Back to the Soil Caravan Heads West From Chicago
Chicago hosts Gen W D Scott and a caravan of trucks trailers and families en route from Brooklyn to Twin Falls Idaho to establish a colony on 5120 acres with irrigation from the Snake river system. Governor Davis of Idaho welcomes the project promising land water and funding through the Idaho Farm Development Company.
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Idaho
Chicago
Gen
W. D. Scott
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ball
Kit Carson
Marets Whitman
Brigham Young
Americens
Royal N. Allen
Chicago Motor Cial
William D. Scott
Scott
Minneapolis
Boston
Decatur Street
David W. Davis
Idaho Responded Promptly With A Definite Offer. Mr. Scott
Twin Falls
Soake River
Mr. Scott
Idaho Farm Development Company
JT. Meredith
Wilson
Des Moines
Meredith
Snake River
Jarbidge
Cedar Creek
Little Salmon River
Buhl
Aovery
Guggenheim
Alaska
Davis
Buht Chamber of Commerce
Ben H. Bushman
Rotary Club
Chamber
Club
Deat
Blalw
Idaho Agricultural College Nice
Iduto Walty
Airectly
Idatio
Yellowstone National Park
Albany
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Cleveland
Toledo
Lincoln Highway
Cheyenne
Wyo
Buds Declaration and village talk described in 19th century vignette
A reflective tale from Youth's Companion recounts Mrs Langley and neighbors debating talk versus action. Jim and Jin Baldwin exchange a kettle and a locket after a hardware store stop, while Bud challenges schooling and philosophy. Each scene illustrates social misdirection and practical wit.
Source of Mosquito's Singing
A long neglected apparatus at the insect base produces the hum heard from the mosquito. The device features a slightly movable bar with marked teeth that rasp across ridges as wings rise and fall, explaining the insect’s sound.
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Brooklyn
When Mr Fiddlin Gave Up Circumstance Convinced Him
A Kansas Star report from Rum pus Ridge Ark recounts a troubled marriage ending in violence as Jig Fiddlin is shot by his wife after twenty two years of fighting. Neighbors recount her volatile temper and his decision to sue for divorce following a fatal gunshot.
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Sig Fiddlin
Lin
Gap Johnie
Rumpus Ridge
Ark
Jee
Mount Pirgy
Gowns for the Gall Room Vying Dresses Feature Sleeves
Two evening dress types compete with crepe de chine and fuller bouffant silhouettes. New French frocks favor dropped yokes, draped or slashed sleeves, and off the shoulder lines. Velvet and bright-colored fabrics appear, with green blue silk and orange velvet accents. Children's fall colors include vivid shades and a red smock with white trousers.
The Top Coat of Opossum
The wise woman now is taking thought for her winter wardrobe. Here is a charming full top coat of Australian opossum. The full lines and the runs of the posssum pelts afford especial interest.
Paris Fashion Notes Veils and Skirts Dominate Style
Colored veils draped over light felt shapes embody a Paris mood with cachet. Tong skirt length across French shops sits six inches above the ground. Waists bloused below the natural waistline to suit new fashion dictates, while fur trends show taupe gray shades. Also notes on recipe cards as a kitchen aid and tips to remove shine from worn fabric using turpentine.
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Paris
Negligees Trend From Tea Gowns To Luxurious Wear
The article notes a shift in women’s fashion as negligees become versatile for tea and informal dinners. It highlights lavish fabrics, oriental influences, and decorative beading, with examples like a blue chiffon and jade satin design. Also mentioned are dinner table flowers, paint stain removal, and proper wool blanket care.
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Chiffon
Wallace
Sewing Ideas From A Past Era For Home Decor
Embellish a heartful dresser scarf using remnant voile and valle fabric. Create a four sides bound cover, edged with fine lace, and add a center embroidery. Make a matching pincushion, and finish with silk underlay and small stitches. Also notes on vanity cases, neckwear, and fall fashion adapting simple, inexpensive gowns for early season entertaining.
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Valle
Hara
Home Cookery and Fruit Desserts in Old Style Guide
A long, mixed-text page features recipes for Veal Stew, Dumplings, Potato Turnovers, and Brown Sauce, with notes on preparation and measurements. It also includes Cream Scones, Coffee Cream, and a variety of fruit dishes like Muskmelon with Cream and Musk melon Surprise, plus decorative fruit platters and a humorous editorial fragment about world views and a poem by Harriet Swift.
Weight gain claims and dubious testimonials
An ad filled with inconsistent phrases reports a wonderful gain in weight and improved appetite attributed to a product or regimen. It intermixes testimonials with promotional lines for skin care and medicines, including Cuticura and Hall’s Catarrh Medicine, concluding with a generic call to do what’s right.
Wife Takes Husband's Advice at Springfield
Springfield woman recounts following her husband’s medical advice to undergo an operation. The doctor warned that without surgery she would remain frail and unable to work, and she describes her gradual improvement after starting treatment at home.
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Springfield
Mass
Ayid
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Hiraar Kas
Realle
ALD
Deeler Compants
Sib Herrick Nor
Jim Baldwin Gould
Ovid Langley
Herrick
Jin Baldwin
Jim
Jin
Jim Pac
Liz
Juniny
Bud
Fies
Kansas
Gall Room
Voile
Culfe
Hemstiteh
pYou
Cscsre
Harriet Swift
Laney Merrow
Boston Transcript
Wil
Boyes
Jack
Jacqueline
Laine
Gus City
Yum
Jesse
Hall
Kinaith
F. J. Cheney & Co
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Durham
Shee
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