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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1911
Page
2
A young woman Bessie Allen lives in Cayden after losing her mother and supports herself by crocheting on the city car ride. Morton, a diligent admirer, notices her daily and grows bold as they share a tangled crochet moment. He plans to pursue her further that evening.
A wife, pursued by a determined husband on a nearly empty country hotel piazza, resolves to disappear and warns of reporting her absence to police. She outlines a detailed description to him, including shoe size and distinctive features, then admits canceling a visit to her mother as they exchange tense dialogue.
A witty exchange frames a search by Diogenes for the honest man as he roams with a lantern and a club. The dialogue then shifts to a college professor who allegedly claimed Ed Sun was losing the heat, creating a satirical link to a misplaced truth or faulty reporting.
A dish of incongruity and style, a fireman's helmet accessory reaches these shores from Paris. It aims to ignite romantic charm with chic design, adaptable to most profiles. The piece features a deep back and front dip, shallow sides, a white cockade for height, and lattice crown braid, wearable at any flattering slope.
The piece discusses lace blouse fashions including chantilly and Irish point, with advice on veiling ears through hairstyles and makeup. It notes that concealing ears is fashionable, warns against extreme hairstyles, and mentions surgical remedies for badly shaped ears. It also covers care for children’s ear development and the use of ear straps.
A dainty white dotted batiste girl's dress for ages fourteen to seventeen features barrow ruffles and baby Irish insertion. The bodice is dressed over ta ffeta imitation silk and the girdle is prettily knotted at the side, using liberty fabric.
A new fashion model showcases a draped cutaway gown among a lineup. The design features a high fastening over the bust on the left, edges curved to a rounded center back point, and is faced entirely on the outside with self material.
The article stresses jewelry should match the overall outfit. For tailored suits keep it simple with practical pins and pearls, avoiding heavy masculine rings. Feminine dress calls for a dainty necklace and pendant earrings. Evening wear allows more flexibility with accessories.
A tip from the Woman's National Weekly advises sewing small elastic strips inside a pump. Attach a two inch piece across the heel to keep the shoe from slipping. Add elastic on the sides of the instep to prevent gapping when worn.
The piece contrasts millionaire status by country and era, noting Britain values pounds while France uses francs, Prussia marks its currency, and ancient Babylon valued talents. It explains a million is not universally equivalent, with a Babylonian benchmark of 1,000,000 talents equating to about 2 billion dollars in the described money system.
The piece discusses past and proposed funding for desert travel guides in California and across the western public domains. It notes a $5000 state appropriation for desert guide boards and a $10000 federal bill to help the interior department locate water sources and place monuments and signs for traveler safety.
A powerful cyclone at Grane Quevilly near Rouen France destroyed a large factory killing ten workers. The storm uprooted a six foot walnut tree and toppled nearby oak trees while the foreman warned about thirty escaped. Bricks stones and roof timbers were hurled as the wall collapsed.
A three man party summited Rheinwaldhorn at over 11000 feet. The center climber broke through snow into a crevasse and was trapped for nine hours. His companions descended for help as his belongings disappeared into the depths. Rescuers finally pulled him to the surface half frozen and alive.
A large balloon descended into Charite hospital Paris causing alarm among patients and staff. Firemen arrived with hooks and ladders and burst the gas bag to prevent a possible catastrophe. The balloon had drifted since morning and chose the hospital as a safe landing spot for three aeronauts aboard.
An energetic magistrate named Nino plunged into waist deep water and formed a barrier of coffins bricks and rubble at United Benevolence hall to hold back a flood. His rescue saved the city from disaster and a deputation of local gentry later offered no thanks.
A German incident shows a boy tearing stamps and his father asking the post office to exchange them. The official allows only stamps of value at least one zurek to be exchanged. The father buys six more stamps, tears them, and the official converts them into ten new stamps, in a formal yet comic display of bureaucratic rules.
In New York the British minister known as Copenhagen Jackson hosts a late party at his Broadway home. Nell, with rough riders, asks to see him to learn if he has a party and then quips about the trump cards, revealing the humor of the prank.
A prankster persuaded the lecturer Tellitt Wright to give a talk before the Simpson school, but the event turned out to be a lecture for the blind. The stunt caused amusement and a moment of confusion for Wright and attendees.
A kind man consoles a crying小 boy on the beach. The little boy admits he is not lost but seeks the whereabouts of his father and mother who have wandered away. The man offers help and questions the child about his guardians. The scene conveys sympathy and concern.
A woman asks to open a bank account but clarifies she desires a charge account similar to those offered by large dry goods stores. The bank acknowledges and asks for the deposit amount she wants, indicating willingness to accommodate.
A dialogue notes skepticism about selling goods to Mr Blackstone as a plumber laments a long unrepaired leak in a house, two years without fixing the problem, reflecting a potential business frustration.
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