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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1911
Page
3
Embroidery with satin stitch mounts blouses from simple muslin to stylish pieces. Butterflies, peacocks feathers, and geometric motifs show through Mountmellick work. Beginners can use chain or stem stitches with soft silk to achieve delicate, affordable embellishment.
Grind eighteen peppers green red and yellow with a small cabbage head in a meat grinder. Add celery seed and ground mustard totaling six cents’ worth. Mix with vinegar to reach catsup consistency. Serve with meats.
The article explains cleaning brushes and combs to protect hair and scalp. It recommends shaking bristles on a flat surface after use, sweeping across table edges, and washing about once a week, avoiding hot water. Borax in water is suggested for cleaning, and drying should be done with the brush placed on end.
The article notes how people with investment questions consult various professionals in a scattershot approach, often yielding little better guidance than when seeking help for health, legal, business, or spiritual troubles. It critiques indiscriminate appeals to merchants, lawyers, bankers, and clergy as a common but flawed method.
The article urges gentle care for infant feet, noting softness and pliancy allow easy shaping by footwear. It warns against tight shoes that impede circulation and suggests summer barefoot time at home to let the foot grow naturally.
A Pennsylvania inventor offers a waterproof cover that keeps baseball base lines dry during heavy rain. The strip unrolls over each base line from a truck mounted support with hinged legs, drains water, and prevents mud and slipperiness along the edges. Cables aid unwinding.
A vintage list of party entertainments includes mental math tricks to reveal a chosen number, a long wood and watch acoustic trick, a snail music illusion on glass, water surface art from a fiddle box, and a small chemistry demonstration with potassium sodium and quicksilver that produces flame.
Children weary from play invent a counting game while walking. They tally living beings they meet or pass, including people and animals, but exclude mosquitoes ants and tiny insects. A white horse counts ten a black cat twenty five and a black cat on a window sill counts fifty, the highest score.
Simmons refused the private secretary post to Green citing a dislike for signing letters. He found the salary tempting and duties light yet could not bear the thought of signing as Green per Simmons.
A writer explains a method to cut thin glass using ordinary scissors by plunging hands and glass into a tub of water to dampen vibrations. The water allows straight or curved cuts without cracks. A second method uses paper bands to deaden vibrations, but the water method is safest and surest.
A poorly clad village girl visits a stationer, asks for writing paper, and learns half a quire costs ten cents while the other half is fifteen, then requests the remaining half. The exchange ends with the purchase moment.
A four year old girl, after being told there are no dogs in heaven, insists mothers have forgotten Skye terriers saying You forget about the Skye terriers mam ma. The remark highlights child logic and affection for the breed.
Wee Willie learns about punctuation from a governess who asks how to turn a comma into a period. He stammers and suggests winding the tail of a creature to make the mark end a sentence.
Frances admires a lamb for the first time saying it looks natural and pretty. The animal squeaks like a toy and has wool on its back, drawing the amused comment from mamma and a note in Judge.
Margerie four asks if the wolf ate Little Red Riding Mood without any butter after a story about Little Red Riding Hood. The playful remark shows a child’s mishearing of mood and butter in the tale.
In a courtroom scene a teacher explains law students with books in hand. An old man in a large desk chair contemplates dying from organ failure and the idea that replacing a diseased organ with a healthy one could extend life, supported by medical science claims from Leslie's Weekly.
A Sacred Heart Review note quotes a dialogue about peace and land, contrasting English invader rhetoric with an Indigenous reply about how white strangers love the ground they tread on. The excerpt captures tension over land and belonging through a terse exchange.
A pair of quips from two dentists about patient reactions. The first says his work is so painless patients fall asleep during treatment. the second notes patients want photos taken to capture the relief and expression on their faces.
A brief exchange cited from Smart Set Magazine features a friend urged to join a church by a parson who recalls a church fair. The dialogue contrasts the parson’s invitation with the friend’s prior attendance at the fair.
A humorous quip recalls a suitor asking marriage and receiving a sharp reply from a judge. The exchange notes a six month adjustment period proposed to become acceptable. The line, cited by Puck, frames a comic legal twist on romance.
A brief quotation from Stevenson asserts happiness thrives through communication and mutual love, noting its dependence on others for existence.
A quotation urging to hold fast to the highest ideals that flash upon your vision in hours of exaltation. The words attributed to Francis C Willard emphasize steadfast principle and moral resolve during moments of inspiration.
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