“In speaking of our adopted citizens of foreign birth, we hardly ever make any mention of the Welsh miners who have settled in Allegany and Garrett Counties, although they form a most industrious and intelligent portion of the mining population. We have no information as to their numbers, but from the fact that they have…
Faith Lutheran Church in Corning New York has an explanation on its website, regarding the distinctions between Lutheranism and the Reformed church: Lutheran theology asks: What has God done for my salvation? and finds the answer in the Scriptural revelation of God’s grace. Calvin asks: What must I do to the greater glory of God?…
[Note: I wrote this in 2023. Krakus is now closed 😔. An alternative shop in Baltimore is At the Polish Table. – k] I love going to Krakus deli on Fleet street. As soon as you step inside you’re greeted with the smell of the various sausages, which hang behind the counter. A small selection…
When I created the map of the Baltimore Sun’s recipe contest winners, I thought a lot about what the city looked like in 1911, when the contests were run. I looked at old maps, and imagined life on the city’s outskirts. The 1898 Bromley Atlas showed a sprinkling of buildings out in the Northeast. By…
“We have made several notices of various improvements and inventions for cooking and heating by gas,” read an article in the Baltimore Sun in 1854, “and we have no doubt the result will eventually prove important to the world.” At a fair in Philadelphia, a gas stove made by Andrew Mayer had been used to…