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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1911
Page
3
Mail your order to the largest exclusive shipping house west of Chicago for Christmas sweets. Prices save 20 to 40 percent on Fancy Sweets, Bonbons, Peanut Brittle, Raisins and Fruits, Cranberries, and mixed treats in 5 to 16 ounce packages. Fresh Cape cranberries and other pure sugar fruit flavors highlighted.
An elderly Welsh woman Ruth Evans died at 90 after years of poverty. Neighbours funded her coffin. A bank passbook saved from her cottage showed £500 after 30 years, doubling through compound interest. The discovery followed her death, revealing a forgotten fortune in Aberbele bank.
A dated recipe for custard corncake mixes two eggs one third cup sugar one cup sweet milk sour milk Indian meal one and a half cups flour half cup flour one and a half teaspoons soda one teaspoon salt. It instructs pouring melted butter in a pan then pouring the batter into the center without stirring and baking in a hot oven until done. The note claims the recipe is true and tied.
The ad promotes RED CROSS BALL BLUE as the superior blue laundry product. It claims the large package costs 5 cents, washes more clothes than any blue on earth, and makes laundry brighter. Consumers are urged to ask their grocer for this blue detergent.
Philanthropists and others backing a program to provide meals for hungry school children in England report clear benefits. Free meals improved height and weight gains, and children became better students with less disciplinary trouble after a week of feeding. Lancet endorses expanding the program to all-fed children.
In a quandary Litson Nubbs debates breaking a vow tied to the Canadian recipro city bill. On his birthday his fiancée gifted him a shaving omen creating an awkward tension between keeping his word and her feelings.
Dialog contrasts a squint faced man asking about safety devices with a goggles wearing man who cites a speedometer. The speedometer is praised as saving him from many fines, highlighting awareness of automobile safety tools.
A libel suit by an apothecary in Pollsu Styrian against a young peasant exposes a widespread superstition that healers may kill at least one man and one woman yearly for medicine. Putz is frightened by an alleged attempt to kill him. his parents are acquitted for acting in good faith. The piece on conservation urges practical action in using natural resources, promoting gardening and careful seed selection to sustain food supply and national welfare.
A domestic farce unfolds as Cyril hops in pain after a stab from a hatpin, his wife Mabel calmly removes the pin and reveals the prank. An inset ad promotes Mother Gray’s Aromatic Leaf cure for female ailments with mail order details.
A century old fig tree behind the Charles James Fox statue in Bloomsbury Square bore a crop near average despite a severe April frost that damaged much vegetation. The tree, a London landmark, will shed fruit at the immature stage by late July, a pattern long observed.
Time has touched lightly Mrs Jon A Logan and her preservation lies in constant occupation of mind. Busy during her husband’s life, she continued after his death, editing and writing for magazines and newspapers, giving lectures, and supporting large charitable undertakings while maintaining mental activity.
An old advertisement claims Manyan's Cold Remedy breaks up colds and pneumonia, relieves head and lung symptoms instantly, and offers free medical advice by mail. It lists Professor Muanyon at 534 Jefferson Streets, Philadelphia, PA, as the address for inquiries.
A farmerish exchange features a sample dialogue about hard work and non union sentiments, followed by practical notes on stain removal with ink, along with drug store ads and recipes. It includes brief mentions of Mrs Resors Sooth rup the rem for children teething and a coffee ink stain remedy using hydrogen peroxide and boiling. It ends with a rhubarb dessert method and a Danish rhubarb preparation with sugar and milk suggestions.
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