Washington primaries stir Spring political fever of 1916
Washington signs of spring extend to politics as the 1916 presidential nominating race begins. George Clinton notes few headquarters in the capital, contrasts 1912 large campaigns with current sparse activity, and describes how reporters gauge official access and the mood around the White House and Capitol.
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George Clinton
Washington
Potomac Valley
White House
Rock x Park
Pennsylvania Avenue
William Howard Taf
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Roosevelt
Friends of
Harmon
Ohio
Wilton
New Jersey
Boise
Wileon
Champ Clark
Underwood
Marshall
Fost
Brere
Weliington
Republic
Capitol
Congress
Wilson
Earth
Court of St. James
Ublin
Persistent Loser in Timed Match Sparks Debate
A fragmentary report describes a 19th century village match where a player named Mire Toreine is cited against Charley. The wording hints at a recurring underdog outcome and a heated exchange after the game.
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Agelant
Toreine
Charley
Woman Explorer, Husband Reach Colombia Interior
Mrs. Frank Anderson of New York recounts a perilous journey with her geologist husband MF Anderson into Colombia's jungles. They traveled the Sinu and Rio de Oro by boat, camped among Indians, observed vibrant flora and wildlife, and noted colonial houses, local dress, and river life while detailing hardships and exotic discoveries.
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Haa
Colombia
Anderson
Standard Ol Company
Mrs. Anderson
Frank Anderson
New York
Lighthead
Rio de Oro
Bogota
Redere
Indiana
Rio Sardinata
Ban Miguel
Busio
Tragic Train Collision Injures Elderly Passenger
An elderly woman seated in a railway carriage near a holiday excursion crowd was jolted as the train moved. She is described as startled and uttered a cry, with bystanders noting the sudden lurch and commotion aboard the car.
Mixed Fruit Jelly Marmalade and Paste Making Tips
Household guidance on combining cranberries and apples to make jelly and marmalade as well as fruit cheese. Steps include equal cranberry and apple portions boiled with water, juice strained, reboiled with equal water, and sugar added to form jelly. Pulp used for marmalade and fruit cheese, with storage in sterilized jars.
Lentil Loaf Recipe From An Old Cookbook
A dated lentil loaf method describes boiling and mashing lentils with tomatoes and onions. It advises soaking lentils overnight, using butter, salt, and optional double boiler cooking, then molding and slicing as a square loaf.
Farmhouse Hash With Buttered Mash Topping
A recipe describes cutting cold cooked beef or mutton into small bite sized pieces and reheating in gravy or butter flour sauce with dissolved beef extract. Season with salt pepper and minced onion. Fill four buttered dishes with the mix and top with smooth mashed potato baked until brown.
Cranberry Shortcake Biscuit Assembly Guide
A fragmented recipe describes making pico biscult dough and cutting rounds. It instructs halting to split portions, adding cranberry sauce and whipped cream between layers, then finishing with more sauce and cream. The text ends with garbled wording about weaving between panes.
Poverty Stew Improvised Recipe From Fragments
A garbled cooking note describes a rough method for poverty stew. Instructions mention quartering potatoes, removing a large onion, mixing components in a belly area, and boiling with butter salt and pepper. The text is fragmented and includes ordering sense and miswritten terms.
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Simall
Watt
Peter
Early 20th Century Recipe Note on Meat Preservation
A fragmented instruction describes soaking six handfuls of calmes in olebs la water to draw out acid gases that cause meat to cuneing. It mentions draining the water and adding tread, aiming to make meat processing better.
Nevada and Oregon News Roundup from Sparks to Carson City
Reports cover deaths in San Francisco and Carson City, a scarlet fever outbreak in Ormety county, a rabies scare in Reno, a hot water drilling venture at Steamboat Springs, a Seaview hotel fire in Moclips, and the opening of a baseball season in Sparks. Other items note a court ruling in Walla Walla, a Wells Commercial Club complaint, and planned highway telephone service along Nevada routes.
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Harner Stile
Nevada
Numler
Ethe Conty
Bowrda
Bad Mornth
Willan White Hobart
San Franciscn
Janie Portland
Goldfield
Ormety County
Peterroon
Carson City
Ada
Court House
Sparks
Imlay and
McTighn
Silver City
Eko
Reno
John Heidenreich
Lille Simanone
Steamboat Springs
Seaview
Moclips Beach
Aberdeen
Wash
J. W. Brown
Chicago
Eugene
Oregon
Walla Walla
Commercial Club
Wells
Alate Commission
Mpany
George Deskon
Jalar Ely
Louth
Virginia City
Danvers
Clement
Mary
Lillian, Wheater
Howard Morders
Seattle
W.T
the Tor
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European
Japan
Iran
Mexico
Ite
United States
Regimenta
Tadey
Lorica
Electric Light, Butter, and Ice Planta
Lor
Bere
Jules
Lingle Blehway
Halt Lake
Bly
James Hagey
Casper
Wyoming
York
Ableago
Cieraeny
Pulliam
Wight
Warree Ranch
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