MEN OF NERVE DESCRIBES CIVILIAN SPY TACTICS IN CIVIL WAR
The article recounts Union spies who concealed identities as civilians and peddlers to gather Confederate information. It details capture risks, disguises, and the ruthless tests used to verify spies including a dramatic case of Garretson who evaded discovery through clever deceptions and a staged cousin ruse.
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Fedeo
Gen. Sheridan
Ero Bi
Washington
Alexandria
Baltimore
Winchester
Sheri‘an
Sheridan
Charles Davis
Charlestown
Ater
James
Hoar
Egb
Virginija
Front
Garretson
Ohio
Lee
Fifth
Alabama
Georgia
Breen
Han
Thomas White
Opelika
Hix
Tescum
Cantankerous insult sown in a bookstore tale
A customer seeks meaning for a string of insults hurled at him during a heated row. The bookstore clerk explains terms like parsimonious bilberry cantankerous imbecile senile prevaricator and multitu dinous old reprobate, revealing how opponents aimed to demean him. He recalls a dispute with his second wife over savings at the breakfast table.
Rapid transit described as electric cars that never stop
The Detroit Free Press quips that rapid transit means electric cars moving so fast they do not pause to take on passengers. The piece adds playful asides about popularity and a light drink note, reflecting a humorous survey of public opinion.
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Chris
Detroit Free Press
Saluting as the War Vessel Passes Down the River
Eyewitnesses along the Battery and South Street watch a battleship steam by at high speed. Crowds cheer from piers and bulkheads while the ship recedes toward the harbor, then vanishes from view as spectators recall past news of bombardments and troop landings.
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Bat Sefate
Anmoth
Anil
Anther
Will Aeener
United States
Doughnuts and Crullers from Yeast to Finish
Doughnuts rise with a sponge in bakeries with seasonal temperature tweaks. Crullers follow the same process with added fillings or frostings. In the city, at least four bakeries specialize in doughnuts and crullers for wholesale supply to shops and restaurants. A second item describes a barley soup recipe from the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, detailing barley preparation and a cream and butter finish.
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Crullers
Cruller
Pine A.m
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Health and aging in the modern home and social life
A discussion on aging men over forty focusing on health, sleep, and character shifts. It notes risks from overwork, alcohol, stimulants, and patent medicines, with guidance on sleep, temperance, and moderation as essential to well being. Also references sailors’ endurance and Kentucky water power.
Homemade water filter from simple household parts
A step by step description explains building a water filter using a decanter lamp shade sand sponge or cotton wool animal charcoal and a skewer. The device percolates water slowly into a decanter producing cleaner water and can be cleaned and refreshed indefinitely, offering a frugal alternative to expensive patent filters.
Dainty Meat Sauces and Foundation Preparations
A 19th century note on meat sauces from French cooking, detailing the five mother sauces and their use with meats. It covers brown and white sauces, summer substitutes, and practical quick methods including a brown sauce base, onion carrot thyme and vinegar, plus mushroom and marrow variations for beef and mutton dishes.
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Marne
Lamb Chops and Food Preservation Notes
An odd compilation covers trimming lamb chops for proper cooking and a chicken forcemeat stuffing method for tender chops. It also details leaf and flower preservation with gum arabic and a peach marmalade process, plus a San Francisco personal crisis death tally for the year.
Beauty Advice From The St Louis Globe Democrat
The article urges healthy complexion care through digestion and light summer diet, with fruits, milk, soups, whole grains, and loose clothing. It warns against tight corsets and shows baths, massages, and rest as ways to improve skin. It also outlines satin applique tips using tissue paper and stiff starch for easy edges.
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Delure
St. Louis Alobe-Democrat
Baby sweaters for infants and a note on polygamy laws
The passage urges dressing infants with sweaters for outings in pale colors while noting Mexican law requiring a Mormon to obtain consent from a first wife and her parents before taking a second wife. The tone blends child care advice with legal tidbits about plural marriage.
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Babs
Mexico
Evening Fichu Craft for Young Women in Plaid
An evening fichu is a lightweight accessory ideal for young women. Begin with a gow pattern and three yards of plaid cloth, cut to create two long stole ends. Cover the collar with plaid chiffon and wrap the fichu with chiffon rosettes at the ends for a finished look.
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Mae
Young Girl Health Advice From Old Dietarticle
Practical wellness guidance for a girl focusing on diet dress and daily routine. It outlines light wool or silk clothing, breathable undergarments, gentle daily walks, early bed, morning sponge, half a glass hot water, a light breakfast of egg bread and water, then a beef centered noon meal, light desserts, outdoor rest after meals, and a beef or mutton supper with olive oil intake after eating.
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Mee
S. Ff
Dadi” Mleomme
Curious Japanese bathing customs and wedding decor
A collection of varied notes describes Japanese street bathing practices seen by travelers, a recipe for sponge cake, wedding room decorations using an India shawl and blossoms, and brief humorous comic snippets. The piece blends cultural commentary with light entertainment items.
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Wee
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Tee
Antietam
Hhis
Beltimore
Old Capitol
Perry Patellc
Wayworn Watson
Cizciaaat! Enquirer
New York
New York City
Walker
New
Buffet
Aesen
Kelly
Bart
Courant
the Sailor of Old Times
Thames
Tropics
Coleridge
Clark Russell
Pull Mall Magazine
Milleseium
Saus
Germany
N. Y. Sun
Kentucky
Union
Nomemade
Tribune
Lamb Chops
N. Y.tribune
Home Magazine
Francisco
San Francisco
Beauty
Ters
Cerless Sight
Japan
Mre
S. T. Rover
Ladies’ Home Journal
Algy
Clarence
Utsell. Dukane
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