Hidden Global Hoards of Treasure Across the Americas
The article surveys legendary caches and sunken riches from the Guatavita lake myth to the Santa Marta galleon, mutinies, and recoveries. It names Guatavita, the Fortune Islands, Cartagena loot, Drake’s gold, Tortugas finds, Puebla and Veracruz legends, and Cocos Island famed treasure hunts.
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Kingston
Warbington Bhurried
Warbington
New York Harbor
Santa Marta
Windward Passage
Fortune Islands
Puerto el Principe
Cape Maysi
Lisbon
Genoa
New York
Nassau
Havana
California
Golden Gate
Mexican
Francis Drake
Piedranegra
Admiral de Pontis
Cartagena
Disne Cay
Admiralty
George B. Boynton
Drake
Morgan
de Ruyter
Brooklyn
Venezuela
Phipps
Water cake recipes influence hot water sponge and white cakes
Recipes show cakes made with water instead of milk or cream. Washington pie uses three eggs and a sugar flour mix with soda and cream of tartar to bake four delicate layers, with lemon flavor and a custard cream filling. A white cake recipe combines butter sugar water and flour with beaten egg whites for a soft, moist loaf.
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Washington
Ink stain removal tips for fabrics and cashmere
Ink stains on cotton silk or wool may be removed with turpentine by saturating the spots for several hours then rubbing out. For a cream cashmere coat use salt and lemon juice, blot with lemon juice apply salt, repeat to fade stain, then brush and rub in for final removal.
Worth Knowing Household Tips From Practical Advice
Enameled ware discolored by stains can be cleaned with a paste of coarse salt and vinegar. Discolored baking dishes regain brightness by rubbing brown stains with a flannel dipped in whiting. A squeaky hinge often needs only machine oil or heated lard to silence. Value lace should stay wrapped in blue paper. White paper bleached with chloride of lime can harm delicate fabrics.
Nice Meat Balls From Cold Meat and Spices
A historic kitchen instruction to combine dry roast scraps with salt pepper nutmeg and allspice beaten egg and bread soaked in milk. Form into balls with a walnut-sized butter jump and fry in hot lard. Serve piled in a pyramid on a flat dish.
Individual Pies in Muffin Pans Delightful Treats
A homemaker notes using muffin pans to bake individual pies. She lines each cup with pastry and bakes as for a large pie, finding they bake beautifully and look dainty when served individually.
Pumpkin Prep Shortcut Turns Out Superior Tool
A Kitchen Hint notes that a kitchen or woodhouse saw eases cutting a rough skinned pumpkin, proving safer and more convenient than the sharpest knife for the task.
Garfield Tes Promises Health With Mild Laxative Claim
A curious ad promotes Garfield Tes as an incomparable laxative for independence seeking women, claiming it is pleasant to take, pure, mild in action and wonderfully health-giving.
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Garfield Tes
Wife’s past marriages revealed in sharp exchange
A heated remark reveals a wife’s prior marriages with a quarrel over secrecy. The husband dismisses the claim while another speaker repeats the line about a second husband described as handsome, wise, and refined. The exchange hints at social expectations and personal history.
Marine Eye Remedy Promises Quick Relief For Red Eyes
Marine Eye Remedy urged for red tired or watery eyes with granulated eyelids. Describes formula as compounded by oculists not a patent medicine and sold by Chicago firm through druggists. Also includes a humorous college graduate employment cartoon panel about a job search.
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Marine Eye
Marine Eye Remedy Co
Chicago
Boy asks if coconuts grow on trees in Boston Tran script
A boy named Willie asks his father if coconuts grow on trees. The exchange features a humorous line about where coconuts come from, noting the boy’s belief that monkeys say the word.
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Willie
Boston Transcript
Count's Snobbish Count Based on Duel Victim
A narrator notes the count is snobbish, attributing his pride to the marquis father who died after a duel. The marquis supposedly climbed a tree to avoid the conflict, only to fall and break his neck.
Three Eggs Ordered and Added by Thoughtful Server
A Southern railway cafe story from Harper's Weekly recounts a traveling salesman who orders two boiled eggs. The cook replies with polite humor that he brought three because one might fail. The anecdote highlights prescient service and courtesy in a racially charged era.
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Darkey
Harper's Weekly
Missing the Point in Sugar Tariff Debate
Representative Rucker of Colorado tells a Washington correspondent that lawmakers miss his point as a cartoonish exchange ensues about elephants producing piano keys and billiard balls. The anecdote contrasts political argument with a mother and her son reading the Bulletin.
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Rucker
Colorado
Washington
Bulletin
The Old Plea He Didn’t Know It Was Loaded
A reader’s letter extols Postum as a coffee substitute after years of stomach distress. The author recounts headaches, nausea, vomiting, and weight loss from coffee and credits Postum with restoring health and weight, praising the product and its published testimony.
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Postum
Postum Co
Battle Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Egine Se Eeutes
Aovenurer
Mexico
Peru
England
Spain
Portugal
Cundinamerca
Republic of Colombia
Lake Cooes
Fray Pedro Bimom
South America
Fray Pedro Simon
America
Guatavita
Kray
Pedro Simon
Colon
EL Tigre
Hernando Arojas Y
Alencon
Cadiz
Vigo
Arojas
Palisadoes
Jamaica
el Tigre de Joasco
James I
Puebla
Cortez
Jalisco
Tacuba
New Spain
Vera Cruz
Popocatepet
Ixtaccihuatl
Orizaba
Cocos Island
Costa Rica
Bonita
Romero
Santa Anna
Revolutionary Fund
Cocos
Gallapagos Group
Villazon
Bay of
Campenchy
Santiago de Cuba
Dos Caminos
Morro Castle
T’o
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