it seem necessary The Onida Watchman claims the town dogs use the fountain The Elk Point Herald discusses Bryan urging the president to resign and cautions it is not easy to explain the events of early November
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Onida
Flk Point Herald
Bryan
Life origins and the idea of life entities in human skin
A Nebraska piece discusses origins of life and the possibility of life arising in the laboratory. It argues nature is an evasive term and suggests life entities may actively build and supervise new growth, even a fingerprint pattern reappearing on regenerated skin.
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As Edison
Res St
Thomas A. Edison
German General Hindenburg Honors Swedish Patent Medicine
The prose echoes Kipling as Field Maraha von Hindenburg signs a fecsimile testimonial honoring a Swedish patent medicine. The opening recalls military formalities while addressing Europe’s unemployed in the wake of recent events, with a dispatchlike tone.
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Kipling
Geneva
Maraha
von Hindenburg
Europe
Chinese Woman Emerges in Peking Home
James M Muller describes a modern scene in Peking where a Chinese physician’s wife hosts two men in his absence. Mrs Tsen pours tea, plays ancient melodies on piano in western notation, sings, and notes phonograph dances for young Chinese friends, signaling social modernity near the Great Wall.
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James M. Muller
National Geographic Magazine
Peking
China
North
Col. Sellers Up To Date on Trade With Russia
Col. Sellers Up To Date reviews trade prospects with Soviet Russia and European Russia as Col. Vanderlip reports vast oil coal and agricultural resources. He cites potential U S purchases of locomotives box cars and other goods while warning of transport and delivery risks and political barriers.
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Washington D
Great Lakes
United States
Congress
Vanderlip
America
Russia
Mexico answers its question with stable government
Secretary Colby cites Mexico's new government as stable and responsible with peace from border to border. Roberto Pesquetra notes pride and law and order, while the US chamber reports over 100 American houses starting business in Mexico. Banks say conditions improve, signaling a democratic Mexico on cordial terms with the United States.
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The
Milwaukee Journal
Colby
Mexico
New
Roberto V. Pesquetra
United States
Lady Boss for Congress Pie in Oklahoma Tale
A humorous lament imagines Miss Alice Robertson of Oklahoma as boss of all congressional eateries. It lauds her cafe experience and praises pies as comfort for members, noting a famed 25 years ago Renate restaurant pie and envisioning pumpkin apple and lemon pies guiding an economical, contented next Congress.
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Alice Robertson
Oklahoma
Senate
House
Miss Robertson
Renate
Maine
Finance Or & Ways and Means
Plo
The Ritual of Trade in Persia Markets
A narrative from When I Was a Boy in Persia describes bargaining where the merchant opens at five dollars and insists on a high price in Allahs name. The customer argues for a fair price, and the two trade barbs until the buyer seeks another seller. Bread import volumes from the United States in October show a sharp rise versus 1919.
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Japan
East
Persia
Allah
Maya
Siresnals
United States
Tammany's Broken Power in New York Saloon Decline
A Boston Transcript view argues closing saloons weakens Tammany Hall by cutting in to its contact network of proprietors barkeepers and messengers who mobilized support and redistributed aid The piece notes the suffrage expansion to women adds an uncertain factor and quotes a veteran leader lamenting the era when “the girls will get us” while also listing stray comic lines from Mase Tech Vou Fivot.
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Tammany
Boston Transcript
New York
Tammany Hall
Trme
Work and Women in Detroit Marriage Trends
A fragment from Los Angeles Work and Women notes Detroit saw a week with no wedding records and marriages halted by absent grooms. It observes men seeking steady work before or alongside wifehood and hints at social patterns, while a Kansas report mentions looting customs and imperial Russia.
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Detroit
Nice Way to Be a Saint
A Minneapolis Tribune item mocks Trotsky for suggesting millions could die from hunger and cold for world revolution. It argues he would endure luxury while others suffer, praising his claimed moral attitude as more comfortable than self sacrifice for ideas.
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The
Minneapolis Tribune
Luid Trotzky
Trotsky
Trotaky
Salute to Wounded Orders from Fort Sheridan
Fort Sheridan commander Major General Leonard Wood issues an order on military courtesy, directing officers to salute wounded and disabled soldiers first. The rule honors those who served in the war and marks a historic shift in Army practice toward deference to disabled personnel.
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New York
Leonard Wood
6Th Corps
Fort Sheridan
Perseverance Triumphs In Troubled Quest For Wealth
A fragmented report notes a man’s victory earned through stubborn perseverance despite obstacles. It hints at a long struggle, a windy night miscue, and eventual success while referencing dormant wealth across French colonies in Africa Asia and South America now eyed by merchants and manufacturers in France.
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Qubba
Bubba
Qubbs
Africa
Asia
South Amerie
France
Reform Iowa Legislature Prefer Wisconsin methods for efficiency
Dante M. Pierce compares Iowa and Wisconsin legislative practices arguing Wisconsin spends less per day on legislative help, uses civil service stenographers, restricts floor access to reporters, registrates lobbyists, bans sitting committees, and offers full bill consideration. He urges Iowa to adopt business like methods amid high taxes and upcoming constitutional processes in 1920.
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Iowa
Wisconsin
General Assembly
Iowa Assembly
Madison
Secretary of State
Hawkeye
Lke
Grain markets and futures demand in national crop outlook
An overview of grain exchanges as large markets with daily cash grain sales, the role of primary markets led by Chicago and other centers, and the flow of wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley. It notes rail yard sampling under government oversight, commission men serving elevator shippers, and farmers who supply a vast portion of crops yet many bushels remain on farms.
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National Crop Improvement Service
Chicago
Minneapolis
Duluth
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Omaha
Peoria
Toledo
Detroit
Indianapolis
State Inspection Department
Market Day in Sioux City Proposed by Farmer Letter
Sioux City Tribune prints a reader letter urging city leaders and local clubs to align with Woodbury County Farm Bureau to create a Market Day for farmers. The writer argues such a market would cut middleman profits, allow farmers to sell poultry and produce directly, access cash, and reduce red tape for loans. He cites price gaps and profit margins in poultry and corn, urging farmer organization and local action led by J. B. Bobinean.
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Sioux City Tribune
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Woodbury County Farm Bureau
Sean
Sioux City
Mile
Grovery Man
J. B. Bobinean
Those Obedient Pilgrims in The New York World
The piece portrays early Pilgrims as defenders of authority who fled to Holland and, upon arriving in America, mistreated natives and dissenters. It contrasts their supposed obedience with harsh actions toward Quakers and others, framing colonists as having a problematic legacy amid praise for later Anabaptists.
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Calvin
Massachusetts
Waying
Holland
America
Andrew Jackson
Massachusetts Delegates Forge Nullification Plan at Hartford
Fragmentary text shows delegates from Massachusetts at a Hartford convention planning nullification of national authority. The excerpt mentions fealty, crown, and a fealty oath context, with emphasis on independence and rejecting centralized power. It indicates a period of revolutionary sentiment and attempts to resist distant governance.
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Maseachusetts & Lewearth
Miassichue Fotta
Tarteford
It Is Said It Is Said In The New York Post
A fragmented New York Post style column argues readers should demand proof for figures on shipping board spending and waste. It critiques reliance on authority, urging plain arithmetic to expose overstatements about costs, thefts, and shipbuilding.
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New York
Herule
Shipping Board
Shipping Bowl
Ettheon
Treasury chief forecasts $200 million debt reduction
The treasury department announces a potential reduction of 200 million dollars from the national debt totaling 924.067 billion, signaling improved fiscal prospects amid ongoing efforts.
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Treasury Department
The
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