Household Recipes and Marion Sword in Columbia Notice
A domestic recipe collection covers boiled salmon baked quinces silk or sour milk biscuit and tomato soup with step by step instructions plus a note that Francis Marion's sword is in the Columbia South Carolina capital, though parts of the ivory hilt are missing and the blade is rusted. The note mentions clerks in the Secretary of State office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Marion
Columbia
8. C
Secretary of State
His Two Grandfathers A Curious Household Tale
A Nebraska narrator shares a humorous portrait of his wife’s 90 year old grandfather Mortimer Dowd and her father Peradventure Pinner, who live with his family. The piece blends affectionate mischief with comic clashes, circus outings, and late night checkers beside a crackling fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar T. Nye
Napoleon Pinner
Board of Equalization
Methuselah
Enoch
Peradventure Pinner
Mortimer Dowd
Peradventure
Mortimer
Pinner and Dowd
Dowd
Heradventure
Wellington
Spring House
Elephant
Mortimer Land
Floyd
Woodhouse
Mort
Reverend Jones Milk Parade in Dallas Sparks Jolly Feud
A humorous Dallas News piece recounts Rev. Sam Jones joking about preferring butter milk. Sisterly gifts of milk flood his hotel room as he frets over the onslaught, then laments the reporter’s misquote. The tale ends with a note on passing kindness on to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Sam Jones
Brother Jones
Sam
Brethren and Sisters
Trinity River
Sim
Darkey
Bristol
Atlantic
A White House Mistress and a Tennessee Judge Tale
In Greenville Tennessee a witty parlor scene unfolds as David T Patterson and Martha Johnson bargain marriage over political aims. The couple wed December 13 1856 after Patterson won election as judge alongside Andrew Johnson, the gubernatorial hopeful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Rowland
Oliver
David T. Patterson
Martha Johnson
Andrew Johnson
Johnson
Greenville
M. W. Moore
Patterson
Ladies’ Home Journal
Jove
Lost Articles and the Theatre Umbrella Mystery
A tale from a theater manager turned commentator recounts a mangled scene of lost property at Billy's show. A gold handled umbrella, a cane with silver band, and pearl mounted opera glasses are described with details that reveal the owner’s insistence on proper identification. The exchange ends with a stern reminder that no item is released without proper proof of ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Irving, Bernhardt
Coquelin
N. Y
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Progressive Farmer
A. B
Gwynn
Mephistopheles
Ares
Toby
Bill Nye
Bix
Haverly
Austen
Man
Bicks
Ghout
Bolus
Papa
Ethel
Chappie
California
Texas
Pecos River
Harper’s Weekly
Southern Pacific Railroad
Rio Grande
Pecos
Phoenix Bridge Company
White House
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