Pleasingly Plump Fad Sparks Health Debate in 1929
Winifred Black weighs in on dieting and fashion trends urging moderation and nutrition. California Tuberculosis Association official warns about extreme weight loss in sanitariums as the “Last Chance” ward image fades. The piece mocks overemphasis on slenderness while promoting balanced eating, milk, and occasional indulgence as safe living.
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Little Brother
Edythe Tate Thompson
California Tuberculosis Association
Love's Reawakening in a Rural Medical Crisis
In a household, Noel lies injured and shocked as Mary trembles yet obeys Lillian's orders. The narrator aids, while Dr. Wexham assesses the wound and warns quiet care for a week. Katherine and Katrina are pressed into nursing plans as Noel’s fate hangs on careful, early treatment.
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Wexham
Noel
Mary
Lillian
Katherine
Harry
Dicky
Katrina
Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
Autumn Evening Wraps Set Fashion Tone for Gowns
The season centers on formal evening wear with satin and velvet gowns featuring long trains and peacock silhouettes. Three quarter length wraps gain popularity to avoid crushing bouffant skirts, with rose beige velvet capes for slinky gowns and yellow mauve gold brocade wraps for younger styles. Black velvet remains timeless with ermine trim and matching lining.
Hair Styles For Long Hemline Fashion In The Fall
The article notes a shift to longer skirts in the coming seasons and discusses how hair must balance the new silhouette. It emphasizes that longer hair and elaborate coiffures suit the trend, offers guidance for faces of different shapes, and suggests readers experiment as style lines develop.
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Mary
Home Making Helps on Table Service and Etiquette
Eleanor Ross explains how proper table setting streamlines dining, from napkin size to placement of forks spoons and plates. The article notes the practical reasons behind rules, cautions against obstructive centerpieces, and discusses when to use service plates versus direct serving by the hostess or maid.
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Eleanor Ross
Stars Say For Saturday September 21 By Genevieve Kemble
Weathered astrology column notes excellent prospects for the day with public and personal rewards for past effort. Strong hints of alliances with secret societies or arrangements, potential sensational turns in personal matters, and opportunities for those born on the day to rise in public or diplomatic roles.
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Genevieve Kemble
Milton
Birthright Health and Nutrition for Expectant Mothers
Editorial on prenatal nutrition from 1929 urges expectant mothers to eat a balanced diet rich in lime iron and phosphorus, increase intake after the fourth month, and ensure vitamins from milk vegetables and fruits. It stresses general health, pleasant surroundings, and regular sleep and exercise to promote a healthy baby.
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Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
The Breaks of a Broken Tea Cup Tale
A sentimental coffee cup narrates its long history from a china shop through family service and wedding keepsakes to daily use by a housemaid. After years of happiness a maid drops relatives turning the cup to seek solace in solitude and a broken heart. The tale ends with the cup lamenting its lonely fate as its family vanishes.
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Newspaper Feature Service, Inc
China
Advice to Girls by ANNIF ACAURIE TEAR ANNIF
A teen girl seeks guidance after a broken engagement and lost ring. The adviser labels the young man unworthy, urges the girl to wait for true love, and advises reclaiming letters and a picture with a formal note while avoiding meeting him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Laurie
Jean
Mary Todd Lincoln A Woman Of Ambition And Loss
The article surveys Mary Todd Lincoln’s life from Kentucky heiress to First Lady, noting her education and household discipline, her stormy marriage to Abraham Lincoln, her sharp political sense, and her sorrowful decades after the Civil War with the deaths of three of their four sons.
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Mary Todd Lincoln
Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln
White House
Lincoln
Mary Todd
Lexington
Springfield
Lil
Edwards
Abraham
Mary
Mary Lincoln
Lincolns
Illinois
Willie
Tad
Words of the Wise and Enmities in Friendship
A compact reflection on braided human nature with quotations from Burke Ovid Thompson and Plutarch. The text contrasts learning from enemies with the persistence of enmities within friendships, using classical and literary voices to explore reconciliation and conflict.
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Winifred Black
Adele Garrison
Madge
Jack Leslie
Deete Wexham
By Marie Marot
Josephine Huddleston
Jophine Huddleston
Royal S. Copeland
M.D
United States
New York
New York City
Etty
D. G
Mia. J. M
OR Copeland
By Max Trell
Annif Acaurie
Lannif
Mary Meadows
Words of
Burke
Ovid
Thompson
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