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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
2
A collage of brief items notes editor Millan beef, global size comparisons, eye alignment, whale bones, and Bible mission work around Indianapolis. It includes anecdotes on banks, orchard profits, Chi nese paper, and a splash of weathered social commentary across diverse topics.
A magazine item describes a Bible alphabet game for Sunday entertainment, listing figures and places with biblical references as clues. It includes a lesson on hosting etiquette, menu notes, and a wordplay round where answers end with the syllable ade such as lemonade stockade and cascade.
A reader suggests a traditional English dining sequence: clear or thick soup, fish with lemon or parsley, game or roast fowl with celery, beef or mutton with mashed potatoes and a vegetable like asparagus or cauliflower. Salad of greens with French dressing, sometimes served with the roast. Desserts include delicate puddings, fresh fruit, a water ice, rarely ice cream, mince pie, and plum pudding. cheese of all kinds is common.
Faded galloon with gold adds crown bands while hats feature rose petal trimming in varied sizes. Broad satin gauze quills in iridescent colors on Sumatra hats complement jet pins and cabochons. Mayonnaise dressing reference and other stray notes appear alongside the Charlotte model and new blue after rain shade. Sailor hats gain heavy crown to front trimming with flowers and plumes.
The piece satirizes urban transit as automobiles rise and crowds fill trolleys. It humorously notes passengers, etiquette, and the discomfort of crowded cars, while praising legs and public conveyances despite modern transport’s omnipresence.
The Caldwell Lead Company iron shot tower at 66 Center Street in New York, a 11 story landmark for 60 years, will be demolished. The structure once served as a Civil War flag signal tower and was illuminated during a visit by the Prince of Wales.
Chicago Col George Fabyan receives Japan’s Rising Sun decoration via the Japanese ambassador in Washington and Acting Consul Yomita for long service to Japanese officials. Only one other Chicagoan, R S McCormick, has been honored similarly as a former American ambassador to Russia. Marquis Ito, visiting Chicago, is in the first class.
A fragment discusses early exposure to coffee in a child’s life and parental awareness of coffee’s effects. It recalls childhood memories of nibbling at the table while the mother cared for the baby and notes concerns about coffee containing substances harmful to children.
An angry citizen visits the Detroit trolley superintendent after his wife’s dress is torn by a conductor. He brandishes a cloth remnant and demands the transit company match the material, prompting a terse retort about buying a new dress.
Old household tips are shown to cause damage. Moist tea leaves stain carpets and salt attracts dampness and rusts tacks. Newspapers dampened and torn perform better. Rugs should be shaken from the sides to avoid stressing the rug’s weave.
A dialogue centers on fear of brain fever and the doctor's insistence that the fever is imaginary. The patient clashes with the physician over perception and reality, seeking reassurance about sanity and mind.
Cartoon caption from Baltimore American notes three people walking together. One is a somnambulist, one a kleptomaniac, and one is both. Mrs Getup exclaims surprise at seeing such brainy individuals in one group.
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