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Newspaper
The Warner Sun
Location
Warner, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1887
Page
8
Engineer John Scott recounts a cross country journey with Miss Vaughn to Sacramento. A young unnamed woman aboard cared for starving children during a blizzard, earning Scott’s admiration for her pluck and kindness. The tale ends at a feeding station near Sacramento with Scott inviting Miss Vaughn down for supper.
A Reading, Pennsylvania man named John Heffner, died at 69 after being struck by a streetcar in 1885, leaving forty one children and a stepchild. Born in 1816 in Berlin, he migrated to the United States in 1843 and earned a living collecting and selling rags and paper. His remarkable brood is tied to Berks County court records and was discussed as part of a civil suit. Heffner married first in 1840, and over eight years produced seventeen children, including twins and triplets. After his wife died, a second wife joined, bearing two children within three months and ten more over five years, with further births in the following years.
A collection of kitchen instructions including lemon pie, Charlotte Russe, cream cookies, sponge cake, current pie, apple tapioca pudding, hard sauce, gooseberry pudding, egg omelette, corn cake, meat balls, cup cake, cookies, and more. Provides ingredients, mixing steps, bake times, and cooling hints for home bakers. Contains interracially varied measurements and conventional steps for mid century fare.
A man clings to a relationship long after his partner seeks separation. The Somerville Journal notes a lighthearted contrast with reports from the Pittsburgh Telegram about elephant prices dropping 500 in value yet ticket costs remaining high to view the animals.
The article notes a husband values beefsteak and potatoes well cooked and expects a wife to sew buttons and maintain attire. It reflects early domestic ideology where a woman’s role centers on care, sewing, and household management.
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