Frontierswoman Leonie Burch Finds Gold and Love
Leonie Burch, a sharp relentless frontier girl, suspects miners salt the Wenatchee mine. After aiding Shelby Roberts in avoiding the salters, she and Roberts team up to test the claim. Assays prove rich, leading to a $59,000 sale and a happy future with Roberts.
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China
Loonie
Leonte
Tam
Wenatchee
Mias
Ben Dorsey
Dorsey
Leanie
Leonie
Mr. Roberts
Roberta
Bonn
Shelby Roberts
Misa Burch
Smallpox Case Tied to Wallpaper Exposure in Sharon
Physicians trace Agnes Hines of 205 Sharpville Street to a 26 year old smallpox exposure under living room wallpaper. She and her mother assisted in removing old wallpaper and had no vaccination. Health board confirms a prior smallpox case in the dwelling.
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Agnes Hines
Sharpville Street
Board of Health
Sharon
Cheerful Wife and the Blessing of Home
The piece extols cheerful wives and mothers as balm after a hard day. It notes how a pleasant, good natured face eases labor and recalls the comforting role of a kind teacher and nurse. The article urges women to embody cheerfulness in daily life.
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Nurna
Sunny Elite Feature Reminds of Redeeming Value
A clipped quotation suggests there is a redeeming feature in every thing and everyone. It reflects on bearing troubles by facing them as best as possible, attributed to Pittsburgh Die patch.
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Pittsburgh
Quotations on Vice and Virtue from The Searchlight
The passage argues that exposing crime reveals virtue by contrast and calls on those who oppose vice to unveil deformity in stark form, exploring its dark mazes and sensing the wickedness that shocks the soul. It attributes these views to a Schiller quotation about religion morality and social order.
Unclear dialogue scene sparks debate on unwanted advances
A fragmentary exchange shows a young man asking how to react to an unwanted kiss and a blunt rebuttal dismissing the possibility, illustrating a tension over consent via terse dialogue.
Confections Made At Home Marshmallows Recipe
Instructions for making plain and chocolate marshmallows at home. Soak gelatin, boil sugar and water to a thread, mix with gelatin, cool, add salt and flavor, heat to shape, pour into sugared pans, set, cut, and dust. Variations include chocolate coating, nuts, candied fruits, fruit juice substitution, and coconut dusting.
Household Hints From A Past Era
A garbled collection of practical tips covers making paste from brown sugar and flour, sizing painted walls, keeping candles on ice to burn slowly, dipping spoons in boiling water to prevent sticking muffin dough, crumbling tissue in jar bottoms to keep cookies fresh, cleaning tinware with dry flour and newspaper, and warming lemons to double juice yield.
Dolly Varden Cake Recipe Card from Old Cookbook
Recipe for Dolly Varden Cake with spice batter and two white layers. Instructions mix sugar butter milk yolks and flour with baking soda and cream of tartar plus lemon or vanilla extract, beat egg whites, bake two white layers. Half batter with molasses and fruit, bake separate tins, join with egg white and sugar icing.
Creamed Asparagus Recipe Shared For Easy Serving
Fresh asparagus is plentiful and wel used. Tie the bunch, cut ends, boil 25 minutes in salted water. Toast slices, dip in asparagus liquor, butter, arrange on platter. Make a cream sauce with milk flour and butter, season to taste. Simple dish, yet welcome.
Browed Onions Recipe Method
Small onions are best. Peel boil until tender then simmer in soup or gravy for ten minutes. Remove keep hot while sauce thickens with browned flour. Pour sauce over onions and serve.
Smothered Pork Chops and Beet and Bermuda Onion Salad
Layer pork chops with potatoes and onions, salt and pepper, bake covered then uncover to brown. Veal can be prepared similarly. Beet and Bermuda Onion Salad mixes sliced beets celery onion and chopped pickles with salt and white pepper, served with dressing.
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Bermuda
Alice
Quick Dessert From Stale Bread and Jam
Butter stale bread slices then steam them. Re-butter and spread with heated raspberry jam or red rasp berries. Serve as individual shortcakes with cream and sugar.
Stained Table Linen Cleaning Method from Old Guide
A historic tip notes removing coffee tea and chocolate stains from table linen by sprinkling borax, soaking in cold water, then stretching the fabric over a bowl and pouring boiling water from a height onto the stain for cleaning.
Baked Sausage Method For Delicate Brown Finish
After curling the sausage in a frying pan it should be covered with a tin cover. Bake in a moderate oven for one hour, turning once or twice. This yields a delicate brown and thorough cooking. Serve with squares of roasted bread.
Cleaning Hint for Glassware Care
Wash your best cut glassware in a wooden bowl to lessen breakage. If no wooden bowl, place a good-sized Turkish towel in the bottom of the dishpan to cushion and reduce risk of chipping.
U S Consular Agents Busy Worldwide
A Syrian woman thanks the United States consular service for saving her life in Turkey and returning her to the United States. The story highlights the service’s role in protecting citizens and boosting American trade. It notes leaders like Robert Lansing and Wilbur J Carr, and cites six months of consular activity contributing over 24 million dollars in orders for American goods. The consular role blends diplomacy, law, and commerce.
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Uncle Sam
State Department
United States
Turkey
Hollis
W S Hollis
Beirut
Syria
Sam
Uncle Bam
United States Consular Service
London
Sterling
Belfast
Robert Lansing
Wilbur J. Carr
New York Now Greatest Port Surpassing London
New York leads global commerce with 1915 Elam trade totaling $2.125 billion, surpassing London by $200 million. Exports show New York at $1.104 billion versus London's $696 million, a gap over 70 percent. Hamburg, Antwerp, Liverpool rank next with multiple other ports listed including New Orleans and Galveston.
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New York
Uncle Sam
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
London
Hamburg
Antwerp
Liverpool
Marseilles
Havre
Bremen
Calcutta
Bombay
Buenos Aires
Trieste
Singapore
Hull
Sydney
Genoa
New Orleans
Oston
Galveston
Love of Wild Birds Grows Across the Nation
Uncle Sam notes a rising appreciation for wild birds among Americans. The U S Biol Survey reports efforts to increase bird numbers and attract them to homes. Interest grows partly aesthetic and partly for birds as insect destroyers, with hundreds or thousands of organizations devoted to bird care and protection.
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Uncle Sam
United States Biological Survey
United States
Billingagate to Chancery Lane in London Accent
The London Evening Standard notes Billinggate is scarcely heard at Billingsgate and wonders what term should replace it Dickens portrays strong street language in his novels through a denizen of Puris Lane in London’s lanes.
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Billingagate
Chancery Lane
Billingsgate
Dickens
London
Y Lane
London Evening Standard
Butter Output Increases in 1914 U.S. Production
Uncle Sam reports 1914 butter production at 86,019,489 pounds valued at 223,170,204 dollars, versus 1909's 627,145,865 pounds valued at 180,174,790 dollars. This shows a 25.3 percent rise in quantity and a 23.9 percent rise in value.
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Uncle Sam
United States
Coal Mine Fatalities in U S 1870 to 1914
The Bureau of Mines bulletin reports over 2,000 deaths in U S coal mines between 1870 and 1914. The Interior Department agency details the high-risk era and nationwide toll in mining.
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United States
Bureau of Mines
Department of the Interior
Surgeons Offer Free Operations to Boost Enlistments
Surgeons at Jefferson hospital Philadelphia will remove dis qualifying defects in army navy and marine corps applicants at no charge by minor operations. Enlarged tonsils and hammer toes have been removed from several rejected men and these individuals were enlisted after healing.
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Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Jefferson Hospital
Philadelphia
John Bull Best Customer Export Trends Show British Demand
Uncle Sam via the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce reports March 1916 exports totaling about 148 million dollars to Great Britain, with over a billion dollars in the nine months ending March 1916. France follows with 75 million in March 1916 and 423 million for nine months. Canada, Italy, and Russia are listed as other top buyers.
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Uncle Sam
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
United States
Great Britain
United Kingdom
France
Canada
Italy
Russia
Awaiting Time Across Ages and Timings
A reflective line contrasts ages and times, noting that understanding another era requires time and shared experience. The quote emphasizes that truth emerges from the hidden experiences of many, not from a single keen mind.
Merely a Matter of Choice
A teacher upbraids Bobby for stealing James’ apple claiming violation of the eighth commandment. Bobby defends his act by saying he might as well break the eighth and take the apple rather than covet the tenth commandment.
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Bobby
James
Man Pays Farmer for Stolen Watermelon After 16 Years
A West Virginia man sent a farmer $3 as payment for a watermelon he stole 16 years ago. The note remarks that if every boy developed such a conscience, farmers would own most of the money in the world.
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West Virginia
Handy Window Box Projects From Scrap Boxes
Household guide explains how to assemble hanging window boxes from grocery boxes, including end-to-end joints, corner strips, and supports for wide and narrow windows. It covers plant stands, metal liners, painting, and finishing with two coats, plus decorative cornucopia baskets and other craft ideas for keeping flowers fresh.
Surprising the Master in Welldon Recollections
In Bishop Wel don’s Recollections an amusing Eton tale recalls a science class where the master demonstrates heat on two tubes. A student at the back loudly bets three to one on the red. The master draws a notebook to record the boy’s imagined misdeed, noting an imposition of lines.
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Bishop Weldon
Eton
Betting Claim Echoed During Room Experiment
A spectator in the back of the room cried that the bet had been booked, marking a notable moment in the experimental sporting offer under discussion.
Noncommittal reply cited on presidential candidate query
In the exchange Bena tor Sorghum dodges a direct presidential candidate question stating that a yea could be seen as a joke and a no as serious, while noting France’s early role in the matter.
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Benator Sorghum
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Leonie Burch
Wenatches
Leonle
Leonielt
Burrell
Mrs
Burrel
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Berlin
Lansing
Hie
Britain
John Bull
A. Neely Hall
Dorothy Perkins
AL Neely Hall
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