Fashion fabrics invade tennis courts in bright patterns
A Pittsburgh Leader excerpt notes women favor large chintzes and draperies for sport skirts and full outfits while an interior decorator recalls customers buying patterned fabrics for clothes rather than homes. Critics discuss suggestion over detail in vivid imagery.
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Pittsburgh Leader
Water bonds split town in Tomlinville Arkansas vote
A tavern host in Tomlinville Ark reports a town debate over issuing water works bonds. Younger residents and newcomers favor the project while older residents oppose paying for access to a supposed divine water supply, signaling a possible standstill.
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Tomlinville
Ark
Godalmighty
Kansas City Star
Untidy quote shows editorials on manners and apology
A fragmented quotation from the Birmingham Age Herald recalls a man apologizing while unwrapping a package that looks like shoes. The exchange hints at discomfort with deception and a desire for candor and proper conduct in social exchanges.
Cuticura Taleum Powder Ad Praises Fragrance Ease
An advertisement touts Cuticura Taleum Powder as a multifaceted antiseptic and scented dusting powder for face skin and baby use. It claims convenience economy and that it renders other perfumes superfluous as part of the Cuticura Toilet Trio.
Hying and statistics spark a despondent math joke
A family head laments life weariness and a friend jokes about statistics claiming five hours of work per person could support all. The head reveals he bears the burden alone, calculating that to sustain the family he would need 25 hours daily.
Boy Corrects Mother's Speech With Polite Phrase
A Franklin mother taught her three year old son proper English and forbade "ole" A dinner moment prompts him to declare you mustn't say ain't as it is naughty The boy then suggests you must say sense ne meaning excuse me as quoted by the Indianapolis News
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Sea serpents and mean medicine in a saloon era quip
A witty line compares sea serpents in a drug store to those seen in saloons, praising strong medicine while joking that some cures are so harsh one cannot forget to take them. The quip casts medicine as rough yet memorable.
Appearances From Forbow Magazine Knute Hannan
A portrait of Knute Hannan shows a drifting early life in Norway and the United States with roles from shoemaker to farm hand to streetcar conductor. He later becomes a renowned author translator and Nobel prize winner, illustrating that appearances can mislead and judging others is unsafe.
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Extracting vitamines in the diet and industry
The article discusses the role of vitamins in diet alongside calories proteins and minerals. It notes the unknown but vital nature of vitamines, cites methods to dry and preserve them, mentions early work by Dubin and Lewl of Ames Iowa and Givens Hess and McClendon in extracting and preserving fat soluble and anti scorbutic vitamines, and speculates on future canning of vitamines and widespread use in canned foods.
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Senators Clash Over Maternity Bill Rivalry
excerpts from the Woman Citizen discuss debates on the Sheppard-Towner maternity bill with Sen Reed’s infamous jab about a board of spinsters and Dr Josephine Baker’s testimony on infant health. Rockefeller Foundation figures suggest benefits from home visiting nurses reduced infant mortality, countering Reed’s attack and signaling gains in maternal and child health efforts.
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Luggage Swap Rumors Amid Travel Tales In California
A young man trades suitcases to avoid confessing a fear while traveling to the docks. a stranger takes responsibility and the swap goes unnoticed until later. Separate note warns of trash along California highways from auto tours, while a Philadelphia Ledger column questions Fourth of July celebrations to appease Britain.
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Uncle Sam as High Financier in Rail Subsidy Fight
The New York World column argues against a government cash subsidy to railroads. It notes federal wartime outlays and current claims by carriers, estimates net government exposure, and questions why cash would come from taxpayers or bankers rather than markets. It condemns railroads and financiers for steering policy while Harding seeks to shrink government roles.
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Attempted Lynching on Cape Cod and Political Debate
A Springfield Republican summary notes mob efforts to lynch Cape Verde Island negroes for assaulting a white woman in Wareham and Barnstable, praising jail officials and Governor Cox for preserving order. It critiques Republican leaders for war and peace actions, calling out Fordney and Washington policy amid unemployment and reconstruction debates.
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Vanity of the Sex and the Hubby Debate
A light humorous exchange where a husband jokes about house flies and a wife explains their behavior by noting they settle on the mirrors, suggesting they are all females. The dialogue reflects playful household banter and observations of household pests.
Mystery Smokers Club Tale Surfaces in Crumbling Dialog
In a fragmentary New York Sun piece the wildest notion at a club centers on Johnnie Edwards the longtime smoker. He resists exposing his habit while others watch his strange behavior and a ten year claim to the smoker’s prize hangs over the scene.
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Motor foot blamed on long car trips and foot strain
A jumble of terms describes a summer ailment among travelers named motor foot. The piece attributes continuous driving posture and foot bending in the skiined position to displacement of a foot bone, causing pain and impaired walking and activities like tennis.
Fragmentary overheard speech fragment
The readable text contains garbled dialogue with phrases about Megs and Megas and a feminine form for Peen Sis, interspersed with incomplete names and nonsensical lines, lacking coherent event or context.
Tasting Ventures 61 Dishes In First Sitting
Joe Jable and his three sons from the mountings near Union Town Me tried tasting for the first time and disposed of 61 dishes in one sitting. The sons sampled fifteen dishes each while Joe consumed sixteen.
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