In the 1880s a wider range of foods became available to people living in cities, allowing restaurant menus to become more varied. Cold storage warehouses and refrigerated rail cars brought cheaper …
Source: Taste of a decade: 1880s restaurants | Restaurant-ing through history
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Another suggestion for this website:
The Pioneer ov Simplified Speling
It’s rather hilarious as they make spelling more complicated (oenly for only):
http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/the-pioneer-ov-simplified-speling-vol-1-no-1-1912/
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Thank you, Iva. What I’m really looking forward to is your next post!
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Did you read Eugenie: The Tragic Empress? That was my latest.
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Yes.
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All that progress, and we ended up with McDonald’s…
Best wishes, Pete.
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