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Newspaper
Eureka Sentinel
Location
Eureka, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1912
Page
7
White fox fur makes a comeback in winter fashion with dresses, stoles, muffs, and caps. Paris style shows fur heavy ensembles and hats trimmed in white fox, appealing to dark haired women and teens. Fur shops display white fox sets while millinery rooms feature caps with berry accents.
This report notes the popularity of COSTUMES in Russian style for winter with side-fastening coats, fur collars, and long sleeves. It highlights BEACK satin, snowy chiffon, jet and rhinestones for evening wear, and mentions massed Psyelin coiffure and fringed borders in new cottons.
Central Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, a large denomination hub, faces comment as it adopts a free pew system. Ministers worry deficits might let wealthy members control church administration while others defend rent or free pews as practical funding.
Practical hints cover dust removal from walls with cornment and cloth. Olive oil bottles cleaned with ammonia. A homemade bag from towels and hides. Empty fruit jars washed before storage to avoid hand scrapes. A dish mop cuts jar edge scraping risk. A kitchen table grease remover uses soft soap silver sand and Time mixed to a paste. Rub with ruby solution on a scrub brush and rinse with warm water.
A true Tudor era tale unfolds with Lord Compton disguising as a baker to spirit Sir John Spencer’s daughter away in a bread basket. Queen Elizabeth later sanctions a christening pairing that makes John Spencer Compton the heir, uniting lovers and sealing a fortune.
A sentimental verse notes a boy speaking of a future valentine and devotion. The speaker praises a fair and faithful girl, asking what the coming years will hold in her shrine as a future valentine. The poem ends with a prayer for divine grace to be with the beloved.
A New York Tribune writer recalls meeting Abraham Lincoln at a winter 1863 presidential reception, where Lincoln gently greeted a child and emphasized warmth. The excerpt then shifts to a grammar lesson on lay and lie, illustrating correct tense usage with examples.
A game where players sit in a row and the leader takes a seat behind them at the row’s head. The leader makes an odd gesture and asks the person behind whom he stands, What am I doing. If the answer is wrong the guessing player must imitate the gesture in silence as punishment.
A description of slips bearing different types of advice being shared among kids. Each slip is read aloud and judged for quality and relevance whether good or bad, appropriate or inappropriate, and who it fits. The activity promises amusement and reflection on usefulness.
A playful puzzle lists pens linked to various meanings and words. It asks which pen holds Moses to authority, which pen belongs to a clock, and others tied to copper poverty religious feasts wings and other curious hints.
A biographer notes Abraham Lincoln spent most waking hours in the War Department telegraph office during the Civil War. The president visited daily from the White House lawn to receive front news and often walked with a shawl over his shoulders. He entered the office through a screen door, with Major Eckert and soldiers nearby, sometimes arguing against the guard.
The fragment notes Talleyrandy’s wit and the claim he blends with factual people who make him believe he equals their cleverness. It suggests a debate over his intellect and social circles. No dates, places, or organizations are given in the readable segment.
The piece offers playful Valentine gift ideas beyond lace and flowers. Suggestions include heart shaped boxes, red hearts with white ink, crape paper wrap, gloves, handkerchiefs, and small keepsakes like bookmark or penwiper. It mentions home made options and heart shaped photo frames, with a Brooklyn Eagle reference.
The applicant for an office boy position is asked where he previously worked. He responds that he believes the boss was at an earlier place, implying uncertainty about his prior employment. The Chicago Record-Herald records this exchange.
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