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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1905
Page
10
Brief humor notes from Sullivan Union Indiana touch on charity reform money and spontaneous combustion. Including jests about honesty in speech and skating, a Chicago girls hair incident, Servian cabinet failure, chorus girl kidnappings, aged homes, Wool on Wall Street, and a Kentuckian who settled debts before suicide.
A remark notes that a lock of Thackeray's hair sold for 16.50 dollars, remarking that many young men value such keepsakes more than double that amount, highlighting the enduring appeal of literary relics.
The text mocks a rival Andrew Carnegie lookalike and notes the idea someone could borrow 1,250,000 in his name. It jokes about New York yacht club members possibly in the stock market and references the Bidwells with a 5,000,000 bank of England operation. King Peter of Servia supports arbitration. It ends with a quip about kleptomania and social status.
A quip ponders the satisfaction of a bald man longing for new hair only to have others claim he is weaving a wig, showcasing a lighthearted joke about appearances and vanity.
The remark proposes that Thomas W. Lawson and Col. Greene could recover their losses by building a defensive fence around themselves and charging admission for entry. The comment frames a bold self-help metaphor about securing funds from others.
A corps of motorists is planned for the German army. Judging from the record already established by motorists, they ought to be invincible in warfare.
The remark notes that wealthy American girls often attract aristocrats such as earls marquesses dukes when they decide to marry. It comments on social matchmaking and the appeal of titles in marriage prospects.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat states women are easier to wake than men yet notes it is hard to quiet their suspicions. The remark reflects social stereotypes about gender and alertness.
The speaker muses on the enormous 1,179,715 volumes in Washington’s congressional library and wonders how many lifetimes it would take to read them all, underscoring the sheer scale of the collection.
Youth report that spring flowers lose appeal to girls who now seek roses grown in the hothouse. The line suggests shifting tastes among young men and a preference for cultivated blooms over seasonal varieties.
A London organization named the Ambidextrious Society aims to encourage people to develop equal skill with both hands. The notice suggests pickpockets ought to join to balance their talents.
Prof. Alexander Graham Bell claims a solution to aerial navigation. The remark invites cautious optimism and warns he may face a fall from overconfidence.
A South American dispatch reports no revolutions underway currently. It notes midsummer heat and says residents are likely trying to stay cool as conditions remain stable.
The writer repeats the long standing question of why women easily fool men in money matters and other areas, noting the problem dates back to Adam and the answer persists.
Mme Rejane the French actress says American society women are best dressed in the world though some outfits or funds fail before completion. The remark highlights fashion standards amid social scrutiny.
A young woman sued a New York street railway company for 3000 damages after a fall while boarding a streetcar. The jury ruled against her in five minutes, despite court papers noting she is very beautiful.
An American reader warns against municipal ownership fearing political misuse, while a Glasgow business leader endorses profitable tram operations and argues profits should fund capital improvements and lower charges. The piece notes British opposition targets excesses of municipalization, not ownership itself.
The Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph reports a new frog culture industry in Pennsylvania with millions of frogs to be cultivated on thousands of acres of swampland. Applicants seek tens of thousands of frogs to stock streams and ponds, asking if frogs will thrive in abandoned fish ponds and millponds, whether they are edible, their color, and if their croaks disturb sleepers.
In Chester County Pennsylvania the Episcopal clergyman Dr Levi Bull christens a child after a family name twist. The father asks to name the baby reflecting the minister’s other name, resulting in the child bearing the surname Bull Frog. The anecdote comes from a Boston Herald retelling.
A patient teases a doctor about life and death as he leaves laughing. The physician notes the man’s outlook mirrors a preacher’s, then reflects that a point is easy to state but hard to prove, leaving readers with a wry closing thought.
A playful verse recounts Noah’s Ark animals guided by a friendly dog. The dog helps herd elephants zebras and others while the cat and mouse hide. With no space to fit all, the dog stays outside the door for the 40 days of rain.
The servant reports boarders are grumbling about the beef being roasted. The snippet captures domestic tensions over food and kitchen management in a household setting.
A pale blue louisine silk blouse features a plastron front and back with fagoting, guipure collar, and a broader lace neck band. Velvet knots adorn the waist, with plaited sleeves ending in fagoted cuffs. note on a gray tweed coat lined with squirrel fur and Persian lamb trims. The animal must stop for breath.
St. Petersburg seeks a waterfall to supply electricity after twenty years of search. The Kirimemi waterfall on the Voksen River, 46 miles from the city, is found to yield about 25 000 horsepower. It is closer than the Finnish cataract and offered at a lower price, with purchase contingent on transmission feasibility.
Caprice in trimming advises creating cretes from silk frills to ornament skirts. Cut silk into strips, pink or frill the edges, shirr a frill over narrow cord and pull to fullness, then attach the trim to skirt or waist with edges standing out in a stylish puff.
Practical cleaning and maintenance advice covering cookware boiling to remove odors, refinishing furniture with lamp-black and turpentine, nickel cleaning with borax, bread slicing by warming the knife, stair carpet wear management, sponge cleaning with buttermilk and milk, and lemon juice as a cleaner.
A girl entering society will wear a pale whitish-green chiffon dress with a plaited skirt edged by two hoops of waved green ribbon. The bodice is bloused with a lace bertha and ribbon krots, plus a small white guipure chemisette.
A light weight wool shirted blouse features box plaits along the shoulders, soutache motifs, passementerie, deep cuff trimming with lace wrist ruffles, a standing lace collar, and full sleeves finished with lace and ruffles.
The description notes a long fur lined coat in tweed or cloth as a near indispensable travel style. It emphasizes an enveloping wrap design suitable for travel and drawn from period fashion guidance.
Cut two pounds thick veal into pieces and dredge in seasoned flour then brown in salt pork fat. Remove, make a roux with flour in the fat, add strained tomato liquor, onion, carrot, bay leaves and mace, simmer with meat, finish with paprika and adjust salt. The pork fat seasons the sauce.
A light gray blue taffeta blouse features a plaited top with embroidered squares bordered by bias taffeta bands and fancy buttons. The front matches the trim, the guimpe is guipure, sleeves are puffy with two plaits, cuffs have embroidered squares bands and buttons, and lace or guipure wrist ruffles finish the design.
The article describes the sleeveless jacket as a refined form of the bolero made like a tight coat without sleeves. It notes brocaded silk materials and heavy trimming, and says modistes are rushing to embrace the style, creating coordinated outfits for elegant occasions.
An Austrian inventor aims to curb runaway horses with a reins driven safety device. Two small rollers press against the horse’s snout and neck to restrain speed, offering a potential new control method for riders and handlers.
The article describes white hats with ermine cravats, feathered stoles with camellia accents, silver edged straps, and varied hat sizes. It highlights lace blouses with plain sleeves echoing historic styles and trims in kid or leather. Silk gowns with fur bands appear, urging lighter mara bout hats over heavy fur formations.
A new dessert called chocolate pears. Pare four pears and sauté in butter. Serve with a sauce made by melting sweet chocolate with milk sugar and arrowroot, cream, salt, then caramelized butter and sugar, vanilla, strained over the pears. Chill thoroughly.
The design features a blouse and bolero in light ecru crepe de chine and peau de soie with puffed lace bands and scroll trims. A golden brown velvet ribbon threads through and knots at the front, while lace yoke and coordinated sleeves complete the ensemble.
A detailed description of two brown costumes features brown cloth and panne fabrics. One gown uses velvet trim with green brown embroidery and a gold buckle belt, while the other showcases brown panne with box plaits, layered flounces, and cream lace yokes. Both include ornate collars and decorative sleeves.
The article explains forcing asparagus in a cellar heated by a furnace during winter. Roots dug in fall are placed in boxes with soil above and below to protect shoots from light, with high moisture to sustain growth. Shoots emerge about twenty five days after placement, yielding multiple harvests before mid February.
The Michigan Farmer notes potato scab causes rough or russeted surfaces on tubers. Scab is more common in prime soils and sandy or gravelly sites. Planting alfalfa and crop rotation reduce scab over time.
On farms nitrogen rich feeds are costly but essential for bone muscle hair wool eggs milk and overall profitability. Dairymen and breeders compensate for common nitrogen deficiencies, a challenge scientists have yet to solve through agriculture departments.
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