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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1914
Page
3
A collection of light verse and brief anecdotes from Judge and other publications includes limericks about gas, tango, and beddings, plus snippets on a Glasgow courtship, a Sunday school report, prodigal son lessons, teachers surprised by capsizes, and a heiress's romance at a summer resort. The pieces feature humorous wordplay and local-tinged dialogue.
In a debate from Life magazine, a Progressive and Jinks discuss the stubborn 24 hour day unchanged for 6,000 years. They muse on whether science can speed up Earth's rotation, invoking a mix of humor and curiosity.
A wry exchange between a Professor of Physics and a Professor of Psychology about students understanding their views. The Chicago News captioned the item as Strange with Patience noting the student contempt. Patrice comments that her love grew cold because he kept him in hot water, a Yonkers Statesman joke line.
A Washington Star piece quotes a woman with melancholy eyes lamenting her husband’s absence. Another with set lips notes men often go to extremes, while a third complains he only helps around the house.
The exchange asks if the kitchenette is adequate and jokes about keeping meat, reflecting light humor in a domestic moment. The noted publications imply a stray fragment from a column or chat section, suggesting a humorous aside rather than a main news item. The source text blends a hymn reference with terse dialogue about a kitchenette.
Gooseberry dishes gain favor in America with wholesome desserts. Recipes include Gooseberry Custard made without boiling, Gooseberry Fool with custard, Gooseberry Turnovers with sugar and pastry, Luscious Gooseberry Pie with meringue topping, and Gooseberry Tarts using puff pastry.
A fashion note describes a fashionable surplice corset cover using flouncing for easy labor. It details construction edges, a waist belt, and edge finishes with insertion lace and optional plain fabric. Offers yardage for sizes and pattern number 82% with ordering instructions.
A collection of home advice addressing rewards for good schoolwork, pocket pencil cases, handling thrush in babies with boracic acid and glycerin mixtures, bead crafting for children's fine motor skills, and guidance on ear shape, napkin headwear, sensitive skin baths, nasal breathing, and preventing skin blemishes in young girls through proper hygiene, nourishment, and sleep.
Practical guidance on infant care from a historical page. Advice covers safe bassinet designs with wheels and removable baskets, dietary lime in milk for bone and teeth, avoiding starches until teeth cut, treating mosquito bites with soap and ammonia, and wart removal using gentian or acetic acid with a camel hair brush.
Daddy narrates a bedtime tale where the fairy queen arranges a magical trip to the stars. The fairies ride a silver cloud airship, visit the Milky Way’s stars, share joyous encounters, and return to earth as sunrise paints the sky with a red sun.
An old fisherman recalls Miss Markham, a seventeen year old beauty who swam proudly on an island beach. A shy boy loves her from the dock but cannot swim, until a prank sinks him and a rescue ends in tragedy as his legs are blown away by a shark after drowning. Miss Markham later marries the legless hero, now known as Mrs. Major Spinner, and returns each summer with her husband. The tale blends romance and irony about gallantry, desire, and loss.
A quick home method repairs holes in pots and pans by flattening a lead shot over the hole with a hammer. Place the pan on a flat surface, support over a metal anvil, set a lead shot in the hole, strike to spread, file, and sand. The result is a permanent fix for holes up to a quarter inch.
A jokey trio of misattributed lines features a rasping voice from a commanding officer and a soldier’s reply about roughing it with a file of soldiers. Another quip recalls hair turning white after a fright on a wedding day, and a running gag asks why Miss Oldgirl has searching eyes after twenty years of marriage hunting.
A Baltimore Run note remarks that Colonel Mlushby gave a good account of himself in the war and has continued to perform even better since. The exchange underscores his reputation for steady leadership and ongoing achievements.
In a London parish a verger rushed the vicar with news that two couples had been wed to the wrong partners. The vicar planned to remarry them, but one bridegroom group decided to stay as they are, ending the incident with an unconventional twist and a quip from Wearson's Weekly.
The article reviews gowns for Miss Wilson and the bridal cortege noting simple designs that blend current fashion with personal refinement. Kurzman outfitted the White House bride in ivory satin with lace details, long train, surplice bodice, draped sleeves, and a cap veil, complemented by orchids and lilies. the ensemble is praised as tasteful and enduring.
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