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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1908
Page
6
A vintage guide outlines using cretonne for a cool elegant colonial style. It shows transforming a dressing table and windows with cretonne draperies, plaited borders, crystal candlesticks, and matching mantel or shelf to create an art nouveau inspired room.
The article explains service plates used at meals to fill gaps between courses. It notes that leaving a place without a plate is improper and describes how staff place and remove empty plates during service. Plates are on the table from the start as napkins are folded on them, with medium or large sizes preferred.
A speaker asserts independence and education earned, insisting on speaking their mind without delay. The voice scorns waiting for the other to act, claiming wit and modern spirit as justification to seek what pleases them. The tone is bold and flirtatious, addressing a hesitant partner as a loitering elf.
Johnny returns from a birth day party with a glowing face and a satisfied air. His mother asks if he followed her lessons and if he asked for seconds, noting he didn’t and the servant served more without prompting.
A collection of short items notes a party guessing game using animal questions, cites that about one in fifteen ten year olds is left handed and discusses school trends in Germany. It lists famous wrecks L Orient Latune De Brake and Golden Gate with multi million bullion fleets and notes 2000 vessels sinking yearly with cargo value around 100 million dollars.
A hostess leads a playful activity with paper dogs and memory drawing judged by three guests. Children guess a word from clues, with the answer Indigo. The piece also explains the origin of the term minutes and a school anecdote about how a cow rises to its feet and a calf’s answer to a rising animal question.
A reader is instructed to place a penny or dime in the hollow of the hand and attempt to move the coin with a brush from the other hand. Repeated brushing alone cannot dislodge the coin, demonstrating the ruse.
A small woman sits in church on a sliding cushion with slippers dangling. She glances at the preacher while memories of honeybees and a broken basket with three sleepy puppies rise. A ripple of laughter passes as the crowd hushes and she hides in her mother's lap.
Mrs Arden, estranged for two years after disowning Jack for a misalliance, seeks him when a sermon on Mother Love moves her. Lawyer Rymer locates Jack, now a bookkeeper at Wright & Carter, and arranges the reunion. Jack returns home to a joyful household with Alice, and mother, son, and daughter-in-law forge a new happiness.
A British labor story traces John Burns from an engineer's apprentice earning two dollars a week to a member of Parliament and privy councilor with potential annual income. It compares English democracy to the republic and notes Burns' self education and rise. Also discussed is Los Angeles pronunciation guidance for the city name with official action urged.
Chicago railroad man T. C. Newton recalls the Chicago and Alton’s 1868 dining car on the Chicago to St. Louis run. He contrasts candle lighting and oilcloth tables with today’s mahogany interiors and hotel like menus as four decades pass since the first experiment.
Broadway Magazine hails Detective William P. Sheridan of Mulberry Street New York as the “man with the camera eyes” who claims to have memorized 100000 soldiers by name and face, preserving muster rosters from the Napoleonic era.
Windmill wrecking rises as a new industry after the old mills decline from gas engines and electric motors. Destruction of 100 foot high brick mills with multiple floors requires skilled wreckers to avoid accidents near nearby structures.
A witty exchange quoted from the New York Press shows a sarcastic lady challenging Mr. Ego about his sight. He boasts of perfect vision after an oculist and insists he sees clearly, while she mocks his claim.
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