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Newspaper
Fayette Reporter
Location
Fayette, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1911
Page
12
A historical editorial urges civility in phone use, noting both men and women often vent anger at operators. It condemns rude behavior as a pernicious habit, argues kindness yields better service and self respect, and calls for never being rude to telephone assistants.
Housewife offers prunes preparation avoiding boiling and suggests soaking with sugar to enhance flavor. Includes recipes for parsnips with cream, rice compote with pears, peach jelly, and sweet potatoes prepared in various ways, emphasizing simple backstove simmering and careful seasoning.
At a Catskill summer resort a children's masquerade party featured two participants dressed as bride and groom. The admired bride turned out to be a boy in bridal dress and the groom a girl in boy's clothing, causing much laughter and endearment for their playful roles.
A simple compass method uses a heated needle fixed with sealing wax and magnetized by sliding a magnet along its length. Balance the needle on a brass thimble pivot, and it will turn to point north and south once properly balanced.
A brief humor note contrasts a chicken neck and a bell with dinner, and jokes about Sweden, clocks, teeth, laughter, and Sundays. It cites the Tsing Pao as the world’s oldest paper in 1,400 years of issue, with about 10,000 circulation, and mentions Kin Pan at a thousand years.
A quirky line suggests one prime potato under expert care could yield 10,000,000 tubers over a decade. The claim blends humor with a playful horticultural twist, highlighting how a single exceptional specimen might multiply under skilled tending.
A Chicago News piece recalls a scene of hospitality and temptation as Marjorie offers mince pie lobster salad oysters and coffee under a maple tree while a child narrator observes careless mothers allowing forbidden delicacies in a Make-Believe land.
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