Interior decoration and garden advice from an era magazine
A verbose guide on home interior design and window gardening. It covers wall coverings ceilings draperies and woodwork choices from white and gold parlors to two tone walls. It also discusses window boxes horticultural care and the influence of furniture fabrics and colors on room harmony.
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Sphialaterer
Oliver O
Mt Ia
Meaus
Dilling Hove Gralls Hus
Conree
Hamre
Trenhen
Agnes
Inviting Porch Decor For Summer Comforts And Style
A guide to transforming a porch into a cool inviting retreat with curtains Japanese splint, vines, awnings and light furniture. Recommendations include a wicker divan a low table and a jardiniere plant plus handmade screens and a porch decor theme using art denim Japanese cottons and bandanna fabrics.
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Bar Harbor
Dyer
Ironing a Shirt Waist in Laundry Work
The article recounts a method from the Boston Cooking School Magazine for ironing shirt waists. It advises dipping in hot water, wringing, and ironing cuffs, collar band, then sleeves. A sleeve board costs about 25 cents and aids ironing. without it, press sleeves flat from both sides and finish with inner sleeve work.
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Boston Cooking School
Ironing and finishing tips for waists and early tomatoes
Practical sewing guidance covers smoothing and ironing a sleeve board finished waists, plait alignment, starching cuffs, and proper ironing on the wrong side for piqué waists. It also notes preparing early tomatoes by slicing, drying, egg wash, breadcrumbs, and broiling, served on toast with watercress and cream sauce. Jewelry notes mention shirt studs, cuff links, and fashionable watch tops.
Alphonso McGinty and the Gareth voyage tale
A crowded dockyard scene introduces Alphonso McGinty as the crew’s aging con man who joins the Gareth, a four thousand ton ship bound for New Zealand. He reveals his injury, earns sympathy, and becomes a beloved, indispensable deckhand while the voyage grows brutal in the roaring forties and the crew faces a deadly gale and harsh discipline aboard.
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Mint
Gareth
New Zealand
Sciree
Plimsoll
Tks
Walebes
McGinty
Brisco
Tallant Yard
Poplar
Aliohs
Foo
Hidden Picture Puzzle Prompts Heroic Sea Tale
A fragment from OUR PICTORIAL PUZZLE DEPARTMENT presents a dramatic sea adventure. A crew battles a storm, McGinty leads, and a rescue succeeds amid raging waves while a fellow sailor muses on undervalued men and the modest heroism of Dad figures in daily life.
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OUR
LALE NOVELTIES Embroidered Lare-The Lew Chiffon Buss
An early 20th century fashion piece details embroidered lace and chiffon styles with floral appliques, lace blouses, and pleated skirts. It discusses dress components, necklines, sleeves, trims, and color pairings, highlighting popular silhouettes and fabric contrasts. The text blends couture notes with cigarette brand commentary and a courtroom anecdote.
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Oman
Wintow
Germany
Amex Wien
Crider
Erie
Alphonso McGinty By
Frank T. Bullen
Devs
Ameginty
Mc-Ginty
Mizecu
Dleger
Tfe
McGlitty
Fin
Biye
Fearon Warey
Taeaan
Belp
Lale Novelties
Jong Erat
Munis
Apis Ieee
Endou
Tebou
Oliver
Trent
Cot Tutu
Bos
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