Man Who Went Back to His Boyhood in a Sierra Tale
In a Sutter Buttes camp near the Sacramento river, Tom Fanshawe returns haunted by homesickness from a mining era. The narrator reveals Tom’s feverish mother loss, Isabel Croone’s mistaken role as mother, and Tom’s strange longing to relive youth as he bonds with the narrator while pursuing zoological work and mirage observations.
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Yuba City
Sutter Buttes
Sacramento
Buttes
Fanshawe
Tom Fanshawe
Middle West
Thomson
Tom
Marysville
Mill Center
Isabel Fanshawe
Isabel Croone
Mrs. Fanshawell
Miss Croone
Isabel
English Zoological Society
California
Tanias
Spermophilus
Pero
Locust Grove
How long to shave and language lessons in a train car
A humorous exchange on a Pullman that shifts from shaving time to language study. One traveler, beard years long, jokes that he never learned languages while the other, a college professor, admits he learned four languages but lacks a head for more.
Easy Money and the Temptation of Free Gain
A Kansas City Journal opinion piece argues that the notion of easy money preys on human weakness. It notes that even normally honest people may be drawn to get something for nothing and discusses the rebel against toil versus the value of hard work for loved ones.
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Kansas City Journal
Old New Women Ahead in Bologna University History
At a Colony club tea time an elderly speaker notes women have long sought education. She recounts 13th century Bologna with professors Morella d Andria Madonna Manzolina Matilda Tromboni and Marie Magnesi leading a major European university with about 10 000 students though women appeared as attractions rather than scholars.
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Colony Club
University of Bologna
Morella d'Andria
Madonna Manzolina
Matilda Tromboni
Marie Magnesi
Europe
START DAY RIGHT Varieties of Breads and Puffs From Flour Choice
A vintage guide emphasizes flour quality for breakfast breads and offers recipes for Huckleberry Cakes Popovers New England Puffs and Coffee Rolls. It explains northern cornmeal limits and stresses experience in selecting pure brands.
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New England
German Leb-Kuchen Recipe Notes
A tested lebkuchen recipe uses brown sugar sirup baking soda milk eggs nuts citron brandy and flour to form a stiff batter spread thinly bake in a moderate oven then ice with sugar and egg white. Keeps for weeks moist and toothsome.
Browned Mashed Sweet Potatoes
Three large hot boiled sweet potatoes are pressed and beaten with salt and pepper and a heaping tablespoon of butter. Milk is added to moisten, then baked in a dish until the top browns, dotted with butter and served in the same dish.
Preventing Bowl Splitting by Inverting When Stored
The wooden chopping bowl should be stored upside down when not in use to prevent splitting and ensure longevity. This simple practice shields the interior from moisture and cracking, preserving the bowl’s shape and usefulness.
Ice Cream Coffee Recipe Procedure
A simple layered drink recipe. Place a large scoop of vanilla ice cream in two tall glasses. Add chilled iced coffee with sugar and cream to each glass without stirring. Serve with a long-handled spoon.
Ravages of Tuberculosis and U.S. Death Toll
The Review of Reviews notes that if a war removed 150000 Americans each year the nation would be horrified, yet this is the estimated annual American loss from tuberculosis and poses a stark public health comparison.
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United States
Not Dollars But Eggs First Thespian Stage Talk
A dialogue recalls a Kansas City acting scene where a performer recalls earning 200 a night and adjusting figures as eggs are inexpensive, highlighting backstage pay contrasts and cost of living for actors.
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Kansas City
Monty
Jack
How It Fell. An Irish maid seeks dentistian approval
An Irish maid in a Washington household asked permission to take an afternoon off to consult a dentist. Her mistress queried about the filling material and the maid replied that she could not tell if it was gold or amalgam, but felt as if it were thunder and lightning.
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Washington
Rosalie
Detected Suspicion Over Burglary Accusation
In a Houston Post item a woman suspects her husband of burglary from years past, arguing his alibi falters at night when he tends to the baby. She notes he never trips over furniture, unlike typical drunken misadventure.
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Houston Post
Castoria Safety Notice for Infants and Children
Important to Mothera. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infanta and children, and see that it.
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Mothera
Infanta
Beauty remarks spark a flippant exchange
A party member quips beauty is skin deep and cites portraits of handsome women as proof while another critic muses that beauty lies beyond the cuticle. The item also touches on Lewis' Single Binder and factory prices at Peoria.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Relief
The advertisement promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments including backache nervousness and displacements. It features testimonials from Mrs Will Young and Mrs Augustus Lyon praising relief after use and notes the product has been sold for thirty years as a standard remedy for various feminine health issues.
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Lydia E. Pinehan
Will Young
Columbia Ave
Rockland
Lydia E. Pinkham
Augustus Lyon
East Earl
Pinkham
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Shortatory Pub. Co
Snon
Isabel Droone
Lewis
Lewis’ Factory
Peoria
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