You Are Cordially Invited

Wedding invitation:

Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Jackson request your presence at the marriage of their daughter

Minnie F.
to
Martan E. Wheat

Wednesday, October 24th 1888 at 10:45 AM

Found in "Kathie's Soldiers" by Amanda Douglas. Published by Lee and Shepard, 1899.


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Foolproof

Recipe for pie crust:

4 cups all purpose flour
1 3/4 cups vegetable shortening
1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 egg
1 tablespoon vinegar
1/2 cup H20

With a fork, mix together first four ingredients.  In a separate dish, beat remaining ingredients.  Combine the 2 mixtures, stirring with a fork until all ingredients are moistened. Then, with hands, mold dough in a ball.

Chill at least 15 mins before rolling into desired shape. Dough can be left in the refrig. up to 3 days. Or, it can be frozen until ready to use. Makes 2 9" double-crust pies and one 9" shell.

Note: Dough will remain soft in the refrig. and can be taken out and rolled at once.

Found in "Magic Gardens" by Rosetta E. Clarkson. Published by Macmillan, 1939.


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Goodness Of Heart

I'm not sure what this little piece of ephemera started out as, but it ended up as a fine bookmark. It's marked "Art Supplement - Buffalo Courier" and has the following verse:

A photograph shows
One's features, in part,
But it never can picture
One's goodness of heart.

Pre X-rays, right?

Found in "A Book of Girls" by Lilian Bell. Published by L.C. Page, 1903.

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Take Only The Genuine

Illustrated trade card from the Walter Baker Chocolate Company.

Found in "Our Country: A Household History of The United States" by Benson J. Lossing (volume one). Published by Johnson and Bailey, 1895.

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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Jennifer Risser, who entered on Facebook.

Thanks to all who entered, hope to see you here next week.

Friday Giveaway: 16 Vintage Children's Books - contest closed

Contest now closed, winner will be announced shortly.

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A Day At The Fair

Ribbon from the 1957 Litchfield County 4-H Fair, Warren CT.

Found in "The Tomato" by Paul Work. Published by Orange Judd Publishing, 1945.

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November 1978

Three photos, all are stamped "November 1978" on reverse.

Found in "The Spectral Boy" by Donald Petersen. Published by Wesleyan University Press, 1964.

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A For Effort

Found this at the bottom of a box of old western paperbacks:

Not bad for a homemade book report cover.

For what it's worth this student got an A minus.

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Giveway winner

This week's winner was Stephanie McCaslin, who entered over on Facebook.

Thanks to all who entered, I hope to see you again next week.