Keen Eye Saves Life Of Trapper In Snow Ravine Rescue
Peter Lovejoy discovers ill and starving trapper Eugene Hardy in a Little Cabin, hides in a ravine. Hardy fought rheumatism and weeks of exposure, surviving on scraps until Lovejoy and volunteers carried him out after a two day search. Hardy may walk in four months.
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Keen Eye
Trapper
Peter Lovejoy Gomes
Woonga
Cat Lake
Hardy
Pater Lovejoy
Eve
Hiei
Lovejoy
Bia Bank
Doomed Cow Tries Break Into Newbury Asylum Scene
A distressed cow in Cleveland wanders through streets and stairs, escaping a herd pilot on horseback. It vaults a fence, enters a pastor’s yard, and marches toward an asylum, drawing a crowd and ending with authorities guiding the animal to safety.
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Broadway
Upton Sinclair
Harvard Street
Newbury Insane Asylum
Bedford Avenue
Huge Rat Attacks Girl In Macmington Indiana
An 8 year old girl near Macmington Indiana is bitten by a large rat while in her family's carriage. The rat attacked as the child slept, sinking teeth into the vehicle’s interior before escaping when her father frightened it away. The incident highlights hunger driven aggression by urban pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macmington
Ind
May Knight
John Knight
First American Pencils Debut in 1811
A damaged line notes that First American Pencils were Bret made in the United States in 1811 by William Monroe of Concord Massachusetts.
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United States
William Monroe
Concord
Mass
Afternoon Tea Gains Popularity In America
An article notes that English afternoon tea has caught on in the United States with Americans adopting tea as a pleasant social enterta inment. It describes serving setups with large tables, linen, flowers, and a hostess led service. Brews require freshly boiled water and earthenware teapots, with exact leaf quantities and brewing steps. Lemon juice is said to be harmless with tea, offsetting tannic bite, while a pineapple slice macerated in rum and a touch of maraschino and lemon enhances flavor.
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Ir Ia
Ceylon
Deviled Kidneys How to Cook Tender Kidneys on Toast
A vintage recipe from New Idea Magazine describes using lamb kidneys prepared by skinning and trimming, then gashing, seasoning, and broiling or frying in bacon fat. It guides a sauce of scalded rollk with roux, egg yolk, salt, paprika, minced parsley, and lemon juice, finished with buttered toast rounds and sauce poured around each piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Idea Magazine
Washing Swan Down Fur For Delicate Cleaning
Delicate white fur used in children’s clothing benefits from gentle washing. Avoid rubbing or squeezing to prevent down loss. Wash in soap lather, rinse in warm water, press to remove moisture, then shake to separate the down and hang before a fire to dry, occasional shaking during drying.
Baked Fillets of Fish From Haddock or Cod
Prepare fish fillets from haddock or cod or small flounders in pieces. Simmer trimmings with onion parsley and peppercorns in water, strain stock to reduce. Bake fillets with lemon juice salt and water, thicken sauce with flour and stock, then finish with cheese melted on top.
Boiled Fish Recipe From a Historic Kitchen Note
A historical cooking note describes boiling fish in a large pot with water enough to swim, adding vinegar, salt, onion, pepper, and mace. The fish is wrapped in cheesecloth, simmered gently for 30 minutes, boiled fast for 10 minutes, then served with drawn butter and lemon juice.
National Cake and Veal Roast from Kitchen Directions
A recipe fragment outlines three color cake batters white blue and red with sugar butter milk eggs cornstarch cream of tartar and soda, plus a plain bake. It shifts to a veal roast method: sear in butter, braise with water, finish with a thickened stock, and plate with boiled carrots potatoes and gravy.
Peanut Soup from Modern Authorities Advice
A vintage recipe notes that peanuts are nourishing. Cream two tablespoons of peanut butter with one tablespoon browned tour plat, pour slowly over one pint of boiling water while stirring to keep smooth, season with salt and pepper, then add one pint of scalded milk. Thin with hot water if needed and serve with croutons or crackers.
Laundry tips for blankets and quilts care
The guide describes delaying blanket laundering, protecting facial areas with cheesecloth, and cleaning soiled sections. It instructs folding the blanket or quilt in half lengthwise and tucking the ends, with care steps for easy washing.
A Sewing Machine Secret Revealed
Take out the screw that holds the foot plate remove it and you will be surprised at the amount of dust accumulated there. Clean the little grooves and under the plate with a penknife. The needle must be taken out before work begins. This is often the sole cause for machines running hard.
Polish Plate Glass Into Briliant Finish
To polish plate glass and remove slight scratches rub the surface first with a clean pad of fine cotton wool and afterward with a similar pad covered with velvet and fine rouge. The surface will acquire a great briliancy and be free from scratches under this treatment.
Quick Breadmaking And Mustard Preparation Tips
A compact home instruction piece covers breadmaking timing and kneading guidance. It advises mixing at eight and minimal kneading, rising in a warm place until ready for loaves, and notes using milk instead of water when mixing mustard to prevent quick drying. The tips stress letting the dough rise overnight and awaiting morning baking.
Skeleton Underwaists From Trouser Pockets
Instructions describe converting men's trousers into underwaists for boys or girls by removing pockets washing fabric cutting slim strips to wrap around the torso with shoulder straps. Result is a sturdy undergarment to button onto underwear trousers and garters.
Indian Meal Box Sells Convenience for Clean Hands
A compact box called Indian Meal offers a simple, handy way to wash and soften hands at the sink. The product emphasizes convenience for removing oils and grime, making chores easier.
Soapy Water Used To Make Fine Glass Starch
A historical note describes using soapy water to produce a fine glass-like starch. The method claims that starch made with soapy water will resist oxidation and maintain a polished appearance. Details on process steps or sources are not provided.
Remarkable 95 Year Old Credits Kidney Pills
Shepard Kollock of 44 Wailaca Street Red Bank North Carolina endured 40 years of kidney trouble with back pain and fatigue. He reports that after using Deans Kidney Pills his condition improved and he gained relief from symptoms. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buttalo New York.
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Shepard Kollock
Wailaca St
Red Bank
N. C
Balha
Mr. Kollock
Dean
Foster Milbur Co
Buttelo
N. Y
Cure for eczema and mistaken snake bite tale
A Newark reader cites Cuticura ointment and soap curing seven years of hand eczema after using prior remedies. The article also reports a Victoria hospital case where a man in a comatose state thought bitten by a snake recovered after doctors treated a dog bite, suggesting snake venom was not involved.
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Gould
Gutteura
W. H. Dean
Newark
Del
Mar
Victoria
Bookish Etiquette Rules Sparkling in Common Talk
A Toledo dinner tale by Cyrus Townsend Brady explores charity and pride through a clergyman’s retelling of a dying millionaire. The minister’s cautious reply hinges on faith and deeds as simulations of salvation.
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Cyrus Townsend Urady
Toledo
Dr. Brady
Grape-Nuts Health Claim Ad From Postum Co
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as ideal for aging digestion, highlighting whole wheat and barley processing, brain and nerve support from phosphates, and favorable testimonials from elderly users including a 92 year old. It promotes Postum pairing and references The Road to Wellville.
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Iowa
Postum
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
White Lead Test and Pure Lead Guarantee Ad
The text explains white lead production from corroded lead and acetic and carbonic gases, its use in painting, and risks of adulterated products. It describes a blow-pipe test to prove purity, and notes the National Lead Company guarantees genuine white lead, offering a free blow-pipe kit and booklet upon request.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York
Sacrifices and a Headache Cure Stated in Odd Exchange
In a clipped quarrel a wife declares a woman's life is built on sacrifices while her husband retorts about sacrifices, headaches, and a medicine labeled as a remedy. From October to May a cold season is tied to the cause of headaches, with laxative bromide quine noted as a remedy. the dialogue suggests superstition and failed expectations in a strained relationship.
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Paina
Wark
Nerdy
Alonse
Cleveland
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Swan
Boited Fish
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Rothin
Jing
Gad
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White Lily Mfg. CO
Rockinghaze Road
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Gunthers Confectionery
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