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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1951
Page
8
The article guides choosing curtains and draperies to shape light and frame views. It covers sheer versus lined options, proper lengths and tiebacks, color coordination with room style, and avoiding skimpy draperies. It emphasizes relating drapery to room type and balance with outside scenery.
The piece portrays a mock Supreme Court ruling banning doorbell ringing without written consent, lampooning past cases and a peddler’s misadventures. It weaves humorous anecdotes about Bell Ringing rights, salesmen, and a quirky chain of fictional precedents.
Kathleen Norris reflects on a bustling Wichita household where Carter Nell and Lil juggle six children and a busy home. The piece contrasts old dreams with the noise and expense of raising kids, praising the joy and challenges of family life while warning against idealized “modern” parenting.
The article surveys toll roads gains as 1940s style turnpikes inspire future finance for highways. It notes Pennsylvania Turnpike opened in 1940 proving tolls could fund vast new roads. Mentions Maine 44 mile toll road and a 14 mile link in New Hampshire as early examples, contrasting with canals and railroads that faded.
Fashion right for all occasions introduces a capelet collar design and a youthful frock. A simple cool comfort summer style with slightly long waisted fit, brief sleeves, shaped neckline, and a gay bow trim.
The fragment advertises a spring and summer stylist pattern book aimed at home dressmakers. It highlights “special” features and fabric views with printed gut patterns inside the book priced at 25 cents. The odd OCR text mentions pattern sizes 12 14 28 18 and references a gardener or guard item.
Commercial rug shampoos are available for washing rugs at home but ordinary mild soap can be used. Mix two pails of luke warm water with rich suds and scrub a small rug area. Dip a rough cloth in clear water with alum and wipe. For old stains, mix cleaning fluid paste with fuller’s earth and dry before sweeping away.
Beauty experts tout Zel Bishop lasting lipstick as a groundbreaking color true formula. It promises a flawless look from first application through eating and kissing, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
A vintage recruitment notice touts a career with a lifetime future for high school graduates. It promises top professional education for aspiring nurses and broad job options in private practice, airlines, foreign service, hospitals, public health, education, and business. Readers are urged to visit a local hospital or School of Nursing for details on joining womar d proudest profession.
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