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A collection of old fashioned recipes and food preservation guidance. Raspberry shrub, cherry conserve, orange lemon salad dressing, mushroom chowder, beet relish, canned corn, date tapioca custard, chicken pie, and wedding cake instructions with measurements, steps, and storage notes. Includes boiling, sealing, and aging times for several items.
Unusual Dishes and Creamy Salads From Rare Recipes
Heard sayings of a ruby and bees hint at rare dishes. The booklet offers Davon shire cream desserts with berries and pud ding sauces, plus salad ideas like Madmen Salad with cucumber onion parsley and French dressing in tomato cups. Orange Fluffa biscuits and baked potatoes Spanish style follow, ending with a strawberry cream cake filling and a banana galad with green peas in lettuce cups.
Summer Dishes and the Salads of Salty Sweet Taste
A fragment notes the appeal of new and unusual dishes to cooks as ingenuity strains to keep variety. It mentions a salad dressing that blends salt and sugar to create a taste balance, hinting at creative culinary experiments.
Gone Are Days of Chivalry In Chicago Tale
Mies Italia Garibaldi, granddaughter of the liberator, laments how Italian women in Chicago face unfair treatment from supposedly chivalrous male employers. She likens chivalry to a washerwoman’s tale, where love and work collide. The anecdote ends with a sharp exchange about employment and devotion.
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Mies Italia Garibaldi
Chicago
Darwin as Girls Read Him at Colony Club
Misa Elizabeth Marbury argues against the myth that intellectual girls are dowdy. She notes Bryn Mawr graduates and other clever women dress well, proving style and brains coexist. A Bryn Mawr student replies that the best fit matters, and the line about men minding their own business ends with a quip on mind and business.
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Darwin
Misa Elizabeth Marbury
New York
Colony Club
Bryn Mawr
Eczema Disfigures Baby Then Heals With Cuticura Remedies
A Nebraskan mother recounts her infant Gilbert suffering severe eczema from weeks old, his face raw and disfigured. After two Chicago doctors failed, Cuticura Soap and Ointment were bought, used as directed, and within four weeks his face became clean again.
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Gilbert
Chicago
H. Albrecht
West Point
Neb
Caticura
Dept
Frozen Desserts and Ice Cream Recipes
Vanilla ice cream desserts and varied frozen treats detailed with Baked Alaska method, banana and chocolate ice creams, strawberry ice cream, and milk sherbet. Includes steps for meringue crust, mixing, freezing, and notes on texture and substitutions.
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Alaska
Calf theft case as jail inmate seeks counsel
In western Kentucky a jailed Black man awaits trial for stealing a calf. His wife Mandy explains she will not hire a lawyer unless Jim is proven guilty, while a jail inmate urges the jailer to secure a lawyer for Jim.
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Western Kentucky
Grady
Mandy
Jim
Cab
The Chief Requisite Interview Anecdote by Belasco
In New York Belasco denounces an ultra modern society woman type who seeks discreet divorce for 500 dollars. A lawyer boasts he can procure a private divorce, prompting the woman to wonder about the price if publicity were involved.
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David Belasco
New York
Dialogue Snippet From Ailing Households Exposed
A fragmented exchange shows Mrs Regstaff asking if her husband ever tried sustained flotation while Mrs Percellum presses for years of attempts to persuade her that he enjoys her cooking. The terse dialogue hints at domestic tensions and ongoing marital issues.
Fashioning Gendered Speech in a Gown Exchange
A fragment shows a man chiding a woman for her dress, arguing that the garment uses excessive trimming and expressing a gendered critique of female fashion. The dialogue highlights social judgments about women’s attire.
Not the Only One Judge’s Library fragment headline
Not the Only One presents a brief dialogue where a speaker jokes about refusing a standing woman by feigning sleep. The fragment captures a sagacious courtroom or library tone with wry humor and a dash of social observation.
Castoria and Child Health Remedies Featured In Ad Verse
An editorial style snippet promotes Fletcher's Castoria with its signature and longevity claim. The passage mocks modern remedies and touts Paxtine for toilet and medicinal use, noting Paxton Toilet Co. in Boston offers 25 cent boxes postpaid. A joke about a child’s classroom riddle and a teething syrup from Mrs Winslow’s is included as light filler.
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Paxton Toilet Co
Boston
Mass
Hard for the Housewife Doctoring Kidney Ailment
A vintage testimonial advertisement promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as a remedy for kidney trouble. Miss Lucinda Price of Laurel Maryland recounts swelling, back pains and inability to work, claiming complete cure after using the product. The ad urges kidney relief for women with tired backs and swollen limbs, noting a 60 cent price and Foster Milburn Co. as the maker.
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Dean
Doan
Fish With False Teeth Catfish Lure Tale
Cap Wilson, inventor of many spoons, tests a new lure on the Sacramento River sloughs. A catfish reportedly bites a salmon spoon with Wilson’s false teeth, prompting a comic voyage as he vows to reel in the big catch and ends up sharing a laugh at sea.
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Cap Wilson
Sacramento
Saturday Evening Post
Rude Fellow Escalates Hair Grabbing Incident
Regsy describes a confrontation with Percy in which the latter allegedly reached out and disawanged Regsy's hair after a heated exchange. Clarence questions the claim while noting the severity of the insult and the altercation.
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Regsy
Percy
Clarence
No Frosts There Foote Lighte It and a Funny Quote
A fragile string of fragments notes frostless Florida, satirical asides about travel shows and a mock legal exchange. The text mixes quips from Michael de Montaigne, a malaria remedy claim, and a courtroom farce involving a female client and prison stripes, ending with a punchline about a discharged prisoner.
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Foote
Florida
United States
Sue Brétte
Local health notice on headaches and refunds
Fragmentary text reports efforts to prevent headaches with immediate press attention. Mentions money back unsatisfied and unclear entities Bie and Boe along with clogged stores.
Little girl wins nickel with loving line to papa
A four year old girl, seeking a nickel, climbs into her father's lap and sweetly says, Papa, I love you better than the devil. A proverb about a Drogyeena Woman hides what she does not know.
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Papa
One or the Other in Florida Lecture
A plain, famous woman lecturing on woman's temperance traveled Florida, addressing schoolchildren in a small town. She prefaced her talk by claiming to be a Baltimore native noted for oysters and beauty. A boy whispered that she must be an oyster if true.
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Florida
Baltimore
Marine Eye Remedy Co. Pledge and Weak Warning
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Patsgh pledge and a Marine Eye Remedy Co based in Chicago. Text includes garbled phrases about eyes, care, firemade gulehig and ranges, with no clear event, date, or outcome. Records a dubious claim or advertisement style notice with limited readable facts.
Obedience and Telegram Bills Referenced in Odd Exchange
A fragmented quote recalls literal obedience in telegram use for correspondence. The dialogue notes high charges and mentions Lowela and Garfield Tea as beneficial. The text hints at trouble targeting those seeking it.
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