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The ladies of 1870s Chicago pooled their recipes and signed every one — corned beef from Mrs. Beaty, lemon pie from Mrs. Saulter.

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Marble Cake

Mrs. D. McCraney.

WHITE PART. One cup of butter, two cups of white sugar, half a cup of sour cream or buttermilk, three and a-half cups of flour, whites of seven eggs, one teaspoonful of soda. BLACK PART.-Two cups of brown sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of molasses, five cups of flour, half a cup of sour cream or buttermilk, yolks of seven eggs, one grated nutmeg, two tablespoonsful of cinnamon, one tablespoonful of cloves, one tablespoonful of allspice, one teaspoonful of black pepper, one teaspoonful of soda.

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