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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1912
Page
24
A playful Christmas party activity describes a questioning game where one player is “it.” The questioner asks yes no questions aimed at identifying the left hand neighbor who is the true object. Rules limit questions to players count and permit looping questions to reveal the hidden target.
A charming fireside game for Christmas night teaches memory and observation. Children set a toy shop on the hearth with gifts from the tree and stockings. one hides a toy while another guesses which was sold, or reorders items after a return.
A festive instruction describes making Christmas soap bubbles using laundry soap, gum arabic, glycerin, and water. Dissolve in warm water, then add cold water to stabilize. Flavor variations imitate pink or orange bubbles with juice for color.
The game uses pencils and paper divided into three equal parts by folding. Each player draws a head in the top section, then passes it to the right for a body and legs. The process continues around the circle resulting in humorous, improvised creatures. No drawing skill required. odd combos amuse players.
Pleasant holiday pastime for children by the Christmas fire. Readable prompts guide green sprig guessing and a cake and candy quiz game with labeled professions, scoring to prize the best, using rye paper and fresh pencils and pads for lively family fun.
A description of a party game where players sit in a circle and whisper tasks to each other. After a clap, each player pantomimes the assigned action while others stay silent to avoid forfeiting. Activities include mock bravura, admiring a mirror, posing as a belle, dancing, or delivering a gesture speech.
A short odd game description where players circle a blindfolded participant. A whistle is tied to the blindfolded person’s dress with a string. Players grab the whistle and blow, while the blindfolded player guesses who has it, passing the trick to another once revealed.
The article outlines the saws early origins from bronze and cave tools in Egypt’s third to fifth dynasties, notes dated specimens appear in the seventh century BCE with Assyrian iron saws, traces developments to rasps and hoops, and concludes modern saws come in straight, band, and circular forms used for wood and metal.
The Philadelphia Press laments the decline of the canvasback wild fowl. Once abundant on the Chesapeak shores feeding on wild celery its flesh prized for sweet flavor now rare and vanishing faster than the dodo. Hunters and overhunting blamed for the decline.
A Vienna story tells of a man from a well known firm who stayed at a Pressburg hotel with a large sum. After lighting a cigar and dropping smoke from bed he saw a hand and the robber fled. The thief confessed and claimed to be a former fireman driven to stop the blaze.
A grocer questions a lift girl about her father's voting. The girl replies she does not know his choice and counters with a quip about the grocer asking too many questions. The exchange ends with a witty reminder that guessing others opinions can be futile. The anecdote, attributed to Exline, highlights election talk and childlike candor.
The Cleveland Viad Dealer recalls a nameless town where two youths waiting beneath an elevated railway are drenched from above. One quips this shows America is Greece, while the other counters and wipes oil from his neck. The tale lampoons urban annoyances and the cruel humor of street pranks.
The text describes Servian cooperation and village life with a zadriga communal system where the oldest man guides mating decisions. A contrasting plate shows a landlady presenting a cheerful scene and a cemetery view, underscoring humor about life and death in a London Punch illustration.
In a Detroit Free Press item a man is described as peculiar and unconventional for his time. He not only shops with his wife but openly admits enjoying such outings, illustrating evolving social norms and gender roles in a historic context.
A Baltimore American quote praises a man who talks well, noting he has occasion to speak and digs the artisan style. Separately a gem expert claims all precious stones benefit from frequent sun baths, urging sun exposure for stones.
A curious article describes the jerboa storing water in underground melons during arid seasons and using natural barrels. It then shifts to Mark Twain humorously introducing himself, poking fun at ceremonial readings and noting two facts he claims about himself.
The article recalls Mexican brigand outrages on Guadalajara roads and a dramatic pursuit ending with the gang leader bound for the capital. It also notes a Cuier prediction about diatoms where missing ray-count species were later found, and a counsel to refrain from worrying in trouble.
An extract discusses perceived faults in Chinese soldiers citing aversion to orders and preference for independent work. It contrasts this with Napoleon's concentration method and quotes Napoleonic tactics as explained to generals, noting how massed forces and decisive strikes aimed at weak points secured victories.
A humorous exchange from the Pittsburgh Host with Everywoman and Everyman quarreling over marriage and money. They joke about schoolmates, salaries of 1500 a year, and one in jail as they pause to attend to a newborn or guest.
The passage recalls early 19th century views on alpine climbing. It cites Murray's Handbook from 1838 warning against attempts on Mont Blanc and, two decades later, noting many successful climbers among the ascent's subjects were of unsound mind.
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