Simplicity Pattern Promotes Modern Stylish Dress Design
Simplicity presents a new dress sketch noted for its simplicity with a refined line. The design features a deep V yoke with tiny buttons and a slenderizing panel, Raglan sleeves, and a contrasting vee. Patterns 9518S offered in sizes 16 through 46, requires three yards of fabric for size 36, order by sending fifteen cents and writing name address style number and size to The Sewing Circle Pattern Department New York.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West 18Th Street
New York
N. Y
Typographical Errors Sparked Alaska Gold Rush Tale
A 19th century tale describes a Swedish tailor in Berkeley who answers a sailors ad and joins a whaling voyage. A mistaken ad prompts a voyage to Nome and the birth of the Alaska gold rush, highlighting the power of a misplaced comma.
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Berkeley
Calif
San Francisco
Eric
Port Clarence
Sinrock
Umalaktok
Snake River
Nome City
Quick Growing Tree Named Balsa
The fastest growing tree is the balsa whose seed is tiny. In five years it reaches about 75 feet tall with a diameter of two feet or more.
Spectacle Bear Noted Among South American Mammals
A notable South American mammal is the spectacled bear, a small species named for a white hair ring around its eyes. The creature stands out as one of the most interesting members of the bear family in the region.
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South America
Rat tlesnake Pete in jail prompts quiet schemes
A traveling salesman asks what’s done about Rat tlesnake Pete. Cactus Joe replies he’s jailed but not angry, calling it a vacation that lets him plan further mischief.
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Cactus Joe
Honest refusal ends proposed marriage accord
Quote from Kansas City Star shows a suitor and potential father negotiating a marriage arrangement. The suitor candidly states he cannot support the daughter while she remains determined to marry him. The father replies with practical doubt about support while urging honest effort.
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Kansas City Star
Wall Street Bulls and Bears Clash Cited in Pearson's Weekly
In Pearson's Weekly a new animal scene notes bulls have halted fighting bears as both sides exhaust efforts while facing a looming wolf at the door highlighting market tension.
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Wall Street
Pearson's Weekly
Politician Sorghum on Police in Politics
Senator Sorghum says police influence enters politics over time as politicians resist but imitate enforcers who tell people to move on. The remark frames the tension between policing power and political leadership.
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Senator Sorghum
quote exchange hints at medical corps growth and sleep
Dialogue fragment shows a character claiming growth after joining the medical corps and another quipping about sleeping on a stretcher. The lines imply humor or morale in a military medical setting. No further context or names provided.
Notable Remarks on Lunch Breaks in Homemaker's Tales
In a brisk exchange, a character muses about returning home for lunch while another quips a man never stints himself. The dialogue hints at social routines and personal frugality within domestic life.
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