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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1914
Page
3
A vintage recipe fragment collection guides roast duck with canned tomatoes and scalloped tomatoes, then offers a celery with cream sauce, and a simple plum pudding style with suet, crumbs, spices, and a lemon sauce. Includes baking, boiling, and mold-warming steps for a seasonal table.
A child recalls a bedtime tale where water learns of cold and warmth through seasons and nature spirits. The narrative blends dialogue between a father and children as water moves from pond to creek and back, guided by winds and frost, ending with reflections on the growing importance of advertising in daily life.
The narrator recalls his uncle, Dr James Pulsifer, a noted scientist who died a bachelor, leaving writings and a narrative about dual personalities linked to a woman named Jennie. The fragment ends with the narrator reflecting on the doctor’s early love and foreshadowing a remarkable future in science.
The article notes shops overflow with dainty novelties and affordable trinkets for late shoppers. It highlights inexpensive pin sets, collars, embroidered turnovers, ribbon ties, and fox fur sets appealing to Christmas buyers, with fashionable options for both men and women.
Fashion designers draw on military silhouettes for the season with terms like cossack and ghomadier. A novelty costume presents a new zone of feet and pockets in an afternoon wear silk in nocturne blue velvet, featuring a short jack.
A fashion feature details insistent demand for fancy ostrich in hat trims, showing nine of ten ostrich feather trimmed hats use ostrich plumes or fringe. It highlights velvet turbans with ostrich trims, standing plumes, grosgrain bands, and varied shapes, with models in sapphire blue and other shades.
Short guide notes a revival of cross stitch crafts for home decor. It highlights designs for belts, table mats, runners, and Christmas gifts in white or light colors, suggesting metallic trim bands and careful color choices to suit room style.
The article surveys refined Christmas gift ideas featuring camellias and orchids, and the new Directoire roses worn on muff or girdle. It notes gloves in various colors and styles, including serviceable plain walking gloves and black white or gray pairs with broad back stitching. Handkerchiefs remain a top quality gift, often boxed with a Christmas card, including fanora and Madeira embroidery accents.
Artificial flowers gain popularity in this country rivaling Paris. A woman's afternoon toilet is deemed complete with a corsage of violets, signaling the lasting vogue for floral accents and tasteful gifts.
A young woman crafts a charming boudoir sack from thin silk with a three inch Dresden ribbon border. A center cut circle forms a neck opening, plus a slash and ties at the neck, producing a front and back drape with arms covered.
A discussion notes that art requires long commitment with eight years of effort and six days focused on painting, followed by time to sell the finished piece. It highlights dedication of the artist to complete the work and the lengthy process from conception to market.
The crusade against rheumatism touts dramatic results from Kline's Rheumatic Remedy, claiming cures or major benefits in most cases. The ad urges testing the famous prescription to end rheumatic trouble and lists vendors H. S. Meyers Long Branch Cooper's Drug Store Schroeder's Pharmacy Red Bank and H. C. Van Note Oakhurst.
The article describes early pillow craft using layers of newspapers, brown paper, and calico, with variations to improve porosity and softness. It notes methods like rolling strips of brown paper, straw devices, and machine cut components, plus the use of various scrap papers and fabrics to reduce rustling and achieve elasticity.
Malta mail schedules list arrivals from New York City and north points at 8 11 1 46 2 45 and 6 45 a m Philadelphia and Trenton direct at 8 11 mm Asbury Park and other south points at 8 0 a m 11 40 4 45 and 7 45 p m Mails depart for New York north at 6 45 9 00 10 45 a m 12 30 2 15 3 60 6 10 and 6 46 p m Philadelphia Trenton West at 2 18 p m Asbury Park and south at 8 00 a m 12 30 6 10 and Money Order window hours from 8 00 a m to 6 00 p m Letter carriers make two collections daily and after dispatches sent to city. Postoffice lobby Sundays 11 a m to 6 p m Sunday mails discontinued. Signed T L SLOCUM P M
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