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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1914
Page
7
Advice on teaching children to brush all teeth twice daily with emphasis on bedtime cleaning. Warns against bedtime bread or sweets and explains how residues cause decay. Notes variation in tooth strength and warns against overindulgent nurseries hindering happiness.
Mouth breathing signals possible adenoid or throat trouble and can cause chest ailments. It occurs when nasal passages are blocked and may indicate illness. Seek a surgeon if a child constantly breathes through the mouth.
A medical style column discusses home hair care for children and the irritability of a perfeccionist mother. It advises rinses with orange flower lotion and alcohol, and daily scalp massage to keep hair bright. It also notes a overcleaning mother may neglect rest and family, and compares child development with crawling and walking milestones timing variability.
A 1910s era report describes a furious guarded code book used by explosive officers aboard battleships. The metal bound volumes contain wartime signals to be used in action and are protected to prevent theft by rivals and other governments. Loss would trigger court martial and possible expulsion.
1868 London discusses a housewives league to discipline servants with uniforms and bans on accessories. Proposals would curb supermities, flowers, gloves, sashes, crinolines, and more while a servant’s attire reflected modest, plain dress. Eliza Coke writes to a future mother in law about preferring propriety over prettiness in a housemaid.
A jumble of small items from Herbert Corey in New York Globe recounts a man’s failed car sale and a newspaper prank. It notes a plan to advertise a car sale near a ten acre field and a misread ad leading to four ears of corn, plus a stray riddle about schoolyard chatter and party invitations.
The Assassins were a religious military order in the Persian eleventh century devoted to destroying opponents of Islam. Crusaders met a branch in Syria where many cross warriors fell suddenly. The Tartars wiped out the Persian group in 1250 and a Syrian faction was ended in 1264 by an Egyptian force. The name survives as a symbol of dread.
Justice Holmes cites a century old libel case where an indictment claimed a man was struck on the head and skull split yet failed because it did not allege the death of the victim. The remark highlights the court’s strict pleading standards and Holmes’s penchant for odd references.
Edgar Lucien Larkin questions the fourth dimension as an unprovable concept. He notes insects perceive only two dimensions while humans struggle to define space and perpendicularity beyond three dimensions. He calls the fourth dimension a transcendental idea based on curvature of space, which remains unproven.
A careful housewife balks at a dollar for potatoes. A polite grocer replies that a dollar is the lowest price he can sell them for. She counters that Brown's offers them at 80 cents, prompting a snappy exchange about loyalty and competing stores.
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