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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1907
Page
4
Betty Garland recalls the safe embrace of a mother as a child. The speaker reflects on fear, home, and longing, wishing to see his mother’s gentle touch again in the final moment of life.
Eleanor Godfrey plans to wed Tom Grant while secretly loving Jack Winston. Edna Cross faces a moral reckoning as Tom confesses love for Edna, and the mock wedding unfolds until Jack reveals a typographical error caused the match.
Bert Whitman of Los Angeles recalls Spark the foxhound who wandered five miles with his head stuck in a two gallon milk can. The dog finally pushed into Whitman's bedroom at 1 a.m. after a long hunt. A can opener freed the dog, which then ate eagerly.
The article describes a round neck bodice with a V back and front as a leading blouse waist style, suitable for crepe de chine and lace trims, with variations for evening and daytime wear. It also notes materials, yardage, and sleeve options including kimono and Mandarin styles, plus a new buckskin golf shoe with rubber sole and ankle support boot features.
A playful verse notes distractions of daily life interrupting poetic focus. The speaker laments interruptions from cook, ice man, grocer, butcher, and telephone as muse and leisure moments fail to align with creative thought.
A collage of jokes and quips from Baltimore American Harper's Bazaar Philadelphia Press Chicago Tribune Punch Puck Detroit Free Press and others. Light exchanges about money marriage hunting trains and everyday mishaps show humor of the era through witty exchanges and social scenes.
Ben jamin Atkinson ranch grapples with a herd felled by fermenting apples in a yard. Calves watched mothers as cows wandered, swayed, and finally collapsed in a dead drunk stupor. A veterinarian prescribed care as some calves were bottle-raised.
The article notes Japan has a high male to female ratio with 980 men for every 1000 women, highlighting a gender imbalance in the country.
The New York Press advises removing tea coffee and fruit stains from linen by rubbing with butter. Rub thoroughly into the linen and then soak in hot water.
A New York Journal feature notes a woman wore a pedometer while performing household chores and found that under ideal conditions she traversed 7.388 miles each day.
A New York Press note explains fixing plaster holes from removed nails by mixing plaster of Paris with water to a paste, filling the hole, letting it dry, then painting or papering over the spot to match the wall.
A traditional recipe: two pounds whiting, one quarter pound cream of tartar, one and a half ounces calcined magnesia. Use best quality ingredients, store in a dry dark place. Moisten canton flannel with alcohol or cold water, dust with dry polish, rub until gleaming. Good for metals and glass.
The piece warns that powder puffs are unsanitary when dirty and can injure skin by driving grime into the cuticle. Puffs last only a few weeks and require thorough cleansing. It notes the rabbit’s foot as a compact cosmetic, used on ears and even nostrils by Paris women, with careful handling for powder use.
The Washington Star suggests using dried corn husks as stuffing for extra summer pillows for a crisp springy fill. Add dried rosé geranium or lemon verbena leaves for fragrance, plus pink and white clover blossoms as a fresh alternative to pine and balsam. Include a hop pillow for nervousness and insomnia, and when sleeping cool place a newspaper inside the pillowcase on the head side.
A collection of simple dishes including Spanish Rice, Lemon Sherbet, Surprise Cake, Salmon Cutlets, Cuban Hash, Cold Roast Beef and Fish Curry with instructions. Each item lists ingredients and basic steps to combine and cook in home kitchens.
The Methodist conference at Milwaukee adopted a resolution asking President Roosevelt to stop United States army personnel from playing baseball on Sundays.
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