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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1912
Page
3
A summary of animal play at the zoo highlighting bear cubs wrestling polar bears in their pool and monkeys as masters of play. It notes ostrich dancing and a general view that active movement benefits body and mind, citing hygienic thinkers and St. Nicholas.
Players sit in a circle and count, saying Buzz instead of numbers that contain a seven or are multiples of seven. If a player forgets to say Buzz, they are out and the game restarts with the remaining players. The game can run up to seventy before switching to buzz numbers, though that stage is rare.
A playful collection of light verse and wordplay questions. It ponders why a plain child is wonderful in plain terms and links jokes about medicine, peels, tired wheels, and a lawyer to humorous equivalents. It ends with a pun about music and a note on keeping a ship’s chronometer on its watch.
In his life with the Japanese wife, Lafcadio Hearn notes that her family joined him in his new home nine people deep including wife, mother in law, father in law, adopted mother, grandfather, servants, and a Buddhist student. He remarks this would not suit England but is normal in Japan.
In a witty Philadelphia Press dialogue, Belle ends her engagement to Jack Hugeard after a note about Jess breaking his arm. The exchange playfully questions practicalities like a fence with a broken arm.
The article notes the daffodil contains poisons as a defense and that rabbits and rodents avoid it after exposure. It contrasts this with a Latin quotation from Ovid asserting that wealth or birth do not make a man great, but honorable conduct and noble disposition do.
An Illinois inventor patents a combined curtain pole and shade support. A single wire forms a screw point on one end and loops at the top to hold the curtain pole while keeping shade and curtain separate. The U shaped notch at the bottom grips a shade roller journal and the device screws into the window jamb by hand for quick installation.
The recipe instructs to boil veal bones and meat to make stock, remove fat, cut meat small, fry with onions in butter, add curry powder cayenne and salt, then mix with stock and lemon juice. Simmer an hour and serve with plain boiled rice.
A recipe for a boiled salad dressing combines equal parts vinegar and water, with olive oil, flour, sugar, salt, mustard, paprika, and an egg. Dry ingredients are rubbed into oil and acid water to form a paste, then heated until smooth before whisking in the egg. An equal portion of dressing and whipped cream yields a delicious variant.
A dessert calling Japanese fritters uses stale bread cut into two inch cubes soaked in custard until absorbed, drained, rolled in fine breadcrumbs and fried in oil with crusts removed. Custard combines milk eggs and vanilla, served with lemon sauce.
A collection of old kitchen instructions includes English suet pudding with flour suet sugar and raisins boiled two hours, homemade soap made from potash grease borax and ammonia poured into pans, and a sour milk dark cake using sour milk sugar and spices.
Scrubbing brushes should be stored in an airy place with bristles downward to drain water and dry quickly. Laying brushes on their backs allows water to soak into the wood and loosen bristles, whether glued or wired.
Statements from Anna Shaw Philip N. Moore John Miller Horton and others praise President Taft for appointing Julia Lathrop of Chicago to lead the new child bureau of the commerce and labor department. They hail her training temper, and experience as a strong match for advancing child and home welfare with broad support from suffragists and women’s groups.
Kathleen Norris in The Rich Mrs. Burgoyne serial in The Woman's Home Companion depicts women at a card party. A character notes the social bustle as chairs, pinups, dust, plates of hot chicken and sandwiches appear while men receive less attention.
A simple carpet cleaning method describes using carpet soap and luke warm water on a small piece. The instruction mentions rubbing the area with soap, moistening with water, and drying with a cloth to restore colors.
Governor appoints Misa Sallie Webster Dorsey as Maryland state librarian. She becomes the first woman to hold the office in state history.
The excerpt shows Mrs. Jones and My Jones discussing how words are funny and puzzling. They debate the origin of curgle with humorous mispronunciations and playful banter about spelling and sounds. The tone reflects a light humorous dialogue from Harper's Weekly.
Rev Samuel W Purvis DD reflects on aging challenging vanity through biblical verses and cultural icons. He urges staying engaged with life, growth of mind and character, and maintaining appearance to counter fear of old age while pondering eternal life.
Fashion note on plain untrimmed lower skirt with a deep hem for muslin gowns. May Manton pattern 744 and 7442 offered in sizes 34 to 44 bust. send 10 cents plus numbers to receive by mail with coupon.
Early settlers spread chowder making from Brittany as fishermen shared ingredients at gatherings. The article describes several chowder styles using clams, pork, veal, tomatoes, potatoes, crackers, milk, and onions with steps for boiling, layering, simmering, and baking.
The article notes that bark from very large oak trees can weigh as much as Luree tous in some cases, highlighting unusual measurements or comparisons regarding tree bark.
A kind but rigid Deacon Goodhue shelters a destitute tramp after hearing his tale of loss. The man repays loyalty by stealing from neighbors, then returns treasure under a hay bale as thanks for being uplifted. The village debates the moral cost of mercy and duty.
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