White Velvet Evening Gowns Highlight Paris Fashion Tastes
Paris dressmakers push white velvet for winter de luxe gowns in old fashioned velours de Lyon. Black and white lace combinations and turquoise embroidery appear on bodices and sleeves. Brown camel hair jackets and versatile scarves dominate smart winter wear and midwinter sport layers.
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Paris
Lyon
Madeleine Et Madeleine
Chantilly
America
France
England
Parcel Post Delivers Eggs to City Consumers
USDA specialists urge small producers to use parcel post to market eggs directly to city buyers. Guidance covers selecting infertile eggs, daily gathering, not washing, candling for freshness, uniform containers, and proper labeling and packing for local and distant shipments.
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Parcel Post
United States Department of Agriculture
Parcel-Post
Post Office
Gifts as Grace and Generosity Across Quotes
A compact note contrasts Longfellow and Pindar on gift giving, noting that true gifts carry affection and anticipate no return, framing generosity as a meaningful virtue beyond size or expense.
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Longfellow
Pindar
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Blood Purifier Benefits
Hall's Catarrh Medicine is described as a tonic and blood purifier that acts through the bloodstream to reduce mucous membrane inflammation. It claims to help those in run down health and restore normal conditions. Circulars free from F J Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Tornado Belt Dialogue Quips From Yonkers Statesman
A farmer’s wife asks her daughter about piano lessons and learns the father is in the cyclone cellar as a weather joke. The piece captures rural humor amid tornado warnings in Yonkers.
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Yonkers
Farm For Sale Inquiry By Chippewa Falls Owner
Jno J Black of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin presents a farm for sale with a cash price request and description. The transcript includes unrelated sensational quotes from a Birmingham Herald context.
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Jno
J. Black
Chippewa Falls
Wis
To Have a Clear Sweet Skin With Cuticura Trio
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment, Soap, and Talcum for pimples redness roughness or itching. It advises applying ointment bathing with soap and hot water drying gently and dusting talcum for fragrance. Each product is priced at 25 cents.
Compost Heap From Garden Waste Described by USDA
A USDA guide explains building a compost heap using stable manure and garden refuse. Start with an eight by six by two foot bed, layer manure then refuse, cover with manure, and repeat as material accumulates, mixing in spring for ready compost to enrich beds and hotbeds.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Weeds Are Injurious Says Prof Pammel
Prof L H Pammel of Iowa State College lists ten ways weeds harm crops and soil. They crowd crops, use moisture and nutrients, harbor pests and fungi, hinder cultivation, create disease conditions, poison soil and animals, and stop drains.
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L. H. Pammel
Iowa State College
Urge Testing of Seed Corn for Spring Planting
The article advises thorough seed corn testing in spring before planting. Create a 100-ear test ing box and inspect each kernel for an intact tip. Hand-shelling reduces damaged tips. test whole ears if three or more of ten kernels fail to grow. If 100 ears are sound, no further testing is needed.
Sarse Your Coffee Tale From the Murphy Visit
The Philadelphia Ledger notes oil magnate Mike Murphy's sons show class during a country visit. John recalls the host's anger when coffee was sipped from a cup instead of a saucer, provoking a sharp rebuke about proper etiquette.
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Mike Murphy
Philadelphia Ledger
John
Bonehead Son Spars With Businessman in Hemispheric View
A witty line from the Boston Transcript questions labeling a stubborn son as heredity, arguing it is not a case of inherited traits but failed judgment from a hard-headed business figure. The remark frames a family conflict as a cautionary note on business instincts and filial conduct.
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Roger
Boston Transcript
Housewarming Gift Comes With Coal Joke
A humorous exchange in a domestic note asks about housewarming gifts and answers with a playful jab suggesting coal as a tongue in cheek option, reflecting old fashioned wit.
Give Birds Consideration in Farm Welfare
Farmers should regard birds as allies of agriculture as winter snows make feeding hard. Providing crumbs and suet helps birds survive and supports ecological balance, ensuring bird lives are protected during harsh seasons.
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Farme 1
Proper clutch lubrication rules for truck maintenance
The article emphasizes using the vehicle maker's recommended oil for disk clutch lubrication. It notes that clutch systems bear heavy loads and stresses proper fabrication and material quality. The guidance stresses following manufacturer specifications to ensure clutch longevity and performance.
Entonic Promises Relief for Longtime Stomach Ailment
C. W. Burton voices relief after 20 years of stomach trouble claiming Entonic cures acidity and gas by removing the cause. The ad urges readers with sourness belching indigestion or indigestion to take Entonic tablets after meals, noting a big box is inexpensive with a druggist guarantee.
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C. W. Burton
Health and Fortune Echoed in Early Garfield Ad
A Louisville Courier-Journal note pairs a witty exchange about long waits with an ad for Garfield Tea promising health. The snippet urges careful self care as wealth follows from health.
A Flying Furnace Meteor Fireball Figures
An average meteor is seen about 80 miles up and vanishes at 80 miles, traveling 50 miles before atmospheric friction burns it up. This friction is estimated to heat the meteor to around 3 000 000 degrees.
Naming a Baby to Spell Work for the Joneses
In a humorous parable Mr Jones favors the name Bill while Mrs Jones insists on William Oliver Robert Kenneth. She notes the initials form WORK hoping the child will take to labor, contrasting with the father’s aversion to work.
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Mrs. Jones
Mr. Jones
Plain
Bill
There Was More of It and a Homely Remark
A Yonkers Statesman quip recalls a family quarrel sparked by a boy calling his father homely. The father intercedes asking what the dispute is about and the son explains the clash began when he claimed not to be as homely as his father. The remark turns into a light moral about rushing in headfirst.
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Mr. Bibbles
Yonkers
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