Seasonal Dishes and Poetic Reviews in 1893 Ledger
A Victorian blend of recipes for baked smelts snow creme orange pudding and coffee creme with icing and browned potatoes scalloped oysters and sago soup. It also reviews two books Reminiscences of Bungtown and a volume of poems by Sylvanus Rhymbic and includes a humorous frontier letter and a Blondin rope-walker tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carey
Sylvanus Rhymbic
Neoly Cow Sherine
Smerry Taughing
Bungtown
Buigtowner
R. Pensttock
A Ghastly Tale In Two Parts Part II
A two month search in London for a missing father leads Tom and the narrator through a stormy night into a dim room where a fierce confrontation ends with kidnapping and a shocking revelation about hypnotism and crime. They awaken in a dungeon after a brutal assault and uncover a mentor’s eerie past.
No Gentleman Uses Such Truck When He Can Dodge It
In a squatter’s cabin a woman and her husband discuss what a mysterious man may ask for once awake. They puzzle whether he will seek soap towels whisky a comb coffee taters or sugar but conclude the visitor will avoid such items and act as a gentleman. A New York Sun remark notes the implied scenario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Sally
New York Sun
Incidental guing in Calhoun street play rehearsal
A Detroit Free Press report recalls a Calhoun street house scene where an officer warned a resident during a rehearsal for a cake walk play. An argument escalated to a wooden blow to the officer. the resident claimed the violence was not in the script, calling it a new development for the production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun Street
Detroit Free Press
Look Out for the Bad Man from Boston in Horse Talk
A casual dig at the Kicker’s Horse Talk editor churns into a wild tale. A Boston editor, mocked as a funeral risk, returns after a Lone Tree race with a bullet wound and a show of grit that shocks the town. The piece boasts a salary bump and warns readers to beware of the tough rider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Clinch Valley
Taylor
Lone Tree
Dan Powers
Major Jackson
Jim Williams
Golden City swindle exposed in old mountain town hype
The column denounces a bogus Golden City scheme fourteen miles east, describing a barren site, a single shack, and a lone Indian inhabitant as the so‑called 1,000 population. It warns readers away from the pamphlets and calls the land a government grab at fifteen cents, urging caution amid the preposterous claims and fake prosperity. It also notes regional obituaries and marriages, listing local deaths including Bro. Loftin Pridgen and Capt. R. J. Powell, with brief context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden City
Thomas G. Kane
Columbus
James
Turkey Bend
Major Green
Kane
Ohio
M. Quap
Fertilizer guidance for garden crops and vegetables
Potash is vital for sandy soils and crop varying needs mean no universal formula. Asparagus benefits from heavy kainit applications up to 1000 lbs or a ton per acre with ample nitrate of soda. Cucumbers gain from potash and acid, while nitrogen should be limited to avoid hollow fruit and poor keeping quality. By B. von Herrr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. von Herrr
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Darling Sue
Piri
Andea
Sue
Book Review
Bill
Les
Raleigh
Gosh
Luy Ter Gouens
Opipian Sykes
S. A. Sykes
Bronden
Blondin
Chicago
New York World
R. Penstock
Hades
London
Tom
Tom McDwefey
Father
Sam
Henry
Detroit
Paradise
Kate Fields
Washington
John Brown
Haddington
Woodward Avenue
Amer
Arizona
Charlotte
S. M. Johnson
Denver
Coke
Ida Vail
T. L. Vail
C. W. Whitt
Mamia Jamison
Cabarrus County
Ast Johnston
Mamie Caldwell
Eee
Bladen County
Bro
Loftin Pridgen
French’s Creek Alliance
Forsyth County
Bro. C. A. Philips
Cedar Grove Alliance
R. J. Powell
Capt. Powell
A. & M. College Alliance
Richmond County
That County
Chatham
Wake
Cameron Nursery
Cameron, N. C
Anu
Alliance
People’s Party
Viguus
Sun Pus. Co
Richmond
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