American Architecture and the Mount Vernon Ideal
The essay praises Washington and Jefferson era designs, argues modern American architects chase an artificial style, and urges fidelity to historical drama in buildings. It analyzes Mount Vernon, Ridgefield farmhouses, and colonial carpentry, then outlines practical cottage needs like basements, drains, heating, and servants, stressing the value of the dramatic note in architecture.
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America
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Samuel McIntyre
Salem
Charles Bullnch
Boston
McComb
New York
Mount Vernon
Virginia
Washington
Potomac River
Monticello
Ridgefield
Conn
Jackson
Aymar Embury
Bedford Hills
Bronxville
William A. Bates
Great Britain
John Marshall
Perpetual Motion Idea by Lithuanian Immigrant Inventor
A Grand Rapids World correspondent reports J P Machezia a Lithuanian native, claims to have built a working model of perpetual motion. Starting in 1906 he tested a wooden box device, then with six years of thought and two years of work he nears completion of a five foot four inch high ten foot long machine. He plans patents and will reveal details to interested parties, asserting strong commercial value though he won’t disclose operation now.
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J. P. Machezia
Lithuania
Bas Nally
Grand Rapids
New York World
Tts
Machogls
Machesis
Macheais
United States
Almonds and Gelatin Dessert Molded With Spongecake
A recipe describes soaking gelatin, folding chopped almonds with sugar, milk, eggs, and cream to form a rich gelatin dessert. After cooking, the mixture is beaten smooth, combined with whipped cream, and set in molds. Spongecake pieces surround the mold.
Onion Secrets for Discreetly Flavored Salads
A historical tip to hide onion flavor in salads. Rub the dish rim with onion skin or side, omit onion from the salad, or add a half teaspoon of grated onion juice to the French dressing. Grating yields the juice, collected in a saucer with a dedicated small grater.
Carrot Timbales from a Simple Preparation
A recipe describes scraping four carrots and boiling them in stock until tender. After draining and mashing, mix with two eggs, salt, pepper, optional onion juice, and cream. Spoon into cups, bake in a water bath for twenty minutes, then unmold and garnish with parsley or peas. Serve hot.
Wedding Cake From Old Recipe Keeps Rich Flavors
A historic recipe outlines a large wedding cake method mixing bitter and sugar, eggs beaten separately, butter, fruits, spices, molasses, pastry flour, leavening with cream of tartar and soda, plus citron and nuts. The batter unions into two loaf pans and bakes slowly for eight hours.
Bean Pot Roast With Cuck Steak and Veggies
Two pounds cuck steak with carrots potatoes and onions cut small. Place in bean pot with boiling water and cover to cook two hours. Add vegetables in half inch cubes, simmer about ninety minutes. Season to taste and serve with sauce from the cooking liquid thickened to finish.
Words That Won't Win Her Heart in Courtship
A fragmentary quotation hints at social advice on courtship failures. The speaker notes that flattery from a suitor and approval from a woman's family have not swayed her, suggesting stubborn or discerning attitudes toward romance. The context implies a broader discussion of gender expectations.
Pleasure of a Producer Cherry Ralbng Has Brought Success
A Colorado woman cultivates cherries with success and joy, arguing brain counts over brawn in horticulture. The piece extols thrift, judgment, and patient industry, noting proper soil, drainage, low tree head, and careful pruning to avoid tree bleed. It portrays harmony at home and renewal with spring.
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Colorado
Eis
Nature and Production Unite Woman Joins Movement
A passage notes that she has joined hands with nature and become a producer. The statement frames her new role as a collaboration with natural forces, signaling personal empowerment and creation through environmental alignment. The brief reflects a theme of growth and social change.
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Izes
Nature
Towel Method for Easy Ironing of Buttoned Garment
Fold a bath towel into four double layers and place the buttoned fastening face down. The iron will glide smoothly over the folds as over the buttonhole, aiding embroidery on the back. Press on the wrong side atop the towel for better definition and to make the design stand out.
Simple nut cake recipe with spice hints
A basic cake method combines sugar egg butter milk and flour with baking powder soda raisins and walnuts. Cinnamon cloves and nutmeg add flavor and a portion of flour helps coat the fruits and nuts before baking in cup cake tins. Hickory or butternuts enhance richness.
Bread Making Instructions From A Historical Recipe
This excerpt provides a step by step bread making method using scalded milk sugar butter salt yeast cake dissolved in warm water caraway seeds rye and whole wheat flour. The dough is mixed kneaded allowed to rise shaped into loaves placed in greased pans and baked.
Fish Turbot Recipe Instructions
Steam the white fish until tender and bone it. Sprinkle with pepper and salt. For the dressing heat milk and thicken with flour. Cool and mix in eggs butter onion and parsley. Layer fish and sauce in a dish, top with crumbs, bake thirty minutes.
Turbana of Fish Halibut Roll with Cheese Sauce
Turbana of Fish uses halibut cut into strips, rolled with a butter lemon onion mix, then roasted twenty minutes. Served with cheese sauce and potato epikes.
How to Prevent Jam Burning in Preserving Pan
Instructions advise buttering the bottom of the preserving pan before adding jam or marmalade to stop burning. The prepared area helps prevent boiling over and preserves even cooking.
Chef’s Advice on Skimming Potions and Salt Use
A French chef warns that the broth should not be salted or silted until fully skimmed. Salt is said to hinder scum from rising, complicating the removal of impurities during cooking.
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Boup
Hampton institute trains teachers and leaders in trades
Dr George P Phenix vice principal notes that moral qualities and character are fostered by combined industrial and academic work. Students in trade schools study early morning, labor eight hours, and study evenings, totaling 11 hours daily. Programs offer four year academic normal courses for teachers, four year agricultural courses, and four year trades in thirteen crafts. Hampton emphasizes practical farming, greenhouse work, dairy, poultry, and building trades. enrollment ranges 1200 to 1900 including about 40 Indians.
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Hampton Institute
George P. Phenix
Hampton School
Hampton
Tentative Denial From Mr. Gloom
J Fuller Gloom denies kinship to Cordelia Killjoy citing no personal relationship. The remarks follow an anxious inquiry and hint at social tension, while Jim Dinger's revival conversion draws strong audience endorsement amid personal fault lines.
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Mr. Gloom
J. Fuller Gloom
Cordelia Killjoy
Miss Killjoy
Jim Dinger
Dotame
Training the youth amid adverse conditions for noble manhood
A superintendent notes that many homes fail to provide care for children in their tender years, urging private and societal efforts to expand public support. The piece links this to congressional attention and the significance of even small public provisions for future growth. It references broader context of education and moral development.
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Washington
Congress
Sacramento man proposes vast California irrigation plan
A Sacramento resident unveils a plan to irrigate 9,000,000 acres of California land at a reported cost of 460,000,000. The proposal arrives amid a period when bananas were scarcely known in Germany and in a note on labor in Chinese egg canneries where workers earn ten cents per day.
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Sacramento
California
China
Jost Sheep Returns to Lead Fold Declared Welcomed
The Kangas City Star notes a heated reaction to Jost Sheep's return to leadership, urging restraint and caution that enthusiasm should not push past prudent limits. The piece frames the crowd's mixed excitement with emphasis on balance and responsibility.
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Kangas City
Civilization by Ee On Progress and Toleration in Cuba
The Hartford Courant reports that the government has ordered cockfighting to be forbidden on Sundays and other holidays as part of advancing civilization and religious toleration.
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Cuba
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