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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1913
Page
7
A young boat owner savors potential sailing as winter sports occupy thoughts. The piece explains New Year celebrations in Japan, highlighting the Day of Four Side Worship, festive greens and garlands, and decorative symbols. It also includes light conundrums and the origin of the word limousine.
A chaotic verse recalls a naughty boy who distrusted fairies and frightened girls with wild west play. He boasted and misbehaved until a New Year’s Eve episode where fairies discipline him with tricks and fear, then tuck him into bed with a hopeful resolve to be kind in the coming year.
A poor family, Ned and his widow mother, inherit a missing explosive recipe after inventor father dies. An encrypted note, hidden in a ciphered columnar message, points Ned to a wartime deciphering method. Ned decodes, the manufacturer buys the recipe, and Ned and his mother rise from poverty to wealth.
A column discusses storing unused cars in cold weather focusing on tire care. It advises removing tires from rims, stacking them, keeping storage cool and dark, and dusting casings with talcum before reinserting tubes. It also warns on bright linings and a wedding hymn anecdote.
A detailed guide describes making a pine cush ion from a wooden hat stand using tissue poppy forms. Steps cover base flowers three in a circle, pink ribbon wrapping, twisted stems, and swirled rose tops with center beads. Suggestion to scent with sachet powder matching the flower theme for a lasting handmade gift.
A Boston Globe snippet shows a Sunday school teacher asking Tommy why he does not say his prayers each night. Tommy replies that he never did say prayers even when sleeping in a folding bed, highlighting a moment of childlike defiance.
A fragmentary humorous exchange shows a couple joking about spending and a father’s reaction. The text reflects playful marital banter with language indicating preserved era style and lingering OCR garble.
Cincinnati man seeks a writ to force his wife to listen to his plea to end their separation. A Bayonne recorder fines two sailors by phone so the ship could sail with the tide. In New Brunswick a thief steals milk during a progressive breakfast. A Passaic couple marks sixty years of marriage with a lively dance. A Maryland family builds a new house after the old one cannot bear the weight of their combined size.
A housewife can enhance the Christiania dinner with festive cake decor. Instructions describe citron christias cake, fancy Christmas cakes, dried fruit toast, and mistletoe cake with holly, sugar threads, and colored creams. Techniques include baking in large molds, spiced fillings, and decorative toppings.
A description promotes a winter gown made of epoupe and velvet using Duvyetyn, with a deep lip girdle and chic effect in plum or copper tones. The medium size gown reportedly requires seven yards of material for the cut.
May Manton pattern inquiry requests from a recipient are noted with instructions to send details by mail. The message mentions a two cent postage requirement and urges using a coupon for ordering with a specific address and contact.
A comic misprint recounts a mouse in a house nibbling stockings and candy canes, ending in a satirical moral about Christmas. The piece, from Harper’s Magazine, hints at a farcical disaster as the mouse is said to have perished from acute gas irritation, undermining the holiday.
A garbled note recalls a belated reminder related to a trade or office, mentioning names and a string of unclear phrases. The readable portion hints at a group of horsemen and a date or time marker, but the text remains mostly indecipherable.
Beautifully situated but small capital drive seeks investors to insure the cemetery. Details and particulars available from M. Throckmorton Secretary 82 Broadway Long Branch M J.
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