Frederick County Men in 1849 California Gold Rush
A. W. Shade preserves a family letter from Samuel Davison detailing voyage from Frederick County Virginia in 1849 to California. He describes camp at Johnson's Settlement Sacramento City flour prices labor wages and high costs. dissolves a large company and forms smaller bands to mine using Burk rockers. Davison recounts deaths including his brother from an accidental gun discharge during the caravan crossing the plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick County
California
A. W. Shade
Samuel Davison
Virginia
West Coast
John Purcell
Clark
Perry Purcell
Clark Russell
Sacramento
American Fork
Sacramento City
Asa Clevenger
Captain Smith
J. Harrison Kelly
Milton Ferrill
John W. Bowers
St. Joseph
Daviscon
Filling And Delicious Soup For A Cool Evening
A nourishing soup combines potatoes onions and greens in milk with butter flour and seasonings. Cook sliced potatoes and onions in milk until tender, then thicken with a butter-flour roux, return greens, and heat briefly. Serve with toast and salad for a complete luncheon or light supper. Cream Of Beet Soup is also listed with beets milk flour and seasonings.
Beets Simmered with Milk Butter and Herbs
Grate raw beets then simmer with salt and sugar in water for an hour. Add milk and a butter flour roux, boil three minutes. Garnish with water cress or parsley for serving.
Tricks With Potatoes and Vienna Roll Potatoes
A historical recipe note describes mashing hot potatoes, adding salt butter and hot cream, then shaping into a bake a domed dish with a crumb topping. It also covers Vienna Roll potatoes shaped like small rolls brushed with egg yolk and baked until brown. A method for fried potato balls is included as well.
Chops and Steak with Scalloped Potatoes and Peppers
A recipe for scalloped potatoes with onions and peppers. Layer raw but blanched potato slices with grated onion half green pepper and half red pepper seasoned with salt and spices, pour in milk, bake two hours or more until tender with little liquid remaining.
Dennison Plans 90 Day Expedition For Redfern Wreckage
Pi-Lee R. Dennison a South American mining man said in Berkeley California he would lead an airplane expedition within 90 days to search for the wreckage of Paul Redfern the Georgia aviator who disappeared in 1927 during a flight to Dio De Janeiro.
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Berkeley
Calif
Lee R. Dennison
Paul Redfern
Georgia
Dio de Janeiro
Has Another In Baby Marathon Has Another In Baby Marathon
Toronto notes Mrs. John Nagle becomes her tenth child in ten years aiming for the Charles Vance Millar prize of 500 after the late lawyer’s will set a ten year period for births. The October 31 1936 deadline looms as contenders race for the estate residue.
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Tronto
John Nagle
Charles Vance Millar
Toronto
Mrs Kenny Leads Race Amid Family Claims
Mrs Martin Kenny with 12 children asserts she leads the race while Mrs Arthur Timlocke Mrs Grace Bagnato and Mrs Nagle contest her claim outlining their respective standings.
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Martin Kenny
Arthur Timlocke
Grace Bagnato
Nagle
Whipped Cream Salad Dressing Note
A compact recipe notes a whipped cream based dressing. It lists ingredients including double cream lemon juice pepper cucumber and canned pimiento for a savory salad accompaniment suitable with cold fish or chicken.
Creamy cucumber garnish for cold meats and salads
To the cream add salt pepper and lemon juice. Beat until thick by the bowl. Stand bowl in cracked ice for quick results. When ready add chilled cucumber dried on a cloth and pimiento. Garnish in a lettuce leaf for cold meat or salad platters.
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Redfern
Yukon Club
At Botts. Cc Contents
del Monte
A. &P. Peas
pRy
LuLu
Campbell Toma
Lipton’s
Armour’s Melrose
Doz
Winchester
Skillet Club
ALBIS
Alberta
Hershey’s
Kellogg’s
Kellogg’s Post
N. B. C. Graham
Lifebuoy
Happy Vale
Pekce
Chuck Roast
Lamb
Sanico
Betty
Kellogg's
Free State
Free State Summer Reserve
Free State Brewery Corp
Baltimore
Esso
Standard Oil Company OF
New Jersey
Essolene
Esso, Inc
Fresh Foods
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