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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1908
Page
2
The readable fragments reference farming in a rural setting, a possible health or medical discussion, and assorted numbers and names. Mentions include John Horns, Paris, Norte Ad, and various unclear entities amid a stream of disjointed phrases and figures from a historical page.
A mix of global mortality figures and social observations. The text cites miners' deaths in Britain and Europe, critiques of Victorian work, poverty in Sunderland, London mortality in workhouses, a Massachusetts fossil expedition, and a Chicago physician mocking feminine dress as harmless amusement.
A new men's church in Atlantic City aims to attract worshippers by blending sermons with pipes cigars and moving pictures. It promotes masculine virtues while discouraging Merry Widow hats and feminine frivolity, arguing men should smoke here rather than in the hereafter.
The receiver of a broken Kansas bank wound up its business in three months, paid depositors in full, returned most of the original investments to stockholders, and charged only $250 for services and expenses, showing little head for business.
Three women assert marriage to a Boston millionaire now deceased, prompting questions about how many rich Americans pursue widows to gain control of their estates.
A narration of a college girl Helen and six men planning a staged breakup at the Hudson balcony ends when a note reveals her engagement to Eugene Beardsley. Helen accepts the six suitors’ prank as a ruse, and the scene culminates with a wedding invitation and shared laughter.
A Holland Society of New York tablet commemorates Baron Vans der Capelen for aiding the United Colonies in the American Revolution. The piece details the dedication ceremonies and notes Capt. Hans Anderson, a Monitor veteran living in Brooklyn, who sought a pension increase through allies in Washington. Anderson, 74, and his wife face financial need despite a long naval career.
Among European royalties there are composers and musicians. King Peter of Servia wrote the Servian National Battle Song. Archduke Friedrich of Austria loves love songs and plays five instruments. Grand Duke Michael of Russia issued The Influenza March. Prince Joachim Albert of Prussia favors waltzes and comic songs. Prince Nicholas of Greece plays the flute and composed a symphony for pipes. Princess Henry of Hattenberg wrote many songs and piano pieces.
A social exchange features Mr. Comrox noting his daughter's dot in the check book and claiming near belonging to an old European family, while an Irritating friend challenges the notion of European aristocratic lineage.
The International Congress on Tuberculosis will take place in Washington next September. A major exhibition illustrating global efforts against the disease will run with the congress from September 21 to October 12.
In a humorous exchange the aphorist quips you cant get something for nothing while a speaker with bad dreams jokes that purple dragons and pink rhinoceroses from the Welsh rabbit were never put into it. The Washington Star records the playful banter.
A Washington Star quip notes many signers approved the petition while others were flattered to be asked for autographs.
The piece describes pairing partners with flower basket drawings and a city river and hero table quiz, followed by a Cupid themed invitation and centerpieces. It includes party props such as lettered tables, gift pins, heart shaped cakes, miniature Cupid figures, and a table of novelty prizes and a humor filled menu for church suppers.
A musical girl devised an evening game for fellow students in the same house. Guests hunted objects posing as instruments, with clues hidden in rooms. A bag near a clay pipe became a bagpipe, a bottle beside a hotel photo stood for a violin, and a boy eating corn added to the playful puzzle.
The article describes colorful sashes and neckwear, favoring washable net chemisettes over tulle. It notes Grecian capes made from circular fabric, spring boas as collars with tassels, and a Paris coat reaching near the skirt bottom edged with sila braid.
Describes a decorative cushion cover worked in ribbon and embroidery silk on corded silk. Uses dull pink ground, green chaplet, yellow silk accents, and gold tinsel outlines. Bee and spray motifs in brown gold and green, back finished with furniture satin and multicolored tassels.
The article explains altering sleeves to update gowns and waists. Methods include cutting sleeves smaller, remodeling old full sleeves, or creating a long strip from 2 to 4 inch pieces joined together. Edges are hemmed, lace trimmed, and a fitted foundation sleeve with ruffles added finishing with a cuff. Dainty sleeves suit fluffy summer garments.
An old recipe extols an oatmeal beauty pad as a cleansing substitute for soap. It suggests mixing oats in cheesecloth, making four by two and a half inch pads, soaking until milky, and washing face arms and neck for clear, soft skin. A hint of fragrance via orrigs root is offered.
An advertisement touts a broad information fund on health and right living. It promotes Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted and wholesome family laxative manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co and sold by leading druggists.
A satirical dialog about office ethics and a mocked interview reveals a boastful broker’s test and a punchline about paradise. The piece surveys place name obscurity, Podunk references, and geographic naming debates with quips on American urban growth and Minuit’s Manhattan sale.
A testimonial extols Grape-Nuts with milk and cream as a perfectly balanced food nourishing brain and nerves from infancy to old age. It claims improved nerve power memory and appetite, with multiple family members adopting the product. The ad invites readers to note the reason and to read The Road to Wellville.
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