The Meeting at Fort Marion with Valencienne Mendes
Clarence Herndon, a New York artist, travels to St. Augustine Florida seeking peace. He meets Valencienne Mendes, a Creole beauty, and they grow close. He learns her fear of Anglo-Saxons and a secret about her life that keeps them apart.
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Clarence Herndon
Florida
Studio Ife
St. Augustine
Herndon
Senor
Vailencienne
Mendes
New York
Senorita. Mendes
Senorita
Senorita Valencienne Mendes
Spain
Charitable Photographer Seeks to Brighten East Side Lives
An amateur photographer visits the East side with a dozen plates and a hand camera offering portraits to families unable to afford a photographer. He limits deliveries to two prints per family, one kept and the other sent home, aiming to help the poor in his own way.
Picture Offer Vanishes as Fears Mount
A New York Sun note describes thousands of people who never had a portrait taken. When offered a free photograph, many refuse, anxious of a trap or scheme behind the gesture.
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New York Sun
A Toast to Happiness
A reflective note praising happiness as life’s foundation and antidote to melancholy, highlighting its uplifting power and universal message of loving life.
Curse of the Castilian Bride In Fort Split Walls
A Spanish nobleman curses his English bloodline after exposing his faithless wife. Centuries later Herndon and Valencienne uncover a moonlit wall seam in a Florida fort, just as he vows to learn whether the curse has split the fort’s walls and fate.
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Lama Spantard
Senor
Castile
France
Spain
England
Senor Herndon
Herndon
Conor
Valencienne
Walla
Florida
South London junior clerk seeks half day for family event
A junior clerk asks his manager on a Saturday to leave early claiming his grandmother died and the funeral. The manager jokes about attending the final whereas the clerk corrects it as the semi final, in a humorous exchange from Exchance.
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London
Granfother
Peene
Exchance
Teep him, teep him He'll be dood fer jumpin by and by
A humorous country child, Peter aged three, in conversation about a new baby brother, decides on raising him kindly as a future jumper and scrapes a rustic line about protection and care.
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Peter
Inexpensive Menu of Nutritious Dishes from Mary J Lincoln
Menu includes Potato Soup Beef Stew with Lima Beans Cabbage Salad Rice and Whole Milk and a raisin dessert. Ingredients are listed with detailed preparation steps and costs, aiming for economical meals.
Vinegar Sauce Recipe Steps and Proportions
A recipe lists a sauce with one and a half cups sugar one and a half tablespoons flour in water two tablespoons vinegar four grated nutmegs and a pinch of salt. Boil with one and a half pints boiling water for ten minutes. Right before removing from heat add a dessert spoonful of butter.
Flower Cake Decorations From Violet Treats
A homemaking tip describes making sugar syrup to glaze fresh violets for cake decoration. Dip flowers after warming syrup and let harden before arranging on a cake. Any small flowers can be treated similarly to form a wreath or garland for presentation.
Cleaning Clothes With Gasoline Methods
A rule book style guide describes rejuvenating chiffon ruchings and light fabrics by soaking in clear gasoline, shaking, rinsing, and drying in sun. It covers collars, neckwear, satin limits, grease stains, and white kid gloves with cautions on color fabrics and soap use.
Tea Towels as Lifters Save Wear and Stain
A housekeeping tip suggests tea towels could last longer and stay whiter if not used as lifters. One maid avoids the habit by sewing a durable fold with a layer of asbestos or canvas, forming a pocket lifter attached to an apron for quick use.
Feathertight Waffles From Sour Milk Batter
A historic recipe describes feathertight waffles with a delicate cornmeal note. It instructs to beat two eggs in a bowl, pour two cups sour milk or buttermilk, add one fourth cup cornmeal, two cups flour, a teaspoon sugar and salt, a tablespoon of butter, lard, and dissolve soda in warm water before mixing.
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Mary J
Vegetable Roast With Nut Meat and Cranberry Sauce
A historic recipe describes cooking beans or peas through a colander to remove skins, mixing equal parts finely chopped nut meats, shaping half in a buttered dish with a dressing of water soaked bread, sweet cream, sage, and salt. The rest covers with more nuts and cream, baked 90 minutes, served in slices with cranberry sauce.
Shrink Wash Goods With Tub and Salt Method
Instructions for shrinking wash goods by partially unfolding in a tub of water then pounding with a broom to keep creases. Use enough water to cover, run time to shrink, drain, and dry with the material folded. A pinch of salt in the water helps set color.
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Rose
Old Castile
By Littelle M'Clung
Atlantic
Norh
Trean
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