Getting His Goat by Dean Herrick
Poor Viola faces pressure from her father Archibald Finhaven as Eric Halley attempts to win her love. A bankers’ conference at a hotel prompts a dramatic reveal and a plan to honor a bet, while Viola endures fear and hope amid news of an engagement.
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Firte Ratley
Archibalt Piahar
Erie
Finhaven
Eric
Milly
Trenk
Rockwell
Archibald
Viola
Dave
Flahaven
Pinhaven
Secret Service Watches Spies From Europe War Warnings
A New York Herald summary reports on Navy secret service work with Rear Admiral Benson noting spies tied to coastal defenses at Norfolk and possible foreign agents in Washington. It describes covert methods, wiretaps, blotter scrap misuse, and the fragile balance of counter espionage amid wartime tensions.
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New York
Gary
Benson
Naval Operations
Norfolk
Secret Service
Congress
Intelligence Department
New York Herald
Henson
United States
Washington
Flynn
Flyan
Bie
Mrr
Justice
Ander
A. Bruce Mielaski
Footie
Hecmaee
Dof
Bieluski
Syle
Wiley
Uuele Sau Senret
Boon
Europe
Akwip
Evan
Tee
Elle Aia
Weskington
al Faust Rumiomelly
Wader
Admuller
Hla
Fficer
Secret Service Bureau
Mlnutes
Serview
Navy
Ann Hangeron
Cours
Cours, Mintowed, Aid the Wiem Wened the Worimis Tell Ter Emit Panion
Natanes
District of Columbia
Skunk Trap Featured in Food Jar Incident in Winsted
In Winsted Connecticut, skunks escaped a farm on Lovely Street causing disturbance as residents opened a jar in Daniel Ryan's cellar. They moved a heavy cover from a stone jar to reach food, releasing a skunk that fell into a crack and was trapped again. Ryan declines patenting the trap and invites others to visit.
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Winsted
Skunk
Lovely Street
Daniel Ryan
Ryan
Richest Negro Boy In The World At Stake In Oklahoma Creek Family
Adam Manuel a Creek freedman died in Colorado and his heirs in Muskogee fight over allotments. Luther Manuel’s tract sits in a rich oil belt near Cushing, while Rafeld and Harford Manuel receive land suited for farming. Sarah Hector’s portion is valued but far behind Luther’s oil wealth.
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Tulsa
Okla
Adam Manuel
Colorado
Muskogee
Manuel
Luther
Rafeld
Sarah Hector
Lather Manuel
Relatives Find His Grave Near Allerton
Relatives after years search locate the grave of Elijah Brown near Allerton, with Brown a noted preacher in Timavesee. He traveled overland from Neshvilie to the north with his wife, died en route, and was buried beside the road. A marker was placed long after, bearing the date of death.
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Danville
Elijah Birown
Hillaets
Allerton
UL Brown
Timavesee
Noun
Lowley
Confesses Old Crime
A garbled Kansas note recounts a confession from an unnamed man in Downs or nearby, claiming past thefts and promising change after earlier luck ran out. The letter hints at a crime in September and suggests the writer plans to alter his course, though details remain unclear.
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Bay of Downs
Rome
Canadians Pull Mumps to Mowe Turwat
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Iver Dallations of Cama ian soldiers and uprooted stumps near Torcate with references to mud, stumps, and plains at night suggesting a disrupted camp scene and improvised feeding setups. Entities and places are garbled, but imply military activity and supply disruption.
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Torcate
Ube
Pickles of Merit and How to Put Up Cucumbers
Practical guide from the Chicago Journal on making pickles and preserves at home. It covers selecting small beets and cucumbers, preparing skins, using sweetened vinegar with cinnamon cloves and peppers, and methods for brining, packing, and canning. Includes advice on garden abundance, storage, and spice mixtures for mixed pickles.
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Chicago
Cold Process Cateup From A Colonial Kitchen
A damaged recipe card provides instructions for making tomato catsup by peeling ripe tomatoes cold, chopping and straining, then mixing with celery salt sugar salt mustard pepper and other spices. The note warns that proper straining prevents spoilage and ensures preservation.
Beuthern Corn Pudding Recipe Note
Beuthern Corn Pudding mixes Greve corn with melted butter, eggs, sugar and salt. Bake in a deep buttered dish for three quarters of an hour until set, with a rich amber color and light texture.
Fragmentary note on cooking string and cut beans
The readable text shows steps for preparing French beans by stringing and cutting, boiling with ample water and butter, then adding tender greens. A later instruction mentions draining in a pan and serving with a sauce, though details are garbled. The source mix includes unclear parenthetical hints and misspellings.
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Minster
Side OH Om the Sablec Mew Chopper Wn Tight
A cryptic item notes a tight chopper and warnings about clamps that may cause bother. The text reads like a fragment from a shop or mechanical note with unclear references to tools and safety. Names and concrete details are absent, leaving the core action ambiguous.
Fragmentary note on a skin boot injury and band setup
The readable text mentions a bleeding knee, a boot injury, and a band aid or cloth wrapping. It includes unclear phrases about a welder, a cuubed, and a wilkoa, with no clear persons, places, or dates to identify.
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Ae Caey
Eid Weler
Graty Py Feng
Apple Pastry and German Apple Hott Recipes
Ancient style directions describe apple centered pastries. Instructions include making a thin dough, rolling with apples sugar butter and spices, then frying or baking. A German Apple Hott variant uses rice raising, cinnamon, nutmeg, and optional dried peaches for filling.
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Ugar
Housewife’s Lore on Kitchen Tips and Substitutes
A quirky column shares practical kitchen advice from a homemaker. It suggests using pepper for flavor, turning split peas into luncheon soup, serving crab flakes in green pepper cups, and notes on batter ratios and quick horseradish preparation.
Parenip Stew Recipe For A Frugal Meal
A historical recipe describes parenip stew with salt pork and potatoes. It instructs browning pork, adding cleaned parsnips cut lengthwise and quartered, slicing potatoes, and covering with hot water. Cook about an hour then finish with hot milk and crushed crackers for a hearty, inexpensive dish.
Fried Scallops with a Simple Batter Dip
Readable fragments describe cleaning scallops, drying them, seasoning with salt and pepper, rolling in crumbs, and frying two walnuts in fat. A batter option lists salt pepper bread flour milk and eggs, mixed until light, then seasoned and stirred.
Eponge Gingerbread Misread Recipe
A garbled vintage text details a gingerbread method with stray phrases like molenmes and baking ale. It outlines mixing, heating water, stirring, adding ingredients, and baking until the batter thickens, yielding a ghostly kitchen note.
Fragmented line jumble lacks coherent news item
A garbled OCR fragment lists scattered words and names without a clear event or context. The readable parts show no identifiable people, places, dates, or organizations to anchor a valid news item.
Fragmentary note on haste to remove privacy barriers
The readable line freights a request or complaint about making things public quickly. It mentions hastening action to remove privacy or secrecy and implies concern about exposure of parts or details. The fragment lacks clear subjects or named entities.
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