Curiosities and Comedy from a Distant Era
A jumble of items reports odd anecdotes and notices. A Newark reader touts Cuticura remedies for a severe skin humor affecting a leg. A Sulzer political mishap recounts seed boxes in tenements. General Grant’s canteen mix up is joked about. Arctic explorer Nansen comments on sympathy and travel hardships. Saxon pulpit donation highlights a museum acquisition of medieval church art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windijor Nansen
Norway
Gerat
Britain
Gut Change of Food Gave Final Relief
A testimonial on indigestion and stomach distress from overeating greasy foods. Describes benefits after using GrapeNuts and Postum products, claiming improved digestion, brain clarity, and nerves. Cites a Battle Creek company quote and the slogan There’s a reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelde
Postum
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Latest Linen Styles for Housekeepers and Brides
The article surveys French linen designs and home comforts for brides and housekeepers. It details top sheet borders from plain hem stitched to embroidered and drawn work borders, monograms in the center or ends, and old English fettering along with fancy scripts. It also notes a sheer Irish coverlet decorated with hand embroidery and bow knots, with wide hemstitched edges and a monogram enhancing the overall vanity and elegance.
Bed Coverlets and Slumber Rolls From Europe in Style
New bed coverlets from Iceland Germany and France feature polka dot borders and bow knots with coordinating clay pillows. Slumber rolls offer neck support and comfort for insomniacs and neuralgia sufferers, with two hand embroidered designs including pink satin and scalloped edges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iceland
Germany
France
Gough For Him Attacks Jurisprudence At Dinner Joke
Massachusetts Attorney General Herbert Parker shares a humor about sharp practice in evidence at a Hexex Tar Association dinner. A bright young man on the stand claimed a man left a shop to be shaved, prompting the judge to ask how he knew this. The tale pivots on the boy’s ignorance of law yet certainty about the shaved man’s purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Parker
Massachusetts
Hexex Tar Association
Sam
Excepton
Sessa Ideas For The Hostess At Winter Festivities
The article outlines berry themed holiday decor and recipes for a hostess season. It details decorations using holly mountain ash and cranberries, sequences for guest ribbons, berry necklaces, and berry tableware. A long list of berry trivia questions follows, with answers such as mulberry and cranberry, plus suggestions like cranberry sherbet and berry dishes for party favors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elain
Bern
Mark Trenin
Mnoxeberry
Afternoon party plan for elderly ladies with refreshments
An anxious hostess seeks an informal afternoon gathering for about 50 elderly guests in two rooms with dining seating for 25. Guests bring old needlework and photos for conversation, a short musical program is planned, grape juice punch with lemon and whipped cream, candles, tea and coffee urns, and light bites like chicken sandwiches olives nuts peppermints cakes and wafers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SSS
Annie Laurie
Scotland
Fashion notes on neckbands and sleeve linings from old guide
An old fashion column discusses neckbands with white bulk, waist tapes, drawstrings, and under belt placement. It notes sleeve linings should be cut longer for elbow ease and praises lace yokes, heavy medallions, and Bruges style trims as harmonized bodice details.
Hog Market Trick Exposed By Weighing Dispute
An Olea city hog buyer manipulated the market using scales and red dye to adjust hog weights. A farmer with a large load was weighed, then a smaller wagon loaded with one hog was weighed, showing a 25 pound discrepancy when the empty wagon weighed less. The farmer offered to bring another hog next week. the dealer settled the difference with haste, per a judge’s account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olea Boma
Take Up African Farms Fitted Englishmen Settle on Ranches
The article notes Lord Hindlip buys land near Nairobi on the Mombasa to Victoria Nyanza line for ostrich breeding and stock raising, while Lord Delamere acquires a vast estate to farm extensively. They plan improving native cattle by Jersey breeding and sheep farming, citing favorable highland climate and cheap land at 60 cents an acre, expecting others to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Lord Hindlip
Nairobi
Mombasa
Victoria Nyanza Lake
Lord Delamere
Newfoundland Threatens Trouble Over Asherlex Pact
Colonial authorities in Newfoundland denounce the British U S accord on the Asherlex issue. A fishery inspector plans writs against Bay of Islands and Bonne Bay fishermen who joined American vessels in Mahing operations to prove the government means business and halt colonial feder men joining American ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
United States
Bay of Islands
Bonne Bay
Edducation demand sparks rural meeting uproar in 1940s farm town
A wartime era town meeting shows fierce local opposition to a school funding plan. Farmers and yeomen voice objections while advocates argue for education gains. A heated scene ends with protesters dispersing as the opposing camp retreats.
The Author Man's Surprise and a Bribery Tale
A cranky authorman tries his luck with a piece sent to an editor. Rejected then secretly accepted, the tale titled Judge unearthing the Briber follows a bribery canvass in England. A laborer's wife is asked to vote for Lord Blank with promises of trousers and a sovereign payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cale
Alaska
Congress
Washington
Acton
England
Lord Blank
Dust
Rifle shooting added to British elementary education
In the House of Commons Mr Birrell announced that rifle shooting will be included in the elementary school curriculum with permission for limited training at miniature ranges. The instruction will be funded from public funds under specified restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Birrell
Board of Education
House of Commons
Change In Oxford University Rules Discontinues Senior Wrangler
The senate of Oxford University voted 206 to 169 to discontinue publishing student names in the mathematical tripos by merit order and to eliminate the position of senior wrangler in the future. The move ends the traditional ranking and the public display of top scorers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford University
England
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Friedrich Angust
Saxony
Germanic Museum
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Leipsic
Gough
Sessa
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Mrui Thompson
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