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Newspaper
Winthrop Sun And Visitor
Location
Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1907
Page
6
The essay reflects on marriage and the moments when novelty fades. It argues that mutual desire and effort sustain affection, noting that surface refinement fades after securing a partner. It suggests women who demand self respect can be more appealing than those who reveal too much, and it doubts complete mutual understanding between spouses.
A Good Housekeeping Discovery note describes a practical safety measure for flailing babies in high chairs. A contributor suggests attaching a weighted cloth bag containing a flatiron to the chair’s legs to prevent tipping, offering reassurance to anxious mothers.
Practical tips cover Emery powder and oil for steel polish, reheating stale cake and bread in milk, whitening marble with soda and soap, caring for antique cut glass with tepid water and dusting, and storing powdered silver polish in flannel bags for quick use.
The text explains how rainwater filtering through a porous layer sandwiched between impermeable clays creates a sub basin pool under pressure. A bore through the cap rock taps this water, which rises to form a natural fountain due to the height difference with the feeding column, analogous to artificial fountains.
A vivid note on attar of roses from Persia where hundreds of acres grow roses for distillation. Donkey caravans guarded by soldiers travel to Bushire for export to Bombay while other caravans reach ports on the Caspian Sea. The scent announces their approach and lingers for days as they move.
London Answers reports Turcoman robbers in central Asia operate land and sea piracy on the Caspian. They capture crews from Russian and Persian vessels, sell captives as slaves in Khiva and Bokhara, and employ many slaves under cruel conditions.
Nellie notices a supposed hair in her oyster soup at a South Broad street dinner and reveals a crack in the plate. Her mother hushes the concern, insisting it is only a crack, not a hair, in the plate.
A middle aged, happily married man explains a simple rule for married life. He says when his wife is in the wrong he agrees, and when she is right he argues, she wins and feels good, leading to lasting harmony. He advises learning this before marriage.
A patron protests a billing error at a hotel bar claiming no charge for speculative rain warning. He notes extras reviewed show no charge for forewarning about rain, asserting the bill favors him due to an oversight.
Mrs Radley asks why a woman is watching her and wonders aloud about the watcher’s motives. Her husband affirms the woman may be investigating the stare.
Mrs Dunleigh notes a habit of calls when she is out and Little Flossie Dimpleton mentions seeing from the front window whenever someone leaves. The exchange reads as a domestic vignette with social visiting behavior highlighted.
A philosophical musing notes that every man experiences intersecting lines of past and future, as two eternities converge in the present. The reflection highlights influence spanning eras.
Proper lamp care ensures clear light and no odor through clean burners wicks and chimneys. Cleanliness, careful wick trimming, monthly boiling, and drying chimneys prevent smoky light and fuel waste. Lift burner tops to check air holes, never cut wicks with scissors, and extinguish when oil runs dry.
An editorial excerpt from the December Century argues that the social prominence of American girls is inflated beyond their achievements. It contends lavish gifts and party culture distort values, elevating beauty and spectacle over simple human life and true happiness.
The piece advises lemon juice for voice care and skin, onion dishes for health, and buttermilk to prevent sunburn while hot water aids healing. It extols onions as medicine and humorously claims bread is a mere crutch, urging lighter, fruit and juice based remedies. It notes singing tips like apple consumption to clear the voice.
A vintage home remedy suggests using cayenne pepper to deter mice. It advises thoroughly checking cupboards, stuffing holes with wet rag, then dipping the rag in cayenne pepper to repel rodents.
A description of a simple magic slate trick where a name and birth date appear on chalk covered slate upon a chair. The article shifts to a Washington Star note about Labouchere spotting a secret letter delay joke with Hammond and Baden Baden, highlighting a foreseen reply to a correspondence.
The article explains the sun’s density compares poorly to Earth’s, noting it would take 332,000 Earths to balance its weight and that the sun is near water density. It uses Helmholtz and Mendenhall ideas to illustrate vast distances and suggests Earth could fit inside the sun if hollowed, with the Moon and a further satellite orbit distances given.
The passage playfully collects quips and phrases from the Philadelphia Ledger. It items lines on work of a ditch digger, a ship with two mates, a courting note, a garden Eden fall style, and a dog named Hickory. The tone is light and humorous.
A Washington Star item notes Margaret struggles with letters but is guided by a gate analogy. Her mother uses the gate to aid memory, listing progress from 4b to ef and beyond, suggesting future study will be challenging as the learner improves.
The London Chronicle notes the gap between written and spoken language in English and French. It cites words like succinct and Brobdingraglan as hard to pronounce publicly, while the public speaker’s pronunciation betrays regional roots.
A German physician used hypnotism to simulate a sun climate for a patient unable to travel. He painted a sun on the ceiling and suggested a cure, but the patient died from sunstroke after initial improvement. The doctor defended his method as helping the patient before the fatal outcome.
A well known cricket club near Bury played its last season match on home ground. The pro claimed seven wickets, securing the bowling prize, while the batting prize remained unsettled. A spectator noted the pro would likely seize both prizes, joking about him pinching the pavilion next.
A gray headed man recalls observing waiters tipping fellow servers after meals. He notes a shift of staff dining together while others wait on them and explains that the practice is customary among waiters, each tipping the next as a show of regard for tipping norms.
A witty professional man argues that a friend known as henpecked is not truly a model husband. He counters that the man is modeled perhaps in clay or putty, while his partner insists the phrase fits. The group laughs at the comparison and the line is chalked as a humorous standard.
A Chicago Record remark links flattery to social power and suggests luck drives disposition. A Johnson quote notes flatterers’ belief or aim, while the other adage ties misfortune to eventual ruin by prosperity.
A Pearson's Weekly excerpt discusses voice types across ages and races, claiming primitive Europeans were tenors who deepened to baritone and bass with age. It argues racial and physical traits relate to pitch and notes exceptions to common beliefs about voice and body.
A London Strand note describes deer stalking by Dogrib and ostrich hunting by South African bushmen. Eskimos lure seals by mimicking swimming while dressed in sealskins, and Australian natives use birdskin decoys to bring wallabies within spear range.
Public auction will sell a one fifth undivided interest in tracts in Winthrop Suffolk County Massachusetts. Sale attorney Fred W. Wood Boston on January 7, 1908 at 3 PM. Cash payment of 800 dollars required. balance due in ten days. Mortgagee P S Macgowan by David Floyd auctioneer.
Local societies lodges and churches plan entertainments in coming months to aid treasuries and charities. The Winthrop Sun and Visitor will print suitable reports if notified or given tickets, but charges apply for preliminary admission announcements. rates are low but apply equally to all groups.
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