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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1912
Page
3
A periodical item warns against tight lacing as a health and beauty enemy, detailing risks like poor circulation headaches and a red nose. It also offers skincare tips including complexion brushes, proper soap usage, warming rinses, and guidelines for tonics, oils, and camphor water for oily skin.
Brighten tortoise shell combs pins and bar rettes by rubbing with sweet oil, wiping dry and covering with whiting or silver powder, then polish with chamois. Keep shell bright by frequent tepid baths and olive oil rubbing, using a fanne or chamola.
An advertisement promises hair regrowth and reversal of baldness using Hay's Hair Health. It markets scalp cleansing for dandruff removal and claims lasting results with regular use, listing price of 100 dollars and 50 cents and multiple pharmacies.
Fruit water ices are summer desserts made without cream and chilled by turning in ice. Recipes include Pineapple Ice with pineapple pulp and lemon juice, Currant Raspberry Ice with red currants raspberries lemon juice and cochineal, Plain Raspberry Ice from pure raspberries, and Apricot Ice using apricot pulp kernels orange flower water lemon juice sugar and water.
In Scottsville a trusted justice of the peace, Uncle Hiram Mayhew, becomes the center of a village prank. Villagers buy an elixir from Happy that promises peace and health, but overuse leads to sprees, fights, and chaos. A public meeting weighs legal costs of ending the chaos and repairing the town’s damage.
The Cent is described as the largest common unit besides the English penny, worth about 2 kopecks and comparable to several international subunits. It notes various conversions such as 4 pies to the cent and 5 bani per cent, with paras and rin used in Turkish and Japanese systems. It ends with a quip about Servian trolley conductors.
A historical note describes Scandinavian physical traits as markedly different due to cold climates. It claims fat layers under the skin resemble sea mammals and blood vessels are overdeveloped. The piece suggests exposure to harsh conditions explains these features and mentions Norwegians and Swedes enduring icy water to harvest seaweed without obvious distress.
Black velvet sashes and small pet bows accent summer frocks with a refined air. Patterns for blouses and skirts are offered in sizes 34–40 bust and 22–30 waist. Also instructions on boiling new earthenware and recipes for Strawberry Cream Pie and Orange Icing with simple stepwise details.
Article notes a consignment of waterfowl and a rare swamp deer pair arriving for the royal zoo. It also includes an alphabet game variant and a short meditation on fame, language, and historical punishment practices in England.
The piece describes a historical Scottish Parliament known as the drunken parliament for its members often being under the influence of wine. It cites Tales of a Grandfather and the London Chronicle noting repeated adjournments due to royal Middleton's inability to govern properly in the chair.
A grocery drummer questions a gray whiskered man’s status while a village merchant clarifies he is an old resident, not a settler, noting decades of disagreement. The barbed exchange highlights town lore about long-standing inhabitants.
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