The Girl in the Picture at Kersey Manor
In a manor house a man who loved Marianne for years watches her come alive from a Gainsborough portrait during a house party. He urges her to remain the Lady of Kersey Manor as they confess love and plan a future tied to the estate.
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Gainsborough
Kersey
Elizabeth
Marianne
Neginald
Windsor Castle
Kersey Manor
Msic
Jeanne
Countess Potocka
Madanne
Marian
Reginald
Macianne
Jim
le Masius
Crommaor
Madasne
Carisborough
Marhanne
Ailgabeth
Bella
March Hare
Mme. Grundy
Ahe
Ft. Ieald
Kerney
Old Family Chicken Salad Dressing For Wedding Feast
The recipe yields about two quarts for twenty, using plump fowl simmered until tender, diced with celery, and dressed in either a mayonnaise style with eggs vinegar and cream or an oil-based mayonnaise with olive oil and lemon.
Hay Stove Cooking Method for Camp and Kitchen
A reader shares a hay stove technique using a hay filled wooden box with holes for pots. After boiling on a gas stove, pots are placed in the hay with lids and lined by hay and cheesecloth to prevent spills. Meals cook evenly without burning, even oatmeal overnight, useful at camp or home for a seven o clock dinner.
Macaroni a la Creole
A southern style macaroni dish with bacon onions and tomatoes. Boil macaroni, fry diced bacon and onions, add garlic to taste, simmer with canned tomatoes, melt cheese into the mixture, combine with pasta, and season with salt and pepper. Serve hot.
Good Treatment for Floor
The floor is washed and dried before applying coal oil with a cloth. Two quarts of polled oil are mixed with beeswax the size of half an egg, melted and combined. When warm, apply with a wide brush to enhance grain, with dusting needed weekly. care is required due to flammability.
Hamburg Steak a la Tartare with Egg Yolk Center
A vintage recipe describes mixing ground beef with green pepper and onion, forming flat balls with a center depression, frying, then baking with an egg yolk in each. Serve covered in hot brown or tomato sauce. Cautionary medical tips advise warming a wound with coal and sugar, then smoking and turpentine camphor rub until symptoms disappear.
Prevent Moths With Small Chloroform Bottle
A home tip recommends placing a small bottle of chloroform one to two ounces at the bottom of a packing chest. Split the cork so it can evaporate gradually to kill moths and many disease germs.
Hints for the Housewife From Cleaning Tips
Household guidance covers grease removal with alcohol, boiling vegetables, salt water for bamboo, drying corks, dull varnish with crude oil, peeling onions under water, linseed oil on stovepipes, handling brass rods with gloves, cleaning gas burners, vinegar and salt for enamel marks, and cold soda soak.
Care of Picture Frames and Gilt Repairs
The article explains cleaning gilt frames with spirits of wine or turpentine using a tightly wrung sponge. Do not dry by wiping. let air dry. For worn frames apply gold paint only after thorough cleaning with soft brush and lukewarm soapy water, avoiding over-wetting to preserve gold.
Creamed Tongue Calves Dish From Philadelphia
Calves tongues are boiled till tender and peeled then creamed with butter flour milk salt cayenne nutmeg and parsley. The mixture is stirred smooth then combined with sliced tongue and heated, served with potatoes.
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Philadelphia
Cleaning Plumes From Napa Soap Method
The article describes cleaning plumes by shaving and boiling half a bar of napa soap in a granite basin, dissolving it in warm water, soaking the plumes for about fifteen minutes, rinsing in at the same temperature, brushing with a soft brush, rinsing until soap is gone, squeezing without twisting, and drying with the head up on a curtain.
Turpentine Cleaning Tips For Linen And Leather Goods
A short guide lists uses of turpentine and soap to remove ink from linen and stains from leather, wood, carpets, and shoes. It notes turpentine can whiten boiled linens, exterminate roaches and moths, remove wheel grease and pitch stains, restore ivory knife handles, freshen carpets, and erase white water spots on furniture when mixed with linseed oil.
Preserving Pineapple Method
Preserve ripe pineapple by peeling and removing eyes, cutting into small squares, weighing three quarters of a pound sugar per pound of fruit, cooking slowly, and sealing in jars. A tablespoon of brandy adds flavor after cooling.
A GOOD WAX PRESS FOR BEE KEEPERS
A detailed guide on home wax pressing using a boiler or a galvanized square tank. It covers equipment setup with square tanks and dippers, batch processing one pressing at a time, handling water and slumgum, skimming and cooling wax in tins, and cautions against overheating and iron rust that can ruin wax.
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C. A. Hatch
Chicken Rearing Tips From Shelter Grounds to Profit
Shelter chicks in thicken grounds to shield from showers and predators. Ducklings should be raised by hand early. hatch in April or May, require no heat, but need a night box. Add tobacco dust and ashes to nests to combat mites. Hen yields 160 to 200 eggs yearly. selling six month old chicks could yield at least $60.
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Lee
Care of Young Chicks for Cheap At-Home Rearing
This column describes simple natural chick rearing using a star box coop, a front panel screen, and proper cleaning to prevent vermin. It recommends wholesome mixed feeds or a basic cereal mix with grit, emphasizes adequate brooders, and notes contentment as key to healthy growth and prize potential.
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Poultry Journal
Keeping Drinking Water Clean With Handy Dish Protector
An article describes a practical poultry yard water protector made from two one foot squares of board forming a saucer like cover to keep drinking water clean. It notes durability using crockery and offers simple construction tips suitable for home use.
Ducklings Free from Lice Mirrored by Oil in Feathers
The ducklings are generally free from lice and mites due to the oily nature of the feathers. Rubbed oil in the plumage of fowl is said to drive away parasites, supporting the contention that a little oil can deter pests.
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Joseph B. Bowles
Oso Logely
Kerseymann
Maddiest March
Rugby
Knickerbockers
Tam
Ran Wilft
Hinss
Dippe
Weber
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