Culinary scraps and maritime lore in a historic miscellany
A long mix of household recipes and advice mixed with maritime anecdotes. It includes culinary fragments for cornstarch cleansers, fried oysters, ginger snaps, lemon pudding, and tapoon cream, plus notes on the Great Western launched in 1850 and a tale of shipboard improvisation. It also covers fashion shifts of horse riding, superstitions about the moon, and meticulous bedding care from airing to mattress covers. The tone mirrors a late nineteenth century penny press blend of home tips, travel lore, and dailies.
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Farm
Field and Stockman
Boston
Kantern
Great Western
Liverpool
New York
Great Eastern
H. B. Towle
Moston
Weyil One Gincer
Towle
Chicago News
Pingin
Anna
Lohemia
England
Chicago
Mattronsas
Roma
The Dinner Coat And Other Curiosities
A fragmented excerpt describes the dinner coat or convert coat in Louis Quinze style with brocade and silk details, noting its long hip extension, side cross seams, large pocket taps, deep vent with silk, shoulder spread, and gold and cord embellishments. It also catalogs varied brocaded silks and a blend of ivory white, greens, grays, and fruit motifs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sesson
Electrical World glimpses of early 20th century power and telegraph
A miscellany of notes on electrical welding for artillery, telegraph networks in Germany totaling 8000 miles at a cost of 10,210,000 dollars, electric street railways expanding rapidly, and tests of copper refining by electricity. The text also mentions the spread of electric telephony, farm electrification, and a digressive literary aside on Napoleon and electricity’s influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German Empire
Hnes
Instinct
Denver
Calyast
Ess
Elvdtrion Royle
Hostin
Mass
United
Staten
Syastem
Germany
Berlin
Ceneral von Stephan
Mom Bay
Baltimore
Mesara Lvyners
Baltiore Copper Works
Charles
F. Mayer
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
InAs
Chile
Fara Iy
Western Pyrenees
Turinjes Dynein
Nerve Tonic Ad Promises Quick Recovery
An antique drugstore advertisement touts Nervine Toole as a healer for nervous prostration and sleeplessness. It claims appetite, digestion, liver and kidney function improve after use. Harrington's Drug Store lists price and availability.
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Prica Ghent
Harrington
Deposits Secured by Individual Liability of Over
A brief snippet notes deposits secured by individual liability of over a specified amount. No further context or names are readable.
Fire-Bride Grates and Inverted Fire-plies Advancements
An early 19th century note describes a contrived fire grate with five-Driek fire-banket sides sloping to direct heat and delay diffusion, plus an inverted fire-plies design to reflect heat into a room. It also includes a peculiar home remedy for corn removal and a dense list of noble titles and names, highlighting period curiosities and medical beliefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevers Werther
Dent Tk Leen
Bucklons Arnica Salve for Cuts Bruises and Sores
Advertises Bucklons Arnica Salve as a universal salve curing cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum power sores totter chapped hands and other eruptions. Promises perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Priced at $0.05 per bushel unit and sold by BE Haunxcron in Logan QO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruar
BE Haunxcron
Logan QO
Consumption Incurably Road? A Newark man credits Dr King’s New Discovery
Morris of Newark Ark reports recovery from a consumption diagnosis after using Dr King’s New Discovery. He says it cured him after others failed, claiming it saved his life. The ad-style note touts free samples at a local address and urges readers to try the remedy.
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Phoer
Tyiel
Liojarth
Charles Laml
Mtliene
Lam
Willy
List Weiliy
Linatin
Natin Fry
Morris
Newark
Ark
Sims
Josie MiiTawitt
Peeutir
Ohio
Dr. King
Lott
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Co-Paam
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Waverang
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Jentonenti
Cain
Khketchon
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House of Commons
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Jeg
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Talleyrand
Anny
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Louis XVIII
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Henry Clay
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Randolph
Clay
Virginia
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Miphonse Stow
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Convan
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John Walker
Chas, KE. Bowen
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Sao Dawking Busineer
Dinoouta Paper
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Hansen & Smith
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Robert Curran
New Straiteville
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Aveinis
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Stonuno
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J N.Y. Star
Holle Warner
Rome
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James Tout
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Oman
Bradfield Regulator CO
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