Transcribed 18th Century Apple Custard Recipe
Carefilly pick over a pound of black berret no peel cote and slice the same amount of apples. Add the rind of and juice of une lemon pur ad in an enameled stewpun with six ounces of root sugar and about a quarter of a cupful water. Cook gently till soft then rub through a sieve. Ensure the pulp is sweet enough then thin to thick event with mustard. Pour into a glass dish. Just before serving whip half a pint of cream stiff, sweeten and add vanilla. Heap over the top of the custard and serve.
Chamois Hunt and Polar Bear Folklore
A fragmentary verse piece compares chamois and polar bear hunts with humor. It hints at Tyrolese cheese and hunting lore, noting the chamois is swift and the hunter behind. The text blends playful rhymes with political and regional references, though much is garbled.
WHEREMINING OBSERVER Observations on love wealth and habit in prose
A fragmented collection of maxims and musings on love money vanity and social behavior. The piece taunts pretensions and contrasts appearances with reality while lampooning performers and gentry. It touches on marriage wealth dental visits and the idea that clever talk often masks true worth.
Pencil and Paper for Child Development Observations
A discussion on using simple materials like pencils paper crayons and toys for early childhood development. Louise Haxan notes mothers are busy and not every child becomes a painter, but drawing fosters perception. Emphasizes varied activities to keep children happy and reduce temper and conflicts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toolecap Piper
Othurs
Louise Haxan
Valerie
Iftele Cay Uiere
Gobelinks and Ink Drops Teach Story Telling to Children
The article advises against forcing children to write or draw and recommends gentle activities like gobelinks. It explains the simple gebelink method: a single ink drop on paper folded to create playful shapes, with a supervising adult for very young children to prevent ink on skin or clothes, and to enable mothers to weave entertaining stories from the patterns.
Fashions for Next Winter Include Hand Embroidered Black Satin Gown
Harper's Bazar notes next winter fashions showing a black satin gown with straight front line, under-petticoat flair, pink lace, and hand embroidered pink roges. The design echoes a past popular style from Paris with intricate embroidery but limited general wear due to high cost and exclusivity.
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Ham
Paris
Harper's Bazar
Insanity in Georgia Strains Milledgeville Sanatorium
A letter from Superintendent T C Powell of the State Sanitarium Milledgeville warns lay trustees to heed the crownie condition of the institution and acceptances for insane patients. Overcrowding forces priority for acute curable and dangerous cases, with admissions at the superintendent's discretion. Chatham County reportedly sends many lunatics to the asylum, with weekly appeals for custody.
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T. C. Powell
State Sanitarium
Et Millergeville
Leford
Grisons
Chatham County
Osydumn
Lueyea
Womankind and the Veiled Woman of Golf Fashion
A fragmented account discusses women clothing and roles, noting Jow-necked party dresses and plaid skirts. It questions gender expectations, mentions women’s duties after a husband’s death, and humorously touches on golf and social presence in Atchison and other towns.
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Alshison
Value of Titles on Continent and Its Effects
A historical reflection notes how European noble titles dilute status across continents. It cites Italian practice where all sons of a prince remain princes, diluting titles. It questions French title inflation with an anecdote of a Paris Jew adopting a French count title.
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Italy
France
Paris
Liege
Chabot
Count Chabot de
Cologne
Oppenheimer
Chatot de
Titles in France and noble blood in Harper's Bazaar
The excerpt notes few titles remaining in France amid the republic era while some families cling to noble blood. It mentions many titles to sell, reflecting social change and the persistence of aristocratic identity in a republican climate.
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de Cologne
France
Republi
Harper's Bazar
Dignity and Swearing Spar Over Cook’s Stand in Louisville
A Louisville swearing culture and a bold cook clash over dignity and respect. A wealthy employer’s profanity and a cook’s defense of her craft illuminate social tensions. A Chicago man’s 32 year sentence for wife assault is cited as a broader public rights issue.
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Coffey
Louisville
Chicago
Fred
Uma
Ava Ryan
Severance
Kan
Disappearance Casts Shadow on Sheboygan Toy Factory
Emil Keuliner, a Garton Toy Co employee in Sheboygan, vanished amid fears he may have taken his own life. Police probe notes unclear circumstances as family seeks answers about the missing man and potential links to local troubles.
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Emil Keuliner
Garton Toy Company
Sheboygan
Tis
Suleiie
Vast mixed ad sheet with deaths and notices in Milwaukee area
A jumbled page lists sheet music deals in Milwaukee with discounted prices, a death at Gail Blanchard, a coroner verdict of pell destruction, Oshkosh business college ads, a moving train accident in Wanqu, and multiple notices from Racine to Decorah including postmaster Robert G. Foster appointment and Ely's Cream Balm promotions.
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Rib Lake Mre
Gail Blanchard
Rewards for Revolutionary and Napoleonic Generals Across Nations
The piece lists monetary and land rewards given by the United States and various states or monarchies to notable military leaders. It cites Lafay ette, Marlborough, Wellington, Napier, Blythe, Steuben, Greene, Roberts, and others, detailing pensions, dukedoms, lands, and annuities from £2,000 yearly to large lump sums and acres of land, reflecting 18th and 19th century rewards.
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Lord Kirchner
Khartam
Lafayette
Duke of Marlorough
Duke of Wellington
Marlborough
Woodstock
Blenheim
Tukes
Weill
Lord Napier
Magdala
Ashanti
Walseley
Roberts
Little Baba
Lord Roberts
Baron} Steuben
New York
Utlea
Nathaniel Greene
Carolinas
Georgia
Curmberland Island
Savannah
Dungeness
Tarcie Carnegie
Andrey Carnegie
Philip
Steater Hamlin
Hauntinl Hamlin
State of
Maine
New York Press
The Feminine Observer insight and echoes on domestic life
A fragment from The Feminine Observer offers humorous vignettes on marriage behavior social norms and everyday faults. It ponders advice costs and the idea man concept while joking about baths theater attire and domestic expectations cited from Philadelphia Times.
Worst feature of it visitor and prisoner exchange vignette
The passage presents a crude exchange from a New York Journal spoof about imprisonment and degradation. A visitor scorns being caged while a prisoner laments demeaning confinement and jokes about roaming roving strangers and Colonel Pike's whiskey as a misdirection.
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Prizoner
New York
Journel
Soups at Shepherdstown Civil War picnic in West Virginia
A Boston Transcript account describes a postwar Shepherdstown custom called soups. Guests bring dressed chickens and vegetables to large kettles where the mixture is cooked into a jellylike dish. Girls and young men circle the kettles, kissing when spoons click. The tradition traces to Stonewall Jackson’s men and, supposedly, to foraging stories, now carried on by veterans with annual gatherings.
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West Virginia
Shepherdstown
Sherry
de Meloue
Edible Birds Nest Trade Prompts Swift Decline and Humane Warnings
A fragment discusses edible birds nests formed by swifts along rocky cliffs saved for Chinese demand and describes their secretion, drying, and market value. It then quotes Elle Wheeler Wilcox urging mothers and teachers to teach children respect for animals and freedom, urging against hunting birds or causing cruelty. A note from The Medium and a cartoon caption mockery follow.
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Elle Wheeler Wilcox
Miss Lockheart Praises Mrs Pinkham's Veritable Compound
A testimonial from Miss N J Lacramant of Ezra Bers Pa thanks Mrs Pinkham for the Veritable Compound and Liver Pills. She reports relief from dropsy edema fatigue and a tumor in the left side after five bottles and five boxes. She notes improvement from the first bottle and continued use with hope others find relief.
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Teancoh
Lyte Y. Tinkhan
Zli
Lacramant
Erza
Bers
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Eagle
Robert G. Foster
Soirio
Lincoln County
George Paterson
Circular of
Spencerian Business and Shorthand College
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Ely
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R. El]wood
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Andala
Philadelphia Times
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Colonel Pike
Virginia
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Uerrer
Sapolio
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