Flapper era boosts cosmetics boom in 1921 Census
Census Bureau 1921 figures show perfumes and cosmetics climbing to 72.5 million dollars up 22 percent since 1919 with a 329 percent rise since 1914. The trend rides on flapper culture while druggists' preparations and patent medicines decline. soda fountain and flavoring extract businesses grow, reshaping the old apothecary into a department store model.
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Washington, D. C
Census Bureau
Milady
Soda Foundation
Questions and Answers from The Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger provides a reader Q and A column with questions on fish tagging ivy poisoning Cook Tours cord versus rope corn kernel yields wooden roses electoral college and Lake District England plus top prices for dairy and beef bulls. Answers cite the Bureau of Fisheries details and expert notes, with dates and figures where given.
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H .H. Hazen
Cook
Thomas Cook
Leicester
Loughborough
England
North Carolina
Lake District
Cumberland
Westmoreland
Prosperity's Pulse Beats in the Want Ads and Beyond
A survey of 1923 era trends notes booming rail industry orders and wage increases at United States Steel. It highlights optimistic stock markets, shifting tax talk, and social reforms such as playgrounds reducing juvenile crime. The piece juxtaposes modern life with reflections on past decades and public concerns.
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Fix
Toto
United States Steel
General Motors
March
Bears
Wall Street
America
Stary Mellon
Playground Association of America
St. Louis
Hallowe’en
St. Paul’s
United States Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Washington
Eye
King Features Syndicate
Herbert
Athens Day by Day Seen by the Messenger Watch Dog
A fragmented column humorously chronicles finances hopes and travel plans in Athens and Nelsonville with jokes about dough houses boats and baked beans. It notes local commerce and social scenes including Herbal Long and college dances ending with a quip about dancing costumes.
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Athens
Nelsonville
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
The
Inquirer
Bureau of Fisheries
Electoral College
Herbert Kaufman
Sing Sing
Squires
McGinn
American Surety Company
Alma Cummings
Heligoland
Germany
Earth
Gibraltar
Dom Pedro
Brazil
Baron de Palm
Grant
South Carolina
South
New York City
Brooklyn
N. Y
Colorado
Prohibition Reform Party
Cleveland
Green Clay Smith
Kentucky
Edward Dubufe
the Prodigal Son
Melodeon Hall
Cincinnati
Custer
Little Big Horn
Montana
Fam
Shuh-shee-ahsh
Curly
Masmere
Jack
Denny's
Boston
Milwaukee
Herb J. Long
Herb
Dean & Barry
the Carpenter Hiow. CO
Athens, Glouster, Logan, Nelsonville
Kuppenheimer
Te Scott
Frome
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