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Newspaper
Belleville Freeman
Location
Belleville, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1899
Page
6
Excerpt from Frank Demster Sherman in Ladies Home Journal sings of love and longing with Hope guiding a path to a beloved Valentine. The verses promise music on the lip and a hopeful reunion under bright skies and a celebratory mood.
In a small uptown shop Clare Clancey and Katie Wood narrowly escape a speeding cable car thanks to Mr. Fessenden who buys them valentines. He lingers over memories of a past love and, on a fateful winter day, receives a valentines box that may bring his own long-awaited reunion.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch notes on St Valentine’s day trace its roots to ancient Rome and the Lupercalia festival. It explains how names were drawn from a box, how Christian leaders replaced pagan rites with saints, and how the custom likely spread to both sexes, giving rise to the term valentines for those chosen.
Mrs Slimdiet boasts she received 17 comic valentines today and demands settlement from her boarders. The chorus of boarders questions the accusation while she clarifies she merely states the count of her 17 boarders.
A practical joker muses on why playful witty valentines he selects for friends are mocked when sent back to him. He notes the irony in others’ blunt responses to his humorous cards.
Special correspondence reports three great powers the United States Great Britain and Germany edging toward conflict over Samoa a Pacific group with Pago Pago harbor as a key asset. Trade totals about 600000 annually with Americans and Germans staking influence through protectorates and treaties. The piece traces the long history from 1872 to present, detailing treaties, flag raisings, protectorates and local leaders Malietoa Mataafa and Mathetoa, and the ongoing push for a peaceful settlement amid imperial rivalries and native interests.
Scythe teased his brother-in-law on his wedding day saying he would take Johnny's sister away. Johnny replied he could stand it if Scythe could. The playful exchange centers on the couple and their families in a lighthearted moment.
Willy muses on love making a map do almost anything as he asks Aunt about Uncle Bob’s marriage. Aunt replies that love is the reason. The dialogue captures a lighthearted reflection on affection shaping choices.
A New York Journal item recounts Uncle Abednego, a lifelong hypochondriac, inflamed by imagined heart failure. After a night of dramatic suffering and jokes from his wife Aunt Amy, he discovers a mustard plaster slipped and caused the faux fatal crisis, ending with laughter at the harmless prank.
Practical guidance from Harper's Bazaar on keeping hands clean and polished in cold, dark weather. It covers washing with warm soft water, thorough drying including nails and cuticles, using nail files and cuticle care, and a new pink polish for luster. It warns against overuse of rings with plain gowns and favors evening wear appropriateness.
Boston Globe describes preparing stuffed eggs by removing shells and yolks from four hard boiled eggs, mixing yolks with sausage seasoned with salt pepper and curry, filling whites, dipping in beaten egg, coating with crumbs, and frying in hot fat. Serve on tomato slices fried in dripping and garnish with parsley.
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