Tours the Loire Valley and Lourdes Pilgrimage Charm
Special Correspondent describes Tours and the Loire as the heart of Touraine. He depicts sunlit fields, medieval castles, and a people living in orderly poverty taxed on fruit at market. The piece notes Bourgeois life, church relics, monarchical ruins, and a Lourdes pilgrimage train carrying sick and faithful to the shrine.
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Parlin
Loire
Touraine
France
Accepia
Belioves
Gare St. Laanre
Parle
Europe
Balsac
Panama
Evils of the Automobile Warned by Metical Sentinel
The Metical Sentinel laments early effects of motor wagons noting that new dangers accompany the rise of automobiles and predicting widespread disease alongside progress. The brief reflects cautious public sentiment on technology’s costs.
The Forest Realities of Work And Travel On Poor White Settlements
The text describes harsh rural life where families survive on about ten cents per person daily. It notes white cottages, small plots, and a cow as basic means of living, with most men staying near birthplace and limited mobility. It mentions doctors using wagons and the health issues from fast trail travel.
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Ber
Jane Emer Cron
Jewel Bags and Girdles Highlight 19th Century Fashion
New arrivals detail the underskirt jewel bag in dark suede with a center outside pocket and strong webbing, plus a money bag with multiple compartments and patent clasps. Fashion notes praise velvet-like fabrics and a vogue for deep belts, outlining four girdle styles in various materials and colors to suit different figures and gowns.
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Philadelphia
Patterned dress design instructions for a foundation work
The text describes a sequence of dress patterns and fabric layout with four numbered sections. It details how pieces are shaped and arranged over a foundation, held in place, and bowed at the back. It explains the material quantities needed, wire supports, and a three-sine pattern cut for different waist measures with rules to prevent door hanging tricks and wall spoilage.
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Humber
Wales
Negligee with Stole Collar and Fashionable Sleeve Updates
A period fashion note describes a pale pink gown with a white edged collar and broad plaited accordions. It details a shallow yoke, full sleeves gathered into straight puff, and contrasting collar fabric, plus yardage for various widths and a 4601 pattern. Sleeves trend toward elbow length with fitted tops and decorative lace at the wrist.
Fashion Notes On Winter Robes And Accessories
Pode NAS Flat neck effects prevail. Lace bands in some media. In Sonoen inlaid. Floral brooches for linings. Coats richly hedged with deep collie. Sleeves wide and flowing, round capes preferred, balloon sleeves in ornate cuffs. Embroidered robes in yellowish hues among novelties. Squire fur not seen. moleskin promised. Beads buckles chains straps abound. cream champagne cloth and etamine coats trimmed with lace.
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Sonoen
Paria Thia
Variety in Silke Delights with Rich Weaves
A description praises the Silke fabrics for their beauty and variety. It notes a dozen new weaves, rich cicks and figures resembling velvet ombre, and salt colored awks woven with velvet figures, flowers, and leaves in natural tones.
Velvet Variety Used For Visiting and Preception Gowns
Velvet in great variety is used for visiting and reception gowns. It comes in many designs and colors from brown to deep orange and petunia to pale heliotrope. Trimming with lace and other touches enhances the velvet gowns, with folded spots and stripes noted in some fabrics.
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Toaldos
Outing Flannel Nightgowns With Hematite Silk Trim
Frilla of hematitehedlhian silk introduces inexpensive outing flannel nightgowns with attractive trimming. Beading and narrow ribbons may be added. loops and knots create a decorative look. Yard fabrics priced low offer pretty insertions, lace ruffles, and simple embroidery options.
Evening cooking tips and home cleaning notes
A fragmentary list of household hints covers wood finishing with lemon and alcohol, using onion pickle sweetness, keeping jars outside, coffee grounds as disinfectant, mirror cleaning with damp newspaper, wax and polish care, and cautions about burning rags and oils to prevent spontaneous combustion.
Household Hints and Quick Fixes for Everyday Use
Brighten tumblers with a splash of ammonia in wash water and rinse with clean cold water. For cakes, substitute lard for butter to stop sticking due to salt in butter. Transform stale bread with jam fills, fry dipped slices. Uncurled feathers can be refreshed by waving over a salt-lit fire. Prevent doors from banging by using a cork wrapped in dark material pressed against the floor.
Evening gown with heavy gold cord detailing
A white sicilienne gown designed for events features deeply hand tucked fabric and heavy gold cords. The upper bodice uses a corsage yoke of tucked maline with a chiffon bertha knotted at intervals, while the skirt is tucked to below the knee and a flounce sits beneath the cords. Elbow sleeves are finished without chiffon drapery and the gold cord continues at the waist.
Fashion notes on embroidered waists and gowns in cloth
A fragment discusses gowns with separate waists and short sleeves, noting embroidery of wafer apote Jinstk or wool to match fabric. It suggests a playful look for a girl who wants brightness, as wafer spote can be easily embroidered to create a new garment.
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Heewe
Garment Descriptions from a Fashion Page
The passage details clothing fabrics and styles, noting shirts, cotton textures, and heavy hind garments. It mentions plaid patterns, white bow under the chin, trim hits, and silk scarves, implying a fashion showcase of varied attire.
Powdered borate: a limrtmese aid for hard water treatment
Fragmented notes describe a powdery borate additive for hard water to soften it and protect bands, claiming it helps to keep the water bed gentle and reduce irritation. The text is garbled with misspellings but suggests a lime and borate compound used with bed water to prevent wear.
Shirred Waist and Three Piece Skirt Fashion Note
Shirred gowns in soft materials remain in vogue with a graceful look. The almond proon voile gown features a dotted white net yoke and cream Venetian trims, with a flexible color mix. Instructions list yardages for waist and skirt patterns May Manton No. 4692 and No. 4875. Also includes cabbage and potato salad recipe and notes on a white gown with embroidered archida trim.
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Omoh
May Manton pattern coupon order notice
Readers can secure any May Manton pattern by mailing the coupon blanks to Wy cmata EH Harrison & Co. 03 Plymouth Pie, Chicago. The pattern will be mailed promptly.
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Harrison & Co
Plymouth
Archaeological Dig in Rome Reveals Ara Pacis Remnants
Workers under Prof Pasqul uncover and reassemble fragments of the Ara Pacis in the Campus Martius area. Excavations reveal a second door, steps, and in situ pieces, with reliefs and blocks sent to Florence and Rome institutions. The dig also exposes parts of the Temple of Castor and Polias and the ancient Santa Maria Antiqua church amid ancient foundations and marble remains.
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Museo Delle Terme
Rome
Pasqul
Ara Pacis
Augustus
Spain
Gaul
Domitian
Campus Martius
5. Lorenzo
Lucina
Corso
Poreron
Natitute
Alte
Signor Almagia
Signor Cauntizwro
Vin Lucing
Ted
Deor
Via Flaminia
Ricci of Montepwetano
Tuscany
Florence
Uffizi
Villa Medici
Monte
Castor
Polina
Nhat
Berbal
Santa Maria Antiqua
Soldiers in Tibet Campaign Face Extreme Cold Highland Trek
The report describes Kamba Jong eighty five miles north of Darjeeling with an 1800 foot high camp in rugged mountains. It notes road hardship, a march toward a forbidden cry, and mentions fragments from a palace, a bishop’s gravestone, and Augustan carvings. Col. Macdonald plans Canadian fur coats for troops amid Tibetan tableland snow and pneumonia risk. The native Indian plains soldiers are better adapted to the cold than Tibetan musketeers.
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Kamba Jong
Wil
Darjeeling
Ploclo
Jeault
Lucca
Sebastiano Poggio
Tassa
Col. Macdonald
Tibet
Pneumonig
Indian Plains
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Lewat
Martin
Tours
Thia
Walla of Tour
Marmontier
Notre Dame de Lourdes
Monnetie
Mary VI
Rigland
Sciirine
Miniset
Louwis XI
Mintoreine
Mosste Des Towrs
Devonings
Basiloyes
Loches
Louis XI
Chenonceaux
Chinonte
Charles VII
Jeanne d'Arc
Loula
Francie J Brlade
Marie
Fiech
Pyrenees
Our Lady of Lourdes
Sisters of Charity
Orleans Family
Vormaal le Pa
Ioelucs
Walt
Mallto HK
Wattison & Co
Plymouth Place
Chicago
Doman
Trier
Titua
the Capitol
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