Sioux City Stock Yards
1919 Antique Pocket Ledger Handwritten Recipe Book Sioux City Stock Yards Iowa
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Up for auction is a fascinating piece of American social and culinary history. This is an original, 1919 vintage leatherette pocket ledger wallet issued by "Lynch & Gamet Live Stock Commission Merchants," operating out of the Exchange Building at the Stock Yards Station in Sioux City, Iowa.While the booklet opens to reveal a printed 1919 calendar, a local business directory, and short early-20th-century telephone numbers, its original owner transformed the blank ledger pages into an extensive, 69-page handwritten family recipe archive and household manuscript. Item Highlights & ContentsHistorical Significance: Features era-specific baking like WWI-era "War Kisses" and a "Sun-Maid Cake."Candid Insights: Includes historical family editing—several recipes feature handwritten notes explicitly crossed out with warnings reading "No good!"Folk Medicine: Contains a unique period home remedy: "Ear Wash by Dr. Spafford." Index of Handwritten Recipes & EntriesTo help collectors and historians, here is the full list of the unique handwritten titles included in this ledger:Cakes & Frostings: Spice Cake, Coffee Cake, Molasses Cake, Prune Cake, Chocolate Cake, Apple Sauce Cake, Sun Maiden Cake, Crumb Cake, Blitz Kuchen, Nut Shine Cake, Banana Nut Cake, Cut Cakes, Boiled FrostingBreads, Rolls & Yeast: "Big Yeast" starter, 3-Day Biscuit, Rolls, Raised Doughnuts, Doughnuts, Mrs. Carenama DoughnutsCookies, Drops & Treats: War Kisses (WWI era), Jelly Roll, Oatmeal Drops, Oatmeal Cookies, Molasses Cookies, Brown Cookies, Cream Cookies, Fruit Drops, Snickers, Ice CreamPies & Main Dishes: Banana Pie, Sour Cream Pie, Lemon Pie, Raisin Pie, Baked Beans, Beans, Corn SaladPickles & Preserves: Sweet Dill Pickle, Sweet Pickles, Pickled Kiefer Pears, Pickled Crab Apples, Fancy Pickles, Corn Salad, and various regional "Dill Pickles from different Mrs."Home Remedy: Ear Wash by Dr. Spafford Condition ReportThis is an authentic, 100+ year-old piece of ephemera. The outer leatherette cover shows natural age and wear consistent with a pocket ledger of this era.
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