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Newspaper
Grass Range Review
Location
Grass Range, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1919
Page
5
An ad promotes home ownership arguing that paying for a home yields value whether owned or rented. It claims a home remains worth as much after use as at purchase, stressing lasting usefulness and financial soundness.
A Christian Herald piece argues cruelty is not a feminine vice and blames bird plumage on vanity. It questions judging women by a single fault and notes women largely inspire humane movements, while criticizing bird fashion as a trivial cruelty.
A writer cites the Edinburgh Review to argue that reduced birthrates arise with civilization and parental care. The piece notes high birthrates and death rates in savage societies and cites Havelock Ellis on European nations with warlike nations topping birthrates. He calls efforts to restore old birthrates ignorant and fatuous.
Knitting, once a grandma craft, is revived globally but faces a future shift as Isaac Wix Lamb of Salem Michigan pioneers the first knitting machine turning 4000 loops per minute and enabling diverse knit goods. Subsequent inventors refined the process while wartime demand brings back knitting needles in homes theaters and transit yet hints at a decline of home knitting over time.
A list of men who started in medicine, including Oliver Goldsmith, famed for The Vicar of Wakefield. The New York Telegraph notes his medical career was marked by poor repute. his East India Company appointment was revoked and he failed the Surgeon’s Hall exam to become a naval hospital mate.
A brief note on sight-following hounds led by the greyhound as the leading type. It lists Irish wolfhound Scottish deerhound and Russian wolfhound among sight-followers and names bloodhound foxhound beagle and basset among scent-followers. A mention notes the stag hound and deerag variety have largely faded.
Dawn and day and twilight frame a patriotic verse describing the flag carried in France with red for hero blood white for faith and blue for freedom. The poem honors England France and the allied soldiers and ends with God and our men in battle bearing the banner.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports a rough review after a Russian show stop, noting a young comedienne's antics a cross eyed ad in a street scene and a manager entering the box. The professor-pianist mimicked a piano player poorly while the cast drew laughs from a fat audience member. The newly rich mother carried lunch from a delicatessen and the heroine wore heavy padding. Overall the performance was excellent.
A street jewelry vendor feigns a surprise to spark interest. He claims a sovereign will go to the first correct date guess, prompting a flood of years from the crowd. He then reveals the true date, 1910, leaving the audience astonished.
A London Ideas piece mocks rural life with a quarrelsome exchange on allotment cabbages and odd questions. A brawny hand silences the inquisitive youth as the elder tries to answer with weary nonchalance.
George protests the family diet as his mother cuts costs by serving dried fruits. He harshly wishes prunes would rise to $20 so they could not be bought, revealing popular wartime price anxieties and household coping strategies.
A witty exchange highlights a child’s talent for mimicry as a speaker notes the daughter imitates many things except her mother’s housework, underscoring humor in family dynamics.
The quote depicts a person who avoids joining debates on topics he lacks knowledge of. It emphasizes prudent restraint and self awareness in discussions. No names or organizations are provided.
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