Bittersweet Snippets From The Nation And World
A collage of lighthearted and satirical items notes varied topics from international rumor of Mexico and Germany to US jokes about baseball winter conditions and social quirks. Highlights include a Missouri woman seeking 20000 for seven kisses, a New York judge denying a wealthy divorce, and oddities like seed catalogs selling well this season and a painter’s $5000 work bought for $5. The column touches on Lipton cup bets, court awards for loss of limb or wife, and humorous musings on worms, tomatoes, and grafting hair.
Gotham Praise: Fifteen Die Monthly From Trolley Cars
Gotham celebrates that only fifteen people were killed in a month by trolley cars out of a vast population. The figure is seen as a gratifying showing, except to the fifteen victims and their families.
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Gotham
Glass cages enable cleaner chickens in sterile life
French scientists boast glass cages raise chickens without microbes but the fowls find the sterilized life dull. A Western college opens a chauffeur school. A 20 story Grand Central station hotel with 1000 rooms will even then not fit all travelers wanting the next train home.
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Grand Central Station
New York
Polar Perils Told by Scott in Antarctic Memoir
Lieutenant Pennell reports Captain Scott’s eyewitness narrative of the Antarctic expedition. The New York Times issued the account detailing a perilous winter start, crevasse escapes, ponies lost, and the polar march toward the pole with Oates and Evans among the key figures.
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Robert Fpf. Beott
Antarctic
New York Times Company
United States
Scott
Bready
Todd Riegisteree
Astrou
New Zealand
Pennell
New York Times
Robert F. Scott
Cape Evans
Daerney
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Low Ferrar
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Tint Point
Cape Crozier
Mount Terror
Not Altogether Fault of College
A humorous remark from a farmer about his nephew who recently graduated college. The farmer concedes that while the nephew is a college graduate, he admits the young man lacked sense beforehand, offering a light social observation from a Woman's Home Companion source.
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Farmer Hornbeak
Life's True Overcoming Through Patient Trust
A meditation on overcoming by shaping inward life rather than outward things. It urges patient movement, full trust, and kind conduct regardless of external conditions.
Wedding Electric Shock Disaster Reported
A bridegroom, standing beneath a floral bell, endured a fatal electric shock as 2,000 volts surged through his body. Witnesses described a sudden, shocking moment at the ceremony causing panic.
Desert Wanderer Elephant Pulls Palm Trees
A vivid magazine line portrays a female elephant roaming a desert landscape while dragging palm trees, captioned in a dramatic, playful tone from McCull's Magazine.
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McCull's
Not All Traveling the Same Road Quote
Quote reflects on different aptitudes and simple tools, contrasting water and grain. proverbs on life essentials and tolerance. No dates or places.
Old Boxleigh Dialogue on Age and Wealth
The exchange shows a father asking how the son will manage at his age and the son replies that he expects to have money then. The humor hinges on prudence and future finances across generations.
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Boxleigh
Dainties and Home Made Mock Mince and Crackers
Practical recipe notes describe making various crackers water crackers cream crackers and butter-based doughs. Also included are mock mince meat and coconut pie with step by step proportions and baking guidance for a homemaker audience.
Chicken a la King described with steps and ingredients
A Vogue recipe explains preparing chicken a la king by slicing boiled chicken, simmering in hot cream with red pepper, salt, and pepper for about fifteen minutes, then tempering with egg yolk and butter before serving hot over toast or in a chafing dish.
Eel Broth Recipe From Historic Kitchen Texts
One pound eels with herbs parsley onion peppercorns cloves salt and pepper simmered in six pints water until broth reduces by half. Skim, strain, cool, remove fat, reheat as needed. Serve with toasted bread. Yields about three pints of broth.
Chicken Shortcake as a Potpie Substitute
A chicken shortcake offers an acceptable substitute for chicken potpie and is easier to make. Split a hot shortcake, spread with boned fricasseed chicken, top with the other half, and pour generous gravy over. Serve on a deep platter or large dish, ensuring the cake is well moistened.
Tartare Sauce Preparations From a Simple Recipe
Combine one cupful mayonnaise with finely chopped capers olives green cucumber pickles and parsley. Mix the last four ingredients, press dry, then gradually fold into the mayonnaise for tangy tartare sauce.
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