No. 1717 and 1885 sewing patterns for spring dresses
Late fashion notes present patterns No. 1717 and No. 1885 with multiple wear options. Details cover fabric choices, sizes 34 through 48 for No. 1717 and sizes 14 through 20 for No. 1885, yardage requirements, and accompanying bolero and apron skirt. Orders: Barbara Bell Spring Pattern Book, 15 cents each, Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Chicago.
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Barbara Bell
Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Three Shuttered Houses On The Jervies Estate Mystery
Clint Jervies, now head of the Jervies estate, drives home in heavy rain and encounters a frightened girl who flees into the woods. Inspector Tope and Miss Moss, now married, discuss the event as three gloomy houses on the estate host old families led by Denman Harder and others. June, Ella, Aunt Evie, Uncle Justin, Rab, Asa, and a figure named Uncle Jim populate the estate as Saturday night gatherings unfold.
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Clint Jervies
Inspector Tope
Miss Moss
Clint
Miss Miss
Jervies
Kenesaw Hi
Denman Harder
Ella Kenesaw
Kitty Leaford
June
Evie Talne
Justin
Rab
Asa
Matthew Bowden
Uncle Jim
Famies
Witty
Night terror ends in tragedy as mother dies
June discovers her mother Kitty Seaford dead after a night of drugged sleep and frantic attempts to seek help. The scene follows a stormy, claustrophobic household as June races through rain to Doctor Cabler, fearing for her mother and fearing an unknown danger. The chapter ends with Cabler confirming the death, setting up the continuation.
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Kitty Seaford
June
Juna
Cabler
Mother
Jane
Mrs. Seaford
Angie
Grandpa
Grandma Harder
Justus
Doctor Cabler
Rab
Asa
Night Thunder Warns June In Her Quiet World
June undresses and drifts through a somber night in a rundown house. She recalls Uncle Jim’s mirth and the nicknames for relatives, while her mother stays asleep despite the storm. Lightning scars the sky as June frets over waking Kitty Seaford and Aunt Evie.
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June
Iife
Uncle Jim
Jane
Grandma Bowden
Evie
Grandma
Grandpa
Kitty Seaford
Hidden Roman Cradle House Still Stands in Rome
A lesser known Roman landmark, the hut where Romulus and Remus were nursed by the she wolf, remains standing despite tourist magnets like the Colosseum and Pantheon. The piece recounts the legend of the foundlings fed by the wolf and the origins of Rome.
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Romulus
Remus
She-Wolf
Rome
Colosseum
Forum
Pantheon
Andre Simonpietro
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Sistine Chapel
Michael Angelo
Raphael
St. Peter’s Basilica
Bernini
Caracalla
Mussolini
Holy Father
Tiber
Native Sporting Dog: The Chesapeake Bay Retriever Origin
The Chesapeake Bay Retriever, the only native American sporting dog, traces its lineage to two Newfoundland puppies rescued from an English brig wrecked off Maryland. From crossbreeding with Maryland hounds, by 1885 a robust retriever capable of handling hundreds of ducks daily in Chesapeake Bay waters emerged.
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Chesapeake Bay
England
American Wildlife Institute
Maryland
Enit Oval Rag Rug in Various Colors by Ruth Wyeth Spears
Craft notice invites readers to order the rug leaflet and book set by Ruth Wyeth Spears. It outlines oval rag rug instructions using knitting, crocheting, and fabric strips, plus pricing and ordering details from Mrs. Spears at 210 S Desplaines St, Chicago Ill.
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Enit
Ruth Wyeth
Spears
S. Desplaines St
Chiscagy, Ill
Business Over Love Breach Trial Dialogues in Court
A terse exchange unfolds as a suitor questions a daughter's breach of promise suit. The father replies the issue is business, not sentiment, highlighting a cold, transactional view of a broken engagement and its legal consequence.
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Ben Ames Williams
Kitty
KittyLeaford
Uncle Justus
Denman
Sabine Hills
Dickinson
Watts
Albert Dickinson
Ulincis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cicero
Toy Garfield Tea CO
Dept. 40
Brooklyn
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