Notable explorers and circus world figures in New York life
Dr. Frans Biom, noted Tulane archaeologist, surveys Maya ruins in Yucatan with Dorothy Dix praising the Maya culture. Fring Blom, a Danish-born archaeologist, details his career with Mexican ruins, the Carnegie, and Tulane links. Freddy Benham, circus insider, recounts wartime service and varied careers. New York City life includes parades, shops, a Park Avenue cafe, Able department store ads, and nouveautés about the city’s museum plans and Manhattan bars.
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Frans Biom
Tulane University
Yucatan
Dorothy Dix
Greece
Italy
Egypt
Fring Blom
Denmark
Mexico
Inter
Mar Yard
Carnegie Institution
New York
Park Avenue
Able Department Store
The Kitchen Cabinet Fruit Salads and Peach Short Cake
A vintage home kitchen guide describes Summer Fruit Salad using mixed fruits and a lemon sugar sauce. It details Asparagus Salad with French dressing and a cream topping, and offers tips for pastry use and a Peach Short Cake recipe with flour, baking powder, butter, and milk.
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Walt
Pest
Alice
Hutter
Peaches and Almond Cream Cake Method
A brief note from 1992 by Western Newspaper Union describes layering peaches with another cake, buttering and spreading peaches, topping with light whipped cream flavored with almond.
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Western Newspaper Union
Bible Still Best Seller Across the World
Fort Worth report notes the Bible remained the world’s best selling book last year. Wallace Wachob of a national publishing concern in Berkeley California said last year’s Bible sales totaled 14,000,000 volumes. The item mentions New York venues like the Fifth Avenue hotel and Knickerbocker bar with Parrish murals and Big Tim Sullivan on the Bowery.
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Fifth Avenue
Maxfield Parrish
Old King Cole
Big Tim Sullivan
The
Bowery
Bell Syndicate
J—Wnn
Fort.Worth
Texas
Wallace Wachob
Berkeley
Calif.y
Sauce for the Goose and Gander
The saying what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander is explained as a rule that applies equally to all. The phrase, popular in everyday speech, is traced to Otway’s Venice Preserved (1682) and discussed in a 1992 Bell Syndicate column.
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Otway
Venice
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Birthplace of Harvard’s Name Giver Found in London
Harvard researchers and local historians pinpoint the birthplace of Rev. John Harvard as an Elizabethan house on High Street in Southwark, London. The claim appears in the Harvard Alumni Bulletin in a piece by Louis A. Holton of Boston.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
John Harvard
High Street
Southwark
London
Louis A. Holton
Boston
Harvard Alumni Bulletin
Holman Reconstructs London Links in Watercolor Find
A 105 year old water color discovered in the London Guildhall and the writings of Dr. Whram Rendle, author of Old Southwark and Its People, underpin Holman’s findings about Chaff of Our Wild Oats home and the nearby butcher shop of Robert Harvard father to the cottage founder opposite Boar's Head tavern.
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Robert Harvard
Cottege
Boar's Head Tavern
London Guildhall
Whram Rendle
Old Southwark
Holman
My Neighbor Says ORN and Peas Canned After Picking
An instruction note advises canning ORN and peas promptly after harvest. It warns of issues from spots and rings after cleaning and suggests steaming to remove them. It emphasizes extreme care in hot weather to prevent chick overheating, proper shelter, ventilation, and crowding limits for comfort. It also mentions adding lemon juice to chilled beverages to aid flavor blending.
Limited Choice Vacations Quiet Places Now scarce
A terse note laments lack of quiet inexpensive vacation spots, stating only cemeteries remain calm. The speaker refers to spouse and urges avoiding gruesome talk as they seek retreat.
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Blubby
1040 Beatings Cited in Divorce Suit in San Jose
Mrs Mabel Schwartz seeks separation from her husband Jack after 18 years of marriage. The complaint lists 1040 alleged beatings as the basis for divorce. The case underscores persistent abuse claims fueling a court action in San Jose.
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San Jose
Callt
Mra
Mabel Schwartz
Jack
Mra Behwartz
Aled
Giving of the Ten Commandments Lesson Overview
A historical sermon outlines the first four commandments, worship of God, and the prohibition of taking the Lord’s name in vain. It emphasizes God’s nature as Jehovah Elohim, the dangers of idolatry, and the Sabbath principle, urging reverent worship and proper rest. It notes curses and mercy across generations and warns against profane use of God’s name.
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Christ
Jehovah
Hood
Jesus Christ the
God
Words of Wisdom and Reflections on Death
A fragmentary item quotes Zwe mer on mourning and a remark by Phupott about eternity. It notes the religion of the present hour and references a deaf and dumb pupil granting a striking answer within the lifetime of the Almighty. The readable text preserves names and philosophical sentiments without full context.
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York Trumbull
Frederick Darius Benham
Freddy Benham
France
Braden Military Academy
West Point
Henry Darius Benham
New York Engineers
Preddy Benham
Foreign Legion
Gontambleau
Herbert Bayard Swope
Museum of the City of
Manhattan
Hoffman House
Utah
Vermont
Salt Lake City
Capitol
Macon
Goodyear, Zeppelin
Akron
Jean Newton
Cheerio
Dorothy Edmonds Ane Mene
Alphabet
Sammy Samson
Weetorn
Associated Newspapers
Saga
Tov
Waters Newopass
Haven
Ourlat
Zwemer
Phupott
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