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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1914
Page
7
Rev Dr Harris L Remington spoke to the Duluth Young Men's Christian Association urging youths to avoid courtship displays he labeled spooning. He warned that a kiss and a spark are each trifles that lead to greater impropriety.
Homemade neckwear and muff sets are fashionable and simple to craft. Neeckpieces use velvet or fur with satin lining and tasselled finishes, while muffs are down or wool filled with satin and bead decorations. Small keepsakes include cretonne collar boxes and sachets scented with lavender.
A textile article describes a tobacco pouch and dressing case bag made from four long narrow triangles of leather or plush sewn together with a lining. Edges along the top are blind-stitched. The bag measures 714 inches long and 842 inches wide with a casing 114 inches from the top for elastic drawstrings. Suspenders are sewn at each side for hanging.
Electing gifts for one's menfolks is perplexing to the Christmas shopper. Men prefer useful, convenient items and often value gifts made by the donor. This year offers novelties not hard to craft at home, such as a versatile basket suitable for a ten or a bedroom, filled with practical sewing and craft items.
Simple collars and vestedes designed to complement tailored suits offer a frugal fashion option. Features include hand embroidered scallops, fine swiss lace, wired collars for flare, and a brocaded velvet vestee with lace trim and decorative buttons.
The most attractive presents for men are office or library sets including portfolio, letter box, wastebasket, and candle shade. They use wallpaper designs on heavy cardboard or wood, with black and white stripes and red flowers, gold braid trim, and leather or tiffany papers for a tasteful gift.
Henry Rose, assistant secretary of the senate, challenged a visitor from New South Wales who asked what building they were at. The exchange ended with the stranger offering to tour Washington if ever visiting Australia.
A critic notes the play lacks realism due to a one week interval between acts and the repeated servant character. The remark frames the production as more theatrical than lifelike.
The twelve Federal Reserve Banks opened as part of a new currency system seen to restore confidence and curb panics. The plan allows expansion and contraction of the money supply, uses commercial paper as collateral, and places a central Federal Reserve Board in Washington to mobilize resources. Initial operations focus on deposits of reserves, discounting bills, and accepting checks from member banks.
Copenhagen dispatch from the Berlin Tageblatt reports villages in East Prussia evacuated, with all trains to Koenigsberg crowded with refugees. The German General Staff has ordered 10,000 siedges to move.
The Belgian Relief Commission reports 10,000 tons of cereals delivered in Belgium and 6,400 tons in Holland over three weeks. Relief is dispatched daily, with 42,000 tons loading for Belgium abroad and about 50,000 more in collection.
The New York Mail recounts Manhattan’s 300 year arc from Adrian Block’s log huts and a bronze token at 45 Broadway to a city of nearly six million and real estate near ten billion. It cites Broadway’s birth from Captain Block’s Restless and New York’s role as a world center driven by restless energy and opportunity.
The defunct Grand Union hotel figure Simeon Ford tells a Boston Herald Q A with modesty saying he never tells stories but offers a true hotel happening. A guest submitted a bill note joking if the policy applies to false teeth prompting laughs.
The report notes Philadelphia has five women factory inspectors and England and Italy have large female labor forces in farming and industry. It cites New York tailoresses and a Canadian women’s rifle association, plus over three million US widows and uncertain European widows after the war. It also describes Java’s matriarchal council in marriage and British war widows receiving pensions.
A Prospertown New Jersey physician praised Postum as an easy pleasant alternative to coffee. A patient reported relief from dizziness nervousness and eye strain after substituting Postum. testimonials say it rebuilt health. Postum, by Postum Co., Battle Creek Michigan, offers Regular and Instant forms with pricing and brewing notes.
A chaste exchange between a modest maid en and a major unfolds in a conservatory. The maid poses a clever mathematical riddle about a kiss and the major admits it is a conundrum. The maid reveals the answer: nothing divided by two.
A quoted exchange discusses a "fag system" in schools, clarifying it is not about brain fag. The dialogue centers on confusion over terminology and the implications for student discipline or study culture.
A report cites engineers valuing Oregon water power above 13 000 000 horsepower. The text also mocks patent remedies and debt, noting a dubious cure for congestive colds and a quip about debt expanding as more is contracted.
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