Hollywood Starlet’s Quiet Struggles and Changes in Hair
A recount of Bette Davis facing aging and sight challenges on set. She discusses effort to stay dramatic while wearing a wig for the first time, past hair changes, and how studio eyes reacted. The piece also notes Hollywood trivia on dancing schools, pay, and film commentary.
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Dean
Dorie
Miss Davis
Bette Davis
Maximilian
Juste
Hollywood
United States
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iWe the Women course on Feminine Fishing at Columbia
Ruth Millet reports Columbia University will offer a new course next semester titled Feminine Fishing or How to Catch a Man. The program explores modern angling practices and campus equipment as part of women’s advocacy and social development.
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Columbia University
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Black-Draught: An All Vegetable Laxative Remedy
A historical ad style passage touts a product named Black-Draught as a gentle thorough cleanser for the bowels. It claims to use a principal vegetable ingredient to impart tone and promote regularity with simple directions. The text notes years of popularity and broad merit.
Seascape of King Winter Inspires Ambitious Anglers
An excerpt from a 1938 NEA Service piece imagines a professor lecturing on female fishing prowess on a college campus. It contrasts ambition and skill in angling with gendered expectations, noting the lure of the best equipment and methods for catching fish and the larger idea that some targets remain elusive.
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NEA Service
Spring and Summer Pattern Book Offer From Hope Star
The notice promotes the Spring and Summer Pattern Book with designs for skirts blouses and dresses. It details sizes 11 through 19, yardage, prices 25 cents per pattern or 15 cents back, and requests 1 cent for postage with name address and style number. A British Isles fact notes 4800 islands, of which 5000 sit around Ireland.
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Siuimer
Sun
Pattman
Hope Star Today
Pattern Bureau
Wacker Drive
Chicago
British Isles
Ireland
Home Demonstration Meeting At Mrs Montgomery’s
Miss McKelvey led a home demonstration at Mrs Montgomery's with a plan for landscaping around Sweet Hemp church. Members discussed economic conditions in the South and presented two chapters. Blanche Beebe of New York spoke on the theater project and related items.
So They Say No Yuars on Marriage Licenses
Fragmentary item notes city officials Clark Coffey Butler NK Y and a 1924 marriage, mentions remanding a $2 license and $4 for service after wife filed for divorce. References to Garner Elliott and Vice President Garner’s election chances with unclear context.
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Coffey
Buttala
Garner
Elliott Lronspyolf
Calotabs Promised To Help Nature Fight Colds
An advertisement extols Calotabs as a thorough intestinal cleaner that purges viruses and toxins from the body. It claims the tablets cleanse the digestive tract and act as a purgative and diuretic, aiding the elimination of poisons and supporting cold treatment. The copy notes dosing and price for an initial package.
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