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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1892
Page
8
Fragment of a late nineteenth century page features recipes for apple fritters with brandy, batter details and frying times, followed by social notes on dinner service of Queen Victoria, Astor, and others. It shifts to home management tips, fashion and etiquette, then a local court brief about a Boston resident misrepresenting wealth, ending with a pindown of urban manners.
A fragment from Edgar Nye describes leaving South Chicago for an Egypt like Illinois corn belt near Saunders and Illinois with jokes about farming, transport quirks, and a traveling actor asking for a pass while Nye reflects on hotels, sermons, and eccentric chatter from the road. The piece blends satire on travel, agriculture, and midwestern life with oblique sketches of actors and local scenes.
The Wheatland property near Lancaster is slated to become Wheatland Cemetery. James Buchanan’s historic home, once owned by John W. nervous, will be transformed as a burial site with a Romanesque tomb honoring the 15th U.S. president. The plan involves Hermann Lane Johnston and a syndicate of Lancaster capitalists converting the grounds into a final resting place.
An early guide reviews Rumford era coffee making. It describes earthen pots with perforated diaphragms, later improvements using cotton bags, grinding coffee fresh and storing airtight. Notes on heating pots, using a cupful per family, and pouring boiling water for strong, quick brews.
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