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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1929
Page
8
A 1923 guidance feature argues office workers should eat less and choose high quality food, noting overeating harms health and digestion. It warns against cheap, processed foods and stresses proper cooking, table habits, and self control to prevent indigestion.
A diary entry describes the Carleton twins Ann and Marion, noted socialites who buy nearly all their clothes from a single shop. Marion seeks a new evening wrap, praising a velvet cape wrap with white fox edging as a knockout, while Ann admires the collection, and both sisters travel in fashionable circles. The narrator is impressed by their looks, popularity, and spending.
A lighthearted vignette from OU features Yhor kneeling at a woman’s feet to fix a ski strap. He declares his devotion and she gently nerves about acknowledging it, while he stays on bended knee, content in love’s quiet humor.
A guide for hosting a Lincoln birthday luncheon with paper decor a log cabin centerpiece and rustic foods. It describes table settings with brown and cream tones a scroll place card and Lincoln quotations while detailing courses including soup ham pie biscuits and pies with cider and punch.
Genieve Kemble presents planetary influences for Tuesday February 12 noting mixed readings with potential prosperity and delays. Advice warns against ill temper and careless speech, urges health, discipline, and self-control for those born on this day to seize opportunities and avoid disappointment.
The text gives dining etiquette guidance for service plates that stay through the meal, using linens over napkins, and trash disposal. It suggests decorations of yellow and white chrysanthemums with fall leaves and asparagus ferns, carnations for buttonholes, and period music. It mentions passing clay pipes and tobacco for extra entertainment.
A curious note describes pouring sulfuric acid into water to remove paint odor and a kitchen tip to salvage curdled custard by whisking in a raw egg then folding in the mixture.
A voiced 19th or early 20th century note argues that a man should rise for a woman in an elevator and give up his seat on a trolley or subway. The speaker claims such courtesy remains flattering and effective for social standing despite modern equal rights talk.
A 1939 feature argues women should embrace femininity rather than imitate men. It warns against wearing mannish attire and adopts a brusque voice as a detour for men, urging women to remain true to feminine style when going out with other women.
A late 1920s fashion note emphasizes harmony between accessories and outfits for young girls. It contrasts sports wear with formal frocks, warning that mismatched shoes, bags, and jewelry ruin a look, and offers guidance on appropriate detailing and minimal accessories for different ensembles.
Five shadow-children Mij Mor Hanid Yam and Knarf explore the royal palace at Versailles outside Paris. They dream of kingship but face chores and duties, while the real children and their shadows stumble through the grand halls and mirrors in a childishly humorous tale from 1929.
A teen girl asks if her college bound boyfriend should request a meeting with her mother to discuss their romance. Annie Laurie advises the young man should speak with her mother to clear up the situation, noting it would reflect his manliness and honesty.
A fragment from a serialized tale centers on Mary uncovering a hidden savings plan and a plan to marry Noel Veritzen to Eleanor Lincoln. The narrator recalls spying on Janet Rawdon and shares Mary and Noel’s strained romance as Eleanor proposes in a moment of confession. Continued next issue.
A sequence of antique maxims from authors including Southerne Shakespeare La Fontaine Byron La Rochefoucauld and Disraeli. The notes reflect on wealth patience pride adversity and self awareness as paths to truth and understanding.
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