Directoire Notes Shape Autumn Coats In Paris Style
Fashion notes describe Directoire influence returning in autumn coats with long silhouettes, Directoire collars, and cape backs. Articles mix orient and occident elements, with leather vests, plaited trims, and bright ribbons marking the season. Paris dressmakers cater to a new wealthy class postwar.
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Paris
Iportant
France
Directoire
Premet
Filso
Willliners
Making Good Jelly With Less Sugar And Substitutes
Canning tips from the U.S. Department of Agriculture outline bright clear jelly making with or without sugar. Use water per fruit, cook to tenderness, drain through a jelly bag, and test readiness with a spoon. Substitute honey, maple syrup, corn sugar, molasses, or malt syrups to reduce sugar while preserving flavor and color.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Cleaning a Basin With Salt and Turpentine
A brief cleaning note suggests placing a small amount of coarse salt into a damp basin or tub. The salt is then rubbed over the surface with a cloth dipped in turpentine to cleanse and scour.
Condition Of Feet Of Big Importance In Daily Wear
Public Health Service notes feet affect walking comfort and urges well fitting shoes with heavy soles and moderate heels. Advice covers choosing laced shoes, breaking them in, drying feet and hose, alternating hosiery, washing with salt water, applying talcum, and protecting tender spots with plaster. For blisters, drain carefully and apply antiseptic steps. Soak feet in tannic acid solution to toughen.
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United States Public Health Service
Congress Galter
Manner of House Cleaning Through The Ages
Practical tips for home cleaning emphasize sun airing and outdoor brushing, damp rag dusting, soap and water scrubbing, and selective use of turpentine or kerosene. Vacuum cleaners praised but not accessible to all, with reminders to ventilate and sun dry textiles and fabrics for disinfection.
Warning Against Canning Powders For Home Use
The United States department of agriculture warns against canning powders and compounds sold for preserving foods. These acids boric and salicylic are bought from druggists and may harm digestion and health. Heat processing can preserve fruits and vegetables indefinitely without powders.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Household Hints advise avoiding sulpho soda wash for pots
Household hints warn aluminum pots pitla or other cookware should never be washed in water containing sul soda. If drying clothes quickly in rain, hang them indoors and switch on the electric fan.
Willing to Pay the Price for Grandfather's Day
Freddy enjoyed three days with Grandpa becoming spoiled on cream buns and candies. He later returned home pale and feverish, forcing his mother to summon a doctor. The next day Grandpa visited, finding Freddy in bed but smiles despite his illness, saying the time was worth it.
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Freddy
Grandpa
What Worried Him About His Family
A quarrelsome husband explains his sensitivity to the weary look of his wife’s relatives. The wife reproaches him as he pleads to be agreeable and asks what is wrong with their family, while he cites the burden of their hopeful resignation.
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Jimmy
Sam
They’ll Never Admit It About Women’s Suffrage at Dinner
A family dinner leads to a sly exchange on voting age for women. Sis, just past twenty, asks how old a woman must be to vote. Bud, soon to vote, says thirty. Sis retorts that many women will lose votes if that were true, noting Aunt has been “twenty eight” for six years.
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Sis
Bud
It Would Be Reduced
A profiteering plate's head accountant warns the employer that his surplus is growing disgracefully while the owner plans to pay his wife’s bills for foods from other profiteers. He expects the hoard to shrink to respectable levels after those payments.
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Plate
Kansas City Star
No Doubt of It Houston Post Quip About Portable House
A Houston Post humorous quip defines a portable house as any house carried away by a cyclone. The remark frames windstorms and mobility in a concise, period tone.
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Houston Post
Life's Merry-Go-Round reflects on laughter and secrecy
An aphoristic reflection on social behavior notes that while you laugh at someone behind their back, another person is laughing at you behind yours, illustrating the circular nature of mockery and perception.
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Cincinnat! Enquirer
Parish Clerk Tricks Minister with Long Sermon
A parish clerk and a minister clashed over conduct at a country church. The clerk invited a friend after service and asked for a short sermon. The minister preached for an hour and a quarter, prompting the clerk to declare Psalm 119 from end to end and announce a full night of singing.
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Ijle
London
Kind Comment Sparks Backlash About Front Porch Climber
A remark framing a political candidate as a “front-porch climber” circulates amid debates on political ascent. The exchange hints at shifting norms since slates, noting continued population growth and public fascination with rising figures.
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