Old Style Pumpkin Pies And Puddings From a Hotel Keeper
A fragment describes old style pumpkin pie baked in brick ovens with dark molasses ginger and cinnamon, plus a corn meal pudding served with a sweet sauce. It notes a woman hotelkeeper in a small western town built her trade on that pudding.
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Sara
Hae
Shelves Add Character To Modern Rooms
Shelves, like cushions and rugs, bring comfort and beauty to rooms beyond traditional bookcases. Many prefer low built in shelves around alcoves or bays for intimate book access, plants, magazines, and decor. High corner shelves maximize space and reduce waste in modern homes.
Fruit and Apple Fritters from Vintage Recipe
A vintage recipe fragment describes making Fruit and Nut Rolls with flour, baking powder, salt, shortening, milk dough, butter, sultana raisins or currants, and hazelnuts. It also details French Apple Fritters from six apples sliced, sugared with lemon zest, dipped, and fried in hot butter with dusting sugar and cinnamon.
Keeping House Sanitary Tips for a Clean Home
Keeping a house sanitary does not require constant sweeping and scrubbing. Let air and sunshine reach every area, prevent clutter in washrooms and cleaning tubs, and wipe away dust and dampness before decay settles in.
Very Particular Demand Shapes Daughter's Diet
A Baltimore user insists on teaching only refined language to their daughter while avoiding common nouns, highlighting a demand for propriety in speech and habits within a domestic setting.
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Baltimore
Unclear fragment hints at Jewish custom and wedding meal
Fragmentary note cites an old Jewish custom about preparations before a wedding. The text is garbled, mentioning tats, 24 hours, bride’s cooking, and a person named Mr. Will, with unclear context and missing details.
Don’t Despair New Cure for Kidney Ailments
A 1899 testimonial from Mrs A Holman of Stillwater Ming praises Doan’s Kidney Pills for curing severe kidney pain backache and impaired secretions. She credits the product with saving her life after doctors considered her near death. Sold by all dealers at 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Ian
A. Holman
Stillwater
Ming
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Deer pen trespass case at Felt Ham reveals deer food sensitivity
Three men faced charges in Felt ham England for sleeping in a deer pen at Bushey Park. A keeper testified they pulled down about ten shillings worth of hay from the racks. The deer refused to eat after being trampled and avoided the pens, likely due to human presence.
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Feltham
England
Bushey Park
One Hundred Dollars Reward For Cure Claim
Fragmentary notice mentions a reward for cures and references Hall's carey Toledo and F J Cheney. Text is garbled, but implies a medical claim or remedy with a price node and mentions internal damage and path symptoms. No clear date, organization, or recipient identified.
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Hall
Carey
Toledo
Soneren
F. J. Cheney
Orin
Tiall
Quenapa
One Way Out Of Difficulty In A Drug Store Tale
A woman seeks an advertising print from a druggist to comfort a sick child twin. A bystander comments on parenting, while the mother reveals twins share desires and jokes that they will find twins to fall in love with later. The exchange ends with a quip about twins.
DREADED TO EAT A COFFEE-FREE HEALTH STORY
A Philadelphia woman recalls years of dizziness and indigestion from coffee, saying coffee abstinence and using Postum improved their health. The couple attributes mood and digestion relief to the switch, noting renewed energy and satisfaction.
Allcock's Porous Plasters Declared World Standard
The advertising note states that Allcock's three plasters were first introduced to the public and are today the world's standard plasters. It claims they are the greatest blessing for healing and relief of ailments, offering the quickest, cheapest, and best relief, with the claim that Allcock's are the original and genuine porous plasters sold by druggists worldwide.
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Allcock
Drunkarda Toseda Public Houses Mentioned by Professor Bottomley
In a University of London lecture, Prof Bottomley claims Drunkarda Toseda run public houses for insects. He says the leading insect pub is Wildarum, a large lily like bloom with a dark shaft. Bees descend into a nectar pit under its pollen bag and an orgy begins.
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Prof
Bottomley
University of London
South Kensington
Home Made Catarrh Cure Promoted as Fast Remedy
A newspaper notice advertises a home remedy named Cyclone for catarrh. It instructs mixing Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Karyon, and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, then taking a spoonful after meals and at night. It claims cleansing effects on kidneys and the blood to eradicate catarrhal poisons.
Early Northwest Voyages Through the Northwest Passage
This historical sketch traces early searches for the northwest passage from 1497 onward. It highlights Cabot, Frobisher, Davis, Hudson, and Barents for the Atlantic side, noting Hudson’s motto and Baffin’s 1616 voyage reaching 77 degrees 45 minutes north and finding Jones, Smith, and Lancaster Sounds as key milestones.
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John Cabot
Northwest Passage
Denmark
England
France
Portugal
Mave
A. W. Greely
Frobisher
John Davis
Davis’ Strait
Henry Hudson
William Baffin
Jones, Smith and Lancaster
Baby tortured by itching cured by Cuticura remedies
Mrs Hat ore Thomaston Mae reports a nine month old infant with a facial and foot rash that worsened at night. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the baby improved within hours and fully recovered. The writer recommends keeping Cuticura Ointment on hand for rashes and insect bites.
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Hatore Thomaston
Mae
Delayed Supper Prompted Meek Housework Request
Fragmentary 19th century dialogue shows a housekeeper asking to chop wood after a sparse meal. A distressed speaker addresses a mother figure with repetitive pleasantries and mentions rest then walking. The tone hints at hardship and daily labor in a domestic setting.
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Lawes
Bromo Quinine and Saharan ruler in US tour
An ensemble of ad copy and notices mentions Drummond, Garfield Tea, and BromO Quinine laxative in a period style ad mix. Jacques Lebaudy the Saharan emperor is said to tour the United States while Allen's Foot-Ease offers foot relief and shoe comfort. A domestic tip on keeping kettles and temper calm closes the fragment.
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Jacques Lebaudy
Sahara
United States
Boston
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