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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1910
Page
3
A five pound weight on a loop of wire would not fully divide a two foot ice block as silt re freezes during cutting, leaving the ice in one piece. An amusing puzzle about stream width uses a man with a tilted cap to measure a river. Also presented are poems about two girls Elizabeth and Mary and a tale of a Brownie helping poor mountain cottage children.
A Brownie instructs villagers that digging will reveal treasure, but they abandon the dig after no riches appear. Instead a garden blooms with help from a neighbor, yielding crops and warm clothes for winters. The tale ends with the Brownie content that hard work and industry are the true treasure. Birthdays in China article notes all boys born that year celebrate on the same day with large parades.
A man bought fourteen large packing boxes and paid 32 to move them. Storage men warned, the boxes proved oddly built and impossible to remove as a unit. He hired labor for 50 cents an hour and a wagon for 2 per trip, finally turning the boxes into scrap lumber worth about 3 to 4.50.
Mrs Simpkins recalls a couple who wed after a fifty year courtship while Mr Simpkins jokes the man finally held out as the feeble old partner. The note appears in Illus trated Bita.
The Birmingham Age-Herald notes a man who never smiled has died and muses on the difficulty of arousing enthusiasm by showing him a baby photograph. The column reflects on ragtime music and humorous observations about self-perception.
A Baltimore Star excerpt discusses male chivalrous behavior as instinctive deference to women and three stages of attention, pleasing, and serving. It satirizes men’s efforts to attract notice, then please, while noting changes in dress and etiquette and the role of suffrage comments amid broader social shifts.
Belts bags and purses raffia embroidery feature prominently in displays. Butterflies beetles and dragonflies in brilliant iridescent colors showcase refined decorative work. Oner two handsome embroidered items reflect skilled craftsmanship.
The piece highlights evolving dress trends with a focus on the Dutch neck style with frill and jabot, summer comfort sleeves, and seed pearls woven into embroidery on bodices and tunics. It notes white silk foundations for petticoats, lace edged net flounces, and a shift toward lower necklines as moire and bengaline fabrics remain popular.
Mrs. L. Rawson is the sole woman member of the Association of Life Insurance Presidents. Mrs. M. R. Hodder is the only woman member of the Massachusetts commission of old age pensions reporting to the legislature. Lucia Ames Mead will present on peace and arbitration.
The article notes shifting hairstyles as women embrace unsanitary hair switches like braids and swirls after pompadours fade. Oriental decorations gain popularity with ribbons, semi precious stones, tiara like arrangements, gold and silver galoon, and large hair pins, while some favor simple, natural heads free of false hair.
A column covers millinery trends with ribbons, dotted silks, tussah fabrics, and white frocks for day wear. It also offers health tips on digestion, diet, and remedies for burns, plus social notes on women’s clubs, university debates, and notable women shooters and duchesses.
The letter-writer warns of foreign crowds in London and asks what Teutonic waiters would do in an invasion. A club tale claims a native Englishman fluent in German convinces a waiter to reveal plans for when war comes, showing a feared German role in hospitality.
The Aryan launched in Phippsburg Maine in 1893 is the last wooden square rigged ship built in the United States and the only wooden classing AI in Lloyd's register. Built by C. V. Minott & Co., she features white oak frame, hard pine deck, 2123 tons register and over 3000 gross tons, and has three decks. She arrived in San Francisco with coal and recently carried asphalt, canned salmon, wine, redwood, and scrap for New York after inspection in New York last year.
In Highbridge England a man died on a hill with a false teeth plate wedged in his throat cutting off air. Autopsy showed the teeth blocked the lungs entirely, likely drawn in by a deep breath. A witness suggested the jaw crisis occurred during heavy breathing.
In witty dialogue Miss Cayenne taunts Count Fucas about marriage and titles. He declares he will not marry an heiress, claiming his title should be admired and valued. The exchange ends with a quip that a good title can make a best seller.
A collection of wry quotes notes a friend always borrowing money and umbrellas. It labels such generosity as fair weather and adds a playful line about taste, scotch, beauty fading, and honesty as a cause of poverty.
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