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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1919
Page
7
The article notes designers shift from winter garments to spring lines for children. It highlights a warm double weave school coat with beaver plush trim and pocket flaps, a castor beaver hat, and a serge or tricotine dress with plaited skirt and front opening.
Shoppers swarm ribbon counters as Christmas time nears with hats caps corsage blooms and sashes featured. Articles include rose ribbons velvet roses lace ribbons and breakfast caps with millinery tips for making dance caps and ribbon flowers. Drooping shoulders trend noted by French couturières for spring.
Solomon the Caruthers goose grows bold and nearly becomes Christmas dinner fodder as a dog chases him and Johnnie contemplates cannibalism. Doctor Arnold jokes about Carrie moving in, but Johnnie resists eating Solomon. Mr. Caruthers abandons goose for a turkey, ensuring Solomon’s survival.
The speaker addresses Mr Flipperley with a soulful expression about a dim oppressive mood at Christmas. He responds that he often feels it at Christmas but once attributed it to pudding.
The piece explains that foolscap derives from a watermarked paper used during the English Civil War era when royal arms were replaced by a fool’s cap and bells as a protest against Charles I. It notes subsequent removals and lingering use for parliamentary journals. It ends with a proverb on praise and reproof and a quip about a Chicago auctioneer who knocked down brick houses.
Prof Yves Delage reports Doctor Gallipe found living microorganisms in century old paper. These organisms resisted 248 degrees Fahrenheit heat and could be cultured and moved. Living microbes also appeared in fifteenth and eighteenth century paper and in ancient Chinese manuscripts, showing revival under proper culture.
Humorous quip about a husband who sleeps loudly, with the wife noting the sounds he makes are awful. The exchange captures a light domestic joke likely from a parlor or cartoon caption. No further context or details are provided.
A sermon that everyone approves of is described as having all its teeth pulled and as being unable to harm a flea, implying it lacks bite or impact. The remark suggests a bland, harmless message with no strong stance or provocative content.
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