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Newspaper
Clearfield Weekly Progress
Location
Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1913
Page
8
In a breezy column Mabel describes small touches for hotel sleeping rooms, from portable electroliers with Oriental shade to dainty towels and pink silk undergarments. She highlights practical beauty aids for travelers and a chic, homelike ambiance during summer weekends.
A description of linen bundles secured with pink and blue satin ribbon bands using bone clasps and honey slides to keep towels sheets and napkins orderly. Two straps per linen bundle allow easy access without disturbing the stack. Also notes a weekly Algiers outing to the E Kettar cemetery where harems’ women gather for air and socializing.
During a brief visit to Kirkcaldy, Carlyle was asked to lead family prayers. He opened the Bible to Job and read straight through to the end, praising it as a marvelous, lifelike drama. The anecdote suggests why he was kept from further family prayer duties in that household.
Peg Woffington collapsed during Covent Garden May 1 1757 benefit performance for two minor actors and a French dancer. She continued briefly then fainted on stage before delivering the epilogue and never returned to the stage.
An 1838 Chelsea embankment encounter with Thomas Carlyle is recounted in John Foster and His Friends. The philosopher, gazing at the Thames at low tide, muses on the river returning to the sea and on the vast sea of God’s goodness, a moment preserved in terse, meditative dialogue.
A Iowa paper discusses emergency treatment for bichloride of mercury ingestion. It advises forcing eggs to form insoluble compounds, stomach pumping, and inducing vomiting to remove the poison, noting the toxin causes severe pain and liver paralysis. The quote labels the method as a rapid response when medical help is delayed.
A note from Henry T. Fink in Food and Flavor urges diners to order oysters on the shell to enjoy the fragrant liquid. He criticizes serving on the flat shell where juice is wasted and advises drinking the liquid directly from the shell after tasting the oyster.
The article details jewel preparation for watches. Jewels are formed as circles bored near the pinion diameter, then enlarged with a diamond-dusted tool to fit the steel pinion. A lathe centers the process as the setter embeds the jewel in a metal cushion and shapes the edge to match the jewel hole precisely.
A fragment discusses spider battles over web material and the vigor of defense when webs are destroyed. It then shifts to shoe care, noting glycerin softens leather, cleans boots, and preserves color for several days with occasional brushing.
A Louisville Courier Journal snippet urges persistence amid defeat. It suggests that deliberate effort over time can turn a current worst into a reasonably good performer, urging the reader not to be discouraged by early struggles. The piece frames perseverance as the path to improvement.
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