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two extremely ripe nuts and raisins
I MENU II BREAKFAST Half a cup of wheat bran, cooked Two glasses of water The juice of a sweet Florida Wheat bran, cooked orange (Russet seedling) Boiled whole wheat, with cream One glass of water Two tablespoonfuls of nuts or One whole egg, whipped one tablespoonful of nut butter with teaspoonful of sugar One very ripe banana, with One or two extremely ripe nuts and raisins bananas, with nuts and cream LUNCHEON Peas or asparagus
— from Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 3 of 5 by Eugene Christian

the editor Richard Newcomb and requested
Having sent a paragraph report of one of the lectures on chemistry to the Lincoln , Rutland , and Stamford Mercury , he was waited upon by the editor, Richard Newcomb, and requested to supply intelligence weekly of any affairs of importance in the city, and promised £20 a year for his trouble.
— from Lives of Illustrious Shoemakers by W. E. (William Edward) Winks

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