Household recipes collection cannæd canapes and puddings
A dated set of kitchen instructions outlines simple dishes. Spanish bun uses sugar butter milk eggs currants and baking powder. Baked apple pudding combines apples bread crumbs lemon zest eggs melted butter with hard vanilla sauce. Lamb cutlets a la princesse pairs grilled cutlets with cucumber cream sauce. Canapes of sardines describe draining oil, buttered fried bread bases, sardines with mayonnaise and olives, arranged in a star pattern with watercress.
Various Humorous Snippets and Political Quips Roundup
A collage of jokes and quips from papers like the Philadelphia Record and Chicago Journal. Bits include a waiter’s pun on butter, a lilting mispronunciation of oleomargarine, a tailor’s remark, a German witness exchange, and a politician’s ribbing about jobs and reelection. Banks urge support for the Republican ticket as national safety.
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Philadelphia Record
de Bats
Detective Captures St. Louis Fraudster in Ohio Murder Case
In Cincinnati a detective recalls tracing a double murder in a rural town, discovering a watch chain pattern linked to Mike Daly, a famed confidence man. Daly is arrested at a village schoolhouse, pleads, and dies in Cincinnati jail before trial, with the sleuth earning a $500 reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Mr. Hilton
Tehould
Mike Dally
St. Louis
Mr. Clark
Mr. Daly
Mike Daly
Thomas Gray
Humble Heroism on the Alabama River during 1886 Freshet
An eyewitness recalls a spring flood on the Alabama river when enslaved people sought refuge in a barn as water rose. Rescue boats arrived as the barn buckled, and a brave elder woman refused to abandon her husband, choosing to stay and face the danger with him. The scene ends with the rescuers leaving blankets and provisions, while the couple remains together.
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Alabama
Marster
Hundred Dollar Reward for Vatarro Cure by Hsil Datferd Cure
An advertisement from F J Cheney & Co Toledo offers a one hundred dollar reward for any case of Vatarro not cured by the Hsil Datferd Cure. The firm asserts F. J. Cheney’s integrity over 15 years in business and guarantees fulfillment of obligations. Wardine, HinvaNn & Marvin, wholesale druggists, Toledo, O, promote Hali a Catarrh Cure taken internally, claiming it acts on blood and mucous surfaces with testimonials and price listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Cheney &Co
Toledo
F. J Cheney
Wrat & Tevax
O. Wardine
Hinvann & Marvin
Ohali
All Es
We Rowed in Rain to Hear Lyddy and the Ark Song
A night voyage yields a haunting falsetto chorus from a doomed party near the crib as they plead to be taken in. Rescue arrives from a second boat and saves all aboard while the barn and their load drift toward the gulf. An old woman’s hymn echoes their longing for salvation and reunion.
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Lyddy
Dumas and His P Ts A Curious Menagerie Tale
A Crawford column recounts Dumas Monte Cristo estate animals led by Pritchard the clever Scotch painter dog. The tale follows dogs tallying thirteen, then fourteen, and Dumas keeping only Pritchard while others depart or are refused residency. Pritchard’s foibles and loyalty endear him, ending with his companionship until Dumas’ death.
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Dumas
Emily Crawford
Monte Christo
Jugurtha
Duval
Evetard
Papa
Lucullus
Caesar
Mysous
Pritchard
Michel
Dse3 Monsieur
Monsieur
Cage
Louis Napoleon
Ham
Prichard
Dimas
Jenny Lind's Goodness Recalled In Biography Note
A commentator extols Jenny Lind as modest, generous, and morally radiant. Her gifts to friends and charities near to millions, a $1000 gift to a Swedish church in Chicago, and an anecdote of aiding a poor girl illustrate her generous impulse. Her art inspired many to pursue music, and her distinctive hairstyle and carriage influenced a generation of young women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenny Lind
Chicago
America
Castle Garden
The Hidden World of Watches Reveals Tiny Wonders
A detailed look into watch mechanics explains the balance wheel, hairsprings, and thousands of components. It notes 98 pieces in an average watch, 308000 tiny screws per pound, and how a single hair spring can determine whether a watch runs six minutes per hour differently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewelers’ Review
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alleg
Eben
Washington Star
Dis Gantry
Harper’s
Bozar
Chicago Journal
Walter F Jeffers
M. E
His
P&ts
Poe
E. M. Andrews
West Trade Sts
Charlotte
N. C
Carolinas
New Gold Belt
Pitt
Beaufort Counties
North Carolina
J. Bryan Grimes
Hildren
Frey
Pomona Hill
Pomona, N. C
Greensboro
Southern Railway
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