Gumless Gummer in Punch Bowl Gossip
A humorous dialogue features Small Brother asking Mr Blunderly for gum. Mr Bunderly declares he does not chew gum. Small Brother recalls his sister's claim that he gummed the whole party at the dance.
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1921
Page
6
A humorous dialogue features Small Brother asking Mr Blunderly for gum. Mr Bunderly declares he does not chew gum. Small Brother recalls his sister's claim that he gummed the whole party at the dance.
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder issues often misattributed. Symptoms include back pain headaches and fatigue, signaling possible kidney disease. Doctor Kilmer’s Swamp Root is promoted as a remedy to try, with a sample offer and drugstore availability.
Maud Grabbins ends engagement with Mr. Green and requests removal of a diamond from their ring, citing personal principles after breaking the engagement. The jeweler questions the desire to remove a perfect stone.
Fashion favors rich embroidery in this season's suits with two standout coats. One features panelled skirt embroidery and matching colorwork with a straight silhouette and dual link buttons revealing a lace vestee. The other uses multi color embroidery over the coat lower, sleeves, and collar with a V opening when the collar loosens.
Fashion notes describe a shift toward cape-like coats with unconfined flowing lines. Navy and tan duvetyn dominate with silk trimmings and embroidery, while some coats stay straight with slim belts. Crepe capes in brown, bisque, gray and black appear unlined to match outfits.
United States Department of Agriculture outlines egg breeds Leghorns and Minorcas as active early producers of white eggs and poor sitters. It notes meat breeds Brahmas Langshans and Cochins for larger roasters, plus general purpose fowls that balance egg and meat output and tend to brood well.
The passage places Plymouth Rock Wyandotte Rhode Island Red and Orpington among medium size poultry. It notes their suitability for meat production and docility, describing these breeds as good representatives of a balanced class.
Poultry specialists of the USDA advise cleaning and spraying brood and poultry houses to eradicate stick tight fleas. Treat birds with a kerosene and lard mix, applied carefully to combs and wattles. Wet yards and dry soil around coops with a salt solution to prevent flea breeding.
Fifteen turkey hens can safely be mated to a vigorous tom. If 25 or 30 hens are kept, two toms should not run with them at the same time. One should be confined one day and the other the next. When two rams run together they fight fiercely and the stronger does most of the mating.
Testimonies from Mrs A Keller of Afton Tennessee and Mrs Mary Lister of Adrian Michigan praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for easing symptoms during the Change of Life. The ad describes common female complaints as nervous and circulatory and promotes a free booklet from The Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
A National Geographic Society bulletin notes aging transport methods persist in regions older than Greenland Eskimo culture. Ox carts still pull southerner coach-and-four for churchgoing, while bulls guide Indian wagons and Burmese travelers toward Mandalay. Tractors are widespread in streets.
The New York Evening Post reports a wry exchange about copying ideas. Professor Matthews describes the progression from idea to adaptation to plagiarism to research, attributed to Nicholas Murray Butler.
In a clipped exchange a confidant teases a hopeful bride about a proposed match. A second voice hints at a delayed congratulations, signaling shared reluctance and possible hesitation toward the engagement and union.
An old editorial note touts Hoxsie's Croup Remedy for lung congestion from Kells Co Newburgh NY and mentions a comic exchange about Shakespeare and a broken engagement. The ad claims forty years of use and public awareness.
United States engineers are constructing concrete igloos for the Eskimo residents of the Pribilof Islands to blend durable housing with native architectural style as pelts rise in value and prosperity spreads. The remote Bering Sea settlements, with about 350 inhabitants, increasingly access modern goods via mail order while preserving local design.
A female’s refusal is not proof she won’t wed. Sarcasm masks weak resolve and timidity. The speaker warns that too many men seek trouble rather than productive work.
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