New and Important Easy-to-Do Fashions
A vintage sewing pattern advertisement offers No. 1835 and No. 1814 designs for large sizes and mid sizes with suggestions for fabrics and details. It promotes a Fall Pattern Book, notes yardage needs, and lists order details from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept in Chicago. It closes with a general ad for Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and a G. F. Hoffman quote on kindness.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
Wacker Dr
Chicago
Ill
Lemon Juice Remedy for Rheumatic Pain Fraud
A dubious advertisement claims mixing four lemons with REV PRESCRIPTION from a druggist creates a quart of ineffective medicine for rheumatic and neuritis pain. It promises low daily cost and pharmacist, doctor, and vendor guarantees with sales likely from Homix Co St Louis Mo.
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Corts
Drugelaty, Homix Co
St Louis
Star Dust HAT dispute over stories and stars in Hollywood
The exchange centers on Bette Davis and Warner Brothers over story selection and pay. Davis resists only in that she often receives top scripts, while new projects like No Time for Comedy and Juarez spotlight her heavy workload. Loretta Young Andrea Leeds and others seek prestige roles as Gang Busters extends its crime crusade.
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Bette Davis
Warner Brothers
Miss Davis
Katharine Cornell
New York
George Brent
Laurence Olivier
Lace by Day and Lace by Night Continues Its Magic Dominion
Fashion embraces lace for winter with lace blouses and metallic embroidered laces. Dresses feature black lace and mantilla like fichu. Daywear uses lace trims on daytime frocks. evening wear highlights lace basques and capes. Western Newspaper Union release.
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Union
Evening Glamour in Jewelry and Night Attire
Fashion notes spotlight Simonne Gerl designed gold plated bead accessories and a silk cord contrast bag embroidered in gold. An Egyptian silk brocade evening bag with gold thread sits beside a white ermine wrap by Bruyere. The wrapping garment features a peplum and hoop accents to complement wide-hipped evening gowns.
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Simonne Gerl
Bruyere
Eyeleted Pique Becomes Key Style Accessory
Eyeleted piques are trending with eyelet embroidery on shirts and collars. The new patterns suit smart shirtwaists and tailored wear, with chic boleros over dark crepe frocks. Milliners showcase clever piques for a fashionable season ahead.
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Millinera
Gold Braid Accessories Showcased For Neckwear
Gold braid collars and cuff sets are displayed in neckwear sections. Also available are gold braid colliery poking frogs and epaulets for shoulder decoration. New neckwear features collars styled in gold kid to pair with black dresses or velvet afternoon wear.
Wide Inset Belts Spark Frock Trend Across Runway
Fashion notes describe wide inset belts enhancing frocks with a cinched waist and dramatic touch. Gold or silver jeweled girdles are highlighted as the bold accent, shaping silhouettes and adding historical glint to velvet and satin compositions.
Bruyere Debuts Collection With Beltless Frocks and Tassel
A' Bow introduces a new collection featuring beltless frocks with bows or tassels at the wasting. Bruyere presents the striking design shift, removing belts to focus on silhouette accents.
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Saaing
Bruyere
International Temperance Sunday 1939 Protests Liquor Use
A temperance sermon urges Christians worldwide to protest alcohol sales and use on International Temperance Sunday October 29 1939. It links biblical warnings in Micah Luke and Pauls letters to national decline, job claims, and moral decay, calling for spiritual revival and active resistance to liquor.
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Micah
The
Christian Herald
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Israel
Christ
Paul
Aren
Jesu
Auctioneer May Reject Highest Bid in Sale Case
A Minnesota case shows an auctioneer need not accept the highest bid. The house sold to the first bidder for 675 despite a second bid of 680 after the other bidder raised objections. The bidder sued but failed, as no contract exists until the offer to purchase is accepted by the auctioneer.
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Minnesota
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G. F. Hoffman
Etita
Vitama
Feria Drug Stores
Coco Cop
Virginia Vale
Loretta Young
Hugh Herbert
Zasu Pitts
Aubrey Smith
Ralph Graves
David Niven
Jimmie Cagney
Jean
Hollywood
Andrea Leeds
Gary Cooper
CBS
H. Norman Schwartzkopf
New Jersey State Police
Artie Shaw
Shaw
Lanny
Merle Obsron
Lenin
Brenda Karshol
By Cherie Nicholas
Harold Lyngody
Relaive
England
Sir Henry Irving
Collier's
America
Imeel
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