Journey to Jehol Palaces Across Changing China
The narrator and Willis R. Peck plan a trip from Peking to Jehol to view imperial palaces, with Mrs Peck insisting on joining. They travel by pack mules due to terrain, noting brigandage, local curiosity, and mixed views on the republic as they pass through farming villages toward the mountains and river crossings.
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Peking
Jehol
Johor
Willis R. Peck
Legation
Mrs. Peck
Mrs Peck
Kang
Republic
Crary
Journey Through China Toward The Great Wall
The narrator describes resting at a Chinese inn in Sunho and Niu Lung Shan, observing water works tanks, inn layout with kang beds, and mules. They note legends in each community, a treasure-stone at Shihsia, daily travel about twenty six miles, cooler mountain air, springs, and a thunderstorm forcing a refuge at Hasinkailing before spotting the Great Wall fortresses ahead.
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Peking
Sunho
Niu Lung Shan
Shihsia
Koupeikou Pass
Great Wall
Hasinkailing
Cheap Cuts of Meat: Easy Ways to Cut Living Costs
Practical guide for using cheaper meat cuts to build flavorful meals. Includes Veal Loaf No 1 and No 2 with detailed mixing, shaping, and baking steps, sauces to pair, and techniques to improve digestibility and taste while stretching the budget.
Cherry Moss Dessert Preparation
Soak gelatin in cold water then add boiling water. Stir in chopped dark red cherries with juice. When thickening, fold in stiffly beaten egg whites and salt. Mold, chill, then serve with vanilla whipped cream and shredded Jordan almonds baked slowly.
Luncheon Bread From Sour Milk Recipe
A recipe to make spoon bread using sour milk, cornmeal, and soda. Break an egg into sour milk, sift in cornmeal salt and soda, mix well, heat a greased pan, pour batter, and bake in a hot oven for about fifteen minutes. Serve immediately.
Beef Italian Style Recipe from B Morrison
Two pounds rump flank or neck beef trimmed and placed in a deep dish with sliced onion carrot turnip and a slice of fat salt pork. Add one cup water one teaspoon salt half teaspoon pepper. bake three hours in a moderate oven. Serve over boiled macaroni with browned pan juices mixed with one fourth cup tomato catsup and half teaspoon mustard.
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B. Morrison
Cooking Vegetables Boiling and Cooling Guide
All above ground vegetables should be boiled and all underground vegetables cooled in cold water. An exception is new potatoes which do not follow this rule.
National Corn Club push by government outlined
A USDA circular emphasizes Boys' Corn Club contests as a national movement to promote farming as a noble profession. It urges strong club work, progressive leadership, and effective recognition at fairs and institutes to boost farm life and rural home interests.
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Wilson
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
South
National Corn Club
Protector coat shields novice boxer from hits
A New Jersey inventor designs a full body boxing protector that covers head and torso with eyeholes for breathing. The padded armor lets beginners practice without injury, allowing focus on instruction while still absorbing blows.
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New Jersey
Cuckoo lore and spring love divinations across England
The piece recalls the cuckoo as a harbinger of romance with folk beliefs. It notes that hearing the bird's first spring call supposedly foretold fate, such as discovering a colored hair on the right great toe after removing boots and stockings, and Milton cited a belief that remaining single equaled the number of early spring calls.
Missed train telegram fools awaiting auntie visit
A telegram says the aunt will start tomorrow but that would make her miss the train again, prompting Mabel to remark on the silliness. The scene shifts to a Sunday school moment where a boy misreads a proverb to triumphantly claim a pun.
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Mabel
Mamma
Pearson's Weekly
Woman Recovers After Lydia E Pinkham's Remedy
Pentwater Michigan and Peoria Illinois letters praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for severe back pain and weakness. Mrs Alice Darling reports dramatic improvement after a year of suffering. Miss Clara Gauwitz notes relief from backache and side heaviness and sleep return.
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Pentwater
Mich
Lydia
Pinkhem
Alice Darling
R.F.D. No
Pentwater, Mich
Peoria
Pinkham
Clara L. Gauwitz
R.R. Noo
Lydia E. Pinkham
Liver And Digestive Health Routine
A practical guide to maintaining healthy liver stomach and bowel function through regular routines. Emphasizes balanced diet hydration fiber and consistent activity to support digestion and overall wellbeing.
Why Do Fishes Have Legs Question From a Child
A boy asks why fishes have no legs while ducks have them and swim. Papa struggles to answer explaining that fishes swim and ducks have legs, leading to a final, humorous surrender.
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Papa
Miss Mary Seeks Answers to Life Question
Clergyman asks Miss Mary about life questions and she blushes that no young man has asked her. Mothers are advised to use Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup for teething children as a remedy.
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Mary
No thoughtful person uses liquid blue in water
A fragmentary ad and dialogue mention Cross Ball Blue, promoting a strong blue pigment. The text cites a line about not using liquid blue and a character exchange about a private letter, ending with a reference to blue used in a large bottle of water.
Five year old Catherine Declares Penny Is Not Five
A young girl insists pennies add up to a nickel when buying candy, while her father explains she has pennies of her own. The feature transitions to a product plug for Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, touting regulation and vigor for stomach liver and bowels in sugar coated granules.
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Catherine
Dr. Pierce
Laying Matting Tips for Corners and Edges
When laying matting it is not always necessary to cut to fit corners and alcoves. In tight spaces moistening the matting helps it bend without breaking and creates a neat substantial edge.
Unusual Resource of Boy With Roller Skate at Wood Scramble
A boy attaches a lone roller skate to an orange crate and hauls a larger wood load than peers at a Broadway grocer side door. The scene shows a rush to gather fuel as a clever child outspeeds others using the skate to roll wood away.
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Lad
Sipper Broadway
Possasor
New York Sun
No Chance for Him
A minister chats with a new Sunday attendant and asks to call. She replies in broken English with a Swedish accent that she has a regular fever, politely refusing his invitation.
Willing to Become an Enemy Quips on Lending Money
A philosopher quips that lending five dollars can create an enemy, then slyly asks if anyone nearby would like to make an enemy of him. The remark blends mock caution with a gibe about trust and confrontation.
Electric Current and Nerves Speed
A column notes that electric current travels along human nerves at speeds from 33 to 60 yards per second, outlining the rapid signal transmission within the nervous system.
Never Satisfied Quote Reflects on Getting What Is Not Earned
A sharp line notes that when a man accepts something for nothing he doubts its value and suspects a better option exists. The remark underscores skepticism toward unearned gains and the pursuit of superior outcomes.
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Wise Dental Co
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