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Friday Giveaway: Nine Vintage Books - contest closed

Contest now closed, winner will be announced shortly.


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Friday Giveaway: Nine Vintage Books

 I'm giving away these nine vintage books today.

To enter, leave a comment below. You can also enter on Facebook , Twitter , Instagram or via email .

I will gather up all the entries and select a winner at random tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM Eastern.

Good luck!


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Pickle Me This

Recipe for tomato pickles:

1 pk. tomatoes diced
1 cup salt
Stand overnight, drain

Boil tomatoes in 2 qts water and 1 qt vinegar 15 minutes

Drain, then take
5 qts vinegar
2 lbs brown sugar
1/2 lb white mustard seed
2 tablespoons ground allspice
2 tablespoons ground cloves
2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons ground ginger
2 tablespoons ground mustard
2 green peppers cut in strips

Put all into a porcelain kettle and cook 15 minutes, put spices in loose.

Found in "Lowney's Cook Book" prepared by Maria Willett Howard. Published by Lowney's, 1921.


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Sweet

Coupon for seven cents off Sweet Tarts or Pixy Stix (offer expires December 31, 1974).

Found in "Billy Bathgate" by E.L. Doctorow. Published by Harper, 1989.

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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Barbara J. Delaney-Bogosian, who entered on Facebook.

Thanks to all who entered, see you next week.

Friday Giveaway: 11 Vintage Children's Books - contest closed

Contest now closed, winner will be announced shortly.

Friday Giveaway: 11 Vintage Children's Books

 I'm giving away these eleven children's books today.

To enter, leave a comment below. You can also enter on Facebook , Twitter , Instagram or via email .

I will gather up all the entries and select a winner at random tomorrow morning (Saturday the 7th) at 10:00 AM Eastern.

Good luck!

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Portrait Of A Lady

Photograph, no date or writing on reverse.

Found in "Gloria Victis" by J.A. Mitchell. Published by Scribners, 1897.

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Excused

 Note:

Prof. Verrill,

Please excuse Bertha's  absence from school yesterday and oblige.

V.E. Birch

Apr. 11th '90

Charles H. Verrill

Found in "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp" published by A.L. Burt.


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Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Jane Sellers, who entered here on the site.

Thanks so much to everyone who entered, see you here next week.