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Newspaper
Bowen Chronicle
Location
Bowen, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1915
Page
2
The piece counsels girls to avoid deceitful suitors and to seek honest, enduring love. It warns that concealment from a lover’s family undermines trust and that marriages built on deceit fail. It also stresses the mother’s role and the value of candor with a girl's mother.
A reader asks if a girl should hide a romance from her mother to win a good husband. The columnist argues honesty is essential, warning deception harms family trust and can lead to hasty, regrettable marriages.
A bride petitions for annulment citing her husband’s speech impediment. The complaint states marriage has become a blunder with lisp and prolonged stutter, and that he stutters even in his kisses, disrupting affection and unity.
A reflective meditation on everyday mercies. The author extols simple blessings such as sleep health meals time with family a good book and quiet study as the true measures of a happy life rather than grand extraordinary gifts. Gratitude for ordinary moments sustains daily contentment.
A short joke exchange where one man ponders naming a new hunting horse. The punchline suggests the name Sensitive because the horse is easily taken fence.
A new rural district minister seeks feedback from his congregation. An old farmer tells him bluntly that his Sunday sermon was hindered by Miss Smith and others opening wide mouths and swallowing the best parts, leaving him with poor material to judge.
An ordinary bookkeeper's daily routine keeps him on the move, traveling about 10,000 miles a year over ledger pages as he seeks reliable coffee amid busy work.
Judge Clayton recounts a Alabama court scene where the first witness, an age colored man, is asked if he knows the nature of an oath. The witness shifts, smiles, and says he believes it is a second nature to him in his own way.
A humorous exchange notes a son delaying choosing a career while busy with selecting socks and neckties, underscoring domestic patience and comic family dynamics.
A playful meditation on aging and appearance. It notes tired eyes and eye care to stay youthful. It jokes that a woman’s powder and discretion matter, while a gentleman should keep calm and conceal harsher traits.
Advert says a baby’s illness shows in assitude, weakness, poor appetite, sleepiness, heavy breathing, and indifference. It lists fever, congestion, worms, croup, diphtheria, or scarlatina and urges mothers to give Castoria to stimulate digestion, open pores, and expel toxins.
A dangerous Alpine climb near the frontier depicts an Austrian wounded soldier being helped up the mountain by his comrades while two more wait below to aid if the rope fails. The photo illustrates daily hazards in the Alpine fighting between Austria and Italy.
A digest of remarks on daylight predation by birds of prey and nocturnal beasts, rail accidents involving trespassers, army enlistment through moving pictures, bricklaying output, U S wealth prewar, a Japanese artificial coffee claim, and historical gold and silver production valued by the U S Geological Survey.
Women aid trench building in Turkey while Mrs Frederick Gardner tours California mountains hunting game. Harvard summer school women form a club pledging not to marry before twenty five unless the husband earns at least two thousand dollars. Mohawk princess White Deer to wed a Russian officer in England. Aunt Betsy Clark, West Virginia, reaches age 112, still active and independent.
In a lively exchange the pair notes papers predict higher dress goods costs than last autumn. Miss Flypp says she supports the rise while Miss Prim-Well objects to decollate costumes and expresses disapproval.
A simple water garden idea uses a galvanized tub sunk in the ground filled with water and aquatic plants. The tub can be lifted and stored in a cool light cellar for winter protection.
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