War memories of campaigns in the Philippines and camp life
The article recalls volunteers from Masia t recounting campaigning experiences in the Philippines. It notes officers favoring the best houses, MacArthur's San Fernando headquarters, and private soldiers occupying villages. It also describes regimental headquarter spots, crude huts, and humorous scenes with a Deacon and other privates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masia
Philippines
Ben Igh
MacArthur
San Fernando
Eutral
Feurt
Ger
Ted
Orderlies
Aids
SoutheDalosehich
Iowa
South Dakotas
Kansas
Ieaptain
Anid
Defender's Trophy and Mrs Iselin's Yacht World
The piece discusses Defenders and the wife of a prominent financier, Mrs Iselin, as a keen yachtswoman. It highlights her social standing, maritime knowledge, and public life, noting her maiden Hope Goddard and connections to Providence and the Iselin family. It recalls anecdotes from society, sailing, and a Senate scene with a courteous gesture to a tired passenger.
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Mapasing Uieuet
Columbia
Iselin
Teelib
Fie Sears
Iselin Wee Bron
Hope Goddard
Wiliam Oddard
Providence
Mise Goddard
Ives & Goddard
Aheritabet
New York
New England
Prince George of Wales
Duke of York
Bereda
Eason
Smisement
Miss Goddard
Prince
Ie Saul
Ure
Abe
Talsie
Lipton
Beck
Cep
Chef Murray’s Rice Boiling Technique At Home
A noted chef explains how to boil rice so each grain stays distinct and tender. Use a large pot with ample water, add a pinch of salt, boil 20 to 30 minutes, then test by pressing a grain between thumb and finger. Drain after grains are tender but not mushy.
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Thomas Murray
Sara Many Cooke
Muskego lake hay harvest earns winter income
Farmers near Muskego Lake Wisconsin profit from winter hay on the ice as shallow beds allow grass to project above the surface and be cut easily. The text notes France’s population rise and a 121 percent surge in state officials per a source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskego Lake
Wisconsin
Otto
France
Torgean
Odd health lore from old medical notes and misbound novels
A fragmentary column recaps antique health beliefs noting extreme long life linked to modest hygiene, a cautionary bleeding anecdote from Italy, and a London correspondent’s quip about misbound Sir Walter Scott editions. The piece preserves period tone and names.
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The
London Academs
Walter Scott
Montrose
Clock of sweets and spices mystery told by Crock
A Philadelphia record note cites a century old French nobleman clock with a horizontal dial. Hollow figures held sweets or spices so the owner could tell the hour by taste as he ran the muger along the band. A quip compares hearing a pin drop by heating it and dropping into powder.
The Mercury oldest newspaper tale in America retold
A long, fragmentary account traces The Mercury as possibly America’s oldest paper. It chronicles its early printing in Newport and Rhode Island, ownership changes through Barber, Pratt, Mason, Coggeshall, and Sanborn, and notes the paper’s claimed uninterrupted publication since 1758 amid regional press history.
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Aimerica
Cornwallis
Electowit
Frankn
Taudew
Opcoat & Printing Establishment
Grether
Philompher
Hesmjanain Lin
Bethers
al Sur
Bates Pemblin
Rhode Island
Bie
Torine
Philadelphia
Hin
Teach
Tinsis
James
Newport
Seaie
John B. Maray
New York
Massachusetts, Historical Society
Maeve
Samuel Hall
Solomon Southwick
Begia
Mom
Samuel
Arnold
Mhude
Shank
Timy
Nsw
William Barber
A. Pratt
George ¢. Mason
Mr. Mason
David M. Coggeshall
Mr. Pratt
TSS
William Mester
Fim
PA. Pratt & Co
House
Senate
Kid Reviver Report Sparks Laughs in Household Tale
A garbled Victorian snippet shows a new servant and a worried wife fussing over a bottle labeled Kid Reviver. The dialogue hints at a missing medicine and a comic miscommunication as a child’s health becomes the center of a domestic scene.
Girl Declines Bun After Party at Friend's Home
A Hull Times note recounts a girl at a gathering hosted at a friend's house who declines a bun after ten games. When offered to take it home, she balks saying she cannot, and the hostess suggests a basket next time.
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Eame
Fifteenth Street
Culot
Weirl
Hull Times
Quip Stuns Lecturer About Monkeys And Tails
A lecturer faced a sharp audience retort after a long talk on Darwis and his theories. When he asked if humans are monkey, where are our tails, an audience member quipped that they had sat on them so long they were worn off.
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Kanawha
Kangwks City
Darwis
Old Europe Dairy Use Compared To United States
A fragment notes that the US leads in dairy production yet older European nations consume two to three times as much milk and cheese per person. It mentions royal crowns and pendants as bits of an unrelated ornamental detail.
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Fing
Toslin
Canvay
Saiman
United States
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Ted Coe
Gangatia
Bengal
MBS
China
Detroit Free Press
Isu
Orleans
Galveston
Bomerer
St. Louis Stor
Tiver
Hillis M.D
Italy
Corpmon
Pulladelphia
Heoe
Americ
Ian
Sneral Powell
Claxton Smith
Cube
Tare Ie
Smith
Ree
Clayton
Cutan
Weir
Kansas City Journal
de Carrere
Arouzes
Am Oriental
Chicago
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