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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1914
Page
2
Instructions for a stately Christmas dinner with a formal company setting. Details cover a tomato bisque starter, walnut dressing for turkey, Southern Creamed Potatoes, and a grapefruit salad marinated in stock. Includes ingredient lists and basic preparation steps.
A Moscow merchant Spiridonov used engraved golden cards as wedding invitations. Recipients found the cards beautiful yet realized they were real gold cards from a mine owned by the millionaire. He sent 200 such invitations, crafted by a Moscow jeweler using mine gold.
The dish is prepared by chilling grapefruits and greens with French dressing. Lettuce leaves are dressed and topped with grapefruit pulp moistened with dressing. The salad is arranged on plates and garnished with sweet red pepper strips.
In a barnyard dialogue the Brown Hen and Turkey Gobbler discuss their fates at Thanksgiving. The gobbler boasts of being chosen for Farmer Gray’s feast while recounting a muddled history of Mosaic harvest festivals and Pilgrims. The hens react with wary humor as the tale turns toward destiny.
Novelty umbrella items suit all purses and make ideal Christmas gifts. The article notes umbrellas are practical for friends and that a handsome umbrella satisfies a careful buyer, though the possession can be brief as fashion and need shift.
Separate umbrella handles are sold in shops and the tops come in carved wood, plain wood, and artificial varieties. Novelty tops illustrated include tiny watches set neatly in the umbrella cap.
A Boston born infant, Adrienne Mautzenauer Fontana, daughter of famed contralto Mme Margarete Matzenauer and tenor Signor Edouard Fontana Fontana, is noted for her musical lineage. Her parents, active with the Metropolitan Opera, prize her early exposure to melodies and seek gentle lullabies as she naps amid a circle of renowned musicians.
Aaron Skinner, an American traveler, encounters a grand duke atmosphere while poaching in Hesse Meiningen. A luncheon with elite Huntsmen reveals views on sovereignty, marketing bosses, and reform, ending with the idea that no one benefits from Skinner’s imagined ascent.
A sermon review of Mark and Matthew on the crucifixion and burial, then the first Easter morning. It highlights the women's discovery, the angelic message, Peter’s later interview, and the differing gospel details while affirming the core resurrection claim.
Colored handkerchiefs are made in fine linen to match the costume. If the color goes with dark gowns the handkerchiefs should be vivid in red, orange, green or purple. They feature stitched hems about a quarter inch wide and a monogram embroidered in a darker shade.
A worn through at the collar shirt can be reused to make rompers. The pattern is laid so buttons down the shirt front align at the romper back. This leaves only seat buttonholes to be cut. Sleeves extend from the large shirt sleeves.
The article describes practical hunting attire for American sportswomen with a checked tweed jacket and a shorter skirt worn over dark bloomers. It emphasizes freedom of movement for tramping, hunting, and fishing in outdoor seasons, noting cap styles and comfort for Indian summer and December snows.
A religious reflection notes that Jesus tells Mary Magdalene he has not yet ascended to the Father in John chapter twenty twenty. It links Jesus in the resurrection body as high priest to his post resurrection appearances and comforting touches by the disciples that evening.
The article notes Anthony's Nose in Westchester County rising 1 288 feet above the Hudson and lauds the view as among the world's finest. It calls the Hudson the Rhine of America and cites magazine praise, though portions drift into humorless asides about Adam and Eve.
The excerpt presents a wry line by Don Marquis about attempting a crack walk and a contrasting thought from Newton warning that zeal without knowledge is a misadventure. It pairs two aphorisms on folly and caution.
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