Neighbor Romance Sparks A Suburban Courtship
Mrs Granger muses on class and manners as Joan offers a cooling drink to a hot Placy workman. The next door scene leads to shared curiosity about the continental Mr Placy and ends with Mr Roderick Placy revealing he helped finish the house himself, sparking a future couple.
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Mrs. Granger
Joan
Mrs. Placy
Paris
Placy
Mr. Placy
Placys
Thatchde
Roderick Placy
Last Jest of Dumas the Elder
The elder Dumas, son of a Napoleon general, carried his soldierly spirit to life. Upon leaving Paris for Puys, he left a single gold louis on his mantelpiece and told his son that he still possessed it fifty years later. This coin, he said, proved he was no prodigal, and he called it his last jest.
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Dumas the
Napoleon Bonaparte
Dumas
Paris
Puys
Louis
Diogenes on scarcity driving people to seek honesty
A witty exchange has Diogenes remarking that honesty is scarce. He jokes that people may turn to him to find an honest man, highlighting the idea that the search yields few true examples. The dialogue underscores the difficulty of finding integrity in society.
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Diogenes
Brenner Pass as Ancient Highway to Italy and Trent
The Brenner Pass, one of history’s oldest routes through the Eastern Alps, linked Central Europe with Italy. It shaped campaigns from the Cimbri to Napoleon, with Trent as a Roman fortress and modern symbol of Italy’s claim to the Alpine gateway.
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James Murphy
Country Life
Napoleon
Italy
Brenner
Prchases
Sterzing
Tyrol
Ala
Rome
Restonn? E Republic
Coneat
Venice
Griven
B.C
Alps
Augustus
Danube Valley
Tiberius
Drusus
Adige
Bozen
Claudius
Europe
Germany
Danubian
Hall
Trent
A French Pears Dessert and Canning Pears Guide
A French pear dessert is described with peeled pears cooked in sugar syrup and served with a milk rice mold. Canning Bartlett pears requires proper ripeness, water, sugar, and careful sealing in hot jars for long shelf life.
Spiced Damson Plums Preparation from Mother's Magazine
Seven pounds of damson plums are prepared by pricking and jarning with a spice infused vinegar syrup. Sugar vinegar cinnamon cloves mace and allspice are boiled in steps, then cooled and reboiled with spice bags. Process repeated over three days, jars sealed for storage and color retention. Grapes may be spiced similarly.
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Mother’s Magazine
Orange Filling For Cake Between Layers
Boil three fourths cup milk with salt sugar and butter. Stir in flour mixed with milk and boil briefly. Remove from heat, add orange juice rind lemon juice and egg yolks. When cool spread between cake layers and dust with powdered sugar.
Beef Cutlets with Rich Brown Onion Sauce
Chop beef for hamburg steak, season with gage and pepper, mix with cream, shape into cutlets and broil. Prepare a brown sauce by browning onion in butter, seasoning, adding stock, simmering until smooth, then stir in a chopped hard boiled egg.
Baked Batter Pudding Instructions
A historical recipe describes baking a batter pudding from four eggs separated, milk, and flour with salt. Yolks mixed with flour, then milk, then whites folded in. Bake forty five minutes and serve with a nutmeg lemon vanilla butter sauce.
Peach Custard Sundae Prep Instructions
Layer chopped peach in glasses a quarter full then add soft custard to near the top. When serving, chill peach portion and top with sweetened whipped cream, inserting a chilled peach half in the center.
How to Clean Scorched Pans with Dry Baking Soda
A method for cleaning pans with burnt food suggests sprinkling dry baking soda in the pan and letting it stand a while. After soaking, the residue loosens and pans can be cleaned quickly and readily.
Ingenious coffee pot patent aims to prevent boil over
A Brooklyn inventors duo Smith and Slezinger patent a coffee pot with a perforated inner drum and a flared top. The design forces boiling liquid through holes into an open space, then back into the pot, catching overflow and preventing spills.
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Smith
M. I Slezinger
Brooklyn
Patent Bug Catching Device From Richmond Hill Inventor
Knut George Gyllstrom of Richmond Hill New York patents a bug catching apparatus to trap insects entering buildings. A bright light lures bugs toward a fan and funnel bag with a trap at the small end forcing insects into the bag and finally the trap.
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Knut George Gyllstrom
Richmond Hill
N. Y
Resourceful Woman Says Women Can Be Soldiers Too
Dr. Dudley A. Sargent of Harvard argues at a Boston tea that sex is no bar to military service and women can be as good soldiers as men. He praises resourcefulness while a flattered group of girls listens. The anecdote about a palmist and a would be brunette adds a playful aside.
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Dudley A. Sargent
Harvard
Doctor Sargent
Boston
Phril
Jack
Jealous Bride Dies After Husband Jealousy Tragedy
Mrs Adele Diaz a pretty Spanish bride of New York City killed herself after discovering her husband’s revolver. She envied his attention to others and his work keeping him away from her, ending her life in a jealous crisis.
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Adele Diaz
New York City
International Electric Standard Agreed by U S and England
Experts from the United States and England have agreed on international standards for electrical machinery. The agreement is expected to be adopted worldwide.
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United States
England
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Savoy
Walla
Piazza di
Dante
Florentine
TH. Brenner Pass
New York
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