Brave Mexican Mine Foreman Fights Ambush and Dies in Defense
Jim, a fearless manager in northern Mexico, confronts two armed greasers at a pulque shop. After Dolores, his wife, is abducted and later slain by the assailants, Dolores returns and cradles Jim as he dies from four bullet wounds while avenging the attackers.
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Jim
Mexico
Gillespie
Gilleaple Soom
Rimeeif
Greasers
Dolores
Senor Superintendente
Bernadino
Senor
el Sénor
Deers Born
Sancho
Comroy
Their Attraction at the New York Hotel
Lady Janes and husband discuss American girls at the New York Hotel in a salon scene. She questions why many American wives marry foreigners and notes the number of wives America has furnished to Europe in twelve years. She asks if any were poor and attributes foreign wealth and handsome suitors as factors.
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Janes
New York
America
Europe
The Unemployed and Edward VI Era Remarks
A fragment noting concerns about unemployment in the 14th to 15th centuries and a brief reference to the reign of Edward VI. The text links early economic worry to later Tudor period context.
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Mae. Dees
Edward
Grandmother's Buckwheats Recall Old Fashioned Mornings
A lyrical reflection contrasts old fashioned buckwheats stored in a jar wrapped in a quilt with modern health foods packed in cartons. The speaker recalls careful handling to avoid tilting the jar during kitchen chores and winter mornings.
Laws Target Idle Vagrants in Tudor England
The article notes that many laws targeted Idlere and idle persons in Henry VIII era England. It claims the realm was plagued by rogues and vagabonds and that over 70,000 of this class were hanged during that reign.
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Henry VIII
Henry
Boor Thing. Patience Quotable Quips in Silly Exchange
In a light exchange Patrice teases Patience about being hard of hearing and enjoying her own voice. Patience replies with a wistful remark expressing sympathy for the situation.
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Patience
Patrice
Burning the trash saves money for country households
A country householder can cut costs by burning inflammable trash on site and using ashes to make walkways and repair gravel roads. The article advises dedicated burn barrels, separate non burnables, and sifting ashes to maximize savings on coal, gravel, and road maintenance.
Walnut Nutmeat Cakes With Walnut Gravy
A recipe to cook walnut cakes: melt butter with milk, add browned bread crumbs and flour, cook until nonsticky, cool, mix in eggs walnuts onion juice and seasonings, form half inch cakes, coat them, fry, and serve with walnut gravy or grilled tomatoes.
Kidney and Macaroni Stewed in Jars Recipe
Prepare half a forty pound ox kidney by removing core and fat and cutting into small pieces. Mix with four ounces of macaroni, season with pepper salt and red pepper, add optional onion. Place into four jars with water, seal, and bake or simmer four hours. Serve hot with spinach or baked tomatoes.
Lentil Cutlets Recipe Instructions
A recipe describes soaking lentils until tender, mixing with onions parsley and thyme, adding bread crumbs to form a stiff paste. Shape into small triangular cutlets, fry with egg and crumbs, insert macaroni bits in the pointed ends, and serve with mint or tomato sauce.
Value of meat chopper saves cost with leftovers
The meat chopper helps use cheaper cuts and leftovers for meals. It suggests seasoning beef, forming small rolls, browning in a hot pan with butter, and serving quickly. It also covers using roasted remnants with bread crumbs and herbs, plus a ham and egg serving idea.
Kitchen Tips From An Old Guide On Cooking And Cleaning
Fry mush slices in egg white first for crispness and pour hot fruit into glass dishes on a wet cloth to prevent cracking. A pinch of carbonate of soda curdles milk when added to boil. Use a cloth with a rubber over meat chopper for dust free use. Paint marks on glass scrub with a penny and cold water. Foreign mayonnaise uses cream lemon juice and egg white. Add strong cold tea to apple pie filling for flavor.
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Calla
Kitchen table raised with hidden doorsteps
A simple fix raises a standard kitchen table three inches by attaching four small doorsteps to the bottom of each leg. The finished fittings resemble leg sections and blend in, costing only a few cents and taking about five minutes to install.
Banana Fritters Recipe Instructions
A dainty treat recipe explains banana fritters made from a batter of milk eggs baking powder salt and flour. Bananas are peeled sliced lengthwise and fried in deep fat, then dusted with sugar or served with a sweet sauce.
Cleaning Grease From Wooden Floors with Fuller's Earth
Advice on treating greasy kitchen floors using fuller's earth mixed with soap and boiling water. Apply the paste to stains overnight, scrub with a strong brush and soap next day, repeat if needed.
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