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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1914
Page
3
A Popular Mechanics sketch shows an adjustable desk for invalid or convalescent use. The top length matches bed width and is supported by two vertical tubing standards. Clamps at the top ends hold the desk, with a telescoping rear brace to set height for comfort.
The text explains broiling chicken requires a bed of hot coals and keeping the flame distant. Start near the fire to sear, then raise the broiler on bricks to cook slowly. A medium pair takes about half an hour, finished with butter pepper and salt to form a gravy.
A collection of kitchen guidance covers asparagus soup with cream, rye bread and yeast, almond desserts, fried pork with sides, and fabric care tips. It includes steps for boiling, straining, and thickening soup, ingredients and rising hints for rye bread, almond and sugar mold, fried pork serving, and methods to keep dresses clean using elastic and a dress wringer.
Painting guidance warns against green color for flower boxes preferring buff brown or Indian red with black accents for harmony. Brass cleaning cautions wearing old gloves due to infection risk from small hand cuts contacting brass.
The article reviews historic beliefs on pearl origins from heaven dew to a grain of sand irritant. It notes Pliny and a 1020 gold medal by Corraro, then explains the modern view that pearls form when a foreign substance irritates an oyster, prompting pearl secretion and growth. It adds pearls need no human aid to acquire value.
New York Sun recounts the 1820 Stirling beheading of two Bonnymoir rising participants. The masked executioner, a nervous young Glasgow medical student, performed the third stroke after a crowd cried murder. The incident remained a mystery for years.
The gate of St Pauls at the Tiber in Rome was restored and features a bronze inlaid gate donated in 1070 by Roman Consul Pantaleo. The inlayer inscription names Hildebrandus Venerabilis Monarchs et Archidiaconus, who later became Pope Gregory VII.
A brief fragment from a Home Journal piece shows a playful dialogue about idol and idle, hinting at a domestic scene with wordplay on identity and role. The exchange reflects light humor and domestic banter in a periodical snippet.
A Detroit Free Press snippet recalls a classroom task for colored students. Pupils were asked to craft a sentence using the word amphibious. One quick-witted boy responded, Most fish stories am fibious.
Quote captures a witty exchange on wealth and service. Life magazine insight contrasts self perception of riches with hiring ethics.
The article notes how yes remains rare in broad U S usage and explores regional forms and emphatic variants such as yes sir and yes sir ee. Quoted is Richard T Holbrook discussing how forms like yeb-a and ye or thee echoes persist and hint at older language remnants.
In rural Lancashire funerals mourners return to the grave with a circle of long dry pipes passed to male mourners. They light and puff as memories flare while solemn black attire marks the gathering. The pipes are snapped at the end to signify the occasion.
A reader disputes a term in the morning paper calling him a bum actor and seeks an explanation. The editor explains the word actor was inserted by a proofreader who thought it was missing and pledges to prevent repeats.
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