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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1914
Page
10
A Daily Christmas hint suggests a hand embroidered silk kimono as a refined gift for a college girl. It notes pale blue pie blue fabric with iris embroidery and mauve shades, contrasting with cheaper cotton crepe and silk options. The piece mentions cleaning costs for embroidered silks and praises silk kimonos as desirable yet costly.
The article notes cotton crepe’s durability and affordability for negligees, praising its ability to hold colors and suggesting nimble hands will craft garments from it. It contrasts cotton crepe with sik, implying crepe’s superior practicality for home sewing projects.
The passage discusses equilibrist performance without an orchestra. It notes music aids confidence and timing, helps drown audience distractions, and that many balance artists perform without music, risking greater danger.
In a dark forest a giant awakens when a cap worn by a fairy queen is stolen by the giant. Fairies tremble as the cap grants invisibility and control. The chase ends with the fairies recovering the cap, winds, and feathers scattering, while the forest sprouts with magic.
In a western town, seven year veteran teller John Fosdick faces a forged check scheme and, after a fall from grace, is fired. On a blustery November day he returns to the bank vault during a daring heist, arms raised, and dies saving the First National Bank from robbery. the town later honors him with a pension and public relief for his widow.
A vintage guide offers festive table styling ideas with a snowball centerpiece using a globe wrapped in cotton batting, holly and mistletoe sprigs, red ribbon gifts at each plate, and candy-dressed boxes as price cards. Also includes tips for tender feet care with warm soaks and emery tools.
A practical guide outlines nightly steps to prevent toe skin maceration, including dusting between toes with healing powder after washing. It covers nail care tips like filing from corners to center, weekly nail tying, and choosing a good polish to avoid scratching or thickening. It also discusses gouty hand care, softening water, and air drying with boracic eye lotion preparations. It closes with a shoulder improving exercise and a boracic acid eye rinse recipe.
This noon gown of panne velvet shows a fashion forward adaptation using fur cloths and long nap materials. The one piece tunic like skirt, wide pirdie, and a double lace plaited neck ruffle define the model. Taupe velvet with patent shoes and a black velvet turban complete the ensemble by Julia Bottomley.
Troubling chronic moisture on hands hints at a home remedy. The fragment suggests rubbing with a mixture of cologne and belladonna and sprinkling with talcum powder, though details are incomplete and unclear.
A brief guide proposes three uses for discarded stockings. A tromme holder or air distifter can be made by stitching nine finch tones and a half inch thick strip, securing with a cornered girt. For broom use, cut the foot from the stocking and slip it over the handle, then add a screw eye to hang. For a dustless mop, place stockings on a mop stick and layer silk stockings if desired.
Instructions for turning an old bed spread into a washable table pad. Wash aprons mend worn areas cut to length cover both sides with white choosecloth machine quilt turn ends stitch around for a durable pad. A cost estimate notes seven cents in thread might be included at a fair.
The text presents multiple traditional mincemeat preparations including Beef Tongue, Old Fashioned Mince Meat, Vegetarian, and Pork variants. It lists ingredients such as beef suet currants raisins apples spices and brandy or sherry, with instructions to mix grind and cook, then store in jars for use in pies and puddings.
Officers in Turkey recently procured seeds of various kinds of tobacco and forwarded them to the Philippines and to California for experimental planting. The note warns that solitude and its pleasures tempt overindulgence, potentially leading to melancholia and mud less.
A crusade style ad touts Kline's Rheumatic Remedy as a revolutionary treatment for Rheumatism Lumbago and Gout. It claims rapid relief and broad success with many cured or benefited and lists HL B Meyers Cooper's Drug Store Schroeder's Pharmacy and other outlets as sellers.
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