Christmas in the Libyan Desert Oasis Tour
A Montreal Star correspondent recalls a Christmas journey across the Libyan Desert from a railway in the oasis region to Kharga. The voyage features camels, rest houses, a Persian temple, Roman tombs, an American expedition, a one-house oasis village, and an artesian well lake created by Western Egypt.
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Montreal Star
Mount Etna
Ife
Rushbrooke
Government
Oasis
Berberine
Burstine Tengiz
Africa
Darius
Kharga
Cairo
Greece
New Guinea
Egypt
Omdeh
Beelzebub
Corporation
Child asks for Christmas gift funds in family exchange
A brief cartoon-style note from the Indianapolis Journal shows a child asking his father how much money he has for Christmas. The gag ends with a caution about giving a baby a shotgun unless he has shown a tendency to become a duck hunter.
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Chris’mus
Tommy
Santy Claus
Indianapolis Journal
Niandy Cooking Utensil Designed for Efficient Three-Vegetable Stew
An Ohio inventor shows a stewpan with three separate compartments cooked atop a single stove or gas frame. Each vessel clips into place and can be removed as its contents finish, allowing different cooking times. Gas use drops to about one third compared with usual methods.
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Ohio
Biscuit Recipe Notes from a Historic Kitchen Guide
Instructions describe a simple biscuit batter using two cupfuls flour half cup cream two teaspoonfuls baking powder one teaspoon sugar and a pinch of salt. Mix dry ingredients then add cream and a beaten egg. Shape with a silver knife, handle lightly, bake ten minutes for a dozen biscuits.
How to Make Creamed Potatoes in Milk
Sived on ferre onion in thesints of miilk, add two stains of celery, cut fine, put in a double boiler and let it come to a boil. In the meantime pare and boil six or seven medium-sized poo tatoes, when done, mash thoroughly, beat light and add to the boiling milk, put in a lump of butter equal to two tablespoonfuls, when melted season with pepper and salt, put through a sieve and serve at once.
Cleaning old paraffin for reuse
The article outlines a method to clean paraffin used on jelly and fruit. Place all material in a large pan with boiling water and boil until melted. Let cool to allow dust and juice to settle, then remove the top hardened paraffin for a clean, waste-free reuse.
Ham and Bean Cakes From Pantry Staples
Instructions combine boiled ham and baked beans ground together with bread crumbs egg and butter. Add milk or water as needed to bind. No salt needed but a pinch of mustard and onion juice optional. Pack into baking powder cans and bake half an hour.
Apple Pudding From Simple Ingredients
Combine half cup sugar with lemon juice and rind. Cream butter with bread crumbs eggs and chopped tart apples. Stir in sugar and lemon flavor with cinnamon. Bake in a pudding mold in a moderate oven and serve with hard sauce.
Chocolate Nut Caramels Recipe Instructions
Mix two pounds sugar with grated chocolate and milk in a porcelain lined kettle. Boil steadily until a drop in cold water hardens. Flavor with vanilla, add brok en walnut meats, then pour into a greased pan and cut into squares.
Kitchen Tips From A French Chef On Everyday Cookery
Practical advice on frying mush with egg wash for crisp slices. Prunes steam with a splash of cider. Add a pinch of cream of tartar while whisking egg whites to stabilize them. Vanilla bean in sugar sweetens flavor. Cleaning tricks include rubbing stains with whiting on cups and dishes. Milk avoids scorching if the pan is rinsed in cold water. Celery keeps longer in a sealed glass jar in a cool place. Remove contents from opened cans and rinse canned goods before use. Use lamp oil and spirits to remove white marks from varnished tables.
Varied Snippets Highlight Science, Travel and History
A collage of notes on turpentine, caterpillars, cotton in Honduras, a novel combined lamp shaving mirror, Dorando Pietri’s Capri marriage, electricity and fire safety, German land tax plans, pajama origins, and an electric sewing factory. It also covers Halley’s Comet appearances, a Gethsemane olive tree, U.S. orange crops, French forest transformation, and a China political idea critique with a soldier's role analysis.
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Porando
Capri
Teresa Pendi
Dorando
America
Benjamin Franklin
Halley
William the Conqueror
Constantinople
Clairaut
Jupiter
Popular Science Monthly
Orients
Gethsemane
Island Hermit James Willis Keeps Vigil on Willis Island
James Willis, 26, hermit of Willis Island Delaware at Yardley Pa, marks 25 years of habitation entertaining over 2000 visitors from across the country. Guests register in a large book and enjoy hospitality under an electricity powered cabin, with floods having twice washed the island clean but rebuilt to an inviting outdoor refuge.
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James Willis
Willis
Delaware
Yardley
Philadelphia Record
Philadelphia
Mr. Willis
Queer stories and curiosities from far and near
A miscellany notes language lessons in a Chinese pupil and a growing use of American goods. It mentions German platform tickets for farewells, tiny Chihuahua dogs, chloroforming strong animals in London zoos, and Mrs Taft collecting silver cups. It also catalogs long European street names and mentions China embracing Yankee culture with sewing machines and ice cream freezers. It reports Chinese sewing machine operators earn five dollars a month for nine hours daily.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
London Zoological Garden
Brussels
la Montagne-Aux-Herbes-Potageres
Holland
Alblasserdammerland
Nopsteckersvavergader Inlokaal
Albaseerdamm
China
South
Waffles Served Hand to Honor Guest Etiquette
A Louisville gentleman and a country guest share waffles served and eaten by hand, mirroring a rural dining custom. Children observe but are silenced by the father's boast that his example does not count, illustrating social faux pas and learned manners.
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Louisville
Courier-Journal
Did the Tell The Whole Truth?
A wry quip notes a truth with a hole large enough for the speaker to crawl out, reflecting on honesty and evasiveness with a sharp, period-voiced punch.
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Puck
Christmas Acrostic Carols Sing of the Wonderful Child
A Christmas verse by Nora Archibald Smith depicts carollers in morning gray with holly and ivy bells and incense, praising the infant Jesus. The poem repeats that Christmas should be celebrated with worship for Mary, the Mother, and infinite love.
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Mary
Nora Archibald Smith
Mistletoe incident sparks town gossip in Wessington
In a small town scene, a woman under mistletoe arouses judgment as bystanders debate her motive and whether she acted innocently. Friends contrast decorum with embarrassment while noting outfits and social expectations in the shared moment.
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Harry
Willie
Wessington
Grace
New Year on the Nile and Ancient Egyptian Beliefs
The article explains how ancient Egypt celebrated the new year between June 17 and 20, calling it the night of the drop. It describes the Nile’s rise as Isis’s tear falling into the water and the sacred river flowing from heaven to mark the season.
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Egypt
Night of the Drop Ushers Sacred New Year Fire
Priests and people watch by the river for the miraculous rise that will bring abundance. On the night of the drop the altars are cleared and fires lit for the new year, each faithful taking a coal to light their hearth. The land shines with light as all make sacred preparations.
An Unexpected Guest in the Christmas Tree
Archie and May cut a pine, finding a tiny caterpillar inside a cocoon like house. The caterpillar, dreaming of spring, carves a hidden home in the tree which later becomes a parlor sleigh ride surprise as a butterfly emerges. May and Papa connect the butterfly to Santa.
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Archie
May
Chiny Ney
Santa Claus
How to Play Snapdragon Christmas Fire Game
A traditional Christmas game features a broad shallow bowl with raisins in alcohol lit aflame. Players pass the dish and race to pluck a raisin from the flames while singing the old song. One by one contestants approach the flowing bowl and attempt the risky grab without overindulging.
Hearthfire Night Prayer for Children
Poem lines describe blessing babies and children across the land. Imagery centers on hearthfire light and quiet sleep with wishes for purity, guidance, and safety for the youngest. The verse urges gentle care and heavenward watchfulness.
Christmas Toys Hint In Log Found Behind Trunk
A Philadelphia North American clipping shows young Jlittle Petie asking if Kriss Kringle brings toys early. Papa explains the new toys were found hidden away in a log behind the trunks, sparking a holiday curiosity.
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Jlittle Petie
Philadelphia
North American
Stuyvesant and Schermerhorn on New Year’s leaf
A brief quip notes Stuyvesant plans to turn over a new leaf on New Year’s Day while Schermerhorn jokes about repeating the same old leaf. The exchange echoes a Brooklyn setting.
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Stuyvesant
Schermerhorn
Brooklyn Kelle
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