The Studio Tale of Felden Nellie and a Valentine
In a studio Felden courts Nellie Hastings a rich smiling gaze. Nellie writes a valentine that shatters his ideal of harmony revealing unrequited love and a doomed romance. The pair plan a May wedding but a jealous scene leads to heartbreak and Nellie’s poetic later success.
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Valentine
Nellie Hastings
Nellie
Feldon
Felton
Moiern Pallas
Ming
Feidon
Fay
Messenger
Neillie
Cupid's Morgue in City Post of Fee Isuot
A fragmentary note details Cupid's Morgue as a cheerful mall service department with careful sorting of matters for distribution. It mentions overseeing prior valentines and the effort to route different items to the correct recipients. No clear names, dates, or places are established.
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Cupid's
Lincoln Portrait Echoes of Booth Hidden in NY Gallery
A man recalls the night John Wilkes Booth visited a western Pennsylvania town and the eerie rumors as Lincoln's assassination loomed. In New York a driver’s tale ends with Booth seeking shelter and local men fearing justice while hiding a familiar figure at their door.
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Abraham Lincoln
New York
America
Lincoln
Pennsylvania
John Wilkes Booth
Moain
Booth
Father
Auld Coyther
Nan
Lincoln's Saintly Quiet Victory at Richmond
The telegram announcing Lee's surrender led Lincoln to refuse a triumphant entry. He walked Richmond alone, head bowed, heart broken, while officials watched. Myers praises his divine sympathy as the greatest victory that saved the republic and bound the North and South.
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Lee
White House
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Richmond
Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Deak
Heaven
Republic
Jens
Gortland Myers
Golden Rules echoed in diverging moral maxim
Fragmentary quotation contrasts two versions of the Golden Rule with references to Do unto others as you wish and a divergent variant. Mentions G. C. Knight and a cryptic phrase about divine intent, suggesting a discussion of moral instruction and possible misquotation.
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G. C. Knight
Lincoln statue memory spans the world
A statue of Abraham Lincoln was unveiled recently near Palermo inspiring reflections that Lincoln’s memory remains cherished globally, including in New York World reads.
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Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Ty Christina
Wily
Palermo
Suime
Liberator
Ein
New York World
A Child’s Tray and Knitting Boost Home Crafts
A small wooden tray for a sick child helps comfort and play, while knitting brings renewed interest in handiwork. The piece notes how crafts like making workbags and simple needlework uplift daily life, and mentions coal mine safety measures using rock dust and a ban machine to prevent dust explosions.
Breakfast breads and muffins from a historic home baking guide
A historical baking guide explains breakfast breads and muffins, stressing proper cooling, hot pans, and quick ovens for muffins and popovers. It details recipes for popovers, emergency biscuits, rice muffins, and rye gems with ratios for eggs milk flour and butter, plus mixing and baking steps.
Chiffonade Salad with Pineapple and Cheese Toasts
A recipe urges trimming white chicory and romaine leaves with a lettuce chunk, washing well. Chop celery and red pepper, dice pineapple, mix and mold in a cup, serve on lettuce with olive curls. Accompany with hot toast topped with melted cheese.
Pie Filling With Meringue Topping Instructions
A recipe style instruction describes mixing sugar cornstarch milk and egg yolks with vanilla and salt until thick. Fill a baked pie crust, prepare stiff egg white meringue with brown sugar, spread over the filling, and brown in the oven for a finishing touch.
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Stitt
Crown Salad Assembly Guidance
Select perfect apples for each person and prepare them as eight pieces. Trim ends so slices stand upright in crown fashion on individual plates. Layer with center apples celery and nuts, English walnuts or celery, cut green peppers. Serve with mayonnaise lightly enriched with whipped cream.
Carrot Puree Preparation Note from Recipe Fragment
A fragment describes making a carrot puree by passing through a colander. It instructs placing the mixture over heat, adding flour with a little cold water, stirring until thick, then seasoning with pepper butter and salt.
Cornmeal Griddie Cakes From Simple Batter
A vintage recipe fragment instructs mixing corn meal, four, malt, molasses, and baking powder with milk and water to form a thin batter. Pour onto a hot griddle and cook, serving with maple syrup.
Darning Woo Underwear Woven From Silk Thread
A quirky note extols using knitting silk for repairs. It claims underwear can be strengthened by weaving, noting fabrics will stretch to about eight times the original size and that washing preserves the denser texture of the knitted material.
Inland Northwest News Roundup From Reno to Seattle
A hodgepodge of regional items notes the 1916 Reno city assessment at 12 million, mining and rail developments, and various court cases from Winnemucca to Seattle. It mentions a Genoa church project stalled by funds, a Sterilization bill in Oregon, Hiram Gill defense funds, Indian school contracts in Winnemucca, and local incidents in Las Vegas and McGill.
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Renota
Kemmerer von Mining Crerton
Marle Crows
Carson City
Nevada
California
Funda
Genoa
A. la Harrison
Winnemucca
J. H. Cavaniy
Buskiersman
Lower Rochester
Senate
Oregon Legiaiature
Iauders
Prohibition Movement
Seattle
Hiram ©. Gill
Moore
Owen Halpin
Laas Vegas
Nev
Las Veras
Douglas County
Charles J. Moore
Denver
Rocky Mountain
Goldfeld
Leadville
Cripple Creek
Colo
William F. Cody
Lookout Motte Faln
Washington Ims
Federal Department
McGill
Ap &i
Archie Wilson
Mount Houde
Salt Lake
Utah
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Amy
Weiting
Sie
Cupid's Morgue
Les & Smith
Othe Hlerto
Freundert
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Ecrelar
Aonard
Mawheal Haplin
OD 'Sant Comery Clai
Ay View
SE Elataees
Maniac
the New
James Clark
East Ely
Henry C. Nicholson
Nicholon
Clark
Christ Milosevich
Joseph J. Campbell
Riverside Hotel
Reno
del Monte Road House
Heng
J. C. Hogenson
Udish Agricultural College
Profeasor Hogenson
Central Oregon
Uterprine
Willett Wion
Eatluvates
Hyner
Rio Grande
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