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Newspaper
Browning Leader Record
Location
Browning, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1912
Page
7
A reader asks for wedding entertainment options for a bride elect. Suggestions include hosting a den or magazine shower where guests preselect subscriptions or books, each contributing 60 cents to cover the first year’s enjoyment.
A housekeeper should protect hands from hot water and strong soaps. Use mild emollient soaps, rubber gloves for dishwashing, and two wash basins. For whitening and softening, benzoin water and cucumber skin help, followed by a rosewater glycerin lotion to plump and whiten the skin.
A reader asks if every child in a family requires a separate invitation. Answer states each family member needs a separate invite except spouses, party is evening, lunch is daytime, suggest coffee and sandwiches or ice cream and cake, and invites should be mailed or sent by messenger, not handed to guests.
A puzzling mother seeks a novel afternoon game for 12 children using quarter pound opera sticks colored by table. Provide per-player candy tongs and a box for the straws. Players draw sticks from a pile without breaking it, with scorekeeping and a post game sweets moment.
Descriptions of teen fashion and behavior offer guidance for seventeen year old girls. Advice includes hairstyles like braids or pompadours with bows, skirts below shoe tops, and how to handle romance and crossing dangers with firm boundaries. It notes calling hours from eight to ten or ten thirty.
Irish Mary advises that a young lady respond with I am very glad to meet you, Mr. Jones. The correct presentation to a woman is Miss Young, may I present Mr. Jones, who is here on a visit, or who is anxious to meet you. Include a clue to who is who in introductions.
A reader asks how many dances to give a boy at a leap year dance and whether small pearl earrings are acceptable. The columnist encourages clear boundaries and explains that if a boy truly values her, he will respect her wish to avoid kissing and unwanted familiarity.
The folding table suits tiny apartments by folding flat against a wall. When opened it reveals a baize surfaced top suited for tea or card games. A hidden center hinge opens a shallow box with sewing tools, while the opposite side includes a writing desk setup with a blotter, pen wells, and ink wells.
The text notes great difficulty in cutting thin fabrics like chiffon net and marine. It explains that pinning the material to a surface keeps it firm and helps the cut stay true.
A sewing machine agent, Sellum of Blanig and Company, tries to sell to a housewife. The door is blocked by a six foot man named Bury from Bury and Keeper undertakers who mocks the offer and threatens coffins. The agent escapes.
Mrs Poopleigh teases her husband about missing Dr Plumper's sermon. He admits difficulty catching the drift of the remarks, and she quips that he was drifting toward Slumberland in caustic tones. The exchange plays on a pun about drifting and dreaming.
A humorous exchange shows Tom billing the fiancée for the engagement ring used during the betrothal, prompting a split as Dick questions Harry's actions and the breakup follows.
A cynical young man on a Washington streetcar mocks political graft and excess after seeing ads for a new collar. Capitol dome imagery is paired with prices reading Quarter size and Two for a quarter. The remark links fashion ads to dissatisfaction with congress.
Mrs Arthur Haworth reports her four year old nephew suffered a severe facial rash with red spots and water blisters. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the blisters cleared, skin dried, and the face scar free within about ten to eleven days. The notice promotes Cuticura products with a world wide sale claim and a sample offer.
R Marriott Thompson of San Francisco cautions that scientific management can go too far. The New York Tribune notes Hussler, a factory owner, rushed a bishop and canon at a wedding altar, claiming one man can do a little job.
A constituent asks if the senator is a servant of the people. Sorghum answers yes but notes that a truly first class servant may resemble a boss in practice.
John Burroughs and Eden Burroughs hunted foxes in the Catskills at Hobart. Eden shot the fox and boasted of the five dollar skin. John countered by noting he earned seventy five dollars for a magazine account of the hunt.
A reflective essay discusses how justice should begin with both the powerful and the powerless. It argues that ideal justice would lead the weak to concede dues and the strong to arrange affairs to prevent grievances. The piece laments both sides focus on exacting justice rather than doing what is just.
The butler and maid report a row between master and mistress. The master allegedly ran out and left in his car in a huff, while others deny he departed by vehicle, stating he left in a mood instead.
An distressed ad from the Chicago based Hugo Manufacturing Co promotes a vacuum cleaner business model claiming rapid weekly income. It urges readers to join a distributor network with promises of customers and turnkey plans and offers to provide detailed selling material.
A Philadelphia or Boston advertisement states Paxton Toilet Co will send a large trial box of Paxtine Antiseptic to any woman free upon request. The note includes a romance snippet mentioning a first dance and a line about speaking to be known in arms.
A chat on whether telephone work is a profession frames a chatty piece. Mentions of Lewis's Single Binder cigar praise its reliability over sixteen years. An ad for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claims teething relief and colic cure for children. A quip notes a man learns more by age 21 than by 60.
A terse exchange unfolds with taunts about who provoked whom, centering on a tease about an old hen as a pointed insult. The dialogue hints at lingering tension and a rough edge in the confrontation.
In Pearson's Weekly a humorous exchange unfolds at two in the morning as The Jolly Fellow teases Mr. Dressing Gown about an open window. The man replies with a sharp retort, ending the encounter with a cheeky ta ta.
A humorous dialogue follows Bill as he returns from fishing with a cache of fish in his pocket. He explains he stopped at a store to buy a can of sardines, adding a light, lightweight punchline.
A delegate notes that prayers at great conventions were beautiful and universally approved. He observes the nation progressing in religious ideals as the prayers received unanimous acceptance.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a doctor joking about mustard piasters and ordering them for nocturnal patient calls. A landlady challenges the idea as a patient cries for help in the night.
Mrs. J. G. Johnson of Scottville Michigan credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with improving her health under hard farm work and shares that it eases back ache bearing down pains and painful periods. She recommends the remedy to others as a key to health and happiness.
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