Notes on Events Across Regions Mark Centennial and Beginnings
Greetings flow as Tennessee marks 125 years, Canada celebrates 50 years of post cards, and Canada conducts its decennial census. Internationally, American delegates sail to Liverpool for the World Cotton Conference while the Presbyterian Church in Canada opens its Toronto session. Apple shippers gather in Seattle to form an export group. Columbia University hosts commencement with Governor Miller and Paderewski. A bronze plaque honors 80 UVA WWI alumni at centennial ceremonies. Scientists sail from New York City toward the Amazon to seek new herbs and medicines.
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Tennessee
Canada
Dominion of Canada
Liverpool
New York
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In Canada
Toronto
Apple Shippers
Northwest
Seattle
Apple Export Association
Miller
Ignace Paderewski
Columbia University
University of Virginia
New York City
Amazon River
Odd World Facts and Records From a Bygone Era
A curiously varied compilation notes population losses in France from war, a Four Hours Sleep Club in New York, a Guiana revenge on bees, a Louisville firm keeping a forty year telephone number, a giant parachute device, King George's generosity to servants, public behavior films for Amsterdam, Crawford's rapid writing feat, mowra sugar syrup, Westminster Abbey wax figures in royal and noble processions, and Nelson’s portrait among monarchs.
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France
New York
Guiana
Louisville
George
Amsterdam
F. Marion Crawford
Paris
India
Westminster Abbey
Queen Elizabeth
Lord Nelson
Hints for the Household from Old Cookery Advice
Household tips cover pastry rolling light and quick, avoiding firelight. keeping light gloves clean with fine breadcrumbs. avoiding sugars in batter puddings before boiling. refreshing old vegetables by changing cooking water. metering and clarifying fat scraps. dripping use. soapy water for starch to prevent sticking. lemon juice to remove ink on polished furniture. heated sawdust to remove carpet grease. sprinkling sawdust to absorb spills. vinegar in frying fat to reduce greasing of rissole and fishcake mixes.
Little Things Poem Fragment by Kathleen Kavanagh
Fragmented verse depicts small natural delights as daily signs of life and love. The speaker muses that birds, roses, brooks, leaves, breeze, and butterflies may carry messages of forgiveness and enduring worth.
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Tad
Kathleen Kavanagh
Fancy Salad Dressing Recipes and Miscellany
A mix of salad dressing recipes including Mayonnaise, Thousand Island varieties, Special Mayonnaise for fruit salads, and Cooked Cream Dressing. Also notes on silk silage in the south, Sing Sing prison etymology, violet confectionery, aluminum weight, tiny watch screws, and other curiosities about plants, animals, dyeing, and Afghan women’s seclusion.
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Thousand Island
South
Timmerman’s Bashful Proposal Revealed in Conversation
Pearl questions how Mr Timmerman found courage to propose. He admits mamma would make an ideal mother in law and confirms her approval. He then says nothing, mentioning only the ring type Pearl desires.
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Pearl
No Hope For Him In Love Goes All Wrong
A sentimental youth Joe vents love sickness after proposing and being turned down. His friend tries to console him saying a woman's No can mean Yes, but Joe reveals she rather said Rats. The mood shifts from despair to rueful humor.
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Joe
Lemon Hint in Soup and Rice Pudding Technique
The text suggests adding one or two lemon slices to bean soup for tang. It also notes a quickly baked rice pudding is not creamy and advises baking slowly with skin kept on the surface to prevent rapid milk evaporation.
Corner drug store motif for labeling jars of fruit
A note suggests using passe partout as a generic label when no labels are handy and supplies are limited. The idea promotes practical naming of containers with flexible branding in tight spots.
English Judge Robes Cost Upward of 3500 Dollars
The official robes worn by an English judge, including a full dress State gown of ermine, cost him upwards of 3500 dollars.
Curling Hair Tips Warn Against Hot Irons
Advice warns that curling with hot irons and tight twisting can damage hair. It suggests safer alternatives like rag curlers or mild methods for slightly damaged or open hair.
Fashion Notes and Diplomatic Vocab Tossed In Journal
Night robes and sleeveless models with wide lace straps appear in summer fashion. Diplomatic notes in the Dawes vocabulary would place red books and white books among best sellers, per the Milwaukee Journal.
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Milwaukee Journal
Princess Yolanda Birthday Greeting in Italian Royal Notes
A birthday notice honors Princess Yolanda, eldest daughter of the King and Queen of Italy, noting her birth in a royal household. The brief tribute highlights her position in the line of succession and ties to the Italian monarchy.
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Yolanda
Italy
Notable Birthdays Mark Twentieth Century Rome
On this date twenty years ago Rome sees the birth of Viscount Fitzglan the New Lieutenant and Governor General, while Dr Ernest Fox Nichols born Leavenworth fifty two years ago becomes MIT preside elect. Also born this date in Hungary is Mme Margarete Matzensner the famed mezzo soprano, 40 years ago. Rt Rev Patrick Heffron priest of Winona born New York City sixty one years ago, and Blanche Sweet the Chicago born film star famed for decades, born twenty seven years ago.
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Rome
Viscount Fitzglan
Ernest Fox Nichols
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Leavenworth
Mme
Margarete Matzensner
Blanche Sweet
Chicasgo
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Ferhge
Paance
China
Japan
Australia
Solomon Islands
Afghanistan
Hartley & Herring
Corner Hall
Harrison
Prince Albert
Poaprrieht
Reynold
Tobacco Co
Winston Salon
Jimmy
Monroe Automobile & Supply Company
Elief
Bellars
BeLlans Holjwater
Sure Relief
Bellans
Nickey Brothers, Inc
Memphis, Tenn
Saenger Theatre
U.S
Cosaenger Theatre
Monroe
Little Rock
Memphis
Jackson
St. Louis
C.C. Bell Manufacturing CO
West Monroe
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