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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1908
Page
7
A collection of simple decorative crafts for Christmas season includes comical tissue paper paper owls with button eyes, a jewel basket made from a square box with pill drawers, and a snap shot album built from heavy gray paper. Instructions emphasize bright wallpaper or cretonne coverings and easy assembly.
Cut a five point star from cardboard five inches long and cover with gold or silver leaf. Use about 15 broom straws painted gold or silver for rays arranged in three-straw bunches behind the star. Attach a rolled writing paper to a twig and fix at the back. Place the star at the tree top.
A Christmas table idea features a Jack Horner bell hung from the chandelier by scarlet ribbon. The bell uses red tissue paper with stout paper backing. Scarlet ribbons connect the bell to the plates and hold a souvenir on each end for a hostess signal.
The article describes festive tree decorating tips for Christmas. It notes 159,000 trees entering the market and details materials for tree bases, artificial snow, lighting choices, ornaments, and handmade decorations to create a grand display.
A new gift wrapping idea uses white tissue paper and small holly decorated seals to fasten edges. For Christmas boxes, place white tissue or cotton on top and add sprigs of holly or mistletoe to decorate packages.
A large box is placed for children to drop in pictures fancy papers scraps of ribbon and similar items so they can craft Christmas cards. Their ingenuity will surprise you as they create colorful homemade greetings.
Mrs Lucy Quebeck of Hope Valley describes severe kidney trouble eight years ago with back pain irregular secretions and bloating. She reports relief after using Deans Kidney Pills with gradual disappearance of symptoms and says the medicine, sold by all dealers at 50 cents a box, helped.
George B. Cortelyou, secretary of the treasury, dodges a possible New York gubernatorial run by telling a St Patrick story about two Irishmen hugging lamp posts after getting separated. The anecdote underscores his reluctance to answer leading questions.
Barrie shares self deprecating tales from his plays in Woman's Life with a quiet street for horses and a hat wearing incident. Beecher notes conscience as a diffuse presence never concentrating in one point, spreading through brain nerves muscles and skin.
A Tennessean credits Postum with curing coffee related ailments after swapping coffee for the beverage. She says weight gain and better health followed, and she calls herself a living advertisement for Postum from Battle Creek Michigan. The letter is used by the Postum Co. to promote its product with a request to read The Road to Wellville.
Cleveland journalist George W. Kelcey recalls Artemus Ward recounting a tale of roaches. Ward described roaches in his room and a curious episode of a roach using a walnut shell boat with toothpick oars, then fishing with a hair, ending with Ward releasing the grateful insect.
A man recalls a two month outbreak of itchy red swelling on his legs that resisted five remedies until applying Cuticura. The relief was immediate and lasting. He later notes similar hopes for influenza and other illnesses to fade with better ventilation and sanitation.
A member of the Automobile Club of America reports E. R. Thomas recovering after a motor accident. Thomas criticizes bad roads saying country life is dull in fall and winter while a friend recalls cars getting stuck in mud each night in their area.
A playful exchange centers on a bashful suitor and a girl who declares she will train as a nurse to handle a secret marriage. He doubts her, citing her six months with him, while she replies with a running vine and a cantaloupe as a clever reply.
A collage of jokes and quotes, including a spat of wit about football injuries, a quip from the Wisconsin Sphinx, and a Cleveland Leader remark. Also noted are a preacher’s pension advocacy, a jab at gendered behavior, a line about footwear care, and an advertising plug for Allen's Foot-Xase powder priced at 25 cents.
This 19th century public notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally to target blood and mucous surfaces. It claims a physician recommended, non quack remedy, with testimonials offered and priced at 75 cents. It also advertises Hell's Family Pills for constipation.
A four-year-old on the South Side tells her mother she feels unwell and fears something is wrong with her liver and bacon, highlighting a humorous mispronunciation captured by the Kansas City Times.
A pretty girl says she would vote the way her father does, sparking an observer to note that she differs little from most men in political choices. The exchange reflects attitudes toward family influence on voting.
In a lively exchange a commenter questions the electability of a local representative. The reply notes the man cannot talk well yet can make motions, highlighting a humorous take on parliamentary procedure.
A humorous Q and A contrasts Mrs Hoyle and Mrs Doyle about husbands schedules. A note on the Anglican church expanding ordination services outside cathedrals to reach more people. John D. Rockefeller and the Duke of Westminster each reportedly receive over 250 begging letters daily. The quip closes with the line about friends when they need you.
Vintage ad copy describes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething children claiming gum softening reduced inflammation and pain relief. Mentions a 25 cent bottle and a separate line about a man following his natural bent yet being perfectly straight.
In the Washington Herald a witty remark turns on a friend’s reading of Les Miserables and a punny nod to Victor Herbert as the author, highlighting a literary club moment of humor and mispronunciation.
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