Nations pledge friendship at Panama-Pacific Exposition
A panoramic image shows ten months before gates open at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Palaces for Education and Social Economy, Food Products, Agriculture, Transportation, Mines, Machinery, Liberal Arts, Manufactures and Varied Industries tower over bayfront, with the Golden Gate in distance. Progress noted as framing and exhibit installations advance.
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America
Bay Shore
Golden Gate
Tog DuHding
Alvin E. Pope
Department of Education and Social Economy
Many Practice False Economy in Farm and Exposition Notes
A mixed reading discusses the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco 1915 with leaders like Dr Frederick J V Skiff and D O Lively. It also covers the value of thrift and warns against waste in farming, citing abandoned machinery and rust from neglect, illustrating the cost of careless economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick J. V. Skiff
San Francisco
George A. Dennison
James A. Barr
Solon H. Borglum
Rockies
Machinery care boosts town prosperity and thrift
An earnest exhortation urges farmers to protect machinery from weather and barnyard neglect. It argues that saving a few cents on tools leads to waste, reduced farm output, and broader town hardship, calling for frank self evaluation and shared effort to sustain agriculture and local commerce. It ends with a light fiction aside about a playful mock marriage.
Slip-ons at Great Bargains Spark Banana Skin Joke
Mrs Gabb asks about slip-ons in a newspaper reading moment. Mr Gabb laughs as he calls a banana skin a slip-on, reflecting a humorous misunderstanding in a Cincinnati Enquirer clipping.
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Mrs. Gabb
Shr
Mr. Gabb
Cincinnati Enquirer
Elbow Care For Summer Skin In Milady's Mirror
The feature advises shaping plump elbows with cocoa butter. It recommends cleansing pores, warm cloth compresses at night, and rubbing cocoa butter around the elbow to add flesh. It notes you can extend rubbing from wrist to shoulder if needed and emphasizes patient practice.
Banishing Blackheads Card Offers Diet Skin Care
Advice recommends avoiding rich foods and pastries while increasing milk intake to improve digestion. It prescribes nightly confection of sulfur and iron mixtures, daily walks, pre-meal water, hot and tepid baths, tar toilet soap, boracic lotion, and weekly facial steaming with sulfur mixtures to remove blackheads.
A Hint For Golfers And Skin Care Tips
A woman golfer credits her smooth complexion to a skin care routine using isinglass dissolved in hot milk or alternatives like gelatin or whipped egg. The mask dries on the face forming a protective film against wind damage and is followed by rosewater sponging and optional cold milk for emollient relief.
Paris Fashion Trend Tinted Powders and Wigs
Parisiennes embrace pale lemon yellow face powder paired with cyclamen pink rouge for evening looks. The trend adds pink and white powder on the throat and neck to achieve a soft, artistic effect on fair haired women with dark gray eyes.
Eyelash Care Routine for Daily Curl and Sweep
A simple daily routine for sweeping and curling lashes. Use a soft brush to gently brush lashes twice daily and again at night to maintain curl and fullness.
Embroideries and Drawers Sale on Childrens Clothing
Advertises 35¢ and 39¢ embroideries for corset covers or child dresses with sale price per yard .25e 29¢e for muslin drawers in sizes 2 to 12 years offering a special deal on pairs. Contains period pricing and child apparel details from a shopping notice.
Beauty lore for eyelashes promised in old remedy
A vintage cosmetic recipe lists ingredients such as sweet almond oil, benzoin tincture, glycerin, tanolin and rose attar to improve eyelash growth and silkiness. It advises lifting the lashes with a finger to curl them upward and to repeat the routine as often as possible.
Softening Water With Oatmeal Bag For Delicate Skin
A tip for delicate skin in spring uses a fine muslin bag filled with oatmeal. Dip the bag into the wash water and squeeze it hard several times to soften the water and keep hands and face smooth.
A Man Who Grew Shorter
Albert Mills known as the brittle man of Birmingham dies at fifty eight after a 26 year struggle with osteomalacia. He shrank from five feet eight inches to under four feet, spending over fourteen years bedridden. Medical interest followed his rare condition worldwide.
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Albert Mills
Birmingham
Mills
Pall Mall Gazette
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Panama-Pacific International Exposition Co
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D. O. Lively
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Beloit Hospital
Beloit
Wis
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Ap Rerstus
Washington Bo
Thomas J. Sullivan
Ethel
Mamma
Robbie
Yonkers Statesman
H. S. Crocker Co
Milady’s
Pereale
Marguerite Aprons
Price
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Richter
Eve
Shakespeare
Moore
Menominee
MR. Merchant
MR. Drayman
MR. Farmer
Aberdeen
MR. Contractor
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