Message from Mrs Mary F P Parco to Harry in Europe
Fragmentary letter notes a farewell between Mary and Harry. They agree to bury the past and focus on the present. Harry plans to go to Europe while Mary hopes to ready herself with help from mother Kate and Mary as they face separation and two will travel together soon.
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Canary
Mother
Kate
Mary
Furing
Harry
Terung
Kach
Tve
Kete
Howard Thorndike’s Desmond Dilemma Rages On
Howard Thorndike, a wealthy New York bachelor, contemplates Effie Desmond, her Boston guardians, and a hidden past as Effie stars in his opera world. After silent suspicions and absent letters, a troubling note arrives as he endures mounting personal turmoil and a dramatic stage incident.
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Howard Thorndike
Mond
New York
Saratoga
Siffie
Jenny Lind
Ight Opera
Effin
Howard ‘Thorndike
Allie
Merely a False Rumor about a Stage Darling
Howard Thordike pursues Effie Dumond amid a swirl of rumors and backstage intrigue as she edges toward a stage career. He confronts past deceit, fears the stage life, and plans to intervene before the first season reshapes their lives. He reaches the theater in bleak weather, imagining sycophantic courtiers and the lure of public adulation.
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Effie
Renearaal
Jennie Lind
Howard Thorndike
the Be
Best Way to Cook Griddle Cakes
Household matters note methods for griddle cake success using soapstone or old iron griddles. It stresses proper heating plus thorough cleaning, no grease, and even browning. outlines substitutes, tool tips, and griddle shapes for best texture.
Roast Ribs of Beef Advice From a Historic Kitchen
A historical note on roasting beef covers oven temperature tests using flour on the oven floor, choosing rib cuts by family size, and proper salting and turning during cooking. It warns against overheated meat and poor cuts, stresses bone-in flavor, and advises ribs selection by quantity of diners and beef quality standards from the era.
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New York Herald
Night eggs and milk batter dishes with sauces and canning tips
A collection of old fashioned recipes and preservation methods. Instructions describe Perv Puppise eggs with milk and hard sauce, Bap Omennr milk batter, To Gas Cony canning corn and beans, Boil Savr Meat with browning steps, Hain dough sheets for noodles, Noovnes mixed dough shredded for soups, and Cunt Sacow sauce as a tomato catsup alternative.
Sauce Making Instructions For Tomato Onion Mixture And Rice
A historical recipe describes peeling tomatoes and onions, simmering with vinegar and spices including cinnamon allspice pepper and cloves. It instructs to add mustard cayenne ginger and salt, then provides a Southern style rice cookery using water ratios and covered simmering.
The Old Cat Meat Man Makes a Living on West Side
A New York Sun reporter spots a tiny bent man known as Old Cat Meat who traverses the West Side, selling raw beef to cats. He carries a large willow basket, works at eighty stores daily, and charges thirty cents a week per cat, claiming a steady, if peculiar, income despite occasional injuries.
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West Side
New York Sun
Lowry
Peter Cooper’s Glue Factory The Burlingslip Landmark
The Burlingslip four story brick building bears signs reading Peter Cooper Glue Factory Glue Gelatine and Neatsfoot Oil. Peter Cooper’s business legacy is preserved as his son and son in law continue operations despite altered loading arrangements and antiquated interiors.
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Peter Cooper
Burlingslip
Peter Cover
Cooper & Hewitt
New York Tribune
Isinglass Use and Production Details in London Firms
The article describes isinglass prepared from dried fish bladders, including pipe, purses, and leaf forms. It notes six London cutters with precision cutting machines that produce fine chemist grade isinglass at high speed, yielding up to 100000 to 125000 fibers per pound, depending on breakage.
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London
Scientific American
Ostriches reveal savage courts and curious life cycles
A lengthy feature on ostrich farming in Africa notes the birds’ comical chicks and later awkward adults, describing plumage changes, nesting behavior, and the male’s rose-tinted breeding season display. It recounts fights, the use of a tackey to deter attacks, and perilous health declines including a hen’s neglectful brood leading to a perilous male punishment.
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Africa
St. Damete
Waltsing
Dow
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Mary F. P. Parco
Europe
Bort Arnold
Oward Thorndike
New York City
the Windsor
Park
Fanny
Boston
Effie Desmond
Edouard Desmond
Newbury Street
Shakspeare
Thorndike
Miss Desmond
Liverpool
Lademoiselle Dumond
San
STAGS
Mademoiselte Dumond
PH Stago
Minaver
Lui
Nromons
Garfield
San Francisco
Washington
Ephey
Dyke 10
Waltz
Tondo
Hrussia
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