Adopted Child of a Queen from the Queen's Own Band
Rosie Bloxham is identified as adopted by the queen in a Christmas 1910 note from the queen during her own band. The brief item places a personal royal connection with a named individual and a specific date.
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Rosie Bloxham
Rat Nest Sparks Unlikely Bond Between Worker and Rodents
In Scotland near Kingussie, a Glen loch forest potato lifting found a rat nest with young ones. A worker, instead of harming them, showed warmth as the unusual encounter unfolded.
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Scotland
Glenteshire Forest
Kingussie
Deaths Head in the Pulpit At Geblingen Parish
An Austrian priest in Geblingen near Metz caused a stir by lifting a skull during mass and asking it taunting questions about the life of local youths and couples. He declared no answer from hell proved the skull owner condemned. Congregants left pale, shaken, and long-remembering the sermon.
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Geblingen
Metz
Hell
Dwarf and Giant Bees Of Hindustan And East India
Small Apis florea bees form tiny honeycombs on low tree branches with cells the size of a pin head and year round brood. In contrast Apis dyrsata giants build honeycombs six to seven feet long four feet wide and weigh 300 to 400 pounds each.
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East Indian
Hindustan
Religion for burglars in eastern Bengal castes
Sir Herbert Risley told the Royal Anthropological Institute that a curious worship system existed among a professional caste in eastern Bengal. They made a space in the ground and a man cut his arm to pray to an earth god for a dark night to aid successful robbery and escape.
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India
Sir Herbert Risley
Bengal
Royal Anthropological Institute
Collie Tries Trout Fishing Sparks Legal Question
Charlies Sherwood of Albion Wisconsin seeks expert guidance on owner responsibility for a collie that repeatedly violates state game laws by catching trout. He has punished the dog, but it keeps returning with larger fish.
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Charlies Sherwood
Albion
Wis
Mr. Sherwood
Isaac Snow recounts Revolutionary War adventures and bravery
The narrative recalls Isaac Snow's youth in Eastham and his enlistments during the siege of Boston, later service building fortifications in Boston harbor and Rhode Island, and a tense boarding action aboard the Defence with a sick crew. He details marches, breastworks on Dorchester Heights, and a bold shipboard engagement against a Liverpool bound Jamaica letter of marque.
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Isaac Snow
Washington
Boston
Roxbury
Dorchester Heights
Eastham
Soloman Higgins
Isaiah Higgins
Hamilton
Chatham
Rhode Island
Cape
Samuel Smedley
Liverpool
Jamaica
Delicate Whole Wheat Bread and Related Pudding Recipes
A household guide presents recipes for whole wheat crisps and wafers for children, a rice based pudding, gluten wafers, hasty pudding with corn meal, and a milk enhanced warm serving. It details quantities, mixing, kneading, and baking steps for each dish.
Launder Woof Caps and Oatmeal Baked Fish Recipe
Instructions describe washing and shaping wool caps using warm water Ivory and borax, drying on a head form with muslin stiffener, and avoiding heat or rubbing to prevent distortion. Then a cod with oatmeal dish is baked: cod with milk and water, then oatmeal mixed with suet eggs and seasonings formed into balls and baked to finish.
Hickory Nut Ice Cream Recipe
A recipe instructs to pound shelled hickory nut meats into paste, mix with cream, make a custard from milk eggs and sugar, cook until thick, cool, then blend in the nut mixture and freeze. It provides step by step measurements and order for harvesting a creamy frozen dessert.
Removing Scorch From Fabric Using Peroxide and Iron
A home remedy describes wetting a cloth with peroxide, laying it over the scorched textile, and applying a hot iron to remove scorch marks. The method claims the scorch will disappear with this heat treatment.
Olive Oil Method for Japanned Tray Cleaning
A historical note advises rubbing a japanned tray with oil to clean it. It warns against using other substances as they may dull or crack the lacquer, stressing that olive oil should be avoided to prevent damage.
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Museum of Natural History
New York
West Ireland
New Zealand
J. Pierpont Morgan
Death
Collie
Revolution
Mander