Brazil mines dentist in House to care for lawmakers
A Brazilian House of Representatives installs a dentist as a permanent staff member to care for legislators during service. The piece, by Roy al S Copeland M D notes the idea reflects emphasis on preventive health and urges similar enthusiasm in the United States. It discusses dental cavities and progressive health attitudes in South America.
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Rio de Janeiro
House of Representatives
House
Brazil
South America
Sam
Bright
Varied Uses of the Calavo in Home Kitchen Tips
The article reintroduces the Calavo avocado with calls for a standard price, offers recipes such as Calavo Sandwich Filling and Escalloped Calavo, and suggests how to use lime juice and taragon vinegar for flavor. It also includes a dental health advice column urging regular checkups and comments on Brazilian dental exams.
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Tropics
Tomorrow's Horoscope for Wednesday July
The reading warns of disintegration upheaval and financial and physical challenges. It urges diligence to gain stability and advises seeking favors from elderly persons or long established institutions. A child should learn perseverance and gain elderly friendship. Notable Nativity William Farnum.
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Cicero
William Farnum
Robes in Rubberized Satin Fashion Bright Color Bands
The article describes a dress robe crafted from rubberized satin praised for its suppleness. A black robe features white bands on the front and sleeves, with alternatives in bright blue and green or red and yellow. Readers are advised on stylish, practical sun protection.
No Low Necks for Turkish Girls by Winifred Black
A column argues Turkish women reject Western evening gowns despite emanicpation. It satirically notes Turkish reformers ban flamboyant dress, celebrates veils and modest attire, and muses on cultural exchange, style and morality.
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Bosphorus
Winifred Black
Turkish Woman’s Union
Constantinople
Paris
Turkey
Fashion notes on Fifth Avenue styles and trends
A shopper column describes summer wear including a Tahiti style wrap worn at the waist or shoulders, leatherette raincoats with sport lines, a silk sleeveless tennis frock, and a leghorn hat trimmed with two toned velvet ribbon. It notes practical yet chic looks for varied weather and activities.
Three-Minute Journeys: Eskimaux of the Frozen North
Temple Manning portrays Eskimaux life with stark contrast from luxury to famine. He details amulets worn by a child, the tribe’s diet of caribou and seal, raw foods and blubber soups, snow huts heated by blubber, and water kept by ice holes. The piece notes harsh customs and survival practices in a frigid world.
Odd and Interesting Facts Through History
A miscellany notes tea supply in the UK about half of world production. Ocean life ends at 1.5 miles depth. England uses pillar boxes for about seventy years. Bees use a scent to orient homeward. There are 319 known packs of hounds. Ivory yield averages fifty pounds per elephant. An average orange tree bears 20000 fruit. About 250 years ago King Charles II attended the Lord Mayor’s banquet in London. serum for erysipelas had been reported.
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Charles II
London
Marrying on a Bet and Losing to Win
Dear Elsie advises Ann who married at nineteen to stay with her husband for the sake of their baby and home. The advice argues love develops slowly and urges patience, responsibility, and effort to build happiness rather than seek romance elsewhere. Copyright 1927 Premier Syndicate.
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Elsie
Baby
Ann
Nat
Elsie Marlowe
Marrie
Premier Syndicate
Ine
Advice to Girls by Annie Laurie
A reader seeks tips on broken dates and fading affections. Annie Laurie advises setting firm boundaries, not chasing plans, and avoiding panic over indifference. For an engagement, she suggests asking for a home visit to rekindle interest or, if needed, releasing the fiance to avoid an unstable marriage.
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Annie Laurie
Dinner Intrigue at The Larches and Mary’s Escapade
In a stalled moment at a dinner hosted by Phil Veritzen, Madge and Lillian discuss odds and ends about the guests. Noel Veritzen quietly haunts the veranda while Mary plans to reveal her masked dancer escapade to Phil, complicating his rigid rules. The dialogue hints at past schemes and the threat of blabbing by Jack Leslie, with motives and loyalties weighing on Madge and Mary as they await the waiter’s return.
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Lillian
Larches
Phil Veritzen
Mr. Veritzen
Noel Veritzen
Dicky
Mary
Billian
Phil
Jack Leslie
Hugh Grantland
God
Kipling
Disko
Madge
Veritzen
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Genevieve Kemble
Vera Winston
Annette Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Jane
John
Jean
Mary Ann Mahoney
Annabelle Smith
Miss Shopper
Temple Manning
Frozen North
United Kingdom of
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England
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Nhar
Adele Garrison
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