Do It Yourself Couch Redesign from Ruth Wyeth Spears
Instructions describe turning an old iron couch into a streamlined harmony with box end tables and shelves. Directions include painting frames, padding with cotton, upholstering in bright fabric, removing stuffing at the high end, and adding matching tables and a partition. Enclosed in Book No 3 are step by step guides for the rug and bedroom updates, available for 10 cents from Mrs Spears Bedford Hills NY.
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Ruth Wyeth
Spears
Cat in a Bottomless Well Trick Question
A teacher tests pupils with a riddle about a cat in a bottomless well. The boy adds pages of calculations and suggests delaying the solution. The teacher declares the cat can never escape, but the student retorts that waiting long enough will bring it out in Australia.
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Australia
The Better Way to Correct Constipation
An ad touts preventing constipation through diet and prevention. It promotes Kellogg's All-Bran from Battle Creek as the bulk source to stay regular and suggests medical advice for chronic cases.
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Battle Creek
Within Walls Heroism Silent Yet Noble
A reflective quotation highlights quiet bravery carried out behind closed doors rather than in public. The line frames heroism as intimate, personal, and steadfast rather than theatered for spectators.
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J. P. F. Richter
Sleepers and mercerizing in 19th century shifts
The article recounts George Pullman’s early sleeping car experiments in 1858, noting two crude wood heated cars with upper and lower berths that evolved into his luxurious palace car, later nicknamed after him. It also explains mercerization, its inventor John Mercer, and how treated cotton fibers gain luster and dye uptake.
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Pullman
George Mortimer Pullman
George Pullman
George
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
John Mercer
Lancashire
England
Booz Bottles Named after E C Booz and Booze History
Philadelphia distiller E C Booz popularized the hip flask around 1840 by selling whiskey in flat semi rounded bottles. He shaped bottles unusually to distinguish his brand and they became famous as Booz bottles. After his death the Booz bottle term faded to Booze. Some original Booz bottles still exist in America today.
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E. C. Booz
Philadelphia
H&oz
America
Bandage Mishap: Child Ties Finger After Hammer Hit
A mother finds her son in the nursery binding a bandage around a finger he says he struck with a hammer. The mother asks why he cried and learns the accident.
Hour Glass Silhouette Dress Pattern 8567
Fashion pattern 8567 offers a must have hour glass silhouette with gathered shoulders and waist to flatter a small waist. Designed for sizes 12 to 40, it suggests wool broadcloth, faille, flat crepe or velvet and requires 4 yards of fabric for size 14 with varied sleeve options. Send 15 cents and pattern details to The Sewing Circle in Chicago.
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Pattern Dept
Wacker Dr
Chicago
Fragmented Exchange Sparks Question About Wives
A garbled dialogue fragment shows a man asking about getting the last word with his wife. The response is incomplete, hinting at mutual bargaining and a rough tone in what appears to be a casual, terse exchange.
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Dean
Doans
G. M. Pullman
Little
LNU
C. M. Payne
Nba
Trey
J. Millar Watt
Othey
LUDEN
Colton
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