Food costs of a typical laborer family in 1920s America
The United States Department of Commerce and Labor studied normal laborer families and found annual food expenses around 22078 dollars for a husband wife and five children. Bread accounts for 29 percent of the budget, while other staples comprise the rest. overall bread and other goods detail the household’s subsistence patterns and bread reliance.
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Bea
United States Department of Commeres and Labor
Howe
Han Poe Pat Gary Eens
The Effort of Life by Charles E. S. Wood
Wood argues life’s effort is virtue not vice and happiness comes through beauty daily in all times and places. He says earth treats man kindly, but man can be ferocious, and heaven should be found here on earth, not in a distant afterlife.
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Charles Erskine Scott Wood
Pacific
Sanitary law in Chihuahua regulates public buildings
The Chihuahua government passes a sanitary law covering theaters churches and other public buildings requiring fire protection ventilation and adequate seating. The law bans worshipers from kneeling on floors in churches, reflecting the era's confidence in new scientific knowledge shaping health and public safety.
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Chihuahua
Mexico
Obsolete British Warships Used in Modern Target Experiments
The Florida and other antique monitors are to be attacked by modern ships guns and torpedoes to study fire effects. Several outdated British Navy vessels have been employed similarly, trades sentiment for practical knowledge. The practice reflects blunt warfare over sentiment.
Rochester dog saves 80 lives in burning building
A dog in a Rochester blaze alerted residents, saving 80 people from danger. The incident leads to a somber reflection that some dogs prove more useful than some people, underscoring loss and gratitude in a tragic event.
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Rochester
City Treasury Holds 250000 From Unclaimed Wages
The report notes a New York City treasury balance of 250000, built over 25 years from unclaimed salaries wages and war rante. The writer laments carelessness with money and highlights the unusual accumulation.
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New York City
Cincinnati man bets on gypsy fortune after theft
A Cincinnati man claims fortune telling warned him he would lose something and soon after a gypsy left, his pockets were picked, giving him grounds to believe his warning.
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Cincinnati
Earls Position on Separation from Wife
The earl of Yarmouth hints that a separation from his wife would be cruel and intolerable, though he suggests survival of a potential break in marriage. He frames the idea as distressing yet not unsurvivable.
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Earl of Yarmouth
Rake Teeth Gate Hanger Novel Use Demonstrated
A Prairie Farmer correspondent describes using old rake teeth to hang gates. He heats, shapes, and brazes them into a staple and bent pieces, creating a sliding space for gate movement. The craft involves cutting and riveting components to form a functional gate hanger.
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Wiites
Device to Let Farmer Handle Large Crosscut Saw
An Agricultural Epitomist describes a frame 14 inches wide with a center guide and adjustable height to operate a common crosscut saw. It enables a farmer to manage a big saw himself, framing a 149 inch length for efficient cutting.
Studying Soil to Grow Fertile Land
A guide on soil science for farmers emphasizing soil texture, nutrients, and management. It explains that understanding land composition and minerals like sulphate iron lime and organic matter helps tailor amendments. Nitrogen cycles through generations and high cropping rates can exhaust fertility.
Dead Shot for Insects
Insects mice and other pests infesting grain bins or near plant roots can be controlled with bisulfide of carbon a volatile liquid that becomes gas and penetrates holes and harbors. It sinks to low points so pests cannot escape and must perish when applied to rat holes or pest sites. Do not use near flames as it is explosive and caution is advised.
Corn and Oats as Food for Horses
The piece compares corn and oats for horse feed. It notes corn adds heat and fat, best in cool weather for hard work, but oats supply muscle, vim, vigor, and usable nitrogenous matter. It warns corn lacks minerals and cannot replace old, sound oats, especially under extra stress.
A Home Made Land Roller From Scrap Wheels
A farmer describes building a land roller from scrap mower wheels, steel rods, rivets, and an old mowing machine tongue. They milled hardwood planks, bored pins, and added a hooked brace to prevent scraping, using a home made frame and cover. The device has worked for over a decade at about four dollars and seventy five cents.
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Pip
Yen
Ravioli In Italian Style From Old Recipes
A historic recipe describes making pasta dough from sifted flour and salt, preparing a meat filling of chicken ham and calf brain, and forming ravioli. The prepared squares are boiled briefly, layered with Parmesan, beef broth, and tomato ketchup, then served with hot beef broth.
Capeline head dress debuts as chic solution for modern woman
The Capeline, a modern snood style, replaces heavy false hair with delicate lace, ribbons, and satin. Designs vary from pale pink silk lining to black chantilly motifs, with roses and ribbons enhancing the capeline for tall and middle aged wearers.
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New York
Use for Old Mowers on the Farm
Many mowers still good in the year are discarded as worthless or sold for old iron due to defects elsewhere. Such mowers make excellent power for light work and would be handy on any farm. Take off the levers seat cutter bar and tongue which are of no use. Then turn the mower on its side with one wheel up and
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Milady
Clever Old Mower Reused as Power Drive
Instructions describe converting an old mower into a power drive by positioning the wheel, tightening the gear, and fastening a frame sweep to the top wheel. It explains attaching tumbling rods to the crank wheel to operate a sickle pitman, producing usable power for light shelters, grinders, and washing machines.
Farm Facts From a Prairie Field
Advice on prudent farm management emphasizes thoughtful field and crop planning. Proper handling of waste, wagon upkeep, and integrating poultry with grain and dairy can boost income and mortgage repayment.
Fall Sown Alfalfa Seeded After Cow Peas
A farm shows a sequence of crops from September 1 sowing of alfalfa on ground cropped to cow peas for hay. The site, after a 1906 rye cover and green manure, was tilled with a plank drag, disked, and cowpeas planted at 1% bushels per acre before final fall sowing.
Handkerchief Styles For Evening And Reception Outfits
A guide to feminine handkerchief fashions across occasions noting small glove size for evening wear, purse varieties, and delicate embroidery. It discusses borders, monograms, names written in handwriting, and choosing fine linen for portability and elegance.
Black Velvet Disks Link Black Robe to Chiffon Ruffle
A sewing idea connects a black spangled robe to a plaited chiffon ruffle by attaching large black velvet disks at regular intervals. The disks are cut from velvet leaving raw edges that will not fray, creating a contrasting link between the two fabrics.
Gray linen afternoon dress with sweeping skirt trim
A dressy afternoon costume described in gray linen features a sweeping skirt with open braid trim. The braid creates scroll and appliqué border designs along the skirt, adding decorative detail to the garment.
Ornament Trends In Hair Adornment From Paris Modistes
A Parisian fashion note highlights growing novelty in coiffure ornaments. Ivy and lime leaf decorations with crystal beads lead, followed by olive leaf chaplets with emerald beads. The Greek filet crown features maroon tulle and plumes, while gren oak leaves with gold accents appear among top trends.
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Paria
New Waistline Fashions Cut Curves for Long Back Silhouettes
A fashion feature describes the shift to long high waisted costumes that emphasize a graceful back. It notes the aim to conceal hip lines with minimal front fullness, detailing a pale mauve chiffon gown with kimono sleeves, yellow lace, and a tan bias trimmed tailor made suit.
Fashion Notes Describe Thistle Leaf Gauze with Diamond Dust
Descriptive prose portrays leaves with powder-green tones and thistle shapes as fabrics of gauze, sprinkled with diamond dust to create a delicate, ethereal appearance in a fashion context.
Hatpins Grow Enormous as Fashionable Embroideries
Hatpins have swollen to enormous sizes and remain popular as embroidered novelty pieces. The pins often feature flowers and colored stones in half moon, oblong or round shapes. Many are true works of art with colors matching most hats.
Pillow Covers with Hedebo Embroidery and Cluny Edging
Describes lingerie style sofa pillow covers using alternate Hedebo embroidery and filet squares not joined with wide bands of cluny insertion. The back features a large central monogram and a four inch border of cluny edging. Notes effectiveness when paired with colored silks.
Doilies Replace Tablecloths For Simple Breakfast Tables
The Delineator advises modern households to use doilies or a diagonal square instead of large tablecloths to keep an attractive table and cut laundry. A growing plant or fern center enhances the look, while blue and white china adds charm at breakfast.
String Beans With Bacon Hot Salad Dish Reminder
A housekeeper advises using canned string beans in a hot salad. Fry lean bacon until crisp, add vinegar salt pepper and chopped onion, pour over cooked string beans, and finish with chopped green pepper and parsley for flavor.
Irish Stew Sparks Aesthetic Controversy In Society Paper
A minor society paper's writer condemns Irish stew with pictorial language describing it as monstrous ugli ness set before luncheon or dinner. The critic laments the appearance of a mound of bones in a grave of moist vegetation, calling it the barbaric name Irish stew.
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Society
Eight Minute Boiled Egg For Soft Palate
An old cooking tip explains bailing an egg to a soft fluffy texture for convalescents. Use boiling water and eight minutes of cooking after warming the egg to remove chill, then shell, salt, and butter to taste for easy digestion.
Egg Toast with White Sauce and Parsley Garnish
Separate eggs and whisk a thin white sauce from butter flour and milk seasoned with salt and pepper. Stir chopped egg whites into sauce, arrange toast on a platter, top with sauce, press yolks through a ricer onto the dish, and garnish with parsley and point-cut toast.
Salmon Cakes From Simple Milk and Bread Crumbs
Put one cup of sweet milk on the stove and near boiling stir two tablespoons flour to form a paste. Cool, then add canned salmon mashed, two beaten eggs, a teaspoon galt, pepper, thickened milk, and a pint of bread crumbs. Shape into small cakes and fry in hot grease until brown.
Curtain design ideas from plain cotton and muslin
The article suggests making attractive curtains from unbleached cotton or muslin with simple stitching. It recommends adding a gingham panel with a conventional design and finishing hems with feather or cat stitches. A geranium red motif on bright red linen would enhance a table setting.
Old Gentleman in Hong Kong Chinese Letter Offends
A white-haired old gentleman at an English club in Hongkong erupts after reading a cryptic Chinese inscription on an envelope. The hall porter had marked the letter for the “old baboon with white fur,” provoking the scholar to confront the porter and reveal the slur.
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Hongkong
Music Jokes and Humorous Snippets From the Era
A collage of light sketches and quips features a Mrs Bulligan Shure incident, Marion’s music lesson apple halves quip, a bisected quarter joke, a broker banter about trades, a humorous note on the Merry Widow music promotion, and a Thanksgiving style exchange about gifts.
It Cures While You Walk Foot-Ease Advertisement
Allen's Foot-Ease offers relief for hot sweaty feet with corns callouses and swelling. Sold by all druggists price 25c trial package free address Allen S Olmsted Roy NY.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
Roy, N. Y
Headache Causes and Remedies Cited From 1900s Notes
The note outlines frequent headache causes with a focus on colds from October to May and promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine as a remedy. It also contains a short humorous aside about talkativeness and a quotation about an average woman’s vanity.
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