r/Cursive

The word I care about is the second to last, which should be a location in or around Germany. The rest are just for handwriting comparison. This is post HRE, pre-German unification, so it is “country” of origin could be anything from a county, duchy, city, town, etc.

Hi I’m an archivist and my coworkers and I can’t figure out the 4th line from the bottom. Any assistance would be appreciated!

Me and my grandma have been trying to figure it out for a hot minute, if anyone can read this please let know

I can’t quite figure out the signature on this post card. Can you anyone decipher it? Thanks!

From a Maryland census record from 1900, unsure what the top middle location is stated as under "Place of Birth of Father of this person". It looks like it starts with a "P" maybe a shorthand for Pennsylvania? Unsure.

This is from one of numerous old books that were in my mother’s house. The section that I am particularly interested in is the phrase below the name. It says “Moorefield ***** Seminary.” I cannot figure out what the word between Moorefield and Seminary could be, and I would appreciate any thoughts. Thank you!!

Someone looked at a bowl of canned cherry pie filling, crushed pineapple, pineapple, marshmallows, and Cool Whip — and named it Junk Yard Salad. Not Fruit Fluff. Not Party Salad. Junk Yard.

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