An Old Master Painting Guarantee Probed
In a witty exchange Mrs. Parvenue and Mrs. Swartleigh debate a corner painting. The seller swears the work was by an old master with a written guarantee the painter was over seventy five before painting.
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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1905
Page
7
In a witty exchange Mrs. Parvenue and Mrs. Swartleigh debate a corner painting. The seller swears the work was by an old master with a written guarantee the painter was over seventy five before painting.
Practical recipe for a hearty vegetable dinner using dripping and potatoes with onion. Layer dripping potatoes and onion in a saucepan, add water, season with pepper and salt, and cook fifteen to twenty minutes. Suitable for large families and for using leftover fat meat.
The piece promotes Pillsbury's Vitos as a breakfast aid for the Russian Empire and cites a Chicago author’s book Glad Tidings How to Obtain Happiness and Health claiming to offer Jesus grounded guidance. It also endorses Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrup for teething. A graham flour muffin recipe is provided with steps and ingredients.
Henry Rutgers is praised as a Revolutionary War hero and public benefactor who funded schools churches and city streets in New York. He led as a captain at White Plains and later served as a militia colonel while aiding defense efforts during conflicts and later crises. A separate feature discusses pearls that “die” when unused and the care needed to keep heirlooms lustrous with frequent wear and light exposure.
An assortment of ads notes Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer promising permanent cure after first day use with a free two trial battle and treatise from Dr R H Kline Ltd. Other notices promote Piso's Cure for Consumption and Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonial appeals and drugstore availability. a Sunday labor critique by Rev Willard is quoted on Sabbath work.
A dialog asks why motorists wear goggles and answers that it hides a frightened look. The text then notes optimism about better times and mentions Jews being admitted to Moscow University.
In Germany the tipping practice is linked to bribery concerns for businessmen, seen as vexatious and influencing commercial conduct.
A collage of vintage jokes and columns from New Yorker, Chicago News, Cleveland Leader, and other papers. Snippets include mathless mishearing, punny exchanges, and social quirks, with light shots at manners, marriage, and daily life.
Miss Braddon, at 68, still crafts gripping plots. Her breakthrough came with Lady Audley’s Secret, written in a feverish burst after a breakfast table challenge from publisher John Maxwell. Also a cheese toast recipe appears in the same piece.
The full social circle today makes it nearly impossible for the church to exist on strictly spiritual lines. Rev W A Bartlett of the Congregationalist church in Chicago expresses this view.
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