Nature's doctor in the woods in Virginia bark harvest
Autumn in Virginia woods yields wild cherry bark and other medicinal barks used in the US pharmacopeia. The article describes sources, values per pound, and the growing demand for natural remedies such as witch hazel slippery elm white pine bark and sassafras while noting the need to cultivate supply.
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Virginia
United States
Western Hemisphere
New Brunswick
Florida
Minnesota
Texas
New England
Pharmacopeia
Ham Smell for the Wake
A dying man asks for a taste of ham from the kitchen, but his wife Bridget teases that none will be provided, noting the ham is for the wake. The exchange preserves a humorous Irish tone amid tragedy.
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Mike
Bridget
Arrah
Getting at the Facts. From the Wasp. Directory Canvasser
A humorous exchange shows a directory canvasser asking for the husband’s occupation and Mrs. O'Hoolihan giving a playful reply about a shovel engineer on a railroad. She later clarifies he might be a civil engineer, joking that he shovels coal into the engine.
Diplomatic Nose and Russia Leather Secret Revealed
A curio from 1909 recounts Marshall Jewell, Connecticut governor and diplomat to Russia, using his nose to deduce the Russia leather formula during a czarist visit. The tale blends political insight with a claim of practical scent-based discovery powering American leather production.
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E. J. Edwards
Sam
United States
Marshall Jewell
Connecticut
National Republican Committee
Grant
Russia
Oliver Hoyt
Jewell
Louis Napoleon
Hartford
Conn
America
FE. J. Edwards
Roosevelt's African Game Trails Hunt of Wildebeest
Excerpt from Theo Roosevelt's African Game Trails recounts a wildebeest hunt. He notes the hunt yielded two beasts, credits shared success to others, and describes attempting to style a solitary old bull with a long shot at about 400 yards before the animal veered and the shot proved imperfect.
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Kermit
Pease
National Museum
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Scribner
Rockefeller Benefactions Totals About 120 Million
A fragmented list attributes roughly 120 million dollars in Rockefeller gifts to education, religion, and research. Major items include the General Education Board 30 million and the University of Chicago 25.3 million, with dozens of colleges, universities, and missions receiving funding. Andrew Carnegie’s philanthropy is noted as about 39 million.
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John D. Rockefeller
General Education Board
University of Chicago
Rush Medical College
Baptist Foreign Missionary Fund
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Noopode
Barnard College
New York City
Southern Education Fund
Aicite
Union Theological Seminary
Harvard University
Yale University
Baptist Educational Society
Cleveland City
Ten Young Men’s Christian
Teachers’ College
Johns Hopkins University
Vassar College
Elieferd
Brown University
McMaster's College
Rochester Theological Semi
Cornell University
Bryn Mawr College
Case School of Applied Scien
Oberlin College
Baptist Missionary Union
Spelman Seminary
Atlanta
Newton Theological Seminary
Adelphi College
Brooklyn
University of Wooster
Ohio
Presbyterian
Egypt
The
Soudan
Cleveland
Indiana University
Mount Holyoke College
Shurtleff College
School of Applied Design For
Bucknell University
William Jewell Institute
Howard College
Tarrytown Hospital
Foreign Christian Board of America
Bureau of Municipal Research
Italian Earthquake Relief Fund
Corn on the cob takes root in London cuisine
The London Express notes sweet corn is becoming a London luxury with Essex fields supplying green corn to Covent Garden. It roasts on wood ash, then butter and salt, or is boiled with cream. Jackson & Co. reports peak home-grown green corn season and rising English demand, with import numbers up as British eaters embrace the American dish.
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London
London Express
Essex
America
India
South Africa
Messrs Jackson & Co
Piccadilly
American Groceries
Express
Banana and Lemon Cocktail
Wash and dry on clean cloth 10 lemons then cut thick slice from small end of each and carefully scoop out the
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Chicago Record-Herald
Lemon Banana Pistachio Fancy Dessert Method
Instructions describe preparing a lemon cup dessert by slicing bananas, mixing with lemon juice and sugar, adding ice water for texture, and serving in lemon cups with pistachio ice or candied cherries. A surplus mix can become jelly dessert the next day. A cherry garnish finishes the top.
Tip Tales From a Dublin Station
A traveler recalls tipping culture in Ireland with a sharp exchange at a Dublin station. A bright faced boy asks for a tip after saying the train was missed, prompting reflections on social prices for service.
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Aberman
John Angust O'Shea
Ireland
Dublin
Innocence at Home Cartoon Anecdote
A Lippincott's cartoonist's wife recounts a conversation about her husband Fred not wanting to go to the office last night. She recalls his sleep talk implying a reluctance to draw or work, though wording is fragmented and unclear.
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Lippincott’s
Fred
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