First Aid Kits For Health At Home And On The Go
Royal S Copeland urges every home and workplace to keep a compact first aid kit with common remedies. The list includes iodine solution, alcohol, vinegar, bicarbonate of soda, castor oil, adhesive plaster, bandages, gauze, cups, droppers, scissors, and a tourniquet. Keep the kit in a fixed place and review its uses with family.
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New York
New York City
American Red Cross
Jamaica
Odd Facts From Population and Insect Life
Population grows by about 1.6 million annually. A female fly lives six weeks and lays 150 eggs every ten days. In London many basements are damp and unfit. 1928 labor stoppages in GB and NI total 302, the lowest on record. British rail deaths last year reached 460, with fewer punters than 1927. Dr Josiah Oldfield says girls are more cultured than boys.
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British Railways
Josiah Oldfield
Goitre causes and varicose vein recovery tips
A reader asks what causes goitre and proper thyroid treatment, with expert advising a self addressed stamped envelope for details. Another reader reports persistent ankle stiffness a year after varicose vein surgery and is advised to wear support stockings or bandage for leg support.
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J. L. QI
A Fashion Model Diary Excerpt From Grace Thorncliffe
EAR MOTHER expresses regret at missing a family gathering and praises Dad. Gracie notes her sister’s growing charm, the sister’s suitors, and describes a dress bought for the youngest sister, a two piece dark blue jersey with beige accents, while praising family affection and practical school wear.
The One Room Apartment Catches Modern City Living
The one room apartment grows in popularity as a practical, cost saving home for business people and urban renters. Builders design compact, complete spaces with hidden beds tiny kitchens and decorative storage while preserving a living room feel and stylish, efficient use of space.
Home Making Helps In Modern Apartments
The article notes alternatives to drawers and dressers in small living spaces. Antique desk designs with large drawers serve as lingerie storage. Builders add closet space with drawers and mirror areas, plus occasional dressing rooms. Compact cooking tables also conceal kitchen needs when closed.
Stars Say For Tuesday September 17 1967 Genieve Kemble
Sidereal forecasts warn of conflicting events and dangers this day with possible sudden benefit amid fraud and misunderstanding. Personal relations and female activities may face offsetting issues. a birthday year of perplexities looms, while earnings are delayed for the steady earner.
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Genevieve Kemble
Anon
Helpful Advice to Girls Annie Laurie Bar
Two girls seek party tips for teens and preteens. Annie Laurie suggests costumed rag bag games to avoid formality. Advice for a teen girl about handling a boy friend focuses on casual graciousness and self knowledge to win or keep interest.
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Annie Laurie
Mildred
Margaret
Ildred and
Kar Annie Laurie
Hbira
Sue
Orry Sue
Egg White Pore Refining Facial Revealed
A vintage beauty column explains using fresh egg white as a pore refining treatment. It instructs cleansing, a boric acid toner, then applying albumen to the face in upward strokes, letting it dry, rewetting, and removing to tighten pores over several weeks.
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Love and Lies at the Brixtons Neighbors in New York
Helena Brixton writes from Toledo about moving to New York with her children Carolyn Ronald and Sam. She plans an apartment life and asks Lillian for help arranging a country Christmas near Larches estate while maintaining neighbors proximity amid suspected mischief from Sam.
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Love
Lillian
Helena Brixton
Bam Brixton
Carolyn
New Jersey
Marion
Samuel Brixton
Lillian #6
Harry
Sam
Helena
Toledo
New York
Charles Owen
Long Island
Ronald
Yale
Whitney Hall
Tmame
Sam Brixton
Brixton’s
Lillian Dearest
Tang
Charles
Miss Lincoln
Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
Good Night Stories Mij Learns to Fly Lessons
A playful tale where Mij and friends visit Mrs Canary for a flying lesson. Five shadow-children observe four young canaries as Mrs Canary demonstrates steering by tail movements and wing dips, then the birds practice and soar from perch to perch.
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Yam
Flor
Hanid
Koarf
Knarf
Mra. Canary
Dore
Mra
Canary
Thun
Solda
Tido
Wings Without Wings In A Cage Flight Fails
Dore and Mira enable Knarf to craft feathered wings for Knarf and Mil. Knarf warns Mil to fly only outside, but Mil escapes the cage and flies wildly until he crashes into a chimney, ending his night. Canary and Mia observe, while shadow-boy Ian helps.
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Dore
Mira
Mia
Canary
Knart
Hinem
Knarf
Mil
Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
Quotes and aphorisms from 19th century thinkers
A collage of quotes from Emerson Syrus Coleridge Carlyle and Disraeli on wisdom, faith, criticism and the nature of thinking. The lines mix reflections on intellect authority and virtue with brief moral observations.
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London
Great Britain and
Northern Ireland
Grace Thorncliffe
Sis
Billy
Madame
Helene
Gracie
Lingorte
Eleanor Ross
Josephine Huddleston
Adele Garrison
Brixton
Madge
Max Trdll
Mij
Words of
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Syrus
Carlyle
Disraeli
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