October 2008 Online Edition

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    Calling up the spirits: Victorian influence on American spiritualism

    Text by | Published October 1st, 2008 in Ghosts and Spirits

    It all began with the Fox sisters up in Hydesville, New York in 1848. Strange noises – knockings and rappings – were coming from the bedroom of John and Margaret Fox’s two youngest daughters, Katherine, age 11, and Margaretta, 13. [...]

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    Ish’s Recipes

    Text by | Published October 1st, 2008 in Recipes • The Persnickety Chef

    Inspiration has been a recurring theme for recent columns. It often comes from sources and at times we least expect. Being a chef has its perks and drawbacks. One drawback is everyone who has ever boiled water wants to talk [...]

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    The Very Rare Cape May Salts Oyster Can

    Text by | Published October 1st, 2008 in Cape May Magazine

    As rare and elusive as the Cape May Salt oyster is itself, so is the artfully lithographed baby-blue tin can it once came in.
    Manufactured by the F.F. East Co. in Greenwich, New Jersey, it pictures an old bewhiskered sea captain [...]

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    Bogged Down with Cranberries

    Text by | Published October 1st, 2008 in Garden Talk • Recipes

    A working cranberry bog mirrors one of American’s earliest agriculture practices. It also showcases some of the newest and most innovative methods used by farmers today. But time stands still when one reflects on these glistening berries during a beautiful [...]