Holding a Husband Revelations of a Wife
A narrator prepares for a family arrival aided by Mrs. Ticer, arranging rooms and a chicken dinner to mollify a difficult mother in law. Delays in trains test nerves as Marion and the speaker await Dicky’s return and hold their reunion with the baby amid household bustle.
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Tillian
Ticers
Owever
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Stony
Katie
Econ
Dicky
Marion
Junior
Buaband
Wea
Advice to Girls from EAR ANNIE LAURIE
A girl of 17 seeks guidance about a wealthy suitor two years older who professes strong love and wants engagement within a week. He kisses her regularly, and she loves another, fearing he will never release her if engaged. The adviser urges clarity of heart, warns against engagement without intent to marry, and says no kissing before engagement.
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Annie Laurie
Bluebird
Fannie Laurie Answers a Desolate Lover Query
A reader asks how to regain a boyfriend's friendship who has stopped speaking to her. The adviser suggests leaving him alone and not forcing contact. The page also invites Annie Laurie readers to send feminine interest questions for replies.
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Fannie Laurie
Which outshines the night stars moon or sun in life
A reflective essay contrasts preferences for moonlight starlight and sunlight. It weighs voices of two lecturers on poetry and truth, urging balance and openness to multiple perspectives. The narrator rejects narrow taste, choosing to savor both moon and cabbages to gain the most from life.
Beauty眉 Eyebrows and Eyelashes Care From 1921
A period fashion piece urges women to care for eyebrows and lashes as vital facial features. It offers home remedies for falling eyelashes and lightening or darkening brows, plus cautions on safety and natural appearance.
Hearty economical dishes from The Home Kitchen
A compact home cooking guide by Jeannette Young Norton lists affordable dishes to trim meat costs. It outlines Beef Francaise, Lambs Hearts, Liver Hash, Tripe En Casserole, and Dolmas with practical steps, ingredients, and finishing touches for a thrifty, solidly cooked family meal.
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Home Kitchen
Jeannette Young Norton
Home Cooking
Home Beef Francaise
Sweat the Fly Health Crusade Aimed at Disease Spread
An editorial urges eradicating flies to reduce diarrheal and typhoid deaths. It describes flies as disease carriers from filth to food and calls for a community and state crusade with the motto Sweat the Fly. It warns of the dangers of insect transmission and the need for cleanliness and public health action.
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Eason
Factoids From A Century Of Miscellany
A collection of brief notes covers Arctic animal camouflage, coal burning yields, prehistoric Peruvian textiles, a bubble’s center, Denmark’s old flag, a Mexican bee martin bird, rosemary’s memory link, letter-writing habits by country, the origin of the sandwich, Romans and offula, silk history across regions, Spanish wedding superstition, rifle ballistics, lentil foods, and Brazil’s vast forest area.
Summer wraps show clever fabric unions in fashion
ICTURDSQUE wraps reflect summer style with French blue crepe and camel hair cloth in a two tone gown. The lower part and collar fuse the materials while a blue straw hat adds a coordinating finish to the sleeveless cape look.
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Fabrica
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New York City
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Denmark
Mexico
Canada
United States
United Kingdom
Italy
Earl of Sandwich
Offula
Aristotle
Sicily
Spain
France
England
Brazil
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