The Monday Club Cook Book
Book details
- Title
- The Monday Club Cook Book
- Publication year listed
- 1899
- Format
- Public domain eBook
- Reading access
- Free online reader; no registration required
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About this book
The Monday Club Cook Book
Author: The Ladies of the Every Monday Club, First Presbyterian Church
Year: 1899
In the front of this book, in childish cursive handwriting, it says, "To Mamma, from Lester." We researched local "Lester"s of the time who would fit this profile, as well as matching with the handwritten recipes inside, as well as the denomination of Presbyterian. To the best of our research, we believe this cookbook once belonged to Mrs. G.W. Lounsberry. Her name was Laura May Sherman Lounsberry. She married George W. Lounsberry, and they had two boys: Mervyn and Lester. This book was published in 1899, locally, by the Monday Club of the Presbyterian Church (of which Laura is listed as being a member). Lester would have been 14 in 1899. Various family information: lived on 15th Street and Jerome. G.W. worked as a railroad agent and then for the city as a clerk and water commissioner. G.W. shares his recipe for "Yankee Doughnuts" in two cookbooks in this archive. Laura was secretary for the Fern Chapter of the Masonic Lodge, and had a mother named "Minna" and a sister named "Minnie." There are a few handwritten recipes included in this book. There is "Florence's Grape Juice," "Mrs. Trayers Prune Conserves," and "Mrs. Swift's Orange Cake." Then, there are three recipes from Minna/M