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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1910
Page
6
The piece notes ribbon embroidery returning to favor, describing its use on collars cuffs petticoats and its appeal as corset trimming. It mentions stitches for forget-me-nots and Bethlehem stars and its popularity in fancy work.
Roll eight large potatoes while hot, mash with milk and flour to a firm paste. Roll thin, cut rounds, brush with milk, bake on a grid. Do not grease or flour the grid. Source cites Mrs Ancle Sullivan in the Boston Post.
A boy named Johnny shoots at a bobtailed rabbit, wounds it, and feels remorse. He is scolded by Aunt Minnie but decides not to harm other animals, tending the injured hare and promising not to use his gun on creatures. The scene ends with him taking the rabbit home and planning care.
Mary E. Russell in the Boston Post advises using crackers and stale bread crumbled for escaloped dishes or croquettes. Crumbs can be ground with a food chopper or pounded in a salt bag using a rolling pin, reducing waste and labor and avoiding loose crumbs afterward.
The article traces adoption of wedding customs from early traditions through Christianity. It notes the ring on the left third finger, the sign of the cross during placement, the bridal veil’s origins in Bible times, and Anglo Saxon rites such as the veiled bride. It mentions the friend of the bridegroom and the custom of throwing shoes from Jewish practice.
A Miss Dean seeks dower in her late husband Jevo Deans estate, arguing a novel written before marriage proves her love outweighed financial concerns. Attorneys for the Dean family suggest letters and a diary may be used as evidence, while Dean sisters claim she knew her business.
An old note explains customs around surrender to a husband, including the bride’s father giving or throwing a shoe, rice symbolizing abundance, and the origin of taking a husband’s name in Roman times with Julia and Pompey cited as examples. Modern practice often drops the “of” in names.
A New York World summary notes Morton Prince of Boston arguing dreams are psychoses or delirium with symptoms akin to disease. He rejects universal wish fulfillment and cites a hypnotically recalled childhood cat fear shaping dream elements as unconscious memory resurfacing.
A Philadelphia Ledger quip contrasts a statistic claiming one pauper per thirty seven in England with a London anecdote of meeting over thirty seven people in a single summer without finding a pauper, underscoring the gap between data and lived experience.
In Germany a merchant was recently heavily fined for using a quotation from the Hitchie at the head of an advertisement.
A New Haven Register recipe instructs washing a large eggplant, scooping out the flesh, and preparing a dressing with salt pork, celery, onion, breadcrumbs, nutmeg, and egg. The shell is filled, tied, baked, basted, then served with a floury gravy enriched with butter and parsley.
A list of household tips covers kitchen safety for grease and butter, preserving leftovers with cold water, dishwashing with milk and hot water, linen marking using a paper pattern hole, removing stubborn stains with sweet oil, securing worn shoe laces with thread, and lawn care advice recommending white clover as a fastgrowing ground cover and lawn substitute.
Eight year old Tam Wittig recalls a day exploring near the fort green. a group of children mistook a small animal for a giraffe before discovering a deer that briefly interacted with them. the deer was fed crackers and candy, but occasionally nipped. a writer signs off as clayton b seagoats, via the new york tribune.
A mother praises her smiling baby Elizabeth as a source of happiness. The infant replies that making others glad brings true joy, a sentiment echoed as the secret of life. The passage reflects a Christian Observer sentiment on joy arising from altruism and care.
A Pratt Kansas story recalls a young man asking a father about his consent to marry his daughter. The exchange centers on whether the father would object to the union, with the daughter’s witty reply highlighting the rural humor of the moment.
The piece recalls Dr Mary Walker and the clever remarks by the late Hill Nye. Nye described Wir Mary as the only self made man in America, highlighting Poe in a quip reflecting 19th century wit and local Albany discourse.
A Chicago woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with avoiding a third operation for a ruptured growth. She says the remedy rebuilt her feminine system and removed distress from displacements, inflammation, fibroids, irregularities, and nervous exhaustion, urging others to try it before surgery.
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