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Newspaper
Pocahontas County Sun
Location
Laurens, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1914
Page
3
A two year old Bronx girl Miss Ernestine Lindauer posed with her own baby carriage. She is lively and awake early, rushing to her grandfather to wake him for work. The piece shares a brief tale of a Chinese boy learning English, ending with a humorous mispronunciation and a Chicago News tag.
A Connecticut family held an old fashioned candy pull after a snow. A pig wandered into the yard and plunged its snout into the cooling candy, hitching a tasty prize. The pig fled the scene as onlookers chased it, and the candy froze hard enough to be knocked off with a hammer.
A compiled list presents famous pen names and their real authors. Names include Samuel Clemens known as Mark Twain, Charles Dickens as Boz, Charlotte Bronte as Currer Bell, Peter Dunne as Mr Dooley, and William TI Adams as Oliver Optic, among others such as Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard and George Sand alias Mme. Dudevant.
A wordplay description where players take turns claiming a grandmother's cat that starts with consecutive letters of the alphabet. The first player says a cat name starting with A such as Angora. The next hints a cat starting with B, and so on, continuing through the alphabet.
A child longs for a private, boxful refuge with many cubbyholes. The verses imagine living rooms like castles named The Castle The Glen The Secret Cave and Kother's Den where a monarch rules without many rooms while treasure and a captive princess figure in playful fantasy.
Embroidered baby articles like carriage covers and sheets are recommended as tasteful gifts. Pique and linen are preferred materials with careful cutting for underflaps, eyelet and solid embroidery, scalloped edges, and daisy motifs. Designs favor simple elegance over elaborate patterns.
Techniques for decorative crib sheets described include hemstitched ends with embroidery designs. Simple satin stitch on an eight inch turned down top, dotted effects, interlaced ring borders, and buttonhole stitched edges. Variations feature daisies and a trailing vine along the hemstitched border.
Sand interests every child and can be secured from a nearby builder. Tincups and molds in different sizes can be purchased for a small sum. Board the sand in one outdoor shelter corner as the child experiments. Buckets and shovels of varying sizes enhance play and teach proportion as larger molds won’t fit into smaller ones and borders vary by size.
A portable cradle made from traveling baskets or suitcases with two sections. The deeper piece serves as a cradle and a quilted cotton sateen lining provides comfort. When in use one half forms a shield from drafts, and belongings can be packed inside for travel.
Practical guidance on using colored clay to entertain a child while promoting physical exercise. Suggest a tow table and small chair, encourage the child to fashion new forms, and provide prompts like baskets borders and rosettes. Use imitation as the foundation of teaching to develop skills.
A one year old crawling child can get very dirty, white rompers show stains quickly while dark blue hide them. The article suggests a thin washable fabric as a compromise, no ironing needed. Dropped into a tub of water they hang out dripping and dry in a couple of hours ready to wear.
Crosseye or squint in children may stem from a peculiarity or mild eye malformation. An oculist should be consulted promptly. Glasses will likely cure the problem, though in some cases an operation may be needed. Do not let timidity or nerves delay treatment.
When buying buttoned boots for the children, have the shopman attach the buttons with patent fasteners before sending them home. Boots with buttons removed look untidy and sloppy.
The text recalls famous strength displays by non performers and rulers. Paris carpenter Charis lsavier bends expectations with a strong act, Danish locksmith Knud Knudson lifts half a bullock, Augustus II the Strong breaks coins and horseshoes, Luigi Bertini of Milan cracks thick nails, and the Duke of Grammont bends a twenty franc piece, illustrating royal and artisan displays of surprising power.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, the noted author, wandered into an auction room where two of his autographs were offered as part of a sale of rare editions. The bid started at two for 5 cents and no further offers were made, selling at that price. Aldrich quipped that the phrase two for 5 reminded him of little apples.
A young mother teases about a crusty old gentleman who ignores candy offered by a baby on a car ride. The neighbor asks what she means, and the mother notes the man’s frowns and fiery reaction when candy stuck in his whiskers. The exchange reads as light social satire.
A child asks how hair can snap. the mother says electricity. The child jokes that the family is funny and recalls the father having wheels in his head. He imagines combining their ideas to make an electric motor, prompting playful speculation about invention.
On the overthrow of Louis Philippe a Sunday crowd visited the Jardin des Plantes and found the Bengal tiger still labeled Le Tigre Roy al. The furious crowd demanded the name be changed to Le Tigre National and the authorities complied.
The text notes that upon his death George Washington owned more than 74 000 acres including land acquired through his wife and the Mount Vernon estate, not counting city property. It labels him a large scale landlord and mentions his involvement in various land companies, none of which survived the Revolution.
Brigadier General Frederick Funston, famed for his role in the Philippine capture of Aguinaldo, is described as a scrappy, red haired officer long in steady service since 1901. The profile traces his unlikely rise from Santa Fe train collector to top army commander in Texas as tensions rise over Mexico. It also notes his Cuban and filibustering exploits and his wife’s daring wartime travels with him.
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