Not Hungry Evangelist Sparks Small Town Dinner Gaffe
A Sunday scene unfolds as a noted evangelist visits the Bruce family. At dinner the large preacher denies hunger but young Bruce quips I thought you wasn't hungry, drawing a hearty laugh. The piece parallels Lancashire housework norms where husbands perform many chores.
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Diurch
Bruce
Colorful knit dresses and capes debut in fall styles
A fashion spread features suits with plain skirts and slip-on tops, dress and cape ensembles, and new sweater numbers. Lavender brown heather blends highlight Heigh Ho knitted cloth capes, while bright color bands appear on silk trim and scarfs.
F Henna Duvety n and Silk Street Costume
A winsome street costume described in henna duvetyn and black silk, girdled with bronze beads, highlighting a decorative fashion piece from the period imagery.
New Belts Fasten at Side in Paris Fashion Show
Paris showcased tunics with red and orange accents, while Jenny favored splashing brocades echoing ancient Persian attire. Belts fasten at the hip and are designed to slim, with many styles including metal dents, beads, jade and silver, celluloid segments, and beaded strands. Fringe, pongee, and sport silks appear on separate skirts with self-colored bands, detailing finish for new frocks.
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Paris
Jenny
Persia
Galeries Lafayette
Outfits For The Outdoor Girl Contrast With Grandmother
The article contrasts modern outdoors fashion with a grandmother’s riding attire. It details knickerbockers, tweeds, and short skirts for active wear, plus warm sweaters and velvet touches. Gingham frocks need careful shrinking, and velvet neck bands return. Popular shades include tango orange and vivid yellows like marigold.
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Rome
Velvet Fashion Trend Dominates Autumn Fabrics
Velvet remains a strong favorite across social pages with lustrous, versatile appeal. The fabric suits many styles and events, blending with embroidery and cottons for elegant blouses, dresses, and home décor like pink curtains and coordinated bedroom textiles.
Seasonal Recipes And Household Tips From The Kitchen Cabinet
A quirky collection of cooking advice and household hints featuring seasonable dishes like milk baked fried chicken and oyster cucumber cups. Includes Terrapin Chicken and Cinnamon Drop Apples, plus long fruit and salad ideas with lettuce as a base and French dressing. Also quotes and poetry intersperse among instructions.
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Missouri
Fragmentary Westfield Leader Clippings Weave Tangled Notes
A garbled Westfield Leader fragment cites figures and quotes from Vanity Fair and The High Brow Jinx. The text is fragmented with mis-spellings and stray phrases about Eve, Mr Stortington Tories, and a vague note on a manager.
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Stortington
Thanksgiving Day Pride from Daddy Bald Eagle
A children friendly piece presents Daddy Bald Eagle praising Thanksgiving Day. It highlights gratitude for national symbols, the nation’s birth, and the Bald Eagle’s own family honor while describing eagle life, nesting, diet, and eyesight. Includes humorous asides about Greenland and a nurse’s joke on a fever hospital.
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Daddy Bald Eagle
United States
Bern
Bald Eagle
Engies
Daddy Ball
Best medicine promises fail in ads says old article
A historical clip discusses why many heavily advertised medicines vanish from view when they fail to fulfill manufacturers promises. It cites Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as an example praised by a druggist for kidney liver and bladder relief and offers sample bottles by mail while noting pharmacy availability. An Indianapolis News remark recounts a four year old misnaming foxtail as wooly worms.
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Kilmer Swamp Root
Kilmer
Kilmer & Co
Osae
Binghamton
N. Y
Ton
Columbus
Indianapolis News
California Fig Syrup Advertisement Parodies and Odd Notices
A collage of vintage clippings mocks the California Fig Syrup ad with a mother’s exhortation and a doctor warning, plus humorous vignettes about a bird bath misunderstanding, Red Cross Blue ads, a late phone joke, and a quip about contentment under misfortune. The items showcase period promotional copy and light humor.
Health ads claim Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription helps women
An advertisement from Cincinnati promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women’s health. Miss Anna Berninger testifies to relief from feminine troubles after use. The ad pledges nationwide efficacy and offers trial packages and free medical advice from Buffalo, New York.
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Ohio
Dr. Pierce
Anna Berninger
Jameson St
Curfew Poem Fracas Ends With Prose Trial Sarcasm
In a Birmingham Age-Herald blurb a bemused judge questions a petty offender who clutched a dray horse and recited Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight. The exchange lampoons a cruelty society and mocks formal charges, noting the odd case title and raucous courtroom banter.
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Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Birmingham Age-Herald
Diamonds Dyes and a Genteel Tale
A fragment mentions Diamond Dyes packaging and home dyeing directions for fabrics like linen and cotton. It then shifts to a humorous anecdote about an ancient angler and a joke about a sinking float. A closing quip notes that women who believe they are homely avoid group photos and that higher men are asked to be held up by others.
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London
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