Peter P. Phillips – Death

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Aunt Doloris’ Memories II

vii My Mother made fudge, shrimp salad, potato chips, wonderful Chop suey, spaghetti, Chili and Vegetable soup and Beef stew & on Sundays we always had Pot Roast, Roast Beef or Roast Pork. She made a cake every weekend, different kinds like devils-food, Poppy-seed (these were my favorites), marble, white with chocolate icing. Chocolate with… Continue reading Aunt Doloris’ Memories II

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Aunt Doloris’ Memories I

A gift from my cousin Kathy Kordyak-Gallagher, one of many, her mother’s, Doloris Phillips Fiorino, childhood memories. Fourteen handwritten pages on pretty pink stationary… Chicago, Cook County, Illinois i Gramma Brew was born Anna Louise Witt, she married Arthur Eggerson (who was a jockey). I didn’t know this until I was 13 yrs old because… Continue reading Aunt Doloris’ Memories I

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George Phillips

My great-grandfather – George Phillips, Railroad man and Chief Hat, Engineer, 1900, Chicago, Cook, IL…

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How to Preserve. . .

I found a newspaper clipping of a one hundred year old recipe, “How to Preserve a Husband,” between the pages of an old thrift shop cookbook of mine fifteen years ago. I just found it again in one of my old, old computer folders, now it is at least a one hundred and fifteen year… Continue reading How to Preserve. . .

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Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra – Italian Spaghetti A La Sinatra. —The Decatur Daily Review, 06 Jan 1971, Wed, Page 25

Pizza Dino

Dean Martin, Life’s a Big Pizza! —The Burlington Free Press, 19 Feb 1975, Wed, Main Edition

Angie Dickinson

Angie Dickinson’s Honeymoon Sandwich. —The Salt Lake Tribune, 03 Mar 1968, Sun, Page 46

George Phillips – TB

City of Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium – 5601 N. Crawford Ave. (Mar. i, 191 5) : For ambulant and bed cases. Capacity: — 1,000 ambulant, 300 bed cases. Rates: — Free to residents of Chicago. General Superintendent: — Charles J. Happel. Medical Director: — Dr. Allan J. Hruby. Application should be made at the dispensary in… Continue reading George Phillips – TB

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