Tale of Mem-Satiib and a Georgian prince in playful query
In an anecdote from Charles Johnston in the Atlantic Monthly Mem-Satiib born in the Caucasus asks a Georgian prince about his brothers. The prince, counting with a guarded smile, replies he must ask his secretary and notes the prince had a hundred and ninetern brothers while admitting he does not know about his sisters.
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Mem-Satiib
Caucasus
Orientel
Highness
Ater
Menr Sahib
Charles Johnston
Atlantic Monthly
Curing Itch with Cuticura Soap and Ointment
Readers report relief from severe scalp eczema and hair loss after using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. D. Tharrington of Creek, NC, and Samuel Stern of Brooklyn describe long battles with itching and sores, praising the products and recommending samples from Cuticura for relief.
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D. Tharrington
Creek
N. C
Hale
Samuel ‘Stern
Floyd St
Brooklyn
Boston
Humorous New Haven Tale of a Colorado Mine Buy
A New Haven man recalls a wild trip to Colorado and a plan to buy a silver mine for 4.09 percent profits. He forms a company and sells stock to a Connecticut buyer for 7900 dollars, prompting his father to react with disbelief as the tale unfolds amid sharp wits and cautionary humor.
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New Haven
Colorado
Never Had a Quarrel William Kemp of Joliet Retires
Conductor William J. Kemp of Joliet recounts a 46 year railroad career with no quarrels with passengers. Born August 26, 1849 in Somerset New York, he rode more than 100,000 miles across eight railroads, serving as conductor train master and general agent before retiring after 40 years of service.
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Willam
Kemp
Joliet Boas
Mever
Joliet
Somerset
Niagara County
New York
Milwaukee & St. Paul
St. Paul
Great Northern
Manitoba
Union Pace
Denver
Denver, Texas & Fort Worth
Crimidad
Hix
Rocky Mountain Division
Northern Pacific
Missoula
Mant
Cleburne
Tex
Gulf, Colorado & Sanita Fe
Elgin, Joliet & Buscem
When Passengers Were Few on Invergarry Line
Early Callander and Oban era recalls a sparsely used Invergarry and Fort Augustus line. At a wayside station the Oban bound train halted with only the guard aboard while the station master and porter waited. After exchange of snatches the guard asked for passengers for the day. the master replied that there were none but would tell of a woman for next week, a quirk noted by the lasgnw Herald.
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Invergarry & Fort Augustus
Callander & Oban
Gautset
Prince Charlie
Comin
Oban
Oh Exchenga
Snn Malls
Lasgnw Herald
Air Brakes Power Shown By Train Stopping Distances
Data illustrate air brake power by noting a locomotive-drawn ten car train reaches 60 mph in about five miles on level track. Brakes can halt the same train from 61 mph in roughly 260 feet. It is stated a train could be stopped by air brakes in about three percent of the distance required to reach its speed.
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Abe Dirgkes
Canadian Railroad Plan Promises Large Seasonal Build
Consul Jones notes in his hig con sular district that Canada will invest 45,000,000 this season in railroad construction. The program aims to employ about 40,600 workers and 10,000 teams across western regions, expanding activity and employment.
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Jones
Hig Consular
Canbda
Railroads in 1910 Produce Record Gross and Earnings
A summary of 1910 railroad finances shows total gross revenue of 2.3045 billion dollars, net earnings of 519 billion, and rising costs. Taxes, dividends, and interest feed into a broad system with 242,107 miles of track and 2.297 million freight cars.
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Trafic
United States
Passeiger Service
Texes
United Sistes
Puo Ne
Twice in the Same Place Coincidence Strikes Again
A well known businessman endured a wheel break on an eastern filly to Chicago train, narrowly escaping death. Almost a year later he rode the same line in the same chair, saw the landside from the window, and recounted the chilling moment. The same accident occurred on a neighboring car, nearly repeating the life threat.
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Enstern
Chicago
Bla Reat
Train Three Years Late on Irish Rail Line
A storm washed away rails on a seven and a half mile stretch of track on a Irish railway line. The Allertean Wain train departed from djolivar Bound for twoul and was stranded for three years before repairs allowed its long deferred journey to finish.
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Djolivar
Twoul
Ule Railway Semipany
Flatcar with Cable Trusses for Belgium Railway
A description notes a flatcar built for the North Belgium railway featuring long girders designed as compression members while tension is carried by sleeved wire cables. The design is described as a novel feature, distinct from American railroad practice, with exceptionally light longitudinal girders.
Nice Spanish Supper Brings Flavorful Change To Cooking
A vintage recipe item describes a complete Spanish inspired meal using chicken stew with a garlic onion sauce and tomato base, poached eggs in sauce, butter fried rice with garlic and onion, mashed beans with butter and onions, and small salt beef cubes fried slowly. It stresses gentle simmering, careful heating, and storing tips.
Good Poultry Quality Indicators Across Bird Types
The article outlines age and condition markers for poultry and fowl quality. It notes young chickens have pinfeathers soft feet and smooth leg skin while old fowls show hard feet dry scales and ossified breast cartilage. Turkeys should have smooth dark legs and pliable breast cartilage. Duck turkeys outperform hen turkeys and grese should be plump with pliable bits.
Roasting Ham with Crust and Glaze Instructions
Clean and soak a ham in cold water for 24 hours changing water four times. Trim rust, dry, cover the ham with a flour and water paste, bake in a moderate oven 25 minutes per pound, basting every ten minutes with wine. Remove crust and skin, dredge with bread crumb dust, garnish, and serve with sauce.
Dutch Fruit Cake Recipe Note
A tested bake instruction describes mixing one cup milk one third cup butter one third cup sugar and one third teaspoon salt with yeast two eggs unbeaten and 348 cups bread flour to form a soft dough. After rising bake in a moderate oven and serve with whipped cream.
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Lake Wwarta
German Almond Cookier Instructions
German almond cookies recipe instructs to beat yolks of six eggs with sugar and butter, add blanched almonds, cinnamon, and flour, then drop by spoonfuls onto a buttered pan, place an almond on each cake and bake in a moderate oven.
Lemon Pile Dessert Mixture Recipe Note
A recipe fragment describes making a lemon mixture with sugar hot water lemon juice and rind seeds. It instructs to skim chunks, thicken with cornstarch, add a walnut sized butter, then fold in one unbeaten egg yolk and bake in a pale crust.
The Club Mans Potatoes Recipe Steps
Wash potatoes and boil with their lactats on drain and It stand 44 hours Peel and cut in one third inch cubes Sprinkle with salt and generously with paprika Put into a casserole with one tablespoonful of butter to each cup of potato cubes add thin cream to cover and cook slowly five minutes
Pantomime Code and Suffrage Tales Told in Odd Bits
A fragmentary notice sketches 19th century social scenes. James T. Fields polishes his beard at table while his wife watches, pantomime signals mark social cues. In Oregon, Mrs Abbeall Scott Dunway rallies suffrage support with a bold demand for votes. A Chicago Fire near miss is blamed on a spark and an oil bandage.
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James T. Fields
Fields
Sine
Ned Tegeer
Elds
Oregon
Abbeall Scott Dunway
Equal Suffrage Movement
Alreet
New Work for the Audubons and Feathers in Fashion
A fragment notes birds kept alive to yield feathers for women’s wear and hints at cruelty. A humorous aside compares this to some husbands. The quirky line mentions a tin as a Wks member donning a fur collared coat and a till a t bi an, signaling social critique in period voice.
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Wks
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Belgium
North Belgium
DSS
Centaur Company
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Sison
Standard Oil Company
Winslow
Childres
Saye Pu
Tr Carter
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Milwaukee Direct
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Wisconsin
Heller Piano Compan Ful Jed Street
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Theraby
Arundras
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