From a long mixed recipe and reminiscence column
A dense excerpt gathers culinary instructions for relish and pickles, notes on sheep winter care, and then shifts to a dramatic reminiscence about Gen Sickles and Barton Key. It recounts the Key-Sickles duel style incident, its aftermath, and the building’s evolving use from club to government offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sickles
Afarette
Teres Wim
Ekckles Rhadi
New York
Telian Tassier
Stekles
Genold
Barton Kier
Baltisore
Gen. Sickles
Key
Fifteenth Street
Bareton Key
Hense
Lis Lense
Mr. Sickley
Barton Key
Baltimore
Taney
Worley
William H. Se
Seewo
Tastice Taney
Jackson
Treasury
Commodore Rodgers
Nestor
Navy
Tyler
John
Gov. Seward
Payne
Gen. Belknep
Grant
Washington Corr
Cleaveland
Old World Views and Russian Affairs Across a Turbulent Era
An extended discourse contrasts European civilization with American progress, praising Old World arts and family authority while critiquing nihilist despotism in Russia. It notes censorship, espionage, and the czar’s isolation, then shifts to Russian church differences, Protestant presence, and calls for reform. It includes Indian Affairs figures on cost, education, and the benefits of peace policies, urging sustained funding to build self supporting tribes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope
Dr. Sisple
New York
Stuckboln
Berim
St. Petersbar
Aly
Saore Thamahs Tha Einige
Owl
America
Petersburg
John
Robert Jolason
Alexander II
Russia
Africa
Rusai
Rowe
Luther
Pashkoff
Prom
Hiram Price
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Indiana
Smelling Salts Said to Threaten Facial Beauty
Utica Observer reports concern among society young Indies over a new disease blamed on mammoth smelling salts bottles popular last season. The mix of chemical salts cologne spirits and perfumes in the bottles allegedly reacts with metal trimmings to create a substance harming the nose and future comfort and enjoyment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society Young Indies
Utica
Boston Basements Turn to Semi Restaurants for Boarders
Boston families convert basements into semi restaurants to host boarders while keeping household privacy. The practice highlights a niche in urban domestic life, reflecting resource sharing amid rising housing pressures and local norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Water as Lifeline in Bedouin Desert Survival
Gen. RE Colston notes Bedouins endure drought and travel with minimal water. Each man carries a skin of water and grain, camels and goats forage, and natural reservoirs fuel sparse needs. They avoid washing, drink once every two days, and barter for supplies, making water scarce yet abundant in economy. An invading army would struggle to locate water and maintain marching cohesion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RE. Colston
Tamai
Drouth
Ellie Cotany
The Inordinate Demand for Works of Fiction
A clerk at the Merchant Library on Clinton Place notes strong demand for popular fiction such as Daniel Deronda. Patrons often find shelves empty as libraries stock 500 Deronda volumes and other works. Superfluous books are sent to out of town libraries at a 40 percent discount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Deronda
Mercantie Library
Clinton Place
Derondas
George Eliot
Dickens
Lytton
Beaconfield
England
Mooilie
London
The Highland Lassies in William Black’s Harpers Magazine
The piece lauds Highland beauty across sexes with vivid portraits. It recalls a handsome Skye boatman and a notable Highland married traveler on the Clansman. It notes Highland peasant girls possess defined, intellectual prettiness and cites Wordsworth’s admiring memory of a Highland girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Black
Harpor'a
Skye
Leonardo di Vinci
Wordsworth
Inversnaid
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anny Neon
Serge Porizo
Stalin
Mailouis
Breeders Journal
Testa
New Yorker
Wilds
Pittsbirg
George T. Angell
Oaing
Aone Jusrual
Ais
Uestion
Slways
San Francisco Chronicle
Alaska
St. Paul
St George Islands
Altooat
Asa
Wearnz
Jong
Frost
Prince Louis Napelis
Batger
Elysee
Hesnon
Napoleon
Europe
Comtesse de Montijo
Versailles
France
Mile de Moctijo
Palace of Compirgne
Victor Hugo
Nayoleos
Eugenie
Charles I
Compiegne
Marie Antoinette
Triamen
d'Alencon
Piegne
Prussia
Sue
Bond Street
Prince Imperial
Zululand
Counteas
Paris
Deed Empire
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