Writing on Fire

What’s in Mrs. Hale’s Receipts for the Million 1857? 799. Neighbors and Spectators. – When a fire happens, let every respectable neighbor attend. Send instantly for engines, both of the parish and of the insurance companies, and the parish and other...

Photo Friday

What’s in Mrs. Hale’s Receipts for the Million 1857? 672. To mount Prints or Maps. – Upon a table, floor, or board, stretch a piece of calico or smooth canvas, by first fixing it with tacks along one side then straining it tightly with one hand, and...

Veterans Day 2012

What’s in Mrs. Hale’s Receipt for the Million 1857? In which she repeats herself, but well worth repeating for our troops today. 309. Water-proof Boots.–I have had three pairs of boots for the last six years (no shoes) and I think I shall not require...

Finding Family History on a Battlefield

What’s in Mrs. Hale’s Receipts for the Million 1857? 378. To prevent Wounds from mortifying. – Sprinkle sugar on them. The Turks wash fresh wounds with wine, and sprinkle sugar on them. Obstinate ulcers may be cured with sugar dissolved in a strong...

Food’s On: The Mess Hall & the CCC’s

What’s in Mrs. Hale’s Receipt for the Millions 1857? 1178. To smoke Hams and Fish on a small scale. — Drive the ends out of an old hogshead or  barrel; place this over a heap of sawdust of green hard wood, in which a bar of r ed -hot iron is buried;...

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