Onions as Wholesome Vegetables in Varied Dishes
A recipe note urges variety in onion servings to please children. It describes boiling medium onions until tender, cooling, removing centers, mixing centers with ham parsley egg and cream, filling shells, baking with flour and butter, then adding milk for a creamy finish.
Inspiration of Mother Earth
A reflective prose piece asserts that true connection with the land comes when one touches soil with the feet. It claims such contact roots character to the landscape one inhabits and endows familiar roads, fields, and quiet walks with lasting, renewed charm.
Birds and Men After All Theyre Very Much Alike
The Hartford Courant compares robins and humans, noting shared traits from courage and ownership to nest building and daily labor. It argues birds and people both seek possession of familiar lawns, endure seasons, and dream of ownership across generations.
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Milliionaire
Hartford Courant
New York Future Fashion Center Prophesied by Mary Garden
Mary Garden, fundraising for a Paris hospital, predicted New York would become the future center of style. She said American designers and manufacturers had shown great originality and initiative since the war, making it hard for Paris to regain its former prestige.
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New York
Mary Garden
Paris
Miss Garden
Ambition Echoes In World Eyes Then Sighs Of Fate
A concise adage notes that success invites envy from all. failure invites public sympathy and hidden delight. The maxim contrasts outward judgment with inner reactions to achievement.
Ten Commandments for Bridegrooms by Rev MacAlpine
A Buffalo preacher lists ten cautions for prospective grooms. Do not marry for beauty talent or wealth without love or sound sense. Avoid sentiment and vanity, choose a partner with true character and compatible beliefs, and marry with care for safety and readiness.
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Robert J. MacAlpine
Central Presbyterian Church of
Buffalo
N. Y
Dessert and salad recipes with fudge and veal dish notes
Recipe text describes bake times for a casserole with lemon flavored layers, gelatin and fruit components, a string bean salad with lemon peel rings and chives, and a chocolate fudge cooked to soft ball stage. It ends with veal steak preparation wrapped in dressing.
Pork Rolls Simmered with Milk and Oven finish
A recipe describes browning small bacon or salt pork in hot fat, dusting with flour and seasoning, adding a little water and simmering in the oven until nearly done, then adding rich milk as the water boils away. Rolls are tied with string or skewered with toothpicks to resemble drumsticks.
Aphorisms and Witty Sayings from a 19th Century Column
A collection of humorous or moral quips about men women love marriage and society. The lines joke about temper romance discipline wit and aging with playful skepticism toward gender roles and social norms.
A Few Smiles. Studies in Philology
A humorous exchange about slang and new verbs shows how language evolves. The joke contrasts modern words like film bomb gas with an ancient origin gag and a boyhood fancy for a trapeze performer in pink tights.
Elusive Mechanism and the Silent Twobble
A comic exchange unfolds as a motorist laments missing parts in an inventory and a riddle about Mr. and Mrs. Twobble. The man keeps his mouth shut, revealing a clue to their crossword habits.
Witty Exchange on Women’s Work and In-Laws
In a witty dialogue a cynical man quips that the saying about a woman’s work predates women running the world. A second guest notes tension between the two mothers in law as each believes her child is superior.
Typical Scientist Misreads Comet In Local Scene
A sobbing Mrs Newed laments an ec-cat eating the angel cake she baked. Her partner comforts her promising to buy another cat in the morning. A shabby old gentleman is spotted discovering a comet, drawing chatter about his scientific knowledge and direction.
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Mrs. Newed
John
Ec-Cat
Freckles Removal Ad Promises Clear Complexion
The ad touts Nathine double strength ointment to erase freckles. It claims visible fading of dark and light spots with nightly applications and money back guarantee if it fails. Purchase from a druggist and expect most cases to require under one ounce.
Sea Songs Echo Whistling Buoys In Harmony
A fragment notes that songs of the sea seem popular possibly because they harmonize with the whistling buoys. The lines hint at a marine ambiance or folk sentiment linked to nautical sounds.
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Nhecord
Poisoned Wounds and Philosophy Talk
Use Hanford s Balsam of Myrrh for poisoned wounds. Adv Philosophy urges accepting life s course though troubles often do not arrive as expected.
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Hanford
Care for Your Hair with Cu t icura Ointment Adv
Precede shampoo with Cu t icura Ointment for dandruff itching and scalp irritation. Emollients praised for complexion hair hands and skin. Free sample by mall with book send postcard to Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere Adv. It is easier to elect a good man to office than it is to keep him good after elected. Keep Hanford's Balsam in your home Adv. Widows are successful in handling men because they know what not to do.
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Cuticura
Dept. L
Boston
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Relief From Calomel Ills
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe remedy to replace calomel a toxic quicksilver drug blamed for sickness nausea and bone damage. The copy claims one spoonful will purge sour bile cleanse bowels and restore vigor with a money back guarantee at 60 cents per bottle for adults and children alike.
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Dodson
Capadine For Headaches Ady Liquid Remedy
An old advertisement touts Capadine as a liquid headache remedy and aid for back and limb aches. It urges readers to believe its benefits and notes the product helps the body align naturally, presenting a casual sales pitch about wasting time with imagined troubles.
To Fortify the System Against Summer Heat
Many users of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic take this old Standard remedy regularly to fortify the system against the depressing effect of summer heat. Those who are strong withstand heat better than the weak. Price see. A boy's mother teaches him to say his prayers but he can learn to swear on his own.
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Grove
Fitting Devotion and Home Cures in Old Times
An old paper advertisement column touts tonics for babies and liver health, a Plantation Chill and Fever Tonic, La Creole Hair Dressing, and Renovine heart and nerve tonic with prices. The piece mixed moral maxims with product pitches, citing no modern medical claims.
Alaska Seen As Summer Resort Destination
The excerpt contrasts climate talk with price concerns, noting interest in Alaska as a potential summer resort. It hints at readers debating appeal and costs for a seasonal retreat.
Tetterine Promised Cure for Skin Ailments and Eczema
Patient testimony from Atlanta Georgia claims relief from severe eczema after using Shuptrine's Tetterine. Advertisement cites a neighbor’s recommendation and notes availability at druggists and by mail with accompanying soap. J T Shuptrine of Savannah promotes the product for various skin diseases.
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J. R. Maxwell
Atlanta, Ga
J. T. Shuptrine
Savannah Ga
Adv
This Age Has Too Many Motorcycles
A witty exchange notes that every era has cycles but this one seems crowded with motorcycles. The dialogue contrasts perennial patterns with modern abundance, implying social or cultural shifts linked to motorized transport.
Bond's Liver Pills Best for Headaches and Biliousness
Advertisement touts Bond's Liver Pills as superior for headaches biliousness constipation dizziness indigestion and torpid liver. Claims one pill is the dose and promotes overall digestive and liver health. It also urges readers about counterfeit money on sidewalks.
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Dourn
Accounting For It Curtain Calls A Week
The exchange jokes about a man with a hundred curtain calls in a week. The punchline suggests he was a matinee idol or a house furnisher, riffing on mistaken identity and roles.
Disagreeable and Dangerous Trouble is Diarrhoea Cordial
An advertisement touts Mississippi Diarrhoea Cordial as a speedy and certain cure for diarrhoea. Priced at 25 cents and 50 cents, the remedy is marketed as a quick relief for digestive illness.
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Mississippi
Scare Counts for Something Good Advice Helps A Man
A reflection on how fear can be more effective than sound counsel in motivating action. The piece compares the impact of warnings and scares to traditional guidance, suggesting risk awareness drives behavior more than advice alone.
Galled Horses Remedy Promises Quick Cure and Refund
An advertisement for Harford's Balsam of Myrrh claims to heal horse galls quickly. It states you can keep working and offers a full refund if not cured faster than any other remedy. Written by Ady.
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Harford
Ady
Dreamland Ad Claims Equal Rights For All
An old advertising snippet promotes Dreamland as the land where everyone enjoys equal rights while another line touts Hanford's Balsam for soreness relief and mentions hustling and busts in a casual, fragmented style.
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Dreamland
Dredging for Gold Opinion in Marysville
The Marysville vessel will probe 80 feet to mine gold from arable land and leave a useless heap of stones. The San Francisco Bulletin notes such dredging marks a turn from the forty-niner era and argues gold’s value is largely fictitious, while fertile earth yields crops and people, not bullion.
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Marysville
San Francisco
Bathing by Electric Robe Sparks Heat and Sweat
A bath without water uses a thick robe woven with wires. When worn, electricity runs through the robe warming the wearer’s body and causing perspiration. The novelty appears to generate heat and moisture as the subject sweats.
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