Auto trip chaperone debate sparks fashion notes
A 1936 feature by Winifred Black and Annette Bradshaw explores mothers opposing a Chicago bound car trip for Helen and Louise, while riffing on fashions for rainy day outfits and matching chintz parlor wear. The piece contrasts modern freedom with Victorian maternal control amid social rumors and chic coordinated ensembles.
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Annette Bradshaw
Helen
Louise
New York
Chicago
Hudson
Lakes
Wisconsin
Jupiter Plovin
Little Sister
Big Sister
Home-Making Helps By Wanda Barton
Practical tips for entertaining guests at home. Emphasizes informal, buffet meals, simple cleanup, and thoughtful guest rooms. Advises providing local information and independent guest plans to aid visitors and enhance enjoyment.
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Wanda Barton
oPewels
Beauty from Happiness By Lucrezia Beri
The fragment seems to present a bookish line about beauty and happiness with repeated phrases and garbled text. It mentions Lucrezia Beri in a looping title and then adds unreadable content. The readable portions hint at a literary or biographical piece but lack coherent narrative details.
Seventeen and a Youthful Crush in Elsie’s Letter
A serialized story fragment shows Elsie recounting her feelings for a twenty three year old church leader. The narrator, seventeen, admits she is daft over him despite not finding him attractive, while self-doubting the depth of her affection.
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Bagzazemaster
Baguagh
Nisie
Elsie
Rats and Fleas Spread a Plague Across Seaports
Dr. Copeland warns that bubonic plague spreads via rat fleas, not rats alone, citing outbreaks in seaports and the chain from bites to transmission aboard ships. He urges strong rodent control and public health vigilance worldwide, with reader Q and A on health topics.
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Bagdad
Liverpool
Orient
America
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Ile
Sechiller
Cotopaxl
Ecuador
Siurope
Canada
Britain
Portugal
London
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Ee Wien Mererest
Tere*t
Licky
Madge
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Royal S. Copeland
M.D
United States
New York City
Daily Reader
Heath
A. Bo
Copeland
Regal
Newspapers Feature Service
DR. Copeland
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