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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1917
Page
7
Pauletta meets a well dressed stranger sleeping by the beach as she shows him her renovated Pinewood Paradise. He is sought by locals for friends at a rebuilt lodge. The encounter leads to a possible romance with Pauletta and Billy Birchner, her father’s chosen match.
The article notes an increasing number of Chinese students at American universities with eighty four leaving China for colleges in one month. It explains a stipulation tied to Boxer indemnities requires China to fund education of Chinese youths in the United States.
The first fighting airplane built wholly in America using American materials has flown in successful test flights. Air Craft Production board officials foresee few design changes for the plane or the Liberty motor and expect mass production to begin soon in numerous factories. Machines used by U S forces in Europe in spring are being produced abroad.
Southern pine supplies have been delivered to multiple army camps since summer. The Southern Pine Association estimates about 200 million feet of pine used in camp construction, with trains delivering 250 solid loads from southern mills and rapid dispatch after orders.
A woman involved in war work hides an acquaintance who avoids social duties, noting her friend’s strong heart and charity rather than language skill. The friend responds humorously that she has spent weeks knitting hamlets for soldiers and has little time for other tasks.
A simple dessert recipe mixing one-third box gelatin two thirds cup sugar and apricots cut fine. Dissolve gelatin in one cupful juice then add sugar and boil. Pour over gelatin and apricots, chill four hours and serve with whipped cream.
In a small town, Bobbitts invites Mr Stevens to the movies and candy shop. Aunt Maida worries as Stevens contemplates apology, while Bobbitts humorously insists on polergizing. Darkness hides a tense reunion as family members intervene and the need for apology fades.
The Dundee Advertiser recalls a square dark talisman set in gold worn on the left hand by rulers across centuries. Originating with Saladin, it was taken by a German knight before Jerusalem, later passing to Ulrich, Margraf of Nuremberg, and the Hohenzollern lineage keeps it through generations.
Floorwalkers are rapidly being replaced in New York stores by young women in dark blue uniforms with white braid trimming red ties and Tam O Shanter caps. The move responds to draft induced labor shortages as sales floors seek to avoid disruptions from a depleted male staff.
If embroidery work is ironed wrong side up over a Turkish towel the design will stand out more clearly and there is less risk of scorching while pressing around the pattern.
A short reflection on nature as a blessing and land as a gift from nature. It asserts ownership elevates a person among nature’s favored, and frames exchange as a chain from land to human effort and capability.
A tablet dating from 600 BC to 300 BC, translated at the University of Pennsylvania museum, is identified as a missing part of the Gilgamesh epic, regarded by Babylonians as a classic poem akin to the Iliad for Greeks.
Camouflage described as masking by leaves around artillery or observers on outposts. The term, of French origin via Italian, evokes disguises using straw wisps or grain sheaves to conceal bodies. Pronunciation guides outline key vowel sounds and the zh sound.
Roland, a native son, recalls conversations with friends and relatives in California. A small puppy is given to him but Pat stays by the milk saucer. After failed tricks, Roland smiles and coaxingly invites Pat to come down into the canyon for an awful pretty view.
The New York State College of Forestry studies tree growth in central New York wood lots and plantations. Central New York soils and climate support rapid forest growth, with Adirondack virgin forests yielding about 200 board feet per acre yearly, while well managed German forests reach 1000 to 1200 board feet per acre per year. Proper farm wood lot use and planting suitable species can produce excellent timber crops in a relatively short period.
Uncle Eben remarks that to keep playing the races one must possess a mighty forgiving nature, illustrating his view on forgiveness in sport and life.
The rattle forms from a single scale or epidermal spine at tail end. The root rests on the last caudal vertebra and is covered by skin, marking the beginning of the ratt le in young rattlesnakes.
The grocers' wife jokes about language teaching and confusions for farmers. She cites the word air with its homophones air hair and describes the difficulties of learning pronunciation. The playful exchange highlights dialect humor and rural misunderstandings.
The piece argues that overhead costs burden businesses and individuals alike. It notes personal management controls income and warns that rising expenses erode surplus, forcing essentials to be sacrificed. A disciplined personal purse is seen as a valuable asset to any enterprise.
The loon ranks among the most beautiful and graceful wild water birds. It dives swiftly and swims quickly on northern lakes, though awkward on land. John Burroughs notes its quiver of traits, while observers speak of its piercing eye and a poignant dying cry felt by gunners.
The text notes only two seasons at the equator in Africa the wet and the dry. The wet season lasts eight months and the thermometer averages between 110 and 125 degrees Fahrenheit during that period.
A Midlands wife narrates a feud between two women and warns that if one had spoken to the other as she spoke to her she would have killed her. The remark captures rural speech and local color.
A physician warns readers to avoid uncertain foods and choose items known to be beneficial. The message urges caution amid many wholesome options and stresses sticking to trusted, good for you choices.
Mountain campers scorn tents and sleep in the open have devised moonshades to shield their eyes at night. The shade uses a square canvas stretched between two pointed stakes driven into the ground in any desired position to block the reflected light from the moon.
The Lu minara newspaper in Madrid was printed with phosphorus ink enabling glow in the dark. Another curiosity, the Regal, used dough sheets with non poisonous ink edible for nourishment. Le Bien-Etre offered a forty year pension and free burial to subscribers.
John PD Wells in Rhymes of Our Home Folks jokes about himself saying he writes a verse daily for fifteen years and sometimes a forgotten one returns. His daughter Annette recites a verse and says the teacher was told by her father that it is doggerel. The daughter adds the teacher replied that the father ought to know since he wrote it.
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