Practical household tips from old kitchen and travel lore
The passage offers preservation methods and hygienic care notes including boiling tea in earthenware bottles for travel, baby food storage on voyages, and green soap preparation. It also covers flour storage to prevent mold, keeping flour and bread quality, and a suggestion to store flour in a raised, ventilated barrel area for air circulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Ems Water
Seltzer
Eavanbad
Castile
Cleaning Vessels With Hot Soda For Sparkling Enamelware
The Texas Farmer advises cleaning enamel ware by placing vessels in a large boiler with water and one ounce of soda per gallon, boiling twenty minutes. For burned food, cover the bottom with wood ashes, add cold water, and boil again. repeat if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Uses For Old Newspapers In Household Cleaning
A brief guide on repurposing old newspapers for cleaning tasks at home. It suggests using sheets to collect litter and burn waste, a crumpled newspaper to clean a window, and brown paper to rub over jeans to remove stains.
General Shafter Attends Opera Tour with Bakersfield Party
General Shafter joined the Martins the McKittricks Tolbrooks Hopkinses and Keyeses for a Bakersfield visit to the opera. He praised the evening for value but mocked Wagner saying Die Walkure requires German birth and piano tuning would not suit him. He spoke of enjoying the season yet refused further Wagner nights.
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General Shafter
San Francisco
McKittricks
Bakersfield
Themon
General
Martins
Tolbrooks
Hopkinses
Keyeses
Wagner
Lohengrin
Germany
Sappra
Sousa in Uniform Baffles Traveler on Platform
An English paper reports band master John Philip Sousa in uniform on a railway platform being challenged by a traveler asking about the 9:30 gene. Sousa replies he does not know, prompting the traveler to mock and question his duties as conductor of a brass band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Philip Sousa
Red
English Roast Beef Impresses King of Portugal Visit
The king of Portugal, despite medical advice, praises English roast beef and boiled beef during his stay in England. At Hatfield, Lord Salisbury’s seat, the Duke of York asks what impressed him most. The king replies the beef is delightful and notes the boiled beef as well.
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Portugal
England
Lord Salisbury
Hatfield
Duke of York
Prince of Wales
Engam
Strenuous Publishing Talk At Literary Gathering
The article notes a literary gathering with William Dean Howells and Mark Twain discussing publishing methods. Howells declares the age is strenuous and publishers alter circus poster wording to suit trends. Twain critics vulgar advertising and mocks public promotion of his own work.
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William Dean Howells
Mark Twain
Mr. Howells
Tom
Baby Kangaroo Marks New Era at Zoo
A newborn kangaroo at the zoological park draws attention as the first infant born there. The head is the only visible part for now as the mother keeps the joey in her pouch. Observers note the head resembles a black and tan puppy with pink ears while researchers await full development.
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Zoological Park
Alllack
Lightning Calculator Safford Solves Seconds Since Birth
A test of Professor Truman Henry Safford, famed for mental arithmetic, ends with a joking correction about leap years as he computes age in seconds. The challenger notes a small error, and Safford points to leap year adjustments.
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Truman Henry Safford
Professor Safford
Diary Exposes Strained Ties Between Moltke and Bismarck
Field Marshal Blumenthal’s diary, published by his son, sheds light on wars of 1866 and 1870-71 and dispels the Calumny that the crown prince acted under his wife’s influence against Paris bombardment. It reveals frayed relations between Moltke and Bismarck marked by civility issues.
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von Moltke
Bismarck
Blumenthal
Paris
Dr. Busch
Hismarek
Moltke
France
Love Laughs at Dogs Also
A cartoonish dialogue from The Swain and Damsel features Harold and a parsonage stroll as a dog distraction. The Philadelphia Press notes the minister’s modest sermon line about fallibility, prompting humorous exchanges about fear and bravado.
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Harold
Papa
Bolabe
Swain
Darling
Cripple Tramp Seeks Work Amid Writer's Cramp
A tramp pleads for work, explaining he is crippled and has kept a list of Peppis who offered him jobs. The housekeeper dismisses the ailment, noting he does not look crippled, as the exchange reveals local relief at finding employment.
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Philadelphia Press
Mallory Bros. Machinery Co
Macon
Pelier
C. J. Wells
Villa Ridge
Lone
Morris Wechsler
Congregation
Bnai Israel
New York
Taft Bros.’ Medicine Company
Mornis Weemerer
Avon Springs
N. Y
Tatt Bros, Medicine Co
180Th Street
Very Seoon
O. D
Phelps
Dr. Taft Bros. Medicine Company
N.Y
Taft Bros,” Medicine CO
East 130Th Ot
New York City
S. Raphael
IS. Heard & Sons
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