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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
2
A university student tells of sending a note with Abe the sweep and the bad experience that led Abe to fear the statues in the park. Abe recounts his chicken stealing days and a protective statue haunting him, revealing the tale was the chant behind the statue.
The article outlines infantile paralysis as a contagious germ disease and urges strict hygiene. It also discusses gifts for babies and long term value, plus mothercraft for boys and guidance on evaluating a boy’s friends to support home life.
Mothers should rest in the afternoon if needed and prepare for evening work. Home life can host games songs dances and clubs with choirs bands reading libraries and social evenings. Simple homemade lace and crochet socks for baby are pretty and practical in cotton.
The Norfolk blouse for the outdoor girl blends white linen with blue collars and cuffs and pairs with a white linen walking skirt. It adapts to serge, flannel, or silk, with a loose silk tie under a deep sailor collar and matches scarves or bandeaus in black white or neutral tones. May Manton pattern 7037 offered in multiple bust sizes.
Boston Chamber of Commerce notes rural and urban New England cling to colonial customs. Supper remains the evening meal in many homes and old fashions persist at church, schools, and village events.
A painter Franz Lenbach, after painting Emperor Wilhelm I, is asked by a privy councilor to add more detail to the uniform. Lenbach replies that he paints heads not buttons, dismissing the request with a sharp quip.
A London theater tale describes a prank where a hook in a mutton leg causes a splash and laughter as the joint slides up during a performance. The incident ends with the property man claiming the meat. Also cited is Byron era wit naming three great men, with Beau Brummell as the foremost, Napoleon second, and Byron third.
Willie endures a harsh punishment and wonders aloud if the corner time is rubbing it in. The semihumorous moment shifts the scene as his father directs him to sit in the corner.
The excerpt notes February 14 as a sacred day to St Valentine and mentions Shakespeare’s joke about birds coupling. It suggests the custom of sending love letters on this day arose from that idea. Noah Webster is cited as the source.
An informal note from Schroon Lake cites an Adirondack Indian expression meaning a daughter of the mountain. The piece recalls a humorous exchange about a father’s work and the place’s name origin.
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