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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1924
Page
6
Control Your Weight Via the Kitchen advises holiday diet balance with small sandwiches light diversions and careful portions. It offers practical tips for party refreshments and strategies to curb overeating while staying upbeat and social.
New York area reports of severe lead poisoning from gasoline energizers. Lead fumes cause acute and chronic poisoning. thiosulfate of soda is an antidote. New York health department bans lead energizers. Also letters on zinc powder can safety and expectant mother worries with medical Q A.
A poem by James J. Montague contrasts a rain soaked substitute Santa with no reindeer, plain clothes, and endless rounds delivering parcels, then pivots to a quip about Henry Ford as a substitute. It ends with a jab at the Volstead Act and road-crossing confusion in a 1924 Bell Syndicate copyright notice.
Puzzle clues include a color, incisions, weaken, regret, flower, wager, water fowl, fodder pit, grain, long life. The piece promotes daily Washington Post crosswords with a Sherlock Holmes vibe and assorted horizontal clues such as chest bone, goddess of agriculture, deep learning, wheel track, fall behind, waistcoat, enclosure, toward, Greek letter, zealous. Hels
Ongoing tale features Polynesia the parrot and Jip the dog as the Doctor learns animal language. Polynesia notes parrots understand meaning, not just words, and reveals Bumpo the prince has traveled to England by royal invitation creating surprise for the Doctor.
In a playful exchange from Dolittle’s world, Bumpo prepares for study in Oxford while tales of Jolllingka and Sleeping Beauty unfold. The parrot recounts Bumpo’s arrival, royal banter, and a later marriage to a crowned princess, leaving the Great John Dolittle’s tomorrow visit teased.
Mary Elizabeth Allen warns that early reckless investing leaves a lasting stain on a name. The piece describes sucker lists compiled from gold bricks and blue sky schemes, urging readers to question prompts, study reliable literature, and ask sharp questions before parting with money.
A reader laments young women in public spaces displaying a “free and easy” style in theaters churches and streets. The letter urges modesty and tact criticizing dress and behavior while defending propriety and calling for accountability for male advances. A columnist replies defending civility and warning against harassment in public.
Fragmentary verse from 1924 imprint urges patience and faith to endure career trials. It contrasts selfish gain with steadfast friendship and belief in God to sustain one through grief and hardship. Edgar A Gur imprint hints at resilience over fortune in life’s tempests.
A Florida inspired home recipe explains how to prepare kumquats for relish without vinegar. It instructs selecting fruit, rinsing, blanching in water thrice, and cooking with a sugar to water ratio until the syrup thickens, yielding a fresh, ready to use relish for dishes like chop suey.
Special to The Washington Post Danville Va Dec 21 Charles G Evans retiring principal of Randolph Macon Institute will not ask to be released from his contract with the board of trustees until June when it terminates He expects to remain at the college and will give full time to it He denied a report that he might resign for California and said he had received notice that his resignation tendered by long distance telephone during a board meeting in Lynchburg had been accepted.
The Victor release features Louise Homer singing Mignon and Connass tu ie pays with tender contralto depth. Also included is Gavo’s Me versus dans son boudoir in borrowed plumage, plus Joaninoff’s Lilacs revealing his tonal poetry. A Tschaikowsky fragment adds lightness, not to be confused with Dvorak.
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