Use of Wool in Clothes Limited
Government urges conservation of wool in American garments urging designers and dressmakers to cap wool use at about 4.4 yards per costume. Trade bodies report broad compliance across tailors, manufacturers, and stores with a shift toward lighter silhouettes and alternative fabrics. The article notes fashion may become more novel as a result, with emphasis on practicality and patriotism.
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America
Hudson Bay
Palm Beach
Sash Fashion Returns In Velvet Gowns From Paris
A revived sash decorates velvet gowns with sashes pasted along the side and back, lined with satin and tied in a knot or bow. Designers show varied forms including butterfly bows, fringed ends, and tassel accents, recalling historic yet modernized style.
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Paris
No clear headline available in the fragment
Fragment discusses clinging effects and pewest gowns with noted desirability issues, implying critique of garment fit or coverage in a religious setting. No additional context, names, places, or dates are present to anchor a fuller item.
Boudoir Robes and Corduroy Negligees Trend
The dressing gown of corduroy or velours remains popular. Papris endorses boudoir finery including warm corduroy negligees with silk lining to the hem or hips, reflecting a continued vogue for luxurious lounging garments.
Paris Millinery Exhibit Highlights Hat Sizes
A Paris millinery exhibit showed few medium hats. Models ranged from small, form fitting pieces to large, pictorial designs. Formal hats featured ostrich trim while small hats used fur with clusters of feathers for a group effect.
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Paris
The KITCIIN CABINET 28 and kitchen tips collection
A compact collection of 1920s kitchen guidance and recipes including coconut custard bread bake, Pittsburgh potatoes with cheese sauce, and pea pod puree. Instructions mix efficiency ideas with practical prep steps, detailing ingredients, proportions, baking times, and serving notes for home cooks.
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Pittsburgh
Fruit Centerpiece Trends for Attractive Tables
A practical guide to eye catching table settings using simple, affordable fruit displays. Describes centerpieces with wicker trays, ferns, grapes, apples and oranges, plus alternatives like epergne, silver baskets, birch bark boats, and colorful baskets to elevate fruit presentation.
Recipe for Gray Hair Dye Carding Tips and Quips
A vintage ad style item describes mixing Bay rum, Barbo compound, and glycerine to color gray hair. It promises a non‑sticky scalp, soft glossy hair, and low cost with full directions in each Barbo box. The rest presents light quotes and trivia.
Fight for Life With Dr Pierce Anurie Cure
Advertising copy touts Dr Pierce Anurie tablets as a life saving remedy for dizziness backache urinary irregularities and rheumatic pain. Urges outdoor exercise low meat diet ample water and urges readers to obtain a double strength Anurie or Anuric from druggists or by mailing for a trial bottle from Buffalo New York.
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Pierce
Unconscious Insult Sparks Quick Wit at Christmas Gathering
A humorous exchange unfolds as a speaker teases Miss Bing about her large feet and Santa delivering an automobile in her stocking. The quip prompts a sharp, defensive retort that highlights social friction and holiday levity in a light, era-appropriate tone.
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Bing
Santa Claus
Boschee's German Syrup Ad Claims Fifty-One Years' Use
An advertisement promotes Boschee's German Syrup for coughs bronchitis colds and throat lung troubles. It asserts use across the United States for fifty-one years and credits restful nights easy morning expectoration and natural healing. Sold in 60 and 90 cent bottles in civilized countries.
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Boschee
United States
Nature
To Clean Furniture with Camphorated Tincture
To Clean Furniture Tf suggests using camphorated oil instead of spirits of camphor for cleaning furniture. It promises removal of white stains and restoration of polish.
Cuticura Remedies Ad Offer Free Samples
Soothe itching scalp by applying Cuticura Ointment to irritated spots and rubbing gently. Next morning wash with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Free samples via Cuticura Dept. X Boston. Available at druggists and by mail. Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 and 50 cents.
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Dept. X
Boston
Ady
Regulation Rescue in Smok ing Car Fire Incident
A passenger was set ablaze when a cigar dropped ash onto a lady's dress. She survived after the smoking car occupant quickly tackled the flames, extinguishing the fire. The event underscores quick action by fellow travelers in a transit car.
Catarrhal Deafness Ad Claims Cure by Medicine
An advertisement states catarrhal deafness arises from inflamed Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local applications. It promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine with a one hundred dollar promise for any untreatable case, claiming a constitutional remedy and offering free circulars from F. F. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
Catarre Medicine
FF. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo, Ohio
No Patriotism There There is no patriotism in clipping Liberty bonds
A brief observation laments lack of cheerfulness among those who clip Liberty bond coupons, arguing true patriotism should be shown through willing participation in wartime finance. The comment frames frugality and public duty as intertwined virtues in the home front.
Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets Offer Digestive Regimen
A fragmented ad style excerpt promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets to regulate bowel and stomach function. Mentions Bromoguiist and brom Quin ine as product elements and hints at price shifts and consumer concerns. Also notes fire safety with fire escapes as a separate claim.
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Dr. Pierce
Neighbors Say Rheumatism Relief From Anuric
In Kansas City Mrs Carrie Ireland reports three months of rheumatism pain in arms shoulders knees and back. After three days on Dr Pierce s Anuric the pain eased, within a week nearly disappeared, and ten days later she is able to do housework with comfort. She calls Anuric a God send and advises others to try it first. 2128 Bellefontaine Ave. Ad.
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Kansas City
Simeone
Dr. Pierce
Anuric
Anurie
Carrie Ireland
Bellefontaine Ave
Adyv
Invites the Hisect Whoa Ikea to Rock the Bout
A fragmented line notes an invitation involving thin lee and Ikea to participate in a bout. The readable text is limited and lacks clear entities or events.
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Thin Lee
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