Milady’s Accessories Drive Fashion Fueled by Spending
A fashion column notes a trend toward lavish accessories amid high living costs. Women seek elaborate headdresses and jewelry inspired by Spanish, Egyptian, and Native motifs, with tortoise shell purses, vanity cases, and filament bracelets. The piece highlights bold adornments as status symbols and cites jeweled, carved, and ornate designs as popular, even as budget-minded shoppers seek affordable luxuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inc
Combed tortoise shell purses and leathery card cases
Fragmentary antique note describes tortoise shell used in small items like combs and purse linings. It mentions card cases joined with leather, one side shell and suede on the other, and a purse roughed inside.
Yew Wood Sold For Bow Makers On Snoqualmie National Forest
A government sale on the Snoqualmie National Forest in Washington dispatched a quantity of yew wood destined for bow making. The piece outlines yew as prized bow wood, its kingly stature among archers, and notes the species growing on the Pacific coast with elasticity and beauty in grain.
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Government Forest Service
Snoqualmie Oational Forest
Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
Richard
Hawyers
Bingand
United States
Florida
North Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Snoqualmie National Forest
Northwest
Night Doctors Bring Paris Medical Aid To Night Time
A Paris correspondent describes a new night doctor service in the French capital. He notes the strain on doctors, the fatigue of those called at night, and argues for a panel of fresh doctors ready for night work installed at the police station to respond where needed.
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Paris
Catching the Bad Boy by Christmas Tree Scheme
A Kansas City Star critique imagines a nationwide, clever hunt for the “baddest boy.” It proposes a festive trap using Christmas trees and presents for good boys to reveal the real culprit among elusive offenders.
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Christus
Hori
Kansas City Star
Violets yield profit in cottage cultivation in England
A Hampshire horticulturist, demobbed after the war, runs a violet estate. She grows mammoth scenting blooms for decoration and fragrance, while others supply confectionery markets with crystallized violets, finding strong demand in postwar trade.
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Hampshire
Fragmentary interview dialogue from a domestic scene
A quoted exchange shows a person describing living with a brother and a new wife with a temper. The response notes the wife struck "with anything that came handy," indicating a volatile household dynamic.
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Thear Tie
Platypus Family Dialog On Time And Identity
A platypus family quarrels over time value and self identity in a whimsical dialogue. Mr Platypus insists time is precious while Mrs Platypus urges practical sense. They discuss being mixed creatures with bill, webbed feet, and a life by sea or forest, noting varied expressions of pleasure.
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Mr. Platypus
Tam
Mrs. Platypus
Peoam
Platypus
Mrs. Patypus
If I Were But a Platypus Says Aloud
A platypus and a talking pair discuss living unlike other creatures. The platypus explains choosing unusual ways to show joy and individuality. They agree that happiness can be expressed by rubbing backs and hocks on rocks, celebrating their difference.
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Mrs. Platypus
Mr. Platypus
Platypus
Fellow Feeling and the Blind Man’s Borrowed Sympathy
A short reflection on fellow feeling and empathy toward another creature. The piece questions why genuine sympathy arises and suggests it is a shared bond among living beings rather than mere courtesy. The tone is philosophical and concise.
Blood Purifier Promises Cure for Severe Skin Ailments
A 1900s style advertisement touts an 8 Health Blood Purifier as a remedy for eczema and itching skin. It claims the product cleanses infected blood which supposedly feeds skin germs and ends irritation. Readers are directed to write for literature to the Medical Adviser at 108 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga.
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Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga
The Fly's Entry Swings Bankbook Figures
A St Paul concern saw a fly's leg make $40 appear as $140 on its bankbook. We have been swatting files with our bankbook since early June with the opposite result. Some folks are born to luck.
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St. Paul
Buffalo News
Swamp-Root Kidney Remedy Ad
There is only one medicine that really stands out as a cure for kidney liver and bladder ailments. Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root is the remedy thousands have trusted with immediate mild effects. Start treatment at once. sample available by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY.
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Kilmer
Dr. Ilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Ady
Not in a Religious Sense Bond Inquiry From Soldier
In the zone finance office a letter arrived asking about a bond purchased by a soldier. The letter was incoherent and the case not identified. A reply requested more information and whether the bond was converted. The soldier answered that the bond was not converted and he did not want to be involved with religion, asking merely for delivery as is.
Meeting Miss Daisy at Church Fair Leads to Chance Acquaintance
A brief overheard dialogue notes a serendipitous meeting when Miss Daisy was met through a church fair raffle. The exchange hints at a casual yet notable introduction sparked by a local event.
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Daisy
Birds Return Each Night Despite Distant Roosts
A Louisville Courier Journal note describes birds feeding far from their sleeping place but returning nightly, illustrating their long daily commute and strong homing instinct.
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Tiowe
Louisville Courier-Journal
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