Dear Miss Stark Orphan Seeks Lost Parents and Identity
A young orphan writes to Molly Stark asking how to find birth records and trace her mother and father. She grew up in an orphanage, worked in an office, and hopes to uncover her origins to improve her future. The column urges visiting the home, checking clothes for clues, and encourages living for the present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Ann
Topsy
Miss Stark
Achop
Daddy Long Legs
Lone Lees
Common Sense Debated Among Parents and Youths
In this page excerpt, Mrs Appleby and Mrs Colea clash over the lack of common sense among a seventeen year old who drove a car for fifty dollars, left bond and expenses, then asked for money home. The dialogue shifts to memories of growing up, lessons from experience, and a parental appeal for prudent guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie
Mra. Colea
Mrs. Appleby
Patri
The Big Hat Fashion Hint From Vogue
A Vogue inspired summer trend shows the big hat pairing with simple coats. The piece follows a tall slim young woman as she contemplates fashion and personal vows amid emotional family tensions and a hopeful outlook for a future with Junior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan
Lemon Juice Whitening Formula Adverts Beauty Trick
A vintage advert claims mixing two lemons with three ounces of Orchard White creates a skin whitening solution. Shake in a bottle to produce a quarter pint. Massage on face neck arms and hands to achieve a clear rosy white complexion used by stage beauties for sunburn and tan removal.
Bedtime Stories by Howard R Garis at Hollow Stump School
In the Hollow Stump School the animal boy and girl pupils are restless and the Lady Mouse Teacher cannot settle them. Jackie Pow Wow whispers to Sammie Littletail as tension rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Wibblewobble
Brighteyes Pleg
Baby Bunty
Slater Sallie
Lady Mouse
Peetle Bow Wow
Floppy Twistytall
Floppy
Miss Mouse
Jackie Bow Wow
Peetle
Sammie Littletail
Spotty No-Tail
Bully
Hollow Stump
Jackie
Peetie
Uncle Wiggily
Jackie Pow Wow
Quicksands of Love and a Pageant Offer
I reveal to Katherine that Philip Vertizen has offered me a year long contract to research his Charlemagne legends pageant with options for another year. I require being free of Junior duties and propose Mary Harrison and others live with me to cover expenses, while I consider the offer. Katherine reacts with concern as the proposal unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iineas
Junior
Katherine
Philip Vertizen
Madge
Mary Harrison
Mary
Pretty Youthful Frock Pattern for Home Sewing
This pattern guides a dress developed in rayon silk tub silk voile linen or zephyr in sizes 16 18 and 20 years A 16 year size uses 3% yards of 40 inch fabric plus % yard contrasting for facing yoke belt strings and yoke plaits extend to 1% yard at lower edge Pattern mailed for 15 cents in silver or stamps.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Mount Vernon Woman
Mrs. Frank M. Casey of Mount Vernon New York reports health improvement after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She claims appetite returns and she feels stronger, asserting she would swear to its merits before a notary.
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Woolworth
New York City
Lydia
Pinkham
Woolworthee
Lynn
Mass
Cleveland
Ohio
Frank M. Casey
South 11Th Ave
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Horoscope for Children Born Today
Children born today show mixed dispositions with charm and repulsion, their willpower shaped by parents. Those born on your birthday prefer solitude, are deep thinkers, and diligent yet lack ambition, gaining personal happiness but little benefit to others.
Mussels as Summer Food A Guide With Recipes
Mussels are abundant along coasts April through September and canned varieties make them accessible inland. The New York Daily Tribune provides recipes for breakfast mussels with scrambled eggs, creamed mussels, baked mussels with bacon and Parmesan, mussel chowder, fritters, a sandwich filling, and a mussel salad with hard boiled eggs and mayonnaise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
North Carolina
Pacific Coast
New York Daily Tribune
Fashion Dictates By Aileen Lamont
New York fashion writer notes polka dots remain popular with variations in size and arrangement. Dresses feature dots within circles and geometric shapes near the hem. Summer gowns show low backs with flesh tinted net for modesty and daring style. London frocks change color with light, appearing blue in sun, green at moonlight, and golden brown under electric light.
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Aileen Lamont
New York
London
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Molly Stark
ABC
Ike
Angelo Patri
Mra. Appleby
VOG
Lucila Meredith
VOGUE
Bedtime
Howard R. Garis
Quicksands OF
Canton Daily News Pattern Department
Canton, Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Adu
Dr. Chase
Dr. Chase’s
DR. A. W. Chase Co., Inc
Riverdale Ave
N.Y
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