German Letters and a Bearded Horse Trader Tale
John recounts a humorous German themed note from Berlin and a Rochester horse trader Herman Schulz. The piece includes Elsie decoding R S V P as Real Silver Wedding Presents and a yarn about a sorrel horse with moving ears, a glued tail, and a chase by a vigilance committee.
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Peter
Elsie
Herman Schulz
Herman
Bunch
Rochester
N. Y
Will Hodge
Will
Godkin Humorously Corrects Harsh News Language
The New York Evening Post editor rebukes a young editor for blaming a grieving father in a death by suicide report. He warns he will resign rather than publish cruel phrasing again, emphasizing responsible reporting and empathy.
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BE. L. Godkin
New York Evening Post
Mr. Godkin
Blank
Godkin
Greece opens public service to women for first time
Greece's chamber of deputies passes a law allowing women to join the public service for the first time in modern Greece. The director of posts and telegraphs may hire 50 women aged 21 to 35, mainly for telephone work, at 70 drachmas a month for six hours daily.
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Chamber of Deputies of
Greece
Director of Posts and Telegraphs
Deliverance of Jerusalem in Hezekiah's Assyrian siege
A sermon excerpt recounts King Hezekiah's crisis during the Rabshakeh threat and Sennacherib’s siege. He prays at the temple, Isaiah’s prophecy of deliverance strengthens him, and a betrayed plot collapses as Yahweh’s aid defeats the enemy.
Hezekiah in Desperate Times A Sermonette
Describes Hezekiah facing threats as a model for faith. He abandons royal display to seek God, seeks counsel from the prophet, and presents a threatening letter to the Lord in prayer. Encourages readers to bring troubles to God and trust His guidance over human wisdom.
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Hezekiah
Ahaz
God
Lord
Jerusalem
Temple
Despair in Jerusalem as Rabshakeh presses siege
The city trembles under the Assyrian threat led by Rabshakeh. Fearing surrender, skeptics urge yielding for mercy while loyalists cling to Hezekiah and Isaiah. Rumors of insurrection grow as conspirators plot to betray Jerusalem.
Baby Farewell Before Soldiers Go To Front
In Chemulpo near Japanese barracks during the China Japan war a Japanese petty officer visits a missionary family on the porch with tea. He returns with about 20 comrades to see a two year old baby before going to the front and likely dying, a farewell witnessed by the mother.
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Chemulpo
Korea
Marquis Ito
George Trumbull Ladd
Mabel’s Taste Noted In Colorful Handwork
Short exchange shows Mabel praised for selecting the finest colors and materials. The dialogue emphasizes her reputation for quality and high standards in craft or artistic work.
Economy in the Kitchen and Leftover Recipes
Practical food notes on stretching leftovers into new dishes. Suggestions include using egg whites for mayonnaise, reducing yolks in muffins, repurposing rice pudding with milk and eggs, forming crust scraps into tarts, and transforming stale cake and bread into custards, croquettes, or puddings with fruit, jam, and cream.
Lavender luncheon dessert with grape juice and rennet
A lavender luncheon dessert uses heated milk sweetened with sugar, then flavoring with grape juice and rennet. The mixture is cooled in a wet glass bowl and served with whipped cream, candied violets, and nuts, or molded with a tube center and filled with whipped cream.
Potato Klosse Recipe Instructions
Mix three four pounds mashed potatoes with bread soaked in milk and herbs then add flour salt nutmeg and three beaten eggs. Shape into balls cook ten minutes in boiling water fry bacon and pour fat over hot with bacon garnish.
Breakfast Crullers From An Old Recipe
A historic breakfast dish uses one quart flour two heaping teaspoons baking powder a pinch of salt butter milk to form a biscuit dough. Roll cut and twist then fry until golden brown and drain. Dust with powdered sugar to finish.
Bacon in baked potatoes hot summer treat
Select large potatoes and stand them on end by trimming a piece. Bake until soft then scoop some flesh and fill the cavity with chopped boiled bacon forming a mound. Stand potatoes upright on a dish with a parsley garnish. Easy to make and appealing on warm mornings.
Fried Chicken with Lemon Parsley Sauce
A fat chicken is cleaned and cut. It is marinated three hours in lemon juice and olive oil with parsley and bay leaf, then drained, dipped in egg and breadcrumbs and fried. A sauce of white stock, rich milk, an egg yolk and mushrooms is simmered and poured around the chicken with parsley and lemon juice.
Corn Oysters Frying Guide
Three quarters of a pint of grated corn with yolk of one egg salt and pepper. Just before frying add beaten egg and, if the corn is very dry, a bit of cream or rich milk. Drop portions the size of a large oyster into hot fat and fry brown.
Land of Grain and Golden Prospects in Western Canada
The article touts Western Canada as a vast grain frontier where Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba yield record crops of wheat oats and barley. It cites yields of 25 to 50 bushels per acre and describes settlers turning a profit quickly with many building modern homes after initial harvests.
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United States
Canada
Dominion West
Winnipeg
Alberta
Canadian
Calgary
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Dominion
Male
Montana
Edmonton
Denver
Wyoming
California
New England
Japan
A. Kaltenbrunner
Regina
Rouleau
Drinkwater
Ncre
Western Canada
Miandoba
Albarti
Union
Nere
West
Canadian West
Rockies
Asp Palmiotte
Gaanada
Unscrupulous Advertisements Aired In Fragmented Copy
A garbled ad page lists various products and claims including Lewis single binder cigars and Mrs Winslow s soothing syrup. It promotes Allen s Foot Base with testimonials and cites A S Olmsted Le Roy New York. It also contains proverbs about judgment and acquaintance.
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Allen
A.S. Olmsted
le Roy
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Deir
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der Pride
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der Ganderkurds
Bauerhaupt
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