The Train of Trials on a Pacific Bound Night
In a continued serial scene, Harry Mallory and Miss Marjorie Newton confront a wreck of romance during a thunderous taxi ride and a crowded train journey. Passengers including Ira Lathrop, Miss Anne Gattle, Wedgewood of London, and Mr Ira Lathrop share a cross-country voyage filled with near mishaps, flirtations, and comic misunderstandings as gate time approaches Reno.
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Harry Mallory
Marjorie Newton
Takneers
Porter
Ira
Uume
Jover
Ione
Pacific Ocean
Philippines
Isles
Sahara
Mallory
Mr. Montague
Miss Capulet
Breevy
Marjorie
Leutenant
Anne Gattle
Mouse and a Mountain in a Sleeper Car Tale
A fragmented vignette follows a San Francisco sleeper car filled with travelers from many places and purposes. The porter inspects each passenger with a scientific eye, treating the car as a test tube of character where strangers meet and mix under travel’s odd conditions.
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San Francisco
Home Massages for a Fresh Complexion in Busy Lives
From the Woman’s Home Companion piece on massage, practical facial care routines are offered for busy women. Instructions include warm milk washes with oatmeal paste, gentle facial exercises, and nonirritating powders, plus tips for sleep and fresh air to keep skin clear.
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The
Woman's Home Companion
Serge Costume Description for a Smart Russian Coat
A pale gray serge model with a Russian coat features a basque eased to the stitched band and pastel blue revers and collar. Frills of lawn adorn the wrists while a plain skirt clears the ground and a gray pedal straw bowler hat completes the ensemble. Materials listed include four and a half yards of serge, half yard blue cloth, eight buttons, and five yards silk for lining.
Silk Preservation Tip for Summer Fashion
Silk storage advice notes that white paper should not be used due to chloride of lime in bleaching paper, which can spoil silk colors. The guidance stresses avoiding folded white paper to preserve delicate fabrics.
Shrinking Stockings Promise Longer Life
A home care tip explains that shrinking new stockings before wearing can double their wear life. Wash in warm water with no added ammonia, wring out, dry, and expect better results.
Black Chintzes for Painted English Furniture Style
Background chintzes and cretonnes with garlands florals and medallions suit black painted English furniture. Printed linens with light backgrounds complement the look and help ease objections to dark backgrounds. Old designs match exactly in chintzes and linens and serve as cushions for cane and rush seating to improve comfort.
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New York Herald
War on Flies and Pharmacy Ads Blur in Teething Tip Line
An old page mixes a teething syrup advertisement for Mrs. Winslow and Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets with general optimism lines and a cheeky wartime cartoon caption about breakfast table sentry duty. The clutter highlights common household medicines and light wartime morale phrases.
Couple Falls From Car After Skid In Quip
A Change. She Mrs Scrappington and his wife were riding in their auto yesterday when it skidded and they fell out. He says that was a little variety for them and that usually their falling out happens at home.
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Reno
Yassah
Porter
Wedgewood
Mr. Wellington
Jra Lathrop
Mr. Lathrop
Paid Minister in Tinfoil and Laundress Dispute
A tale shows Miss Philis scolding a laundress daughter over paying a laundry bill with a rowdy reply from the girl. A separate item notes a Chicago Tribune report about a minister who married a couple for a foil filled envelope, exposing a moneyless trick.
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Miss Philis
Thilo Gore
German Lutheran Church
Dr. Gore
Chicago Tribune
Open all Night and We Never Close Signs Highlight City
Harper's Magazine notes in Washington a cluster of eateries with bold claims of all night service. A third storefront, a dilapidated Chinese laundry, bears a large sign reading Me Wakee, Too, amid prominent open messages.
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Washington
Harper's Magazine
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Rupert Hughes
Henry W. Savage
H. Emily Cn
Baid
Miss Gattle
Dorcas
Fensb
Sisery
Bodk
Wellington
Jimmie Wellington
Mrs
America
Serge Costume
Dean
Fred W. Harris
Jefferson, Ohio
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Ady
Post
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd
Battle Creek, Mich
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