The Wars of Our Country in New Jersey Heroic Campaigns
Albert Payson Terhune extols New Jersey's pivotal role in the American Revolution. Washington’s strategic retreats aimed at draining British finances, while Burgoyne’s 1777 campaign met heroic resistance led by Benedict Arnold at Stillwater and the decisive Saratoga victory.
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Maine
Florida
Indiana
New Jersey
Washington
England
America
Pris
Burgoyne
Canada
New Sigland
Bennington
Congress
Saratoga
Arnold
Benedict Arnold
General Gates
Stillwater
Gates
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Prevention of Fires and Home Safety Cautions
Advice warns avoid snap off matches and dangerous liquids like benzine and gasoline. Warns against careless floor cloths, drapes, and open doors creating drafts. Recommends cemented hearths with metal screens and tight dumb waiter closures at night to prevent sparks and explosions.
How to Roast a Small Pig
A recipe instructs soaking a pig overnight in cold water, then salting and seasoning the interior with sage cayenne and breadcrumbs dressed with eggs. It suggests roasting on a spit or in a rack with water and spices, flouring at half time, basting with butter, and serving with corn and gravy for a three hour roast.
How to Lacquer Brass Bedsteads
A dealer describes keeping brass bedsteads and fixtures in pristine condition. Lacquer is gum shellac dissolved in alcohol, forming a thin varnish applied with a brush. Ten cents’ worth of shellac suffices to lacquer a bed in about an hour, rivaling factory finish.
How to Open Sugar Bags Easily
Step by step guide explains opening a sugar bag by snipping one stitch on the plain side and pulling ends from both sides to release the full contents. Instructions emphasize keeping the chain stitch on the left and turning the bag inside out for alternative uses.
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Psir Pf Ccissors
Homemade charcoal breath sweeteners described
A historical recipe proposes tablets to freshen breath using equal parts willow charcoal and saccharine, plus unsweetened chocolate and vanilla. The mixture is formed into a paste with gum arabic mucilage, then broken into bits and air dried.
How to Fireproof Paper
Instructions describe dipping paper in saturated alum solution to fireproof it without affecting color or quality. After drying, test. if it burns, redo dipping and drying. The method preserves tithes deeds and insurance polices.
How to Extract a Splinter Without Pain
Instructions describe using steam from hot water in a wide mouthed bottle. Press the injured hand over the bottle mouth to create suction, drawing the flesh down. In a minute or two the steam extracts the splinter and inflammation subsides.
Milk Jar Cleaning Method for Sour Milk Spillage
A practical method notes that sour milk jars should be rinsed first under cold water then filled with hot water containing a liberal amount of washing soda to clean effectively.
Puzzler No. 402 Charades
Charade riddle with clues for parts of a word. First part suggests awkward walk, second a tree, third a time. Whole hints at deceit and a dangerous clever man who preys on the unwary. A puzzle language piece from a historical page.
Word Square clues puzzle from historical page
Puzzle item lists numbered clues including definitions for Custom An Athenian lawgiver Brisk A narrow pass between mountains and To come in.
Egg production riddle from Spokane Spokesman-Review
A puzzle asks how many eggs an educated hen can lay in her crate while ensuring no more than two eggs align in a straight line from any viewpoint. The humorous brainteaser blends poultry imagery with geometric constraints.
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Spokane Spokesman-Review
No. 406 States of the Union puzzle sample
Combine state abbreviations to form words. With two states make a hot country blaze musical composition crippled frost festal occasion girl’s name sport something to copy lily. With three states form a Greek letter Milan opera house pioneer settlement. With four states form an ancient duchy of France.
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Milan
Duchy
France
Progressive Numerical on a Pacific Island Visitor
A London boy travels to a Pacific island where he studies plants and journals tropical trees. The locals share amazing tales as he learns their tricks and smiles at every challenge while the tale hints at numbers and puzzles.
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Pacific
London
Earth
Heaven
Winter Ice Surfaces Reported Across Several Grounds
Louis notes the ball ground shows pools of water as winter begins. Ichabod King is named the new teacher, criticizing what he calls the worst educator as the fertle.
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Louis
Ichabod King
Fertle
Hidden Reversed Rivers Puzzle
In each sentence find the name of a river spelled backward. 1. I got a glove box for a Christmas present. 2. William Wallace bled for his coun try. 3. Last week I bought a new Shake speare. 4. My uncle was once chased by an elephant. 5. Fanny has gone to buy some linen. 6. Tell me what you saw at Toronto.
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William Wallace
Fanny
Toronto
Par Impar Game Across Cultures and Ages
A two person game uses a concealed number of small objects or held fingers while one guesses if the count is odd or even. Romans called it par impar and Greeks knew it as zuga e azuga. Sanskrit roots yuj ayuj relate to odd and even.
The Reason Why
A short explanatory line notes the ankle sits between knee and foot to keep the calf from the corn.
Arithmograph and Word Puzzles Listing
A compact catalog of puzzles including Arithmograph items, Charade Home o pathic, Multiplication by 96, Out of Sight with state pairs, an A Riddle about a pin, Omitted Fruits list, and Word Squares without further details. Includes era train onion noise oration drone nice raisin sinner entries and multiple state abbreviations.
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Nice
Sinner
Miss
Mass
Penn
Conn
Fla
Okla
Cal
Ida
N. Y
Col
Wyo
Mont. Vt
Kan
Minn
N. DD
Wash
Mich
Public Sale of Live Stock at West Chester Iowa
Auction at stock yards in West Chester Iowa on Friday Oct 8 starting 11 am. 100 head two year old steers 60 Herefords 40 Shorthorns dehorned thrifty mostly Witters in Washington county. 66 Oxford breeding ewes with lambs. 60 Shropshire breeding ewes. 27 Cotswood ewes. 60 Delano ewes. 60 Shropshire ewe lambs. 200 head feeding lambs. Credit eight months on $50+ with note 7 percent interest. cash 2 percent off under $50. Removal only after terms met. Proprietors and auctioneers listed.
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West Chester
Iowa
Washington County
Oxford
Oxford Ram
Shropshire
Cotswood
Delano
Horses for Sale at West Chester Auction
Joint sale of J. F. H. Taylor and others lists13 head of owners horses and colts offered on same terms. Included are a 12 year old heavy gray work horse a 11 year old bay mare 1400 pounds a blind 10 year old black brood mare 1400 pounds a blind 10 year old bay brood mare 1250 pounds a bay family harness horse 12 years 1250 pounds a spotted mare pony 12 in foal to Casey's spotted horse a gray broad mare 10 a brown road mare 4 with mare colt at side a span of yearling draft horse colts one gray one brown and a span of black yearling mules.
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J. F. H. Taylor
West Chester
Geo. Clapper
Casey
Bookshop Ad Offers Novels in Various Bindings
A local shop invites customers to browse late novels and standard and classic works. The notice promotes a wide range of bindings and emphasizes availability of popular publications.
Meat Ration Claim Attributed To War Figure
Dr James Critchton Browne, described as a key authority on wartime nutrition, is quoted or attributed with a controversial remark asserting that the meat ration of Japanese troops in Manchuria was the largest ever served by any army.
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James Critchton Browne
Manchuria
Training French Hotel Keepers Aims At Mentone School
A Mentone chamber of commerce backed proposal envisions a Riviera hotel keepers school for Frenchmen to train in languages cooking hygiene and management. The plan cites the Riviera hotel sector valued at 75 million pounds and notes many hotels are owned by Swiss and foreign interests. Swiss schools for similar training are mentioned as a model.
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Chamber of Commerce of
Mentone
Riviera
Switzerland
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