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Newspaper
Ellsworth American
Location
Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1901
Page
2
A Congregationalist sermon excerpt reflects on Moses's psalm and the brevity of life. It urges numbering our days to pursue wisdom, avoid folly, and serve God, contrasting human fleeting life with divine eternity. The piece also discusses cultivating reverence, love, and awe for God amid waning sacredness.
Fragment from a religious page citing Nashville Christian Advocate and Adolph Harnack. Emphasizes unity of belief and conduct, character growth through patience, and the simplicity and depth of Jesus message as explained by Rankin and Harnack.
A mixed column features Aunt Madge’s Christmas memories and reader notes, plus practical tips. It includes a recipe for cleaning fluid, a fish-cleaning hint, a reflection on kindness and speech, and encouragement for industrious youth seeking opportunity.
A practical guide shows the standard steps to carve a turkey at table. It describes securing the bird on its back, removing legs at the second joint, detaching wings, separating drumsticks, slicing the white breast meat, removing the wishbone, accessing the dressing, and finally disjointing the carcass by breaking the backbone.
Post office staff sort through letters addressed to Saint Nick at Joyland and other locations including Fairyland and the North Pole Mexico. Clerks note tampering is criminal and many letters arrive unsigned or without stamps. The piece also glosses Christmas feast customs of medieval times and Saxon traditions of holiday revelry.
The article surveys historic beauty beliefs and home spa ideas from ancient and early modern times, noting queens like Diana of Poitiers and Marie Antoinette favoring baths and scented waters. It also touches on Victorian room decor, wallpaper choices, light, skylights, and rudimentary kindergarten supplies and crafts for children.
A Brooklyn woman, needing to supplement income, starts a home dyeing business after proving skill in amateur dyeing. Her ready social network and well located home aid the venture, with neighbors drawn by word of mouth and a neat business card.
The article advises brushing nails toward the cuticle with hot soapy water and soda to strengthen nails and bring color to fingertips. It notes pink powder should not replace a rosy tint and suggests applying Vaseline nightly to keep nails healthy and prevent hangnails.
In Washington Star readers note a discussion sparked by Miss Cayenne about Mrs Jangle's daughter. Although described as plain by some, others concede she is highly intelligent and exceptionally amiable.
A decorative dark green ribbon band with lighter etched script spans the dresser in a guestroom. The inscription reads The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
A lady questions a new housemaid about her preferred form of address. The applicant prefers to be called by the surname Darling, noting familiarity with such usage. The exchange centers on propriety and personal naming in a domestic hiring scene.
Ellsworth resident Mr. Chas A. Curtis shipbuilder on Water Street testifies he suffered night itch and daytime irritation from piles before trying Doan's Ointment. After initial relief in the first application he was cured before finishing a quarter box. Sold by all dealers 60 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents for U S Remember the name Dean's and take no other cures all itchiness of the skin.
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