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Newspaper
Correctionville News
Location
Correctionville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1913
Page
4
A cryptic religious text discusses Jesus as Messiah and the Kingdom of God. It notes verse references from Matthew Mark and Luke, contrasting Jesus power over demons with the unbelief of scribes, and arguing that Jesus exposes hearts and reveals sin.
A devotional piece compares digesting food to digesting scripture. It urges memorizing and meditating on the Bible, describes chewing as careful study, and analogizes spiritual nourishment to tasting and savoring God’s word for strength and growth. The sermon cites Proverbs 15 10 and 1 Peter 2 2 to illustrate persistent spiritual intake.
A writer describes efforts to photograph young gray seals in the Scilly Isles. After years of trying during restricted autumn breeding, a second landing yielded four pups on a sloping rock nursery. The piece details challenges of landing, behavior of pups and adults, their diet of fish, interactions with birds, barking, and pugnacity, and notes the impracticality of photographing adults in wild offshore haunts this season.
On the eve of the New Year a century ago London endured a fatal fog that blanketed much of England. For five days electric lights were absent and gaslights failed to pierce the thick haze. Commerce halted as people wandered lost, some drowning in the Thames, others badly injured in street collisions.
A host recalls dining with Lord Byron and his anti fat diet. The poet refused meat fish fat wine and ample biscuits yet asked for soda water. The host notes potatoes dressed with vinegar, a simple meal that paradoxically loosened appetite and led to fattening.
A humorous exchange depicts a wife asking for a moment while the dressmaker arrives with her bill. The husband protests time as money, insisting he has none to spare. The brief dialogue captures a playful domestic bargaining over finances and leisure.
Experts in London question the so called faith healing and a reported miracle of restoring sight to a blind maid brought by Lord Sandwich. The committee recalls the patient wandering and unable to read or write, noting the miracle seems truncated at both ends and offering no scientific support for the cure.
Disjointed lines mention New York figures and unclear phrases about orders and rights. The garbled text references a New York topic, a person named Moses, and a described incident with a wagon and nerves irritation. The fragment lacks coherent facts or a clear event.
A February birthday celebration described by Mary Mason Wright features zodiac motifs carnations and booklets with puzzles naming famous February figures. Guests guess six authors six musicians six statesmen and six others from clues tied to objects music and portraits. The scene includes a dancing frock of white taffeta and a bow of silk for the birthday child.
A Gaxar Booth drew wide attention at a bazaar with a pink crepe paper lattice backdrop. Antumo leaves were crafted from crepe paper and pinned to the lattice, creating a vivid decorative display praised for its texture and color.
The roof of the booth featured closely stretched pink crepe paper strips. Designs could be built using daisies, holly and palasettia blossoms. Cutting the designs takes time though the sight cost and pleasing results redeem the effort.
A fragment outlines a home mixture using carbolic acid glycerin and vinegar to treat chapped hands. It suggests rubbing on hands after washing and mentions rose water as an optional diluent, indicating a simple, improvised salve. The wording is garbled but centers on a DIY remedy with carbolic acid components and dilute liquids.
A New York Press blurb describes a blue taffeta headpiece with a tight band crown. A hand tightens under the chin and snaps over one ear, detailing a fashion accessory or millinery ornament.
A novel brush holder shaped like an artist palette is described with cream art linen covering, edge turns, and back glueing. A palette slot holds the brush, a ring or bow suspends from wall or ribbon, and the piece combines paint patching effects with a functional thumb hole and removable handle.
A partial fragment describes a purple brocade skirt outfit with cream trimmed embroidery and a gray fox fur collar. The text references a Watters tabard and a delicate tartan-like silk trimmings, but many details are obscured and unreadable.
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