Caring for Girls Through Nervous Changes at Thirteen
A wartime era advisory warns that girls around age thirteen undergo rapid nerve changes as they move from grammar to high school. It stresses special subjects, new environments, travel, and social pressures that can heighten stress. It urges calm, supportive training and avoiding overanxiety about studies to support healthy physical and emotional development.
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Sehool
Chert
Pire
Welaeriat Ag
Homemade Kitchen Biscuits and Chicken Mayonnaise Bites
A historical kitchen column describes making pained biscuits with baking powder and milk dough, cheese biscuits with grated cheese and mustard, and chicken mayonnaise biscuits. It also covers chicken fricassee served with hot biscuits, detailing steps to prepare the fillings and gravy. The tone reflects old household tips and recipes for quick, savory dishes.
Seen on 5th Ave Fashion Notes and Fabrics
A fragmented fashion snippet describes taffeta fabrics in beige black navy with red accents. It notes outfits and accessories seen on Fifth Avenue including collars and rope-tied details. The piece mentions a trend toward modern woven taffeta and color pairings in street wear.
Informal Tan Covert Cloth Dress Described For Spring Wear
The article outlines a covert cloth dress in tan suitable for spring, pairing with a fur scarf such as marten or sabre. It features a two piece style with a cream satin vest tee and an underneath blouse effect, a loose collar rolled over a yoke, a trimmed inset with five buttons, and two front kick plaits.
The Library Window by Marie Marot
A library window is described as part of a decorative room scheme including walls in a yellowish tan and furnishings in coordinated colors. The casement window, shelves, bench, and upholstery echo yellow green and dull orange tones, with a flower bowl and vases adding a sunny touch.
Advice to Girls on Love and Friendships
A column offering guidance to young women on handling romantic pressure and friendships with two or more suitors. It advises setting boundaries, ignoring unwanted advances, and maintaining self respect while avoiding prolonged pursuit of indecisive partners. The piece also covers appropriate conduct with male callers and stresses wholesome, courteous responses.
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Aoan
Curly
Curlyhead
Advice Column Echoes Social Dilemmas in Youth Dating
In a two-part exchange Annie Laurie counsels teen readers on handling dating invites and social expectations. A Blond and a Titian pronounces patience and openness while Babe urges clear signals of romantic interest to avoid misreading intentions.
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Annie
Laurie
Horoscope Notes for Today From the Lunar Angle
The forecast warns of possible Angular celestial influences and many events to watch. People born today may show patient effort and studious traits but also peculiar talents and risks of deception or mischief.
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Saturn
Three Minute Journey Explains Leaning Tower of Pisa
The Leaning Tower of Pisa began in 1374 and finished in 1550. Its uneven foundations caused a steady tilt that has grown to about fourteen and a half feet, making it a world wonder attracting visitors who climb it to view the surrounding scenery.
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S Vieiter
Italy
Pisas
Bomane
William of
Catch Your Germ and Kill Disease
A physician argues germs drive disease and notes erysipelas decline. The article explains skin wounds must be protected, describes erysipelas symptoms from chill to fever to skin lesions, and outlines treatments like ichthyol in solution or ointment.
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Odd Facts from Mars to Hair Growth and Health
A collage of brief items notes Mars day length, a pepper consumption figure, a mad ness definition, English drummers contest, and Kew Gardens attendance dips. It also gives home remedies for skin infections, weight guidance for tall youths, hair growth tips, and a question on cigarette health impact with a 1928 newspaper feature service attribution.
End of the Rainbow Brings Kindness and Food
Doris carries a basket for an exhausted old woman and helps her reach home. In gratitude the old lady offers garden produce and homemade butter, which Doris shares with her mother. She learns that helping others yields richer rewards than a pot of gold.
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Mama
Doris
Doria
Love's Awakening and Junior's Accident
Dicky's mother collapses after Junior falls from a high tree as the family rushes to comfort and confirm the boy's condition. Katherine administers care while Dicky defends his son, and a doctor is summoned to assess possible injuries. The scene centers on worry, family bonds, and the tension over tree climbing.
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Love’s Awakening
Adele Garrison
Dicky
Junior
Icky
Jerry Ticer
Jerry
Ody
Madge
Katherine
Katie
Graham
Quotes on Wisdom and Virtue by Classic Authors
A collage of antique maxims and adages from Ovid Cicero Eliot Stevenson Colton Boileau Caesar on malice kindness happiness and honesty. The lines urge mindful love hate knowledge and living a truthful life.
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Jeannette Young Norton
Miss Shopper
Vera Winston
By Marie Marot
Troan
Annie Laut
Mather
Bey Alent
Takar
Annie Latte
Hove
Annie Laurie
Babe
Fiy
Genevieve Kemble
By Temple Manning
Pisa
Royal 8. Copeland
M. D
United States
New York
New York City
Mars
Earth
Fingland
England
Kew Gardens
London
A. M. QI
Blanche Silver
Oris
Words of
Chile
Cicero
Eliot
Stevenson
Colton
Boileau
Caesar
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