Wife Defies Crew Keeps Captain Lorenz Body 42 Days
Philadelphia report tells how Mrs Lorenz sat beside Captain James Lorenz of the bark John Ena for 42 days as crew mutinied to cast the corpse overboard. Mate Oleson used force to restrain them while a black cat aboard drew superstition concerns. Cap tain died near Cape Horn from Brights disease during Honolulu to Philadelphia voyage.
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Philadelphia
James Lorenz
John Ena
Cape Elora
San Francisco
Oleson
Lorenz
Honolulu
Lorenz’. Pet
Lolecon
Just
Cape Horn
Jim
Bright
Jeson
Mata
Lady Cops In Spokane Police Force
Spokane, Washington reports three women named as full members of the city police department. They wear regulation stars and will wear dark blue uniforms when on duty. They are matrons in the city jail and have charge of all women prisoners. The trio covers three eight hour shifts so one is on duty at all times.
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Spokane
Wash
Police Department of
Turtle Egg Hatches In Man's Stomach In Pittsburgh
William Douglas ate turtle soup containing a turtle egg. The egg germinated inside his stomach, growing fivefold. He was rushed to hospital and underwent surgery to remove the partly hatched egg. Doctors credit the unique resilience of the turtle egg for the rare incident.
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Pittsburg
William Douglas
Douglas
Patch for planter holes using improvised mortar
A note describes lifting coal ashes wheat flour and sand mixed with water to make a strong mortar. It dries into a compact patch that can be applied by hand with minimal effort, suitable for repairing a broken planter.
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Walla
The Poor Kin General Observation on Wealth and Kin
A brief reflection notes that wealth tends to widen the gap between a man and his kin, suggesting richer individuals feel stronger social distance and entitlement toward family relations. The piece insights social norms without naming persons or places.
Savory Potato Recipe From A Traditional Kitchen
A recipe describes making savory potatoes with onions parsley white pepper milk water and grated cheese. Potatoes are thinly peeled sliced layered with onion and parsley, seasoned and steamed gently for about 20 minutes, then milk added and cooked another 15 minutes before lifting to a dish and browning with cheese.
Macaroni Beignet Recipe Straightfrom Test Kitchen
Boil half a pound of macaroni until tender then drain. Mix with grated cheese and thick white sauce, add two egg yolks, form cork shapes, dip in frying batter and fry until golden. Drain and sprinkle with cheese. Optional chopped ham enhances flavor. Frying batter uses egg milk salt olive oil and sifted flour a warm stand then coat beignets.
Household Chores List For Daily Cleanliness
Daily tasks include sweeping front porch twice weekly in fair weather and keeping porch chair area dust free. Interior work covers dusting dining living reception rooms and daily rug dusting if needed. After breakfast sweep kitchen, tidy items, dust bedrooms, keep rooms orderly, and scour bathtub and washstands daily.
Coffee Cake Instructions From Historic Recipe
Cream one half cup butter and sugar, beat in two eggs and molasses. Alternate mixing cold coffee and flour, add cinnamon and raisins. Fold in baking powder, beat two minutes, bake in moderate oven.
Coconut Balls Recipe From Old Cookery
Cocoanut Salle. Cook together for eight minutes one cupful of sugar, half a pound of dessicated cocoanut, the beaten white of one egg and a few drops of almond extract. Take from the fire and when tool makento very small balls, dust thickly with powdered sugar and they are ready.
Tapioca Pudding Recipe Method and Serving
Soak tapioca in cold water, then in lukewarm milk until soft. Cream butter with sugar, fold into eggs, and mix with tapioca. Bake in a buttered dish and serve warm with cream and sugar or a pudding sauce.
French Dressing From a Home Kitchen Note
A vintage recipe describes mixing galt sugar and oil with vinegar and spices to create a French dressing. It details dissolving ingredients, adding minced peppers and onion, beating in parsley, and canning the mixture after an hour. The method concludes with a whisked egg beating before serving.
Doan's Kidney Pills Solve Gravel Sufferer’s Pain
Charles Kurz of Baker City Oregon reports a 26 year struggle with gravel severe pain and blocked urine. After trying expensive treatments he uses Doan's Kidney Pills and finds relief. He urges others to recall the remedy Doan's. Brand Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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Charles Kurz
Center St
Baker City
Ore
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N.Y
Keep Baby's Skin Clear With Cuticura Remedies
Parents are urged to guard infant skin from minor eruptions to prevent chronic rashes and irritations. Cuticura Soap with Cuticura Ointment is promoted as the pure fast-acting solution, with a free Cuticura Book offered by Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. Meanwhile prisons face tuberculosis risk as 100,000 annual releases prompt a New York Prison association and State Charities Aid Association drive to improve treatment and prevention in penal institutions.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Prison Association of
New York
State Charities Aid Association
He Had No Eye for Color Triplets Delight Tennessee Family
A Tennessee household welcomed triplets to a Negro family. An Irish visitor examined the infants and paused at the middle child. He declared he would save that one, drawing a pointed remark about color and perception in this social vignette from Everybody's Magazine.
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Tennessee
Everybody's Magazine
Her Best Frying Fish For The Men
Mrs Brown is questioned about spending summer vacation and replies she will fry fish for the men as usual, reflecting a domestic routine. The exchange reveals humor and social roles in a light domestic vignette.
Mrs Winstows Soothing Syrnn Syrup For Children
An OCR fragment touts Mrs Winstows soothing syrup for children claiming teething comfort and reduced inflammation while noting a claim of curing wind colic. It references Lewis' Single Binder cigars and remarks on wealth distribution with a quip about half the world.
Monuments Showoff Sparks Transatlantic Tale Exchange
An Englishman and an American compare their nations through tablets on monuments, noting the old fairy tale aura versus new country charm. The exchange hints at cultural memory clashing with contemporary progress as they tour public inscriptions.
On Some Ministers In Gossip By Mr Wellers View
Mr Weller criticizes ministers for corrupting the young and chasing fashion while neglecting flesh colored Christians. He laments shepherds who reguarly turn heads and mocks their adherence to vanity, suggesting a harsh punishment to correct their folly.
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Gammon
Samfvel
Samivel
Mr. Weller
Charles Dickens
Selfish Youth Tale Recalls Boston Common Rain
Mrs Mary E Wilkins Freeman cites youth selfishness at a picnic. A Boston man waits in a downpour when a boy asks if he is meeting Miss Endicott, who will arrive once the rain clears.
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Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman
Boston
Boston Common
Bjornetjerne Bjorngson Praises In Paris
The continental agent of a typewriter firm recalls Bjornetjerne Bjorngson at his hotel near the Tuileries gardens in Paris. He quotes the Norseman’s warning about the dangers of an easy-going man and the rough path such a person imposes on others.
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Bjornetjerne Bjorngson
Tuileries Gardens
Paris
When Rubbers Become Necessary and Shoes Pinch
Allen's Foot-Ease antiseptic powder relieves tired aching feet and soothes corns and bunions. Use it in new shoes and for dancing to prevent rubbing. Sold everywhere for 25 cents. Sample mailed by Fred Allen, Olmsted Le Roy, N Y.
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Allen
Fred
Allen 8S
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Quotations on Thought and Divorce in Odd Paraphrase
A fragmentary observed line warns that harboring fretful thoughts harms oneself more than any enemy. The excerpt mocks a tobacco ad claim and laments woman’s cruelty, implying divorce lawyers profit from marital strife.
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Mason
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Ppenheim, Oberndorf &Co
W. Fayette St
Baltimore, MD
National Live Stock Com
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Nel
Defiance
W.N. U
ST. Louis
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Dr. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Western Canada
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Saak
Canada
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Jows
Queur d'Alene
Leonard Douglas
United States
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Frank J. Zimme
Hichard Henry Hiinger
Taylors Fale
Minn
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Axel Nordstrom
Cumine
Wilton
North Dakota
Peter A. Nelson
Shitler
Brertler
Alberta
Forest Oty
Iowa
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Mion
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Landis
Dass
Vesta
States
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Alberts
Paskowits
S. Crawford
W. Ninth Street
C. J. Broughton
Merchants Loan & Trust Bldg
Chicago, Ill
Resinol Chemigal Company
Baltimore
Standard Oil CO
Crescent Mfg. Co
Seattle
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