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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1912
Page
7
A promotional note advocates removing dress shields to stop perspiration and stay comfortable in hot weather. It endorses wearing any weight of clothing and living in stuffy heat without shields.
A collage of light verse and anecdotes cites humor about sugar ham beer and life, plus a Southern Democratic dance tale from Colonel John Irby and a Saturday Evening Post spoof. It ends noting Senator Bailey of Texas facing editor forecasts of his county convention outcome.
A Kansas City Star item recalls Senator James L. Brown near hospital admission for appendix removal by Dr. Jones. The note mentions he leaves behind a wife and two children. The anecdote is framed as a brief, reporterly update in a church town context.
A medical student recalls how Dr. Forbes Robinson rose to prominence after a dangerous mistake. He accidentally overdosed a patient with laudanum while himself under its influence, then treated the patient by walking him and waking him, later recovering and gaining the family’s praise.
A prosperous manrebuffs a hungry tramp who demands food and shelter. The tramp threatens to incite a Japanese diplomatic incident to force aid, and the man finally doles out a shilling. Elsewhere brief jokes and quips from various papers, including captions on Romeo and Juliet and a boys’ life motto.
Fashion notes highlight satin flowers used as neck pins with collarless gowns. A large La France rose in pink satin adorns the front fastening while collarless and sheer yoke stock models remain favored. New bat models complete the era's stylish silhouettes.
Laurence Mitton recounts Rudyard Kipling meeting Hutton at a luncheon hosted by Richard Watson Gilder. Kipling, late due to another engagement, spoke of Wolcott Balestier and the need to keep their intended conversation for another time.
English use of gooseberries exceeds American varieties with moist climate needs. The guide outlines gooseberry pie, latticed tart, gooseberry charlotte, and a gooseberry cream gelatin, detailing ingredients, stewing, sugar ratios, puff paste, sponge cakes, whipped cream, and setting in a cool place.
The piece explains the nautical term bitter end from shipboard practice and notes the anchor cable paying out to the bitter end. It then describes indigo ink from sea snails Purpura tapitin, claiming its color changes on fabric to a permanent crimson blue.
Miss Mary M Pillabury heads a unique library on Mount Vernon street Boston that lends religious and theological works exclusively to clergy. About 7 000 ministers in New England may borrow, with 2 000 regular patrons. Congregationalists and Methodists lead in usage, followed by Baptists Episcopalians Lutherans Adventists and Friends.
A humorous wartime style dialogue scene shows a mother and children arguing over crackers jam and a handbag while referencing Mrs Pankhurst in jail. The son complains about a motorcoat and the daughter mentions London goods as the family speculates on suffrage politics and gifts.
The column jokes about gender roles, vanity, and marriage, noting men’s fears of suit and divorce while suggesting women tire of flattery. It contrasts male bravado with domestic cleverness and hints at marital dissatisfaction and court outcomes.
A man starts drafting a deed with Know all women by these presents and a friend suggests Know all men. The author agrees but notes if all women know it all men will surely!
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