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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1920
Page
12
A reader shares home making details such as bedroom curtains cut from sugar sacks with pink borders. Bridesmaids exchange ideas on round cretonne centerpieces accented by lace borders and a fake ring gag that reveals a real diamond. A mother describes a Christmas waiting game using tissue snowballs and a tin fort to entertain children and build memory before holiday moments.
A reflective essay on managing fear to maintain happiness. The narrator notes a mood dip caused by an anxious fear about a missing letter, then describes using a deliberate breathing and visualization technique to banish the fear. It argues fear often surpasses actual events and compares cloudless days to imperfect lives, urging restraint from letting fear rule daily happiness. The piece ends with a brief historical note about events from a year ago.
An old advertisement touts Hamlin’s Wizard Oil for easing sore joints and muscles after unaccustomed exertion such as tennis or golf. It claims fast penetration and joint limbering effects. The piece promotes Jobin’s Wizard of as a first aid antiseptic and a remedy for cuts bites and stings. It also mentions pink pills for constipation and suggests keeping a generous bottle on hand.
Paris sketches current style habits with notes on short skirts among Americans versus Parisian conservatism among the elite. Observations cover monocles for women, high heeled shoes with jeweled accents, fur bands on skirts, round fur hand bags, ostrich feather trims, Chinese embroidered handbags, and kimono sleeve cuts favoring small frames.
Asle J. Gronna senator from North Dakota born Elkador Iowa 62 years ago today. Thomas P. Gore senator from Oklahoma born Webster County Mills 50 years ago today. Jouett Shouse former Kansas congressman and Treasury official born Woodford County Kentucky 41 years ago today. Francis E. Nipher physicist of the St. Louis Academy of Science born Port Byron New York 73 years ago today.
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