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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1908
Page
6
A novel game called net ball uses a pocketed net between two sticks to volley two lawn tennis balls between two players. Points are scored for failed returns, and skilled players learn to use the net as a racket. Net ball originated in England and is spreading to France, with rising popularity.
An essay argues that rigid routines trap people in harmless habits and limit freedom. It describes how fixed wake times, door checks, and hairpin rituals delay spontaneity and happiness, noting both the dulling of joy and social friction from unyielding schedules.
Travelers report a gigantic six inch spider in the mountains of Ceylon and India with a gold or scarlet underbody and slate fur. Its five foot yellow silk web can hold a bird, and the creature quickly binds prey, sometimes trapping people by a webbed face or nose.
A health guidance note urges thorough rinsing after each use and weekly carbolic acid baths for toothbrushes. It recommends hanging brushes, using decorative covers, discarding worn brushes, and choosing slightly curved, medium stiffness bristles. Soak in cold water overnight before first use to swell bristles for longer life.
A collection of short riddles about birds includes lines like Which animals eat most food and canaries smoking a short pipe. It notes a pun on fowls pecks a day and advises making trousers and waistcoat first to extend a coat’s life.
Practical advice for caring for infants and children includes immediate hot baths for convulsions, elbow tests for water temperature, toothache relief with glycerin and cloves, cavity remedies with oil of cloves, myrrh or laudanum soaked cotton, coal oil for slow healing cuts, prompt hot water rub for sprains, and maintaining a 70 degree room with 98 degree bath for the first three months. It notes common causes of fussiness in children such as hunger thirst poor sleep overeating uncomfortable clothing and sweets.
An upholstery hint describes curtain loops as a unifying touch for varied draperies. Embroidered linen loops, either wide or narrow, can be purchased or made at home in white on colored grounds. Cretonne and summer fabrics can use looped back styles, with antique supports revived for cretonne.
The piece argues that ease and conventionality define a good social letter, rejecting naked egotism and over precision. It cautions against elliptical expressions in ceremonial notes and urges courtesy as the first essential of social contact, noting the oddity of omitting I in letters and the lure of heartfelt openings.
A humorous glimpse at women’s suffrage marchers in London as Bernard Shaw jokes about gender roles. The piece cites a death rate disparity, notes a West Virginia archaeology clubwoman Mrs Mor ton Worthan Sloan of Huntington, and describes clever burglar defenses by women, ending with a lighthearted tip to ignore burglars by pretending to sleep.
An essay on unhappy marriages argues that constant quarreling ruins relationships. A widow tells of a man with a contentious first marriage and a future wife who vows not to respond, thereby stopping fights and restoring harmony through restraint. This piece highlights restraint as a secret to happiness in marriage.
A Tennessee inventor introduces a kitchen reminder device for busy housewives. The card shows months with notches listing household articles or foods like soap starch sugar eggs. Strings or bands move to mark needed items, replacing daily written checklists.
A salad’s role exceeds a simple course noting that the dressing and component choices suit the following dish. The text details timing for dressings, preferred vegetables by course, and garnishing techniques, urging care and artistry in preparation for digestion and flavor balance.
The article explains the origins of several dances. It links quadrille to a square formation from French and notes contredanse as a misnamed country dance. It cites polka from Bohemian pulka meaning half step, minuet from Latin minutes small, waltz from German waltzen to revolve, reel as obvious, and jig from French gigue.
A brief humorous dialogue features a woman claiming the oak as her favorite tree and a man countering with the yew as his top choice. The exchange showcases playful banter and literary wit characteristic of Harper's Weekly.
Practical tips on skin care and cosmetics including camphor spirits for cold sores, eye baths with salt water, skin food and cream before powder, eyebrow care with vaseline, and a beauty sleep regimen using rose leaf pillows and aromatic cushions to rest nerves and improve complexion.
A series of traditional maxims presents practical wisdom about risk, effort, and virtue. Notable lines advise boldness for travel, endurance through pain, frugality, and the value of hard work, with reminders that time or circumstance change how people are judged.
Discolored cups and dishes used for baking can be made as new by rubbing the brown stains with a flannel dipped in whiting. If a short strip of kid from a glove is sewn to the center of a necktie, the rough leather will grip the tie against a polished collar.
A fragment describes a printing business aiming to cater to the public with well printed, carefully arranged notices rather than shabby wrappers. It contrasts cheap perceived value of rough bills with the value of quality presentation in announcements and bills.
Fancy Printing advertises reliable output for any order size. It touts modern equipment a diverse type and material inventory and a competent staff ready to handle all work.
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