Cupboard History in America and Early Drinkware Customs
The piece traces how Americans moved from shared drinking vessels to individual cups by 1856, noting ornate cupboards as wealth symbols. It credits Lord Fairfax with introducing the first cupboard to Virginia, describes early cupboard coverings and Turkish rugs, and explains shifts from open to enclosed cupboards driven by theft. It also mentions Almerics, gardeviance, and the later cellarette evolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Lord Fairfax
Virginia
Sixteen Pelew Islanders Reach Formosa by Accident
Sixteen natives from the Pelew Islands embarked in three outrigger canoes and, swept by a gale, drifted for many days until sighting Formosa. Exhausted, they were aided by locals, then sent to Hong Kong, the Caroline Islands, and back home aboard a trading ship, lives saved as if risen from the dead. Anthropologists cite this voyage as supporting theories on how Oceanic peoples settled distant islands.
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North Pacific
Formosa
Oceduiea
Pelew Islands
Philippines
Hongkong
Caroline Islands
The Thanksgiving Cranberry Origin and Market
The wild cranberry grows in Canadian border states salt marshes and Alleghanies with Virginia and the South, but is inferior to the cultivated variety. The name crane berry comes from the flower’s crane like shape. Thanksgiving and the cranberry are inseparable with a November demand that drives over half the yearly crop in 80 days, over a million bushels sold annually in the United States.
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Alleghanies
Virginia
Ural
United States
Pot Luck A Tale Of Shared Meals And Old Pot Culture
The writer reflects on the origin of pot luck from European kitchens. A communal pot hung over a fire fed by whatever was available, requiring each guest to eat whatever they found when meal time arrived. It contrasts with modern invitations that demand no special preparations.
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Europe
Translucent Apple Green Jade Auctioned at High Price
Fragmented OCR notes describe translucent apple green jade as desirable with even color and dark-free tone. It mentions beads selling around $10,000 and jade blocks capable of furnishing raw material, noting limits in supply for a coveted translucent form.
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Blatchford
Bale
Black Hills
Brower Lumber CD
Poposia Coal
Hudson, Wyo
Noble Hotel
Lander, Wyo
Fremont Hotel
THE
Bup
Barants
America
Bald
Lander
Grand Theatre
Nash
Fremont
Florsheim Shoe
W. L Vaughn
Lander Supply Co
Overland Garage
Willys-Knight, Overland
Durant Cars
Vesta Storage
Monogram
West Main Street
Texaco Gasoline
Texaco
John Speir
Wyo
Cash Grocery
Chas
Geiser
Lander Electric Light & Power CO
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