Lentil the ancient legume gains fresh notice in Europe
Lentils, a legume with ancient roots, gain popularity in Europe and among German Americans. The piece describes origins in Egypt and Syria, beliefs about digestion, and methods of preparation including soaking, slow boiling, and a lentil soup using milk or bacon for flavor. It notes lentils’ high nitrogenous content and compares them to lean meat, plus a tested recipe for lentil patties and tips for soups.
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Germany
England
Egypt
Syria
Baked Bluefish and Potato Pancake From Fragments
A fragmented recipe item outlines baked bluefish with breadcrumb stuffing and butter, plus a potato pancake mixture using grated potatoes eggs flour and warm water. The text also gives whipped cream instructions, suggesting beating with sugar and flavoring, though phrasing is garbled.
Cake Recipe Fragments From A Listing Page
A fragmentary recipe lists ingredients such as sugar one cup milk and cream with small quantities. Mentions stirring or fogging to stiffen, but the text is incomplete and unclear about full instructions or context.
Spanish omelet and oyster soup and fruit roll
A vintage recipe collection describes preparing a Spanish omelet with eggs milk butter onions peppers mushrooms and capers, then riced oyster soup using Carolina rice oysters and milk, and a cinnamon raisin fruit roll with a buttered dough cut into one inch slices.
Strawberries in Pickle Method from Making Housework Easy
A vintage recipe describes layering stalk strawberries with crushed clove and cinnamon in a jar, adding a sugar cider vineg ar syrup, and repeating 24 hour rests before slow boiling and sealing for six quarts. It reflects household tips from Making Housework Easy and notes the value of affordable kitchen tools.
Green Peppers In Varied Meat Dishes
Green peppers are described as a flavorful acceptably versatile ingredient for stuffed pepper dishes. The text discusses using chopped meat or bread crumb mixtures, with peppers baked or served separately, and notes a quote about human fallibility and self deception amid business appearances.
Dean's Kidney Pills Restore Ailing Soldier's Health
A reader from Bassiesville C says kidney trouble from army hardships caused severe back pain swelling and bloody secretions. After using Dean's Kidney Pills, symptoms eased and he recovered strength. Remember the name Dean's. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y.
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Henry’ Palmer, Cole
Walnut Ste. Bassiesville
Dean
Dean’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
Coca Cola advertising warm weather relief 1910 booklet offer
In terse copy a character asks about heat in Hades and a Coca Cola promotion touts cooling relief from heat fatigue and thirst. The ad urges readers to send a 2 cent stamp for a booklet The Truth About Coca-Cola and the Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book for 1910 containing Casey at the Bat poem and schedules.
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Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Baseball
Casey
Coca-Cola Coa
Atlanta
Conversation Snippet About Pressed Flowers and Memory
Eva asks about pressed flowers and Jack replies they remind him of a kiss via a telephone. Eva praises, and Jack says they have lost their sweetness.
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Eva
Jack
Fragmented ad offers reward for cure and testimonials
A garbled old ad promises a reward and cure for a listed ailment and includes names and prices. It mentions Toledo and local doctors, with testimonials and a price of 15 contas. The text is damaged but centers on a medical claim and payment offer from unknown signatories.
High Dives and Ostend Stock Market Riff
A quirky dialogue ponders water in markets as Ostend asks Pat about plunges and names a saxophonist joke. The exchange toys with misheard words and playful banter, reflecting a newspaper’s humorous column style.
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Ostend
Pat
Soames a era Candor in a glare of true grit
A garbled fragment hints at a discussion of candor and grit, mentioning notable voices and a resilient ethic. The readable bits name Disraeli and imply a contrast between surface brightness and steadfast resolve, framed as a quotable remark in a historical discourse.
Waterproof Watch Claim Sparks a Test of Claims
A dialogue presents a claim that a watch is completely waterproof and a counter comment that soaking it could harm the mechanisms. The exchange highlights skepticism about product durability and advertising veracity.
Skin Beauty Promoted In Cuticura Remedies Ad
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment for skin and hair care, promising relief from skin afflictions and appealing for a free 32 page Cuticura Book. A cartoonish scene from Modern Society shows a wife delaying exit as a house burns.
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Potter Drug & Chem. Corp
Boston
Maas
Cuticurn Remedies
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Hades
Batan
Guuren
Toledo
Hamman & Mart
Catarrh Peete
Halle
Saas
van Dyke
Soames
Aera
Skin Beauty
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
Pierce
Arctic
Leys
Lens
Thoreau
Pali
Seles Mes Todo
Guarat
W. L. Douglas
Bourles
W. L. Dor
W. L. Nordery Shoes
W. Spargian Breakton
Sacramento Valley
Essayere
LaSalle Si
Daisy Fly Killer
Epson
Young
Temple
Byringfield
Mass
National Live Stock Com. Co
Kansas City
St.Joseph
Omaha
Neb
Libby
Ansistian Libby’s_at Zyour
Gillette
Parker
Vais
Lt Grey
Cote Eerie
DAKS
Ae Vihee
Aero Ai
Oro Suresco
Ashington
St. Louis
Thompson's
Costa
Tillotson
Mate Vaot
Leatal al Eep
Ilean
Ww. N. Us
Louis
Ilgili
Per Poaceae Resinol Chemical CO Company
Baltimore
George H. Brash
Beatrice
Pour
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