Back on Halloween, I told you about a priceless artifact in our collection that was around 114 (now 115 or so!) years old. I thought it would never be scanned because of it’s age and fragility. Well, my boss did it!
https://louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-orv%3A68
Some of the names and businesses are incredible! There is no date on this and we can find no mention of it in Louisiana state newspapers. I immediately noticed R.M. Filhiol’s name as a director of the Ouachita National Bank (2nd page of this document). That was Roland Filhiol who died in 1906. This dates the book to around 1905 or so. The women who submitted recipes went by their husband’s names. You will see some VERY big names here! I indexed them all and give page numbers if you would like to see a particular lady’s submission!
| Morgan, W. (Miss) | 1 | |||
| “A Friend” | 23, 45, 79 | |||
| “H.F.G.” | 63 | |||
| Ammans, Julia (Miss) | 35 | |||
| Anderson, E.W. (Mrs.) | 58 | |||
| Apgar, H.D. (Mrs.) | 47 | |||
| Baer, I. (Mrs.) | 27 | |||
| Baer, Leopold (Mrs.) | 3 | |||
| Ball, John (Mrs.) | 45 | |||
| Ball, M.E. (Mrs.) | 5 | |||
| Beard, J.C. (Mrs.) | 73 | |||
| Behrem, F.B. (Miss) | 42 | |||
| Benton, T. O. (Mrs.) | 59 | |||
| Bernstein, Arnold (Mrs.) | 35 | |||
| Bigger, Hugh (Mrs.) | 13 | |||
| Bovenkalman, L.J. (Mrs.) | 31 | |||
| Bradley, Bessie (Miss) | 42 | |||
| Bradley, J.B. (Mrs.) | 58 | |||
| Brantley, E.O. (Mrs.) | 21 | |||
| Breard, D’ Armond (Mrs.) | 9 | |||
| Breard, J.M. (Mrs.) | 15 | |||
| Breard, R.M. (Mrs.) | 2 | |||
| Brooks, A.J. (Mrs.) | 19 | |||
| Brown, Mrs. | 54 | |||
| Bynum, W. (Mrs.) | 49 | |||
| Byrds (Mrs.) | 63 | |||
| Carruth, G.N. (Mrs.) | 19 | |||
| Cohn, Leon (Mrs.) | 54 | |||
| Collins, Sadie (Miss) | 69 | |||
| Copeland, G.W. (Mrs.) | 18 | |||
| Cossman, F.J. | 63 | |||
| Davis (Mrs.) | 9 | |||
| Davis, Elma (Miss) | 51 | |||
| Davis, Pearl (Miss) | 51 | |||
| Deland, O.W. (Mrs.) | 42 | |||
| Dixon, C.T. (Mrs.) | 65 | |||
| Downs, Geo. (Mrs.) | 33 | |||
| Duff, W.H. (Mrs.) | 43 | |||
| Duffy, P.J. (Mrs.) | 7 | |||
| Emanual, Ida (Mrs.) | 14 | |||
| Endom, Louise (Miss) | 61 | |||
| Evans, H.T. (Mrs.) | 75 | |||
| Evans, M.K. (Mrs.) | 65 | |||
| Faulk, Beatrice B. | 71 | |||
| Faulk, C.T. (Mrs.) | 54 | |||
| Faulk, M.O. (Mrs.) | 34 | |||
| Faulkner, Janie (Miss) | 61 | |||
| Faulkner, M.D. (Mrs.) | 30 | |||
| Fauntleroy, C. (Mrs.) | 50 | |||
| Felkner, C.F. (Mrs.) | 14 | |||
| Ferry, Ed (Mrs.) | 49 | |||
| Ficher, R. (Mrs.) | 7 | |||
| Fisher, Mamie (Mrs.) | 23 | |||
| Flournoy, T.E. (Mrs.) | 34 | |||
| Fluker, B.K. (Mrs.) | 30 | |||
| Forsythe, A.A. (Mrs.) | 71 | |||
| Fox, W.B. (Mrs.) | 62 | |||
| Friedlander, S. (Mrs.) | 42 | |||
| Fuller, S.L. (Mrs.) | 21 | |||
| Fury, J.L. (Mrs.) | 19 | |||
| Ganier, G. (Miss) | 11 | |||
| George (Mrs.) | 35 | |||
| Gimler, L.J. (Mrs.) | 11 | |||
| Girod, C.C. (Mrs.) | 41 | |||
| Glen, Walker (Mrs.) | 53 | |||
| Godwin, Frank (Mrs.) | 22 | |||
| Goldman, Simon (Mrs.) | 34 | |||
| Gordon, W.L. (Mrs.) | 69 | |||
| Green (Miss) | 67 | |||
| Green, D.C. (Mrs.) | 57 | |||
| Green, Katherine (Miss) | 75 | |||
| Guerriero, L. (Mrs.) | 77 | |||
| Gunby, Andrew A. (Mrs.) | 6 | |||
| Haas, Sig (Mrs.) | 57 | |||
| Hall, L.E. (Mrs.) | 37 | |||
| Hanna, J. | 55 | |||
| Hartley, C.P., Jr. (Mrs.) | 79 | |||
| Heinberg, I. (Mrs.) | 38 | |||
| Herring, Andrew (Mrs.) | 50 | |||
| Herring, John (Mrs.) | 47 | |||
| Hilton, (Mrs.) | 21 | |||
| Hilton, E.R. (Mrs.) | 14 | |||
| Hilton, Mathilde (Miss) | 34 | |||
| Hudspeth (Mrs.) | 45 | |||
| Illingsworth, J.B. (Mrs.) | 22 | |||
| James, K. (Miss) | 51 | |||
| Johnson, J.J. (Mrs.) | 27 | |||
| Johnson, Mary (Miss) | 22 | |||
| Johnson, S.A. (Mrs.) | 37 | |||
| Johnston, W.P. (Mrs.) | 71 | |||
| Jones, Benson (Mrs.) | 27 | |||
| Jones, W.L. (Mrs.) | 79 | |||
| Kahn (Mrs.) | 39 | |||
| Kahn, Elise (Miss) | 13 | |||
| Kaliski, Emile (Mrs.) | 15 | |||
| Kaliski, Marcus (Mrs.) | 41 | |||
| Keith, J.W. (Mrs.) | 67 | |||
| Keller, A. (Mrs.) | 6 | |||
| Keller, John G. (Mrs.) | 34 | |||
| Kern, Fannie (Miss) | 3 | |||
| Kern, Joe, Jr. (Mrs.) | 26 | |||
| King, T.A. (Mrs.) | 51 | |||
| Kuhn, I. (Mrs.) | 53 | |||
| La Baum (Mrs.) | 58 | |||
| Larkin, J.E. (Mrs.) | 55 | |||
| Latsch, A. (Mrs.) | 31 | |||
| Lawton, Minnie (Miss) | 38 | |||
| Lemle, Julius (Mrs.) | 26 | |||
| Levy, S. (Mrs.) | 53 | |||
| Lively, C.H. (Mrs.) | 33 | |||
| Loftin, E.L. (Mrs.) | 77 | |||
| Loftin, Lola S. | 41 | |||
| Malaine, W. (Mrs.) | 42 | |||
| Malikowski, P. (Mrs.) | 62 | |||
| Mangham, Joe (Mrs.) | 2 | |||
| Marx, Corrine (Miss) | 77 | |||
| Marx, Evelyn (Miss) | 42 | |||
| Marx, Jake (Mrs.) | 17 | |||
| Marx, Rosalie (Miss) | 77 | |||
| Marx, Sig (Mrs.) | 46 | |||
| Marx, Sol (Mrs.) | 77 | |||
| Masur, Clara (Miss) | 77 | |||
| Masur, Pauline (Miss) | 18 | |||
| Matterson, Ed. (Mrs.) | 14 | |||
| Matthews, I.H. (Mrs.) | 5 | |||
| McCabe, J.G. (Mrs.) | 55 | |||
| McCabe, J.H. (Mrs.) | 67 | |||
| McCarthy, L. (Mrs.) | 38 | |||
| McCormick, J.H. (Mrs.) | 46 | |||
| McCoy (Mrs.) | 25 | |||
| McCranie, C.A. (Mrs.) | 2 | |||
| McDonald, Mary (Mrs.) | 61 | |||
| McEnery, H.C. (Mrs.) | 75 | |||
| McGrath, Lizzie | 69 | |||
| McHenry, M.A. (Mrs.) | 47 | |||
| McMullen, Frank (Mrs.) | 26 | |||
| Meyer, L. (Mrs.) | 62 | |||
| Mire (Mrs.) | 2 | |||
| Monk, R. (Mrs.) | 43 | |||
| Montgomery, J.C. (Mrs.) | 65 | |||
| Moore, F. (Mrs.) | 41 | |||
| Moore, John G. (Mrs.) | 17 | |||
| Morgan, F. (Mrs.) | 54 | |||
| Mounger, J.E. (Mrs.) | 53 | |||
| Mulder, J.H. (Mrs.) | 39 | |||
| Muller, W.A. (Mrs.) | 25 | |||
| Nelson, R.J. (Mrs.) | 41 | |||
| Newman, C.D. (Mrs.) | 33 | |||
| O’Kelly, Jennie (Miss) | 13 | |||
| Oliver, E.S. (Mrs.) | 61 | |||
| O’Reily, P. (Mrs.) | 69 | |||
| Osterman, Frank (Mrs.) | 55 | |||
| Parker, Charlie (Mrs.) | 23 | |||
| Pettit, F. (Mrs.) | 35 | |||
| Prewett, M.E. (Mrs.) | 7 | |||
| Prichard, D.M. (Mrs.) | 33 | |||
| Prichard, Olive (Mrs.) | 50 | |||
| Prichard, R.C. (Mrs.) | 8 | |||
| Quarrels, H.E. (Mrs.) | 39 | |||
| Rabun, M. (Mrs.) | 41 | |||
| Ray, H.C. (Mrs.) | 73 | |||
| Renaud, A. (Mrs.) | 8 | |||
| Renwick, J. (Mrs.) | 7 | |||
| Roberts, W.V. (Mrs.) | 6 | |||
| Rolleigh, Eugene (Mrs.) | 21 | |||
| Rosenblum, H. (Mrs.) | 34 | |||
| Roth, W. (Mrs.) | 73 | |||
| Sanchez, F.T. (Mrs.) | 37 | |||
| Saurel (Mrs.) | 25 | |||
| Scales, S.J. (Mrs.) | 30 | |||
| Schuster, Carrie (Miss) | 31 | |||
| Sherron, W.W. (Mrs.) | 43 | |||
| Shipp, W.H. (Mrs.) | 67 | |||
| Sholars, Allan (Mrs.) | 25 | |||
| Smimh (Smith?), J.A. (Mrs.) | 58 | |||
| Smith, C. (Mrs.) | 65 | |||
| Smith, Helen (Miss) | 18 | |||
| Sparks, R.C. (Mrs.) | 39 | |||
| Spaugh, John (Mrs.) | 23 | |||
| Spaugh, Marvin (Mrs.) | 53 | |||
| Stack, Maggie (Miss) | 3 | |||
| Stafford, J.M. (Mrs.) | 49 | |||
| Starts, B. (Miss) | 53 | |||
| Stephenson, J.M. (Mrs.) | 22 | |||
| Stevenson, D.M. (Mrs.) | 14 | |||
| Stewart, Almeda | 30 | |||
| Stubbs, F.P. (Mrs.) | 57 | |||
| Stubbs, Lida (Miss) | 61 | |||
| Sublett, W.B. (Mrs.) | 5 | |||
| Sugar, Callie G. | 69 | |||
| Surghnor, Graham (Mrs.) | 18 | |||
| Surghnor, M.F. (Mrs.) | 1 | |||
| Swayze, D. (Mrs.) | 37 | |||
| Taylor, Warren (Mrs.) | 31 | |||
| Tew, E.C. (Mrs.) | 37 | |||
| Theobalds, A.E. (Mrs.) | 17 | |||
| Thomas, Calvin (Mrs.) | 33 | |||
| Tillman, M. (Mrs.) | 55 | |||
| Van Emburgh, M. (Mrs.) | 38 | |||
| Vaughan, Henry (Mrs.) | 73 | |||
| Vollman (Mrs.) | 79 | |||
| Walker, S. (Mrs.) | 67 | |||
| Walker, W.A. (Mrs.) | 54 | |||
| Ware, J.T. (Mrs.) | 7 | |||
| Watkins, M.A. (Mrs.) | 22 | |||
| Watson, W. (Mrs.) | 26 | |||
| Weaks, Geo. (Mrs.) | 3 | |||
| Webb, R.P. (Mrs.) | 27 | |||
| Webb, T.T. (Mrs.) | 9 | |||
| Weil, S.D. (Mrs.) | 46 | |||
| Welch, J.W. (Mrs.) | 21 | |||
| Westenberger, G.L. (Mrs.) | 18 | |||
| Windes, Eugene (Mrs.) | 49 | |||
| Windes, John (Mrs.) | 9 | |||
| Wood, G.L. (Mrs.) | 62 | |||
| Young, Ada M. (Mrs.) | 46 |
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 