Home Making Helps by Wanda Barton
A column on floor care for new and old homes covers surface prep with sandpaper and filler, finishes from paint to varnish, dust control, and maintenance tips. It also includes a reflective, family-themed interlude about siblings, dances, and postwar social life amid 1928 newspaper culture.
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Everse
Love's Ember by Adele and Edith Fairfax Photograph Mystery
A damaged excerpt reveals Adele and Lillian in a tense scene surrounding a photographed card of Edith Fairfax. The narrator contends with temptation to destroy the image and seeks Lillian's help after a tense search for Junior ends with uncertainty about the red-bearded man.
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Lillian
Madge
Edith Fairfax
Dicky
Junior
Absorbing Sequel to Revelations of a Wife
A tense scene unfolds as a narrator and Lillian plot to retrieve a photograph from Dicky without Edith Fairfax's knowledge. Lillian, wary of Edith, leads the way to a basement plan just as Dicky prepares for dinner. Copyright 192%, Newspaper Feature Service.
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Garrison
Lillian
Dicky
Edith Fairfax
Dicky-bird
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Hats of the Day Show Varying Styles in Costume Plush
A survey of millinery reveals small cloche and toque styles alongside conservatively brimmed hats for formal wear. Large picture hats suit Southern seasons, with elaborate but minimal ornamentation. fit and draping define style as hats are shaped to each wearer's head.
Distinguishing the Moron Amentia Types in 1928
Louise Bisch explains amentia and moron classifications from the Binet scale, noting morons differ in mental age and may seem normal yet are impaired. She details verbalists, imbeciles, idiocy, hydrocephalics, microcephalics, cretins and other types, and discusses diagnosis limits and misconceptions.
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Binet-Simon
St. Vitus
Advice to Girls by Annie Laurie
A teen girl asks how to overcome shyness and social awkwardness at high school. Miss Anxious counsels building self esteem, accepting invitations, and showing agreeable, confident behavior to end blushing and fit in with peers.
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Annie Laurie
Miss Anxious
Ms Anxious
Overcoming Bashfulness to Speak with Girls
A teen writer asks how to stop being shy around girls. The adviser urges self‑improvement, ease, poise, and confidence. Improve conversation ability, engage with the girls, and show sincere interest to break the awkward barrier.
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Annie Laurie
Cyahglhades
Toning Up for the Evening by Anne Jordan
A ladies skincare routine for evening preparation. It prescribes cleansing cream massage, a warm bath with bath salts, a facial with cold cream and tonics, and options for oily or dry skin followed by a resting period before applying makeup. An inferred social context frames women’s grooming as preparing for social events.
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Anne Jordan
Deeper Breathing Adds Years to Life
An article by Royal S. Copeland M D links long life to deep breathing and oxidation of food. It explains how oxygen fuels energy, compares breathing to a stove and boiler, and urges daily practice for health. Q A sections discuss adhesions, teeth, and blood pressure with medical guidance. Copyright 1928 Newspaper Feature Service Inc.
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Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
Royal S. Copeland
M. D
United States
New York
New York City
Dr.copeland
Fashionable Sports Costumes Shine on Fifth Avenue
On Fifth Avenue displays feature sharp contrasts in sports costumes. A light tan fabric shows dark brown, gray black, and rose bands and appliques. An ombre violet tweed ensemble with lavender trim stands out, with a violet hat. A tailored tweed dress with brown leather appliques matches a leather-adorned coat and collar. An evening coat in medium blue with blue satin lining and clustered silver stars adds a novel touch.
Betty Learns Ant Queen Fantasy Ends With Morning Truth
Betty dreams of being an ant queen and speaks in ant language after being carried to a pebble. Ants explain their queen must rule with the help of soldiers and slaves, then Betty wakes to her mother’s reassurance about the ants and slave larvae, ending with a nap.
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Betty
Ant
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Horoscope: Steady push toward real estate and business growth
Tomorrow’s horoscope advises determined progress in labor, industry, and perseverance across real estate, agriculture, mining, machinery, and new contracts in publicity, publishing, and property affairs. Watch for small deceits, expect help from elders, and note a favorable year for those with birthdays. Notable nativity: Mary Boland.
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Genevieve Kemble
Glen Buck
Mary Boland
John Knowles Paine A Pioneer in American Music History
John Knowles Paine born January 9 1839 in Portland Maine became a key figure in American music He studied in Portland Germany and then built a career as a concert organist and Harvard professor He helped establish the first music chair at an American university earning the title Nestor of American Composers He wrote the Century Hymn and Columbus March and Hymn for major national events Paine died April 25 1906 in Cambridge Massachusetts.
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Paine
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Maine
Kotzschmar
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Berlin
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Payne
Azara
Aucassin
Nicolette
Philadelphia
Nestor
America
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Words of the Wise and Quotes on Life and Names
A collection of maxims and quotations from Goethe Seneca Shakespeare Plautus Emerson Horace and Lowell exploring kindness names and the nature of genius and character. The fragment highlights the power of individual conviction and the muse’s role in elevating heroes.
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