Simple Parisian Clothes Hint For Casual Dress
A New York Tribune fashion authority compares Paris advice on simple, unobtrusive outfits for informal wear. It highlights straightline crepe chemise frocks with minimal trim, girdles or delicate collars for personal touches, and mentions variations such as robe a ла q labelleur inspired accents and Georgette ensembles for jeunes filles with embroidery, aprons, and floral motifs.
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Paris
New York Tribune
Lanvin
Silverware as Gifts Brighten Homes Across Generations
A Milwaukee Sentinel writer notes silverware’s repeat value as a gift enabling complete service sets over time. Across the nation silverware is seen as the premier anniversary gift and a key home furnishing in many families.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Wsing
Tom
Polly
Embroidered Handkerchiefs and Fashioned Outerwear Cues
A handkerchief is described embroidered in vivid floral tones. The text suggests pairing an informal frock with wraps in crepe coat in black or dark blue or georgette crepe trimmed with braid. Hip-length capes match the dress. Wool morning dresses favor under blouses in printed silks or crisp white organdie, echoing Renaissance peasant styling with visible chemises.
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Georgette
How Cretonnes Can Be Easily Cleaned
Instructions for cleaning dark sateens and cretonnes describe soaking in cold water with galt, wringing, washing in thick soft lather without rubbing soap, rinsing, applying a thin glue size, wringing, shaking, and drying in the shade. As they near dryness, unfold and shape evenly without fronting.
Wireless hobbyists boast of hair gains and better heads
The article notes that men with home wireless receiving sets visit barbers more often for haircuts, while wireless professionals reportedly have notably better hair. Mr O'Donnell, marine secretary of the British Association of Wireless Telegraphists, claims 7,200 members and few bald men, attributing the effect to electrical disturbances in the air.
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Mr. O'Donnell
British Association of Wireless Telegraphists
Remembering and gifts brighten the shared home
The passage praises memory as central to family life and notes silverware gifts help brighten the home for all members. It states each person feels a personal contribution to home making and that the plan supports a better home and stronger family bonds.
Colors Rule the Mode and Bright Color as Accent
The article notes color as a seasonal law and offers methods to brighten dark dresses. It mentions pipings buckles ribbons and beads as options and describes dark blue flat crepe trimmed with wool embroidery forming a mingle of gay colors.
Pretty Lunch Set Description
A simple inexpensive lunch set is made of unbleached cotton trimmed around the edges with inch and a half strips of blue and white gingham. The material appears to be gathering up the set as described.
Simple Summer Dishes From The Kitchen Cabinet
The article offers hot weather cooking tips from The Kitchen Cabinet. It suggests prepping meals early, using gelatin molds with chicken or beef blends, and includes recipes like Orange Custard and Sweet Sandwiches with nuts and fruit. It recommends light, digestible desserts such as jellies, mousses, and frozen ices, plus fresh garden produce to pair with meals.
Four Hints of Preservation from Italian Proverb
A compact Italian saying lists four things God preserves: a painted woman a trained servant malt beef without mustard and a late dinner. The line signals social caution and appetite as markers of virtue or risk.
Summer Luncheon Ideas For Outdoor Sandwiches And Beets
The article advises outdoor meals in summer with easy to prepare sandwiches using leftovers. It suggests a ham and beef combination with mayo and a touch of garlic, plus a beet dish in brown sauce using beets simmered in stock with tarragon and cider vinegars.
Trouble’s Avowed Threat and Odd Speech Patterns
A. Hyatt Verrill recounts an encounter aboard with a sailor nicknamed Trouble whose vast vocabulary overwhelms crewmates. Trouble’s grotesque appearance contrasts with kindness and industry while his domineering speech humbles a new recruit, prompting a dramatic retraction amid a fearsome threat.
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Dominica
Patoll
Antigua
A. Hyatt Verrlil
English Girls to Emigrate and Find Husbands Abroad
Miss Gladys Pott, famed for aiding English women, joins the British overseas settlement delegation bound for Australia. She argues that colonization should pair male migrants with suitable women to improve prospects, noting 2,000,000 more English women than men and the wartime service that shifted attention to women's interests.
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England
Gladys Pott
British Overseas Settlement
Australia
San Francisco Chronicle
The Alps Tunnels in Historic Rail Lines
The Gothard line links Switzerland and Italy with a string of tunnels including the nearly ten mile St Gothard, older than the Simplon. The Simplon tunnel operates at lower altitude for faster express and freight use. Mount Denis marked France direct link to Italy, completed in 1872.
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Alps
Gothard
Switzerland
Italy
St. ‘Gothard
Red Cross Ball Blue Promises Glistening Linens Ad
Advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as the sure way to keep table linens sparkling, claiming the product never disappoints and is available at all good grocers.
Prophet TOLD OF LOCUSTS Insect Plague Warns of Clouded Skies
Detroit News notes locusts described by the Prophet Joel as a recurring 8,000 year omen. Periodical cicadas reappear every 15 to 17 years, spreading like a cloud of darkness and threatening large tracts of land. Birds, especially the English sparrow, are noted as enemies but no effective remedy against vast swarms.
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Joel
Asia
Detroit News
Bigamist Case Mentioned in Fragmentary Notice
Fragmentary OCR hints at a marriage and legal references describing a lawyer husband and a “good, honest fellow” in a bigamist context. The scattered text mentions “Yes, she's married to” and “Bigamist ro,” indicating a partial notice or caption lacking full details.
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