Baby on the Train Sparks a Sudden Romance
On a crowded train a baby is found abandoned. Ann and Richard decide to care for the infant and face a rushed marriage as the conductor hints at a future for the couple. Jenkins identifies the pair and speeds them toward Wentworth with the baby as the pivot.
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Ann
Aed-Ber
Richard
Wentworth
Tom
Fichard Manning
Uttt
Major Deering
Papa
Jenkins
Pinch
Ang
Jenins
Finnch
Stout
Marriage as War and Wealth Upends a New Haven Conversation
In a New Haven interview, Mia Taft notes divorce’s harsher edge than war yoking marriage as constant struggle. She recalls a Cincinnati tale of a marriage of convenience where wealth fueled control, ending with a public rebuke as a wife proclaims ownership of the automobile and money.
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Mia
Taft
New Haven
Mrs. Taft
Cincinnati
Potted Foods From Europe Highlight Handy Stowable Fare
The article describes potted foods as valuable additions to the storeroom, widely used in France and England for breakfasts or picnics. It details selecting mushrooms, fish, game, meat, and vegetables, cooking them for immediate service, seasoning, and packing in jars with a butter rich sauce. For short use, no extra steps needed. for longer storage, a quarter inch layer of clarified butter or melted suet is added atop.
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France
England
Ail Idnda
Recipe for India Relish from old kitchen notes
Those who like high seasoning are fond of India relish. Two quarts of green tomatoes with one small head of cabbage six onions and 12 green peppers are chopped and salted. Stand 24 hours, drain, then cook in a porcelain kettle barely covered with vinegar. Add half cup mustard seed a teaspoon celery seed half cup sugar. Cook five minutes remove from heat add one tablespoon English mustard. For sweeter pickles use a full cup of sugar.
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India
Tomatoss Stuffed with Anchovies Recipe Note
Kitchen tips cover cleaning methods using alcohol turb turpentine and camphor plus a recipe for stuffed tomatoes with anchovies eggs tarragon and French dressing. Directions include prepping tomatoes removing insides rubbing skin anchovies and mixing with eggs herbs and mayonnaise before chilling and serving.
Fried Smelts Recipe Steps With Bread Crumbs
The instructions describe preparing smelts by cleaning and drying, seasoning with selt and pepper, rolling in bread crumbs, dipping in an egg wash, re-crusting, skewering, and forming rings. Fry in hot fat, test for doneness in seconds, drain on paper, and serve on a napkin with parsley and lemon.
Coffee Junket Recipe Note
A vintage note describes making a coffee flavored sweetened drink. It advises using strong coffee to flavor milk, adjusting sweetness, and adding a teaspoon of rennet per pint of milk. For chocolate flavor, dissolve chocolate in a paste with water, mix with hot milk, sweeten, add rennet, and cool before serving.
Cleaning Soitey Wall Paper How to clean soot stained wallpaper
Advice on cleaning wallpaper tainted by smoke from a fire or lamp. Use the stiffest dry sponge available and rub briskly on walls or ceilings to remove soil in most cases.
Freshening Hard Lemons Through Boiling Water
Lemons hardened by long standing can be softened by briefly covering them with boiling water. This process helps restore pliability and improve the fruit for use in recipes or preservation.
Lice in Poultry Use of Borax Promoted in Roswell Letter
Mrs B R Buffham of Roswell New Mexico reports using 20 Mule Team Borax to fight lice in her poultry. She sprayed her Leghorn coop two months ago and since then caught no lice, plans to continue using the product as ad spray and wash.
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C. W. Leghorn
Borax
B. R Buffham
Roswell
New Mexico
Judge lets defendant off assault charge after warning
In a Arizona courtroom a judge tells the defendant that he is letting him off the assault charge but fines him about 50 dollars for not knocking the complainant down sooner. The sheriff will ensure he sobers up before leaving.
Not Dollars But Eggs Thespian Exchange in Midwest
In a playful exchange two actors recall earnings in Kansas City. One notes a 2000 night rate, the other corrects to five as eggs are cheap there. The banter highlights theater pay and cost of living through a humorous contrast.
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Kansas City
Monty
Jack
Beware of Mercury Containing Catarrh Ointments
An old warning cites dangers of catarrh ointments containing mercury and urges avoiding them. It promotes Hay Fever Cure by I J Cheney Co Toledo claiming internal use and claimed safety, contrasting with prescriber guidance from reputable physicians and ad displays.
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I. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Fr. Cheneyse Co
Dricetus
Polite Boy Story Highlighted by Houston Post Quip
A Houston Post excerpt notes a courteous boy who observed manners by giving up a seat to ladies, while a humorous twist claims he briefly lent his seat to a bulldog after climbing down from a pear tree. The item captures playful local tone and archival chatter.
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Houston Post
Beauty and sarcasm in a fractured quotation debate
A fragmented passage mocks the adage beauty is skin deep with oblique remarks about portraits being accurate. It mentions Lewis' Single Binder Cigar from Peoria and a Latin proverb on nobility of mind. The text touches on self realisation through service for social redemption.
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Lewis
Besa Vith
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
Difficult Advice in Campaign Speeches and Private Conversation
The Washington Star quotes a candidate advising that in campaigns and private talks alike one should speak only simple direct truth. The candidate reflects that voters would not support a man seen as ill tempered or combative.
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Washington Star
Pohns Greatest Remedy for Distempes and Related Ailments
An archaic advertisement touts 8POHN S as the supreme cure for distempers, pink eye, heaves, and similar ailments. Offered by druggists, harness makers, or manufacturers agents with bottles priced at 50 cents and one dollar. Readers invited to send for a free book from Spiegel, Medien Co., Spec, Contagious Disease Geerhen, and others.
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Narhes
Spohu
Medien Co
Geerhen
Dod
Fragmentary street chatter and odd phrases from 19th century notes
Unclear lines refer to a sad Cana, a butter-whet, a maid and a woman sharing a generic tale, and a stray story. Mentions a “Single Binder” and a factory in Peoria, with remarks on fees and social grade, all in disjoint, garbled text.
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