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Newspaper
Roanoke Review
Location
Roanoke, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1921
Page
3
A vintage feature highlights endearing home garments for women including breakfast coats in colored taffeta and practical house dresses with ruching and pockets. It discusses ribbons on hats, spring millinery trends, and decorative details like satin and velvet trims, plus children’s tub suits and durable wool jersey washwear.
A brief literacy note from The Kitchen sat Gabinet column recalling a quote attributed to George Eliot about remaining true to one’s purpose. The item echoes a 1921 Western Newspaper Union publication context.
A recipe collection highlights a Peanut Salad with lettuce pepper and chopped peanuts, a Grape and Pecan Salad with cream cheese and French dressing, Almond and Banana Salad with lemon, a Beets and Potato Molded Salad, and a Hard Sauce. Includes a George MacDonald quote about giving thoughtful gifts.
A garden of cottage cheese ideas shows practical dishes. Recipes include Cottage Cheese Loaf with carrots peanuts bread crumbs parsley and mustard, Cheese Salad with dressing and lettuce, Luncheon Croquettes with corn meal and vegetables, Cottage Cheese Sandwich Filling with cherries, Brazil Nut Orange Pineapple Salad on lettuce, and Rhubarb and Pear Salad with olive oil and lemon dressing.
A chorus of pigs led by Master Pink Pig squeals and grunts to wish the farmer a merry Christmas and season greetings. They discuss speaking real words, anticipate Christmas dinner, and promise to show their pleasure by actions as well as words.
The Philadelphia Ledger recalls global proverb parallels, comparing phrases about fools and money with sayings from Latin and Japanese. It notes a common thread of wisdom across cultures, citing aphorisms about fools, management, and animal hunting in concise examples.
A promotional piece urges mothers to use California Fig Syrup for constipated children. It touts a fruity taste, quick bowel relief, and a promise of a playful, well child within hours. The ad warns to ask for genuine California Fig Syrup with directions printed on the bottle.
A god on shore leave and his affectionate pair run afoul of a park rule and a street taboo. They share kisses at Pennsylvania Station and again before trains to Washington and Chicago as a bystander quips about local trains.
A recent electrical expo featured the mystic stave, notably a kettle boiling on ice through strong magnetic induction. The phenomenon creates electric current in pots and kettles without visible heat, puzzling lay observers as water boils and eggs fry with no heat source.
A quirky Farm Life excerpt notes humorous street talk about mechanics and cheese sandwiches. The exchange mentions a thin gasket and asks if one should smatter it, reflecting playful rural banter and mechanical woes.
A reflective line notes that individuals may view themselves as heroic while others doubt or criticize their deeds, highlighting the gap between self-perception and public opinion.
An advertisement emphasizes taking aspirin only as directed by Bayer. It highlights the Bayer Cross, the genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for over twenty one years, and urges careful following of directions on each package for quick relief.
John C. Van Dyke notes that ancient insights of Eratosthenes and Homer hint at Earth's globe and vast seas. Only Magellan's voyage revealed the true expanse, with the Pacific surpassing prior imagination and redefining humanity's sense of the world's water.
Doctors Howard Fox and T B H Anderson of the United States Public Health Service report in the Journal of the American Medical Association a new ringworm treatment that removes hair with Roentgen rays and applies a follicle penetrating lotion. They note observed color and texture changes in growing hair, such as a golden-haired child becoming brunette and straight hair becoming curly, but question the permanence of these changes.
Emma Edmonds, a nurse for the Army of the Potomac, volunteered as a spy eleven times to cross Confederate lines. Disguised as a Negro youth and later posing as a cook, she gathered fortification plans and military intelligence during Pope's Virginia campaign and beyond.
A London street once called Guile has been renamed Milton Street. It housed many writers who had not yet arrived, a general name for the haunts of needy authors. The quip notes how stiff hats masked soft brains among the literary set.
A terse comment notes that many men who call themselves gentlemen avoid work, challenging perceptions of conduct and labor in the community. The remark underscores a critique of work ethic and social reputation.
A humorous snippet from Legion Weekly recalls Rev Mr Gooodie admonishing a youth angler for foul language during a vacation trip. The boy admits poor swearing but offers his rod to test if better luck awaits with different words and a few familiar phrases.
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