Rest cure for wardrobes how to clean and press skirts
Practical period guidance advises brushing skirts before cleaning using ammonia and warm water for stains, pressing with damp woolen cover, and pinning plaits. It covers dust removal from silk with velveteen, hanging methods for ruffles, and proper storage with tissue padding and mending before rest.
Trimming for the Jumper and Fashion Details
A fashion note discusses jumper bodices with dark trims and white lace, praising button embellishments and careful use of bright embroidery against dark materials. It offers styling tips like colored shield fronts and wrist embroidery, and references the plaited skirt trend as highly popular.
Side Front Closing Skirt Styles Highlight 1920s Fashion
The article notes growing popularity of side front closing skirts as a rival to pleated skirts. Descriptions include a yellow tan broadcloth ensemble with black-rimmed buttons, a short half-fitted coat, and a buff lansdowne costume with a circular skirt and large brown silk buttons plus brown silk trim.
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Cale
Lansdowne
Hand Embroidery Regains Popularity in Gowns
Machine embroidery falls from favor while hand embroidery and elaborate hand work are praised as the smartest finish for dresses. Though expensive, hand work remains preferred for ornate afternoon and evening wear, with imitation machine work viewed as out of fashion.
Try Changing Shoes Indoors for Restful Power
The article notes rest from changing shoes upon entering indoors. Heavy street shoes and slight foot shaping differences strain pedal cords and muscles, so switch to indoor footwear briefly. Hair ornament section begins but is incomplete.
Does Your Back Ache A Fenner Street Farmer Praises Doan’s
James R Keeler a retired farmer of Fenner St Cazenovia New York says about fifteen years of back and kidney pain he tried many remedies but found relief from the first box of Doans Kidney Pills and two boxes restored him to good sound condition He recommends them and notes his wife and friends also use them Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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James R. Keeler
Fenner St. Cazenovia
N. Y
Dean
Doan
Foster-Iailburn Co
Buffalo
Oil drillers risked life to save crowd at well
Two oil workers, Earl Sheets and Frank Winks near Carl Junctson, a week ago prevented a disaster during a shot at a well after a 30 quart nitroglycerin shell stuck in the baler. They caught the hanging charge as it fell, sparing spectators from a deadly explosion.
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Earl Sheets
Frank Winks
Carl Junctson
Kansas City
Zeal Misapplied and a Housekeeper’s Lesson
A humorous piece contrasts misdirected zeal with a cautionary tale of a housekeeper who tries to improve a torn flag by washing and mending it beyond recognition. The tale accompanies a Norman postcard image of a Rouen shopkeeper offering a card featuring a modern Joan of Arc figure in Domremy.
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Normandy
Rouen
Joan of Arc
Domremy
Change in food aids curing dyspepsia with Grape Nuts
A testimonial claims Grape Nuts food cured years of indigestion after a doctor's recommendation. The author says the predigested composition eases stomach strain and supports nervous system health, stating the product suits both children and adults and is ready for instant use.
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Wellvilla
Akan
Lydia E. Pinkham
Shade tree quips and old time cures in advert style
The fragment mixes humorous lines about Putnam face and shade trees with pseudo medical pitches for dental syrups and blood purifiers. It touts Winslow's soothing syrup for teething, a Peoria cigar ad, and a garbled zinger about a pig and fishing patience. It ends praising Natures blood purifier Garfield Ten as a generic herbal cleanse.
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Garfield
Tor
Peat Powder Said To Cut Coal Use In Furnaces
Lieut EL Ekelund of Jonkoping Sweden claims a peat powder invention that provides heat sufficient to run a furnace steel process without coal. This new fuel form is presented as an inexpensive energy source with high heat output.
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EL Ekelund
Jonkoping
Sweden
Catarrh Cure Reward Ad From 19th Century Drug Firm
One hundred dollars reward for any sale of Catarthhat not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co Toledo advertise their product with claims of blood and mucous surface action. Endorsed by Vacnino, Kixxax & Marvin, wholesale druggists. Hall's Catarrh Cure promoted and sold by pharmacy chains.
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Hall
F.J. Cheney &Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Hie Arm
Vacnino
Kixxax & Manvin
Driggins
Takeo Hall
Fez Marks Tombs of Great in Turkish Monuments
In Turkey the tombs of revered figures are capped with fez shaped marble carvings. A display shows the fez as a symbol on stone memorials for the departed, highlighting cultural and religious respect for notable individuals.
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Fez
Turkey
Figures Geom Contradictory in Trade Roles
The United Kingdom remains the world’s top cattle and sheep importer for slaughter yet paradoxically leads as the largest exporter of horses for the same purpose.
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United Kingdom
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